3 Million pounds of deadly nuclear waste are stranded in temporary storage canisters in a highly vulnerable configuration at San Onofre, with no end in sight. Irvine Mayor Larry Agran is taking the lead in protecting southern California by developing a local plan to better secure the waste while it remains there.
Tag: Sarah Mosko
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Mosko: Garden Grove Was a Warning, San Onofre Is the Test
The possible explosion of a Garden Grove tank containing a chemical listed as an eye, skin and mucous membrane irritant triggered evacuation of ~50,000 residents. This is a stark reminder of the importance of insuring the highly radioactive nuclear waste stranded at San Onofre is stored in the safest possible configuration.
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Mosko: Irvine May Lead Action to Safer Nuclear Waste Storage at San Onofre; Will Other Cities Join In?
Irvine Mayor Larry Agran convened a special city council session on Sept. 30 to urge the City of Irvine to lead other communities in Orange and San Diego Counties in developing a plan to better secure the 3.6 million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste stranded at San Onofre.
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Mosko: Thin Plastic Produce Bags Get a Needed Facelift
Starting in January, thin plastic “produce” bags provided by grocery stores throughout the county and state can no longer be made of conventional plastics. Only plastic bags certified for industrial composting, or recycled paper bags, will be offered for bagging loose items or to prevent one item from contaminating others.
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Mosko: Home and Business Owners Alert – Property is Not Insured Against Radiological Accidents at San Onofre
There is a growing consensus among nuclear safety experts and activists that San Onofre’s aging nuclear waste storage canisters and their beachside location present a growing risk to the public of radiological accidents. Home and business owners should be aware that property insurance policies do not cover any radiological incidents.
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Mosko: Southern California Edison Obfuscates to Hide Risks of Nuclear Energy
Professor emeritus Roger Johnson’s op-ed posted May 27 agues the need for study of cancer risks in communities near San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and other nuclear energy plants nationwide. Southern California Edison’s rebuttal uses tricks (called obfuscation), not facts, at every turn to confuse and lull the public into a false sense of safety about nuclear power and its deadly waste.
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Mosko: Think & Act Globally to Solve Climate Crisis
The “slow boil” hypothesis can no longer explain humanity’s failure to tackle the climate crisis. All parts of the globe are experiencing record-shattering climate extremes, and Orange County is no exception. The fundamental reasons for our collective failure are unbridled corporate capitalism and the failure of governments to act in the public’s interest.
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Mosko: More Nuclear is No Solution to Climate Crisis
No one has figured out how to safely dispose of deadly nuclear waste. Yet, to combat the climate crisis, the United States and the world propose to create more of it by extending the life of existing nuclear power plants and building new ones. Has the world learned nothing from the catastrophes of Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima?
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Annual High Tide Spurs Concerns About Future Safety of San Onofre Nuclear Waste Stock Near South OC
Sea level rise and questions about the integrity of radioactive waste storage canisters are propelling local anxiety over the decommissioned San Onofre nuclear reactor.
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Mosko: Public Safety at Stake in Debate Over Nuclear Waste Storage at San Onofre
Highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel will be stored onsite at San Onofre for the foreseeable future. SoCal Edison will save untold $millions should the public be swayed to trust in Edison’s promises that their thin-walled dry canister storage system can’t fail and that a national repository will magically materialize in time to save the day. Safe nuclear waste storage activists want the waste moved now to more robust, thick-walled casks with safety features lacking in thin-walled canisters.
