http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/dont-waver-now-on-nuclear-liability/article5147177.ece
This
is a helpful, clear and timely citizen and indeed all life security
oriented nuclear policy discussion. It craves for wide debate by the
involuntarily and perpetually affected fellow earth residents. It can be
easily and legally argued on the basis of this law that ignorance of
natural law is no excuse to escape the charge of intentional damage by
the supplier and operator of nuclear programmes anywhere. This is
because of the nature of the nuclear fuel cycle programme whose lethal
all pervading effects will last
practically for thousands of years, right from the day the
asli(real) fuel is
mined till it becomes nuclear waste and all life become so by
contamination. There are other immediate reasons inherent in the design.
Accidents unpredictably dangerous are a part and parcel of nukes.See by
google search the discussion at
Human beings cannot assure acceptable
nuclear safety.Modern civilization has ensured that cumulative effects
of the world's dams cause nukes to explode.Stop nukes!
We can see the need for the brilliantly framed Indian NUclear Liability Law from this one extremely serious instance and the emphasis on the immediate need for a 'nukes no, never policy', for the world and space:
NRC Slaps SoCal's wrist for almost destroying Southern California
September 23rd, 2013
Dear Readers,
Today the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission ("protecting people and the environment" is their
motto, not their MO) distributed a press release (shown below) which
starts out: "The NRC has preliminarily determined that the inadequate
design of the steam generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
was a violation of low to moderate safety significance."
Calling
what happened at San Onofre -- the steam generator problems that killed
the dragon -- "a violation of low to moderate significance" is the real
crime. NRC is denying the possibility that "Fluid Elastic Instability"
(a non-chaotic fluttering in unison of the dime-thin tubes inside the
steam generators) could have caused multiple tube ruptures followed by
excessive loss of coolant and a probable meltdown. With this
"preliminary finding" one has to doubt the NRC really understands what
happened at San Onofre in the first place. Or maybe they just like to
coddle the industry.
Southern California Edison is likely to get
off with little or no fine or punishment, and certainly not jail time,
for nearly melting down "our" reactors, let alone for misleading the
public about the dangers, intimidating their employees, falsifying
records, and wasting billions of dollars since shutdown -- of ratepayer
money -- planning for a restart that will never happen.
The NRC
has a color chart indicating safety significance, which runs from green,
to white, to yellow and then -- supposedly -- to red. But what's ever
red? This incident was "white" for Unit 3 and "green" for Unit 2.
Which means, in essence, San Onofre Unit 2 was closed forever due to a
problem of no significance to the NRC.
And the NRC is colorblind. They can't see red.
It
is clear that the NRC has every intention of white-washing the
incident, especially by ignoring the possibility that Fluid Elastic
Instability would almost certainly occur during a Main Steam Line Break
in Unit 2 with the possibility of multiple tube breaks in a matter of
minutes. If that's not a red flag, I don't know what is.
And
besides that, we all knew some sort of regulatory action was coming
because the inspection report (the "Confirmatory Action Letter" from
March, 2012) identified that the computer codes were wrong. Sooner or
later, some level of blame had to be handed out. They couldn't possibly
just blame MHI. It looks like they plan to blame SCE a little too, but
it doesn't look like they blame themselves for anything.
Ace Hoffman
Carlsbad, CA
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Torgen Johnson, Gregory Jaczko in Japan: 6:pm PST Monday:
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Concerned
urban planner Torgen Johnson, and former NRC Chair Gregory Jaczko, PhD,
are doing fact finding in Japan for the upcoming conference to be held
in New York and Boston, �UKUSHIMA: ONGOING LESSONS (for New York and
Boston)� The Samuel Lawrence Foundation (501c3) has sponsored this trip
in advance of the conference, thank you.
http://www.fccj.ne.jp/index.php
http://www.livestream.com/fccj
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NRC MEETING IN CARLSBAD, CA THIS THURSDAY!!!
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(From Gene Stone)
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING ON DECOMMISSIONING SAN ONOFRE
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) public meeting on decommissioning San
Onofre will be at the Omni La Costa Hotel, 2100 Costa del Mar Road, in
Carlsbad, from 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, September 26. Doors will open at 5
p.m. for security screening.
https://www.facebook.com/events/154209268120426/
If you live in CA please share this, we need you at this very important meeting.
List of places where Class A, B, and C nuclear waste can go:
http://www.nirs.org/factsheets/wastesitesfctst43009.pdf
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NRC press release:
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NRC Issues Confirmatory Action Letter Inspection Report for
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
The
NRC has preliminarily determined that the inadequate design of the
steam generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was a
violation of low to moderate safety significance.
The
preliminary finding is identified in an inspection report documenting
the NRC� assessment of Southern California Edison� response to a
Confirmatory Action Letter issued on March 27, 2012. The CAL documented
actions that Edison agreed to take in response to the Jan. 31, 2012,
steam generator tube leak at its Unit 3 reactor. The NRC conducts
inspections in order to verify that the commitments made in the
licensee� response to a CAL have been completed. Such inspections can
lead to findings such as those cited in this instance.
In
addition, NRC has issued a Notice of Nonconformance to Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries for problems associated with the design of the steam
generators. Mitsubishi has 30 days in which to respond in writing. The
company can contest the notice, or provide additional information
explaining corrective actions they have taken or plan to take to address
the nonconformance.
The NRC uses color-coded inspection
findings to assess the risk significance of violations. The colors start
with green, then increase to white, yellow or red, commensurate with
the safety significance of the issues involved. The NRC has
preliminarily determined that the inadequate computer modeling that led
to the deficient design of the steam generators is a white finding of
low to moderate safety significance in Unit 3. A green finding was
issued for Unit 2 because its tubes did not lose integrity. Two minor
violations were also identified associated with the review of proposed
changes to limit plant power to 70 percent.
Edison has 10 days
in which to notify the NRC of its intentions of whether it will accept
the violation, request a regulatory conference or submit information in
writing before a final determination is made on the proposed violation.
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Author of this newsletter:
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An Expose of the Nuclear Industry
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