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Indian Valley Record Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3A
Alicia Knadler Engineers in other coun- include 2-1/2 feet of iron re- short if a quake hit with the like Japan, where nuclear a 50-mile radius evacuation
Indian Valley Editortries don't put enough con- bar, 3-1/2-foot thick walls of same 8.9 magnitude that plants have been built close zohe, instead of the 12-mile,
aknadler@plumasnews.comtainment around their concrete and other materials, struck near Tokyo. to large population centers, zone imposed by the Japan-
Tom Velasco of Tay- plants, he said. He also helped build the Diablo was built to with- and with what he considersesegovernment.
lorsville workedfor 17 years He described the stringentstainless steel containment stand up to a magnitude 7 inadequate safety standards. The next day, President
on the construction of the Di- standards by which the unit. "It was built to hold quake from the four nearby"It's not good," he said Barack Obama spoke about
ablo Canyon nuclear power Diablo Canyon plant was de- pressure and to withstandfaults, including the San An- with a shake of his head the crisis on television,
plant at Avila Beach in San signed and built, including the biggest bomber in the lreas. about the deteriorating.situa- promising to keep Americans
Luis Obispo, and the recent all the safety measures, world flying into it," Velasco If there was a meltdown, he tion in Japan and the danger informed of any danger to
crisis in Japan prompted him He worked to construct thesaid. said, it would be directed un- to people in cities of other them, especially residents of
to come forward with his 250-foot high domes that are But for earthquake stan- derground in what is re- countries near nuclear reac- the West Coast, Hawaii, Alas-
concerns about world safety. 147 feet in diameter. Theydards, it might have fallen ferred to as a China Syn- tors. ka and territories of the Unit-
drome -- a hole melted This was Wednesday, ed States in the Pacific.
through the earth to China. March i7, the same day Na- Nuclear experts do not ex-
ile is worried about the tional Nuclear Regulatorypect any nuclear contamina-
people in other countries, Agency officials recommended tion to reach that far, he said.
SU 13
NRC
Alicia Knadler
Indian Valley Editor
aknadler@plumasnews.com
Safety issues from a 2010
review by the federal Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC)
recently came to light in a
Thursday, March 17, Los An-
geles Times article by Julie
Cart.
"The reactor at Diablo
Canyon nuclear power plant
in San Luis Obispo operated
for a year and a half with
some emergency systems dis-
abled, according to a 2010
safety review by the federal
Nuclear Regulatory Commis-
sion," she wrote. •
Cart refers to an analysis by
the group Union of Con-
cerned Scientists.
The report by nuclear engi-
neer David Lochbaum exam-
ines 14 "near-misses" at U.S.
nuclear plants during 2010 and
evaluates the NRC response in
each case. The events exposed
a variety of shortcomings, such
as inadequate training, faulty
maintenance, poor design and
failure to investigate problems
thoroughly.
Tom Velasco, a foreman and general foreman for 17 years on
construction of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San
Luis Obispo, is worried about world safety. He spreads out his
construction specifications to compare safety standards with
what he sees in reports from Japan. Photo by Alicia Knadler
Dinner
Thursday, March 31
Doors open 5:30 p.m. • Dinner served 6 p.m.
Mineral Building
Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds
Enjoy a heart-healthy meal and presentation by Jeff
Kepple, M.D. entitled Preventing Heart Attack and
Stroke. A question and answer session will
immediately follow the presentation.
Admission is $10 per person. Tickets are available in
the lobby at the Hospital or Forest Stationers, in
downtown Quincy.
Dinner with a Doctor is a community education
forum sponsored by the Plumas District Hospital
Employee Wellness Program and Plumas District
Hospital.
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A simplified rendering
shows how the parts of the
Diablo Canyon nuclear power
plant are connected. There
are two reactors there, both
similar in size and output.
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