Been to Avila Beach many times. It never occurred to me that west of the beach was a nuclear power plant. And I always did wonder what was out past the hills surrounding the town/beach.
Uh, I don’t think it will be another Fukushima.
Those reactors were flooded by the sea, and Diablo Canyon is up on cliffs above the sea.
Something that many people do not know, is that the licensing process requires those seeking the license to extensively review the geologic history of the area, including its history of tsunamis. It wouldn’t have been licensed if there was a chance it would be damaged by a tsunami.
The only reason I can think of as to why it has been dubbed California’s potential Fukushima is because of all the crybabies in California.
The bible says that in the end times “If those days had not been cut short then no one would have survived”. I believe that these nuclear power plants are a big part of the “No one would have survived” part.
In a time of real war, Natural disaster or great distress these are all ticking time bombs. We have come to know so well that they don’t need to come under direct attack by man in order to melt down. For instance if Yellow stone blew then life on the planet might surely end when all of these things in a large area melt down, and no one could do a thing to stop them from doing so. The infrastructure in the area would be gone. Roads impassable- Travel by air impossible.
They are the greatest INSANITY ever produced by man. And yes I know....75% of people here on FR are spiritually mindless in this regard and therefore will defend them.
Back in the 1980’s, a young female cousin of ours was hired to go around “representing” the nuclear industry. (They didn’t recognize that teeny-bopper T&A was being “used” by the nuclear industry.)
I voiced my concerns to her (and my “educamated” SIL).
They both basically called me ignorant & pooh-poohed my concerns. - I spend little to no time around either of them these days. The SIL has continued making herself annoying & condescending to me; so I finally got enough of her!
Business Insider is a liberal rag that is scaremongering.
The Fukushima units were all older model BWR-type reactors which had known issues that were not addressed in time for the tsunami.
The Diablo Canyon units are PWR-type reactors that are well prepared for a 500-year seismic event.
Three years ago, I was involved in the FLEX program, which was a detailed engineering analysis to identify alternate cooling and electric power sources for nearly every plant in the country. Diablo Canyon was part of the program. This program was initiated in response to Fukushima and it addressed beyond-design-basis events. I was not involved in the Diablo Canyon evaluation, but I did not hear of any special challenges for that plant.
Diablo Canyon = the Devil’s Canyon. Apt name for that disaster waiting to happen.
It seems they placed a lot of nuke power plants on the coast lines subject to hurricane damage, and on fault lines for earthquake damage.
Why? It makes no sense to subject people and parts of the Nation to such a final and fatal error. Liberals call it “clean” energy. Yeah, right. It will clean the area of human and animal life, that’s for sure.