LLAW’s “ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” #495 (12/29/2023)

”End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”

LLOYD A. WILLIAMS-PENDERGRAFT

DEC 29, 2023

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PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant at Avila Beach on the California Coast

LLAW’s THOUGHTS TONIGHT:

What is it about PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric Company) that makes them by far the most dangerous utility power company on the planet? — yes this is the same outfit that has caused so much damage in California, and other border states for what seems like forever — burning down cities, poisoning the inhabitants of a city, blowing up cities — the list of critical death-filled mistakes, fabrications, and careless operations has bankrupted them multiple times over the years, yet here they are being approved to extend the operating life of the only commercial nuclear power plant still operating in California, outrageously being permitted to continue for five more years after its scheduled shutdown and mothballing in 2025 and, as a bonus, given billions of operating dollars to do so by both the U.S. government and the State of California.

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Now, just this morning, the city of San Francisco and surrounds woke up to a no-power morning from PG&E. My own phone was entirely filled with articles, columns, emergency warnings, outraged businesses and private citizens alike . . . (and I live a few hundred miles east in Nevada near the California border, llolloll!) I took screenshot after screenshot of the public outrage, not bothering to read any details because who wants to wake up to a world full of anger the very first thing in the morning. But, I thought, “here we go again . . .”

I have written several opinion pieces here on “All Things Nuclear”, including an expansive report on all the the disasters, tears, human and property damage, and outrage PG&E has done over the years, wondering all the while why the company is still allowed to operate — especially with an extremely controversial West Coast nuclear power plant that the entire United States of America, Canada, and including California itself is downwind from. The nuclear power plant, located at Avila Beach in southern California, which has been known to have radiation-leaking cracks in the reactor walls and is well past its ability to remain safe (if it ever was), and to be allowed to continue operating for 5 extended years because California needs all the power it can get is beyond irresponsible. And, as I said, both California and the United States governments have endorsed the extension and given the company with the worst reputation in the history of public utilities ever a huge cash bonus to spread their potential treachery for 5 more years.

Thousands upon thousands of people in San Francisco surrounding cities, businesses, were without power for most of the day and some still are. PG&E said the power failure was because of an incoming storm, but the storm had not even arrived when multiple cities lost power in the greater Bay Area, I will leave it up to PG&E and you to answer the questions, but PG&# routinely lies about what went wrong — although they have routinely been caught in the act and have paid the consequences of damage and death over an over and over again.

I normally wouldn’t make such a big to-do about a huge (reason unknown) outage like this one, but PG&E has been on my nuclear watch for several years now, and I have no intention of ignoring any of their spine-tingling, corrupt, dangerous, and erratic ways of doing business. Their nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon should be shut down as scheduled, because if it isn’t there will, no doubt, be “Hell” to pay . . . ~llaw


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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS (12/28/2023):

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

The Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were safe. But toxins lurked, documents show

Orlando Sentinel

“We can all pretend to not know, because knowing is really hard,” Doreen Jenness said. “Knowing and doing something about it is even harder. Now, 23 …

The Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were safe. But documents and reports of …

WWNY

“We can all pretend to …

AP Investigation: Toxins Lurked in Nuclear Missile Capsules – VOA News

VOA News

“We can all pretend to not know, because knowing is really hard,” Doreen Jenness said. “Knowing and doing something about it is even harder. Now, 23 …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Good news, and nuclear fight: 2023 in EU energy and environment – Euractiv

Euractiv

Last minute, Paris also won recognition for low-carbon hydrogen produced from nuclear electricity. In March, France did the smart thing and launched a …

Top “Nuclear Explained” Reads in 2023 | IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

1 What are Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)?. Amidst nuclear energy making history at COP28 and discussions about its role in addressing climate change, …

South Carolina nuclear plant’s cracked pipes get downgraded warning from nuclear officials

San Diego Union-Tribune

The plant runs pressurized water heated by uranium fuel through a steam generator. A different loop of steam powers the turbine that makes electricity …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Most Read War On The Rocks Articles of 2023

War on the Rocks

At this time last year, the world was concerned about Russian nuclear weapons use in Ukraine, even while many believed that the Russian leadership was …

It’s five minutes past midnight in Armageddon – The Hill

The Hill

It takes just five times that amount of uranium, enriched to 90 percent, to sustain a nuclear chain reaction for one nuclear bomb. … War III against …

Israel-Hamas war: Iran accelerating nuclear program | LiveNOW from FOX – YouTube

YouTube

UCI Assistant Professor and Israel Institute Fellow Dr. Alon Burstein speaks with LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall. Subscribe to LiveNOW from FOX!

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

South Carolina nuclear plant’s cracked pipes get downgraded warning from officials

ABC News

… cracks discovered in a backup emergency fuel line at a South Carolina nuclear plant northwest of the state capital.

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

Toxic dangers lurked in U.S. nuclear missile capsules, documents show – CTV News

CTV News

… nuclear threats · Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons. “The workplace is free of health hazards,” a Dec. 30, 2001 …

Existential risks to Israel | Israel National News – Arutz Sheva

Arutz Sheva

… dangers of an unintentional nuclear war. Such potentially existential … nuclear threats against its still non-nuclear adversary in Tehran. The …

Would Hawaii Survive a Nuclear War? – EnergyPortal.eu –

EnergyPortal.eu –

Nuclear Threats: Hawaii’s remoteness and limited strategic value make it … While the threat of a nuclear war is a terrifying prospect, Hawaii’s …

Yellowstone Caldera

NEWS

Entitled tourist sparks outrage online after venturing off designated boardwalk: ‘I yelled at …

The Cool Down

… Yellowstone Caldera or a “smaller heat source” closer to the Mammoth Terraces. But that isn’t an invitation to go closer to the hot springs to try …

Plant Health Provides Early Signs Of Volcanic Unrest, Study Says | Nature World News

Nature World News

With considerable carbon dioxide emissions, Yellowstone has a sizable and active caldera system-a massive depression created by a volcano’s eruption …

Navan actor Brosnan in hot water over Yellowstone trip – LMFM

LMFM

… Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Sitting atop an active volcanic calderaYellowstone is home to more geological hydrothermal features (geysers …

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