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Congressional Briefing On Nuclear Safety

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Darin R. McClureAugust 13, 2012

I am calling because of my concerns over the dangers of nuclear power and nuclear waste in this country. After the worst ongoing nuclear disaster in human history at Fukushima, a growing group of U.S. citizens have come together to address concerns…

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Posted in Action-Alert, Congress, News-CA

NRC Freezes All Nuclear Reactor Construction & Operating Licenses In U.S.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Darin R. McClureAugust 7, 2012

Decision Follows 24 Groups’ June Petition in Wake of Major Waste Confidence Rule Decision; Most Reactor Projects Already Stymied by Bad Economics and Cheaper Fuel AlternativesWASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Nuclear Regula…

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Posted in News-CA, NRC

Radiation 101 Class 1 @iRadGeiger

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 31, 2012

Radiation 101 slide show. 
Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Clemente

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Posted in iRadGeiger, News-CA

How Cozy Are The Nuclear Industry & The NRC?

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 31, 2012

Let Fukushima be a warning to those that would let the fox guard the henhouse.

Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Clemente

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Posted in Fukushima, News-CA, NRC, nuclear industry

Lessons From Fukushima For San Onofre

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 22, 2012

Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Clemente

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Posted in News-CA

San Clemente Ocean Festival

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 18, 2012

Just give me the warm power of the sunGive me the steady flow of a waterfallGive me the spirit of living things as they return to clay.Just give me the restless power of the windGive me the comforting glow of a wood fireBut please take all of your ato…

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Posted in Fukushima USA, News-CA, Ocean Fest, San Clemente

San Clemente City Council Nuke Free

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 17, 2012

TONIGHT San Clemente City Council is poised to make history yet again regarding the San Onofre nuclear power plant. They will consider calling for special hearings and investigations about SAFETY, COST and RELIABILITY in formal letters to the Nucle…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fairewinds, Fukushima USA, News-CA, San Clemente

San Onofre Unit 2 & 3 Identical

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 13, 2012

Conclusion

Because the identical failure modes exist in both San Onofre Unit 2 and 3 and because
the damage to both Units is especially excessive, when compared to the remainder of the
US nuclear power plants, it is Fairewinds’ opinion that both…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fairewinds, News-CA

San Onofre Unit 2 & 3 Identical

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 13, 2012

Conclusion

Because the identical failure modes exist in both San Onofre Unit 2 and 3 and because
the damage to both Units is especially excessive, when compared to the remainder of the
US nuclear power plants, it is Fairewinds’ opinion that both…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fairewinds, News-CA

San Onofre Steam Generators Doomed to Fail

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJuly 4, 2012

San Onofre is located in an urban area on the coast south of San Clemente with millions of people, in a tsunami hazard zone, above intersecting active earthquake faults and has the worst safety record of all 104 reactors in the U.S. .

Aging Nuke P…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fairewinds, News-CA

San Onofre Design Flaws & Miscalculations Doom Plant

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJune 24, 2012

Design flaws & Miscalculations at San Onofre?  

Removing the “stay cylinder” a “safety device” to pack more tubes in these steam generators & then calling that a design flaw or miscalculation, is like removing the …

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Posted in downwinders, News-CA, NRC, ocreggie

San Onofre Request For Assistance

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJune 19, 2012

1. Does Southern California Edison (SCE) have the management integrity to be entrusted with the management of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant? 

2. Has the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) been compromised by SCE such that the NRC is …

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Posted in News-CA, NRC

San Onofre Nuke Decommissioned

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJune 19, 2012

5 Fundamental, Unrepairable, Fatal flaws at San Onofre

18 steam-generator-specific questions for SCE/NRC

San Onofre Nuke Decommissioned
6-9pm Monday June 18
San Juan Capistrano Community Center
Community Hall
25925 Camino Del Avion
San Juan Cap…

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Posted in News-CA, NRC

San Onofre Code of Silence

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJune 3, 2012

Real People Work at the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station, 
And 8 Million Real People Like You Live within the 50 Mile Zone.
I was driving south on Interstate 5 into San Diego County, past the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The…

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Posted in Ace Hoffman, Code of Silence, News-CA

San Onofre Tsunami Worst Case Scenario

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 27, 2012

The San Onofre Tsunami Wall, Built for a wave 14 feet over mean high tide. 

The projected worst case scenario for a tsunami in Southern California is a 10-12m run-up, or approximately 40 foot change in mean sea level. …

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Posted in Fukushima USA, News-CA, tsunami

San’O Beach Rocks Catch Fire in Lady’s Pants

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 18, 2012

San Onofre Surfers

Today, there’s no disputing Trestles
Surf Beach, and it’s iconic surf mentor;
San Onofre Surfing Beach (together
form 7-miles of perfect, wild & wonderful
world-class surfing waves, from San
Clemente CA’s southern border,
occ…

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Posted in hot rocks, jerry, Jerry Collamer, News-CA, san onofre

Bad Vibrations San Onofre Exposed

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 15, 2012

In conclusion, the NRC has stated that nuclear power plants like San Onofre cannot risk compromising critical safety systems and possible radiological contamination in an effort to return to operation before a thorough root cause analysis, modification…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fairewinds, Fukushima USA, News-CA

Fukushima Truth And Future

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 13, 2012

Fukushima Daiichi: The Truth and the Future

As part of a presentation in Kansai, Japan on May 12th 2012, Maggie and Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education answers specific questions asked by symposium organizers regarding the condition of t…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fukushima, News-CA

James Patton Darin R. McClure Interview Notes

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 10, 2012

Yesterday I was interviewed by Jim Patton the Main Anchor / Reporter at San Diego 6 News. We went all over the San Onofre topic, way beyond what is going on at the Concordia Elementary School here in San Clemente,

Here are a few of the topics we …

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Posted in Fukushima USA, News-CA

Keep San Onofre Closed FOREVER!

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 4, 2012

Rally to Shut San Onofre / A short film by @AceHoffmanGuest speakers:Daniel Hirsch — Committee to Bridge the Gap Larry Agran – Irvine City Council Cathy Iwane – American who lived for 25 years in JapanOther Speakers Included: Gene Stone — M…

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Posted in Ace Hoffman, Dan Hirsch, Larry Agran, News-CA

Respect Responsibility Readiness

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMay 2, 2012

Respect Responsibility & Readiness … 

so began the 5th grade trimester awards here in San Clemente, with the 3 R’s of Concordia Elementary. But I digress, this story started the Friday before. Seems there was a fire that afternoon …

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Posted in Concordia Elementary, News-CA, Readiness, Respect, Responsibility

Concordia Elementary School PRINCIPAL’S INFORMATION BULLETIN

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 26, 2012

No I Did Not.

From: listserver.capousd.org
Subject: Pirncipal’s Info Bulletin
Date: April 25, 2012 11:20:43 AM PDT
To: “Concordia ListServe” <@listserver.capousd.org>
Reply-To: @listserver.capousd.org

Concordia Elementary School
PRINCIPAL?…

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Posted in Concordia Elementary School, News-CA

Irvine City Council Tonight 6PM

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 24, 2012

Arnold Gundersen speaking tonight before the Irvine City Council, 6PM, 1 Civic Center Plaza, Irvine, CA 92606, USA

Mr Gundersen is an energy advisor with 40-years of nuclear power engineering experience. A former nuclear industry senior vice presid…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, News-CA

Song for Panhe

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 22, 2012

This land is sacred, from the mountains to the sea!
Written by Jodi Levine, guitar, Jon Sherman, flute

Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?
PLEASE Turn off a light for Fukushima USA / San Cleme…

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Posted in Earthday, News-CA, Panhe

Keep SanO Shut Down

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 20, 2012

San Onofre, my local nuclear reactor, is completely shut down right now (like all but one reactor in Japan) and may never reopen. Why not? Because the steam generator tubes (made in Japan, by the way) clang into each other. Why does that happen? App…

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Posted in Ace Hoffman, Fukushima USA, News-CA

These 131I levels represent a significant input into the kelp forest ecosystem.

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 13, 2012

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, damaged by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 released large amounts of 131I into the atmosphere, which was assimilated into canopy blades of Macrocystis pyrifera sampled from coastal California. The sp…

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Posted in News-CA, Potassium iodide, Radioactive releases

We Are All Radioactive Surfers

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 11, 2012

We Are All Radioactive an online crowdfunded episodic documentary about a group of surfers rallying to rebuild Japan after the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear melt down in Fukushima.

And a cautionary tale for anyone living downwind from …

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Posted in Fukushima USA, News-CA, San Clemente

SafeCast Crowdsourcing Global Radiation Levels

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 9, 2012

Hundreds of millions of smartphones have been sold worldwide. Radiation detectors and dosimeters that leverage the network capabilities of smartphones to measure and share radiological data have recently been launched in the market. In this paper we…

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Posted in Civil Defense, downwinders, iRadGeiger, News-CA, SONGS, Trust But Verify

Is San Clemente a Safe Place?

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Darin R. McClureApril 6, 2012

On March 29, the National Academy of Sciences released a 460-page report about cancer risks associated with living near a nuclear power plant. They recommended six areas in the United States for intensive studies of possible cancer links. Our are…

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Posted in cancer, Fukushima USA, News-CA, San Clemente

Why Is The San Onofre Nuke Plant Leaking Radiation?

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMarch 23, 2012

What is really going on at San Onofre? @AceHoffman explains “Why The San Onofre Nuke Plant Is Leaking Radiation” in terms anyone can understand. For more read his post on the subject.
Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukus…

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Posted in News-CA, NukeFreeCal

San Clemente Fukushima USA

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMarch 20, 2012

In an act of solidarity with Fukushima, Japan on March 11, 2012 a coalition of demonstrators protested outside of San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station (SONWGS). The waste plant has been shut down for more than 2 months due to a radiation leak…

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Posted in Free Speech, Fukushima, Fukushima USA, News-CA

M10 Fukushima Remembered in San Clemente

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMarch 1, 2012

Saturday March 10, 6:00pm
San Clemente Community Center100 Calle Seville San Clemente Ca 92672

Join The Event On Facebook http://www.facebook.com/events/381660571861509/

The evening will conclude with a ca…

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Posted in Action-Alert, Fukushima, Fukushima USA, M10, News-CA

M10 Fukushima Remembered in San Clemente

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Darin R. McClureMarch 1, 2012

Saturday March 10, 6:00pm
San Clemente Community Center100 Calle Seville San Clemente Ca 92672

Join The Event On Facebook http://www.facebook.com/events/381660571861509/

The evening will conclude with a ca…

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Posted in Action-Alert, Fukushima, Fukushima USA, M10, News-CA

Surfing San Onofre For Change @Surfing4Change

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Darin R. McClureFebruary 10, 2012

Surfing For Change, created and hosted by Kyle Thiermann is a free youtube series and is on a mission is to shatter the myth that activists don’t have any fun.

If you want to get in touch with Kyle, Tweet: @Surfing4ChangeAging Nuke Plants On Fault …

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Posted in News-CA, Surfing4Change

Fukushima Remembered San Clemente City Council

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Darin R. McClureFebruary 7, 2012

For all of those within 100 miles of San Clemente, please try to make an appearance at our City Council Meeting tonight!

6:00pm at City Hall 100 Avenida Presidio (Oral Communications Part 1 – not
very long)

Please show (friendly, respectful, qui…

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Posted in Fukushima USA, News-CA, San Clemente

San Onofre It’s Just That Broken

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Darin R. McClureFebruary 6, 2012

Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear on the radiation leaks at San Onofre.

Did you know that 75% of Nuke plants leak radiation into the surrounding environment? Google it!

San Onofre: “It’s Just That Broken”

San Onofre Radiation Fallout Map

The …

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Posted in Beyond Nuclear, Kevin Kamps, News-CA

What does a Banana have in common with a Nuke plant?

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Darin R. McClureFebruary 4, 2012

What does a Banana have in common with a Nuke plant?

Nothing.

Ones waste will need to be cooled, guarded & bureaucrated for 500,000 years.

The other you feed to your children.

Questions? Watch this video below.

Aging Nuke Plants On F…

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Posted in banana, News-CA, nuke

San Onofre: An Accident Waiting To Happen

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJanuary 28, 2012

Watch Nuclear Aftershocks on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.

Travel to three continents to explore the debate about nuclear power: Is it safe?

What are the alternatives? And could a Fukushima-style disaster happen in the U.S.?

One man’s fear mon…

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Posted in downwinders, Free Speech, Frontline, Fukushima, Fukushima USA, News-CA

Cancer Risk To Children Near Nukes

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJanuary 18, 2012

Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds analyzes cancer rates for young children near Fukushima using the National Academy of Science’s BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) VII Report. Based on BEIR VII, Fairewinds determines that at least one in e…

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Posted in arnie gundersen, Fairewinds, Fukushima, News-CA

5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJanuary 11, 2012

The year 2011 marked the first serious accident at a nuclear power plant in a quarter century. After the previous disaster at Chernobyl, the world’s nuclear industry axiomatically predicted that another accident—especially in an advanced countr…

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Posted in doomsday, Fukushima USA, News-CA

San Clemente Times Nuke Industry Mouthpiece

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJanuary 4, 2012

Vote Yes at http://sanclementetimes.com/ 

The San Clemente Times is running an amazingly biased little poll that asks, “Will you support the ballot initiative to close nuclear power plants” and then answers the question,  “No Wa…

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Posted in Action-Alert, downwinders, News-CA, San Clemente

Important San Onofre Nuke Waste Information For 2012

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Darin R. McClureJanuary 2, 2012

“These reactors produce 50 years of electricity and half a million years of waste. It’s not a particularly good deal.” Danial Hirsch

On Oct. 11, 2011 a forum on the issue of San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) running past it’s deco…

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Posted in Dan Hirsch, News-CA, Radioactive releases, San Clemente, spent-fuel, surfrider

Regulators Allow Radioactive Dumping At San Onofre Too…

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Darin R. McClureDecember 31, 2011

Is the Japanese government and the IAEA protecting the nuclear industry and not the people of Japan by claiming that Fukushima is stable when it is not? Fairewinds’ chief engineer Arnie Gundersen outlines major inconsistencies and double-speak by …

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Posted in Fairewinds, Fukushima, Fukushima USA, News-CA, Radioactive releases

Cancer Epidemic in San Clemente

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Darin R. McClureDecember 21, 2011

Is cancer an epidemic in America? by Ace Hoffman

A friend and I were looking back at 2011.

She remarked about all the cancer she’s seen this year. Last month she lost a close friend — a woman in her 30s. Another friend, 40, has bladder canc…

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Posted in cancer, News-CA, San Clemente

SONGS was designed to be decommissioned in 2013.

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Darin R. McClureDecember 14, 2011

At the mention of nuclear meltdown,
and its cataclysmic results (hello
Fukushima), the nuke industry’s
chorus erupts in unified denial,
“It can’t happen!” But it does happen.
In Japan and Russia, nukes’ tragic
opera has no end. Reality, televises…

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Posted in jerry, News-CA

Jerry Lopez Shut Down Nukes

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Darin R. McClureDecember 7, 2011

We don’t want anymore nuclear plants, you’ve got to shut them down – Jerry Lopez Pipeline Master

Our Water Our Life. @Surfrider

Let’s not get caught inside on this one California! #DecomSONGS

Keep Paddling To Stop Nukes

Aging Nuke Plants On F…

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Posted in Fukushima USA, News-CA, surfrider

The Circle Stands For Togetherness

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Darin R. McClureNovember 25, 2011

“With us the circle stands for the togetherness of people who sit with one another around a fire, relatives and friends united in peace, while the Pipe passes from hand to hand. Once all the families in the villages were in turn circles within a la…

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Posted in 7th-Generation, News-CA

A Nuclear Issue; Trust But Verify

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Darin R. McClureNovember 23, 2011

So the folks who run San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are seeking permission to bill you the ratepayers for a souped-up, $64 million earthquake fault study of the area around the aging nuke plant.

But who should oversee this study? Experts wor…

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Posted in earthquake, Fukushima, News-CA, NukeFreeCal

"Worldwide Nuclear Meltdown"

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Darin R. McClureNovember 8, 2011

 Scientists at the federal Space Weather Prediction Center say that area is the most active part of the sun since 2005. It has dozens of sunspots, including one that is the size of 17 Earths.

 …

“It’s still growing. The size is w…

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Posted in meltdown, News-CA

Our Water Our Life

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Darin R. McClureNovember 3, 2011

Our Water Our Life by Surfrider

all surfers are joined by one ocean. @surfrider

Aging Nuke Plants On Fault Lines In Tsunami Hazard Zones = Fukushimas… Any Questions?

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Posted in News-CA, surfrider

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