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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (772691)3/3/2014 3:20:31 PM
From: steve harris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575354
 
Jerry Brown will use Fukushima to confiscate more guns, but I imagine most politicians will use it as a reason to raise taxes.



To: Broken_Clock who wrote (772691)3/3/2014 3:32:56 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 1575354
 
Some have paid attention... not that they would think about putting nukes on faults by oceans, liked the Japanese did.


Mike Blake/Reuters
The reactors at San Onofre in California had not run since radioactive steam escaped in 2012.

The owners of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California, which has been shut since January 2012, said on Friday that they would close it permanently because of uncertainty over when it could be reopened.
nytimes.com

We only have one left, and it runs like a clock which blows a fuse once a year.

'Electrical disturbance' causes third Diablo Canyon shutdown in three yearshttp://www.newtimesslo.com/news/10570/electrical-disturbance-causes-third-diablo-canyon-shutdown-in-three-years/

It's actually extremely safe...

The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is an electricity-generating nuclear power plant near Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California

It was built directly over a geological fault line, and is located near a second fault. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
en.wikipedia.org