Wednesday, May 9, 2012

San onofre power plant damage

  • About 7.4 million Californians live within 50 miles of San Onofre, which can power 1.4 million homes. The plant is owned by SCE, San Diego Gas Electric and the city of Riverside.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • But this would require a large generating plant, and the options are limited suggesting that a quake large enough to bring down the power grid likely would also cause damage to San Onofre.
  • (NBC Los Angeles)
  • No earthquake-related damage has been reported, said Orange County Fire Authority Fire Captain Marc Stone.
  • (NBC Los Angeles)
  • In December, Japans prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, declared that a cold shutdown had been achieved and that the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power San Onofre involved a leak of radioactive steam from a worn generator tube in January.
  • (The Guardian)
  • Its one of a number of coastal plants that are due to be decommissioned because of damage to the marine environment the agency is considering scenarios with or without the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
  • (KPBS)
  • Californias other nuclear-power plant, the San Onofre plant, has been shut since Jan. 31 Anything that gets sucked into the pipes is unlikely to survive and can damage plant equipment.
  • (NASDAQ)
  • There were no reports of damage in Mondays quake, which hit at 10:37 a.m. Southern California Edison said there was no effect on its San Onofre nuclear power plant, which has been shut down since January because of safety concerns.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • "Even if the rate of damage is low, the impact over time can be very revitalize plant life that deteriorated due to heat released by the San Onofre nuclear power plant, owned by Southern California Edison.
  • (Daily Nexus)

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