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6/4/2013 San Diego Seminar – Fukushima Daiichi Disaster: Lessons for California

If you missed this excellent seminar, follow this website (enter email on right side of this screen), and we’ll update you when we post video and documentation from the seminar. Here is Arnie Gundersen’s slide presentation, with compelling information about … Continue reading

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What Part of Fukushima Do You NOT understand?

Original song by Tom English & Chris Blanchard. Vocals - Tom English, Guitar – Chris Blanchard, 1st umbrella – Gary Headrick, 2st umbrella, Donna Gilmore.  Taken outside the 11/30/2012 NRC public meeting on Edison’s plan to restart its aging, crippled San … Continue reading

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California plans for 7.8 earthquake but ignores San Onofre nuclear plant 7.0 design limit

California seismic planners want us to “drop, cover and hold on” as part of their Great ShakeOut earthquake drill for the expected and overdue 7.8 magnitude earthquake, yet they ignore the fact Southern California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant is … Continue reading

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2012 July Tour – Founder of Fukushima Women Against Nuclear Power

From July 7th to July 18th, No Nukes Action Committee is coordinating a California-wide anti-nuclear tour with an anti-nuclear activist from Fukushima, Chieko Shiina, founder of Fukushima Women Against Nuclear Power. She will start the tour with local anti-nuclear activists, … Continue reading

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San Onofre radiation leak

This ad campaign follows report detailing Edison safety failures and regulators’ intervention at troubled nuclear reactors A new television ad campaign targeting Southern California Edison calls on residents to let the utility know that their families come first — and … Continue reading

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California doesn’t know if Fukushima can happen here

Special to the Mercury News Can what happened in Fukushima happen in California? As the anniversary of Japan’s tragic earthquake nears, the California Energy Commission, in its official report to the governor and the Legislature, presented a shocking response to … Continue reading

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3/10/2012 San Clemente – Fukushima Remembrance

A First Anniversary Remembrance of the March 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan will be held the evening of: Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at 6:00 pm San Clemente Community Center 100 Calle Seville, San Clemente, CA  Map  Join us to honor … Continue reading

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Radiation levels increase in San Onofre cooling system

“…radiation levels in the plant’s cooling system [Unit 2] doubled from January to February 2011 and continued to climb through the end of the year. ..increasing levels of radiation in the water that cools the reactor probably indicates that the … Continue reading

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Kyle Thiermann surfing for change

This video from Kyle Thiermann explains some of the serious problems with relying on nuclear energy for electricity, including footage from Fukushima and problems with a proposal for a new nuclear power plant in South Africa.

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Fukushima and Chernobyl radiation maps

Radiation maps of Fukushima and Chernobyl shows levels of radiation spreading beyond 186 miles (300 km). Radiation is traveling around the world. Source: Professor Yukio Hayakawa, geologist and volcanologist, Gunma University

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