Reactor at epicenter was not designed to withstand 5.8 quake; Join the call for secure radioactive waste
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Earthquake exceeded North Anna reactors' design specification: NRC nixes Dominion request for quick start
A decades long saga of deception, best guess work and an emerging reality is now exposing how much (or how little) “margin of safety” really exists for inherently dangerous nuclear power plants built near and operating on earthquake faults.
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Mineral, VA is now confirmed to have exceeded the North Anna Unit 1 and 2 nuclear power plant's design qualifications. Despite claims in an initial assessment report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by Dominion, owner of the plant, that there was no damage to “safety-related” components, the NRC has nixed the company's request to rush a September 22 restart for Unit 1. More.
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Tell BRC: "Secure risky radioactive wastes!"
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future has said that high-level radioactive wastes in pools and dry casks are safe and secure, despite their vulnerability to accidents, natural disasters, attacks, and eventual leakage from corrosion. We don't agree. Please add your voices to ours and send BRC a letter urging that we stop making radioactive waste, and for what already exists, implement "hardened on-site storage." (HOSS) If you can be in the Washington D.C. area, please join us for our "I Have a Scream!" Halloween protest rally at the Dept. of Energy HQ as our final "comment" to BRC by its Oct. 31 deadline. And please consider screening the thought-provoking film Into Eternity to help build resistance to continued radioactive waste generation. Act.
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