Nuclear Situation
I have been raising this issue for years... Now they are talking about Diablo and Onofre... They are 'Registered' facilities there are more than just two in California. There are also 'Test' facilities and 'Decomissioned' facilities. Pricipally one where the Adreas fault runs back into the ocean near Fields Landing just south of Eureka. This plant was decomissioned in the early '70s due to cracks found in the slough ways for the cooling system. If you drive by it today; you will see that it is still hot.
Our forefathers had a great idea but just forgotten a few things, trusting the future generations to follow up on. Unfortunately, these things had gotten swept under a rug and now it is time to 'Face-Up'. One of the items are that under ideal conditions of pouring concrete; the max live is approx 130 years. With radiation involved, the life is shortened. Someone will have to come up with a way to replace the mud. Protective berms around the area to deflect said particles were not constructed due to cost efficientcies (lowest bidder). Also the thinking at that time was that if there was a 'melt-down' was that the core would simply drop down into the fault with the seawater following to create it's own mud to cap off the fire.
So, It is time for us to pick the brains of our 'Elder' scientists and engineers that actually understand Physics and maybe we can come up with a more longterm solution. KC
