California nuclear plants have no earthquake plans
By News Bulletin
RT News
Thursday, Mar 17, 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog
US regulators insist American nuclear facilities can withstand major earthquakes, but the fact remains the plants are not required to include earthquakes in their emergency response plans.
美國監管機構堅持美國的核設施能承受大地震，但事實依然電廠並未需要包括地震在它們的應急計劃。
View of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in north San Diego County on March 15, 20112011年3月15日在北聖地亞哥縣的聖奧諾弗雷核電廠景觀
(AFP Photo / Mark Ralston)
From Obama to government nuclear experts, everyone claimed US facilities are fully prepared if disaster were to strike.
從奧巴馬到政府的核專家，每一個人都聲稱如果災難攻擊，美國的設施都得到充分的準備。
In California the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant has continually been cited as earthquake prone, yet no emergency plan exists in the case of a quake. The plant, built over a quarter century ago, sits less than a mile from a fault line along the coast. Not only does the plant merely not have a plan in place, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission fought against requiring such a plan.
在加州的暗黑峽谷核電廠巳不斷被列為易發生地震，然而沒有應急計劃存在倘若發生地震。這家四分之一世紀前建成的工廠，位於不到一英里遠沿著海岸的斷層線。不只純是工廠沒有計劃到位，而且核管理委員會對抗這樣的計劃要求。
Additionally, the subject has even been heard in US courts. In the 1980’s the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC ruled 5-4 that there was no legal or public safety reason require plants formulate earthquake disaster plans.
The plant at Diablo Canyon does now have a basic procedure in place, which was used following a quake in 2003. But no official plan is public.
As Japan continues to struggle with its nuclear facilities following the earthquake and tsunami many American are becoming increasingly worried about nuclear plants in the US. Could such a disaster happen in America?
Yes – claimed many experts.
Many are calling on the US government to immediately review safety protocols at plants across the nation.
“They're more concerned about the protection of the plants, and installation of further plants, than they are about public safety. The president should be saying, 'I want every single plant reviewed,'" Victor Gilinsky, who once served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, told the Huffington Post.
To date, opponents of such plans argue no plan is needed because the facilities are built to withstand earthquakes and no plan would therefore be needed.
Prior to the recent quake in Japan, Japanese officials claimed their nuclear plants could withstand quakes as well, but even they had emergency plans in place.
Source: RT News
http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_62553.shtml
加州首府發現日本輻射塵
更新時間 2011年 3月 18日, 格林尼治標準時間21:54
美國加州首府薩克拉門托的官員說，當地發現了和日本福島第一核電站相仿的輻射塵微粒。
不過，官員也表示，當地的總體背景輻射劑量並沒有增加，而當局也不認為會出現可能對人體造成傷害的輻射線。
在發現輻射塵之前，加州部分的藥房就出現了民眾搶購碘片、導致缺貨的情況。
不過衛生當局強調說，雖然服用碘片在出現強烈輻射的時候有一定的預防效果，但是也不能忽視其副作用，尤其是對海鮮過敏、甲狀腺機能有問題的人，服用碘片反而有害無益。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2011/03/110318_brief_japanquake_us_radiation.shtml
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