The Great Fallout | One Earthquake Away From a Very Bad Day

The Great California ShakeOut is missing the FallOut

The Great California ShakeOut drill ignores the San Onofre Nuclear reactor site and the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.

Lesson #1: Earthquakes can cause a nuclear catastrophe.
Lesson #2: Nuclear catastrophes result in ruined lives and abandoned cities.
Lesson #3: Nuclear catastrophes can be prevented if early warnings are heeded.

Let’s learn from these lessons, especially prevention.

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For more information about safety and other issues related to the San Onofre nuclear reactor, please click here: SanOnofreSafety.org

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Just click below to send the following email to the government representatives responsible to insure public safety, asking them to step up to their responsibilities to protect the public's health, safety and welfare. Decision makers within 50 miles of the San Onofre nuclear reactor, including mayors, supervisors, state and federal officials, will receive this email from you personally.

Dear Public Official:*
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I am very concerned about the impact a major earthquake may have on our community, and I support efforts to ensure residents and businesses are well prepared for such an event. The Great California ShakeOut is an important component of ensuring community members know the risks and respond appropriately to help minimize the danger to themselves and others during a major seismic event. However, I was deeply troubled to learn that the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill completely ignores the risk of an earthquake-induced nuclear accident at the San Onofre nuclear reactor site – a very real threat to the safety of our community since these reactors are not built to withstand an earthquake of the magnitude the faults around it may produce. The San Onofre nuclear reactor site was built to withstand an earthquake of an approximately 7.0 magnitude. ShakeOut drill planners use the United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates for a 7.8 quake – that is more than six times the force of a 7.0 quake. The Newport/Inglewood fault is only 4 miles out to sea from San Onofre. According to the USGS this specific fault has a potential for a 7.5 to 8.0 earthquake. We don’t need any more seismic studies to tell us there is reason to be concerned. As a civic leader, I respectfully request that you take action to ensure the safety of our community. San Onofre is currently offline due to severely damaged equipment. Edison proposes to restart one of the reactors to see how well it holds up without doing any repairs. They risk our well being while they gamble with damaged equipment which may now be even more vulnerable to earthquakes. Ensuring public safety requires an open transparent process and expert testimony before an independent judge. I urge you to join others who have made calls, written letters of support or introduced resolutions like those recently passed in Del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Monica and others requesting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) require Southern California Edison submit to the requisite license amendment process and an adjudicatory hearing before they are allowed to restart either reactor. We deserve safe, clean, reliable energy. The aging and expensive San Onofre nuclear reactors are none of these things. Replacing San Onofre with energy efficiency programs and diversified renewables is not only safer, but also makes far more economic sense. We need to invest in the future, not in a dangerous nuclear reactor site built with five decade old designs.
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The Great California ShakeOut drill ignores the San Onofre Nuclear reactor site and the lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.

For more information about safety and other issues related to the San Onofre nuclear reactor, please click here: SanOnofreSafety.org

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