As my professor said today, DON’T BUILD A NUCLEAR REACTOR NEAR A FAULT LINE.
There is one directly on the San Andreas fault too.
No doubt when the inevitable happens, and that one gets hit by an earthquake, the left will use the disaster to end all nuclear power in the US.
There are a MILLION great places in America to build nuclear plants. The San Andreas fault is NOT one of them.
“Diablo Canyon” indeed.
Diablo Canyon isn’t on the San Andreas fault.
No one thought of that.......
None of us in our lifetime will see another nuke plant built in the US.
We have one in the Keys.......
The problem wasn’t the earthquake. The problem was that the reactors require external power to operate. Fukushima didn’t get into trouble until the back-up generators quit. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think they were OK immediately after the quake. Had the reactors been able to power their own control systems, they wouldn’t be in this fix.
Japan IS a fault line.
They have no oil of their own.
They don't have their own coal.
They don't get a lot of sun.
They couldn't possibly build enough windmills and wires to power their industry.
What should they do?
What has happened is tragic, unprecedented, and will be learned from. Nuclear plants will get better.
More people have died from refinery accidents than from nuclear accidents. More people have died from coal mining accidents and natural gas explosions than from nuclear plant accidents. We need to put this into perspective. It isn't the end of the world.
Diablo Canyon’s near the Shoreline Fault. The San Andreas is about 40 miles away, over on the east edge of the San Jouquin Valley.
Wrong, WEST edge of the valley, my error.
The distance is correct, though.