PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, in background. California. Photo source: ©© Mike Baird
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In a showdown that pit antinuclear activists against marine-mammal supporters, the California State Lands Commission approved PG&E’s plans to begin conducting high-energy 3-d offshore seismic tests to determine the extent to which the faults offshore from the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in Avila Beach connect.
That information, in turn, will be used to determine more precisely the seismic threat posed by a new fault line, the Shoreline Fault, discovered in 2008 about 100 meters away from the nuclear plant and whether additional safeguards are need to prevent a Fukushima-type disaster in the event of an earthquake…
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Why Do We Build Nuclear Power Stations in Earthquake Zones ?
State and federal officials are pushing for comprehensive checkups of the San Onofre and Diablo Canyon nuclear facilities, both located on California coast, and which have been both cited repeatedly in recent years for safety lapses. If more Fukushimas are to be avoided, we have to start by understanding the real risk of risk.
