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04/03/2013 MD NRC meeting: Edison request to lower San Onofre safety standards

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

UPDATE: The NRC announced plans to approve Edison’s request to lower San Onofre’s safety standards and may do so in less than the normal 30 day comment period –removing obstacles to a restart of the seriously defective San Onofre Unit … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl Health Effects

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

by Wladimir Tchertkoff, 51 min, 2004 In 1995, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, tried to inform on Chernobyl by organizing in Geneva an international conference with 700 experts and physicians. This tentative was blocked. … Continue reading →

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Dan Hirsch: Why San Onofre is not safe to restart

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

Dan Hirsch UCI 10/16/2012 presentation on why the San Onofre nuclear power reactors should not be restarted. A “must watch” short video that presents the facts everyone needs to know. Read the 9/12/2012 San Onofre Report referenced in the above … Continue reading →

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02/21/2013 Costa Mesa CPUC meeting on San Onofre

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

Please attend today’s California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) public participation hearing regarding San Onofre nuclear power plant.  The CPUC does not appear to understand the urgency of the situation and has a long drawn out process that seems to care … Continue reading →

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02-12-2013 Capistrano Beach NRC meeting on San Onofre restart plan

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will meet with the public on February 12th to discuss the status of its review of Southern California Edison’s proposed plan to restart San Onofre Reactor Unit 2 WITHOUT fixing it first. The NRC expects to … Continue reading →

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What Part of Fukushima Do You NOT understand?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

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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01/22/2013 San Diego Unified School District Board meeting — San Onofre on agenda

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

UPDATE: San Diego Unified School District Board approves the San Onofre resolution.  The resolution, introduced by board members Richard Barrera and Kevin Beiser, said “the San Diego Unified School District believes restarting the defective Unit 2 nuclear reactor at San … Continue reading →

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Nightmare of Nuclear Waste

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

An excellent educational video showing the many problems of nuclear waste. Learn more about radiation monitoring. Learn more about radiation health risks.    

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01/16/2013 Maryland NRC meeting: Friends of the Earth San Onofre petition

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

Friends of the Earth (FOE) petitioner will address the NRC Petition Review Board (PRB) in Maryland on 1/16/2013 regarding restart of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.   UPDATE: Listen to Arnie Gundersen as he makes his slide presentation. In this … Continue reading →

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1/8/2013 San Francisco CPUC prehearing conference on San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Donna Gilmore

Please attend the January 8th 2013 California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) public prehearing conference to show your concerns about the San Onofre nuclear power plant. Groups from around the state are gathering at this first hearing in the San Onofre investigation … Continue reading →

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