Tuesday, December 3, 2019

USGS: ShakeOut Scenario Appendix D: Fault Crossing Tables

ShakeOut Scenario Appendix D: Fault Crossing Tables
By Daniel Ponti1 and Jerome Treiman2
USGS Open File Report 2008-1150, Appendix D CGS Preliminary Report 25D
2008
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
California Department of Conservation California Geological Survey
Data Sorting and Aggregation by Gene A. Nelson, Ph.D.

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Table 2. Railroads and Transit Lines Impacted by Faulting from the ShakeOut Scenario Earthquake

Railroad Name
Atchison Topeka Santa Fe RR
Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Totals
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics data (NTAD

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
-117.457923 34.269031
-115.920686 33.513766 -115.919193 33.512275 -115.918182 33.511548 -115.917310 33.510597 -115.915419 33.508817 -115.900514 33.492495
-115.732240 33.358941
2004). Information dates

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Total Length Within Fault Zone
(meters) Count

Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad Southern Pacific Railroad

-118.114221 34.551569 3.12 -118.113855 34.550821 1.48 -118.107154 34.541421 0.22 -118.080939 34.553293 0.04 -117.459627 34.269625 4.00

84
58
80
115
64 4011

FRA ADDED -116.538486 33.892328 0.57 87
FRA ADDED -116.536945 33.891792 0.49 222 309 1

41 411 8.30 111
8.30 302 8.30 61 8.30 208 8.20 324 0.86 179
3.90

4.00

Eagle Mountain Railroad -115.849463 33.452864 12.00 87
Eagle Mountain Railroad -115.838868 33.450439 1.24 47 134 1

1,185 1 40 401
2,327 2,327 7

Metrolink - Antelope Valley Line Metrolink - Antelope Valley Line Metrolink - Antelope Valley Line Metrolink - Antelope Valley Line

-118.113671 34.550757 1.48 66
-118.107136 34.541415 0.22 80
-118.113974 34.551530 3.12 47
-118.113857 34.551227 1.41 24 217 1

from 2004 and may not reflect current conditions

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Table 3. Aqueducts Impacted by Faulting from the ShakeOut Scenario Earthquake

Source: Aqueduct locations digitized from
Aqueduct Name
Los Angeles Aqueduct

2005 NAIP Imagery and USGS 7.5’ Quadrangle Maps

Location
(Lon/Lat, WGS84)
-118.43482 34.67280

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Count

3.30

41 41 1

California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct California Aqueduct

-118.18241 34.57897 -118.17032 34.56934 -118.15633 34.56342 -118.15024 34.56096 -118.14936 34.56048 -118.09613 34.53505 -118.09119 34.53656 -118.06739 34.53180 -118.06664 34.53188 -118.06472 34.53227 -118.06442 34.53232

3.50 130 0.25 273 0.24 215 0.23 115 0.22 81 0.13 77 0.04 361 0.07 57 2.80 124 0.21 13 0.21 44

1,490 1

North Fork Canal North Fork Canal North Fork Canal North Fork Canal
Colorado River Aqueduct Colorado River Aqueduct

-117.14184 34.11779 -117.13767 34.11524 -117.13218 34.11261 -117.10931 34.10482
-116.67451 33.93411 -116.66500 33.93416

5.30 327 5.30 119 5.60 131 5.40 112
1.28 127 0.46 45

689 1
172 1

Bear Valley High Line Aqueduct Bear Valley High Line Aqueduct Bear Valley High Line Aqueduct Bear Valley High Line Aqueduct Bear Valley High Line Aqueduct

-117.09316 34.09916 -117.05719 34.08464 -117.05160 34.08722 -117.05031 34.08775 -117.04835 34.08817

4.14 41
0.46 52
1.96 53
1.47 71
0.98 121 338 1

Coachella Canal Coachella Canal Coachella Canal Coachella Canal Coachella Canal Coachella Canal Coachella Canal Coachella Canal

-116.18633 33.74035 -116.18547 33.73979 -116.18383 33.73899 -116.17240 33.73004 -116.12625 33.68969 -116.12503 33.68847 -115.97651 33.56599 -115.97212 33.56598

4.68 52 5.20 147 5.50 222 5.90 133 8.00 205 7.70 149 6.39 52 0.69 61

1,021 1

Totals

3,751

3,751 6

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Table 4. Fiber Optic Communication Lines Impacted by Faulting from the ShakeOut Scenario Earthquake
Source: NGA, non-restricted platts data. Dataset from 2003 and earlier and may not reflect current conditions.

111
122

-117.44852 34.26332
-117.44852 34.26332
-117.68883 34.37859 -117.67907 34.37419 -117.67643 34.37335 -117.67441 34.37277 -117.67267 34.37217 -116.55852 33.90285 -116.55731 33.90266 -116.53130 33.89149 -116.53086 33.89127 -115.94330 33.53486 -115.93706 33.53187 -115.83615 33.44466 -115.83415 33.44191 -115.83384 33.44148 -115.83350 33.44102 -115.73393 33.36110 -118.05928 34.52054

51 51 1

Scenario-Assigned CompanyID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Count

101 -118.13264 34.56558 101 -118.13190 34.55900 101 -118.13094 34.55098 101 -117.44852 34.26332 101 -116.62927 33.92087 101 -116.62753 33.91998 101 -116.61919 33.91784 101 -116.61726 33.91742 101 -116.58905 33.91167 101 -116.58732 33.91131 101 -116.50601 33.88224 101 -116.15172 33.71040

0.34 43 2.95 83 0.30 51 2.80 51 0.75 49 0.69 327 0.63 217 0.72 150 0.74 194 0.70 136 0.62 161 6.70 70

1,532 1

2.80
51 51 1 6.40 162

2.80

6.39 79 7.20 170 7.00 226 6.60 120 0.58 14 0.53 214 0.48 41 0.59 53 7.20 88 0.79 230 1.24 329
11.16 85 11.16 26 1.24 95 4.50 47 0.07 35

1,979 1

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Scenario-Assigned CompanyID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
-117.44852 34.26332
-117.44852 34.26332

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Count
1 1

178 -118.05899 34.52056 178 -118.04303 34.52166 178 -118.04121 34.52178 178 -118.03813 34.52199 178 -118.03107 34.52247

0.07 20
3.28 74
0.12 19
0.12 100
0.42 33 281 1

190
215

333
345

2.80
2.80

51 51
51 51

202 -118.13264 34.56558 202 -118.13190 34.55900 202 -118.13094 34.55098

0.34 43
2.95 83
0.30 51 177 1

223 -116.62927 33.92087 223 -116.62753 33.91998 223 -116.61919 33.91784 223 -116.61726 33.91742 223 -116.58905 33.91167 223 -116.58732 33.91131 223 -116.50601 33.88224 223 -116.15172 33.71040

0.75 49 0.69 327 0.63 217 0.72 150 0.74 194 0.70 136 0.62 161 6.70 70

1304 1

-117.68883 34.37859 -117.67907 34.37419 -117.67643 34.37335 -117.67441 34.37277 -117.67267 34.37217
-117.44852 34.26332
-117.44852 34.26332
-118.13264 34.56558 -118.13190 34.55900 -118.13094 34.55098 -117.44852 34.26332 -116.62927 33.92087 -116.62753 33.91998 -116.61919 33.91784

6.40 6.39 7.20 7.00 6.60
2.80
2.80
0.34 2.95 0.30 2.80 0.75 0.69 0.63

757

1 1
1

328 -117.44852 34.26332 2.80 51 51

51 51

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Scenario-Assigned CompanyID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
-116.61726 33.91742 -116.58905 33.91167 -116.58732 33.91131 -116.50601 33.88224 -116.15172 33.71040
-117.44852 34.26332 -117.44852 34.26332
-117.44852 34.26332
-117.44841 34.26325
-118.13264 34.56558 -118.13190 34.55900 -118.13094 34.55098 -117.44852 34.26332
-117.45974 34.26971
-117.45974 34.26971

Fault Slip (meters)

Total Length Length Within Within
Fault Zone Fault Zone (meters) (meters)
0.72 150
0.74 194
0.70 136
0.62 161
6.70 70 1,532
2.80 51 51 2.80 51 51
2.80 51 51
2.80 51 51
0.34 43
2.95 83
0.30 51
2.80 51 228
4.00 61 61
4.00 61 61

Count
1
1 1
1
1
1
1
1

381 440
548
669

992
993
Totals

9,579 9,579 25

349 -117.68883 34.37859 349 -117.67907 34.37419 349 -117.67643 34.37335 349 -117.67441 34.37277 349 -117.67267 34.37217

6.40 162
6.39 79
7.20 170
7.00 226
6.60 120 757 1

430 -117.44852 34.26332 2.80 51 51

704 -117.44852 34.26332 2.80 51 51

808 -118.13264 34.56558 808 -118.13190 34.55900 808 -118.13094 34.55098 808 -116.15172 33.71040

0.34 43
2.95 83
0.30 51
6.70 70 247 1

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Table 5. Oil and Gas Pipelines Impacted by Faulting from the ShakeOut Scenario Earthquake

Source: Techni Graphic Systems, Inc.,
Scenario-Assigned Company ID Number

NPMS, and MMS. Information dates from 2004

and earlier and may not reflect current conditions

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
-117.49124 34.28625 -117.47618 34.27897 -117.47542 34.27839 -117.49099 34.28615 -117.47597 34.27887

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters)

Count

887 -115.78916 33.40997 887 -115.79323 33.41132 887 -115.79393 33.41156

8.26 138 3.54 106 3.66 35

279 1

7.00 6.10 5.80 7.00 6.10

1,041 1

946 -118.11175 34.56816 946 -116.21507 33.76337 946 -116.55707 33.90257 946 -116.21461 33.76305 946 -116.55676 33.90247 946 -116.80736 33.93177 946 -116.82258 33.93253 946 -116.90648 33.93470 946 -116.53055 33.89132 946 -116.55294 33.90110 946 -116.55494 33.90172 946 -118.09124 34.55789 946 -118.14512 34.55783 946 -118.12858 34.55775 946 -118.11486 34.55782 946 -118.12921 34.55775 946 -118.09158 34.55804 946 -118.14534 34.55794 946 -118.11494 34.55790 946 -118.12927 34.55780 946 -117.46949 34.27562 946 -117.44295 34.25968 946 -117.27818 34.17476 946 -116.47527 33.89340 946 -116.47473 33.89128 946 -116.47516 33.89246 946 -116.47534 33.89400 946 -116.55396 33.92428 946 -116.55394 33.92238 946 -116.45800 33.85566 946 -116.54554 33.89700

0.08 38 4.30 191 0.53 208 4.30 233 0.53 207 1.20 53 0.96 53 0.04 91 0.59 64 0.45 366 0.53 33 0.05 81 0.22 64 3.12 14 0.39 46 2.95 102 0.05 85 0.22 78 0.39 26 2.95 115 5.30 69 1.30 55 4.90 44 0.04 41 1.62 73 0.02 44 0.04 45 0.05 42 1.07 46 0.06 44 0.43 48

2,699 1

Totals

4,019

4,019 3

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Table 6. Electrical Transmission Lines Impacted by Faulting from the ShakeOut Scenario Earthquake
Source: NGA HSIP Gold database; no data creator identified. Information is from 2005 and earlier and may not reflect current conditions

Scenario-Assigned Company ID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters

Count

247 -116.16272 33.72073 247 -116.16272 33.72199 247 -116.09316 33.66165 247 -116.07123 33.64304 247 -116.06027 33.63582 247 -115.97746 33.56688 247 -115.97705 33.56994 247 -115.96654 33.55667 247 -115.96073 33.55484 247 -115.94310 33.53468 247 -115.93644 33.53113 247 -115.93581 33.53079

0.09 85 6.20 51 7.20 75 7.00 54 7.10 74 6.39 54 0.74 50 6.57 87 0.76 79 7.20 140 0.79 41 0.80 98

888 1

-118.34237 -118.34223 -118.34187 -118.34174 -118.34084 -118.34068 -118.33953 -118.33939 -118.22206 -118.22160 -118.22118 -118.22111 -118.22087 -118.22082 -118.22057 -118.22035 -118.17781 -118.16906 -118.15474 -118.15237 -118.14707 -118.14707 -118.14106 -118.13129 -117.46414 -117.46414 -117.37457 -117.33333

34.63746 34.63739 34.63829 34.63821 34.63995 34.63991 34.64160 34.64153 34.59535 34.59521 34.59508 34.59444 34.59451 34.59416 34.59422 34.59427 34.57279 34.57276 34.57257 34.57157 34.56515 34.56515 34.56782 34.56517 34.27206 34.27247 34.22090 34.20141

0.53 59 0.53 64 4.24 61 4.24 62 0.27 41 0.27 41 0.29 40 0.29 40 0.60 81 0.60 83 0.60 82 5.40 78 5.40 36 5.13 3 5.13 48 5.13 90 0.28 82 2.54 179 0.30 85 0.30 46 2.21 82 2.21 84 0.28 94 0.34 105 2.82 46 1.88 46 5.10 41 4.30 49

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Scenario-Assigned Company ID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
34.10388 34.06286 34.06282 34.06277 34.06251 34.06032 34.05548 34.05520 34.05457 34.04876 34.04818 34.04668 34.04137 34.04073 33.94479 33.94726 33.94733
33.94744 33.93440 33.93388 33.93397 33.93364 33.93320 33.93199 33.93232 33.93258 33.93335 33.93335 33.93300 33.93269 33.93303 33.93337 33.93340 33.93307 33.93281 33.93271 33.93317

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters
5.30 43

0.03 13
0.04 236

0.07 124 0.27 81 1.44 157 1.71 138 1.89 10 1.89 33 2.70 49 2.70 231 2.52 37 0.29 235 0.29 86 0.04 41 0.04 42 0.04 41
0.04 40 0.96 116 0.96 6 0.96 50 0.96 84 0.96 65 1.20 54 1.20 61 1.20 75 1.43 117 1.28 60 1.28 65 1.28 45 1.50 56 1.50 63 1.26 52 1.26 51 1.26 51 1.61 97 1.61 78

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters

Count

-117.10520 -117.00605 -116.99979 -116.99725 -116.98648 -116.96969 -116.95455 -116.95382 -116.95219 -116.93859 -116.93724 -116.93364 -116.92092 -116.91937 -116.86951 -116.86511 -116.86495
-116.86475 -116.82399 -116.82360 -116.82325 -116.82320 -116.82298 -116.80712 -116.80654 -116.80610 -116.77055 -116.76959 -116.76878 -116.76793 -116.76424 -116.76379 -116.75686 -116.75653 -116.75629 -116.74139 -116.74033

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Scenario-Assigned Company ID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
33.93340 33.93160 33.93131 33.93095 33.93094 33.93139 33.93112 33.93082 33.92724 33.92717 33.92709 33.92603 33.92584 33.92542 33.92170 33.92132 33.91779 33.91281 33.91239 33.93356 33.93318 33.93302 33.93267 33.93185 33.93267 33.93239 33.90922 33.92987 33.92981 33.92893 33.92883 33.92836 33.92830 33.92748

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters

Count

-116.73993 -116.66891 -116.66850 -116.66825 -116.66781 -116.66153 -116.66114 -116.66073 -116.65439 -116.65387 -116.65355 -116.64901 -116.64818 -116.64639 -116.63044 -116.62974 -116.61370 -116.59238 -116.59059 -116.58747 -116.58622 -116.58568 -116.58509 -116.58461 -116.58450 -116.58371 -116.58065 -116.57271 -116.57241 -116.57180 -116.57142 -116.57125 -116.57088 -116.56700

1.61 1.13 1.13 1.13 1.15 0.41 0.41 0.41 1.12 1.12 0.15 1.53 1.30 1.30 0.75 0.75 0.79 0.68 0.74 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.02 1.08 1.08 0.65 0.02 0.02 1.02 1.02 0.02 0.02 1.01

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Scenario-Assigned Company ID Number

Location (Lon/Lat, WGS84)
33.92711 33.92705 33.92205 33.91815 33.89365 33.89141 33.89003 33.91195 33.91155 33.86198 33.76851 33.76807 33.76784 33.76756 33.76566 33.74086

Fault Slip (meters)

Length Within Fault Zone (meters
1.01 191 0.06 24 1.07 27 0.95 139 0.57 78 0.48 55 0.65 147 2.07 104 2.07 122 0.20 130 3.70 90 3.70 75 3.70 2 4.00 125 4.00 154 4.68 147

Total Length Within Fault Zone (meters

Count

-116.56580 -116.56464 -116.55354 -116.54099 -116.54036 -116.53244 -116.52557 -116.52347 -116.52234 -116.47515 -116.22229 -116.22133 -116.22086 -116.22025 -116.21790 -116.18664

9,057 1

974 -118.37520 34.65017 974 -118.37484 34.65070 974 -118.37470 34.64979 974 -118.37444 34.65128 974 -118.37417 34.65055 974 -118.37383 34.65104 974 -118.01296 34.50928 974 -118.01138 34.50868 974 -118.01005 34.50791 974 -118.00212 34.50975 974 -118.00095 34.50907 974 -117.99933 34.50834 974 -117.47087 34.27634 974 -117.47064 34.27623

0.23 41 3.83 61 0.23 41 0.45 40 3.83 40 0.45 40 4.77 119 4.77 146 4.77 84 0.48 78 0.47 66 0.47 61 5.30 53 5.30 53

923 1

Totals

10,868

10,868 3

Pro-nuclear green group: Bring back San Onofre

Unit 2, right, and Unit 3 reactor containment structures at the San Onofre Nuclear

Generating Station.
(Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)
By ROB NIKOLEWSKI
JULY 21, 2016 4:09 PM https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-sanonofre-return-group-2016jul21-story.html

It may be a long shot, but a pro-nuclear environmental organization based near San Luis Obispo wants to bring the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station back to life.
“I think it can happen if we’re allowed to make our case,” said Gene Nelson, government liaison for Californians for Green Nuclear Power, which contends that nuclear power is essential for the

state to meet its clean energy targets in the coming years.
But can San Onofre, which has not produced electricity since January 2012 and is well into the third year of a 20-year decommissioning process, realistically get back up and running?

Rob Nikolewski tours the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

“I’ve heard from far too many people (who say), ‘Once we’ve flipped the switch, it’s irreversible,’” Nelson said. “I don’t think that’s true.”
CGNP’s members see the recent decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to reopen the controversial $4.7 billion San Onofre settlement as a potential opening.
The original settlement reached in March 2014 called on utility ratepayers to shoulder about 70

percent of the costs of shutting down the nuclear plant.
Southern California Edison is the majority owner of the plant and oversees its operations. San
Diego Gas & Electric, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, owns 20 percent.
After recent disclosures published in The San Diego Union-Tribune of a secret meeting in Warsaw, Poland, between an Edison executive and then-CPUC President Michael Peevey, a

CPUC administrative law judge decided to give the decommissioning deal another look.
Nelson said CGNP has filed paperwork with the CPUC in the hopes of being heard before the commission when the case is reopened.
“It’s a matter of getting the information out to people so they can actually understand what’s at stake,” Nelson said in a telephone interview.

The CGNP, which is also fighting the decision by Pacific Gas & Electric to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, says the state is becoming too reliant on a fossil fuel — natural gas — for electricity and does not think renewable energy sources such as wind and solar can make up the difference as nuclear power goes offline.
“The ratepayers are already being stuck with higher bills because of the higher replacement

power costs,” Nelson said.
The solution, as CGNP sees it, is to replace the failed steam generators that led to the closing of San Onofre and get the facility back online.
But Tom Palmisano, the plant’s chief nuclear officer, says that would be unprecedented. Working with the federal government’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission, San Onofre had its

operating license changed in 2013 to prevent the station from putting fuel in its reactors.
In addition, Palmisano said, “I’ve not been maintaining equipment because it’s retired ... There’s no salvage value. It’s all going to be removed and disposed of as part of decommissioning.”
Palmisano said he did not know of any cases in which a decommissioned plant was revived. “Nobody has ever closed a plant permanently and re-licensed and restarted a plant,” Palmisano

said. “Nobody has ever gone backwards.”
A former president of the American Nuclear Society, who has called the shutting down of San Onofre “a tragedy for California,” said earlier this year that bringing the plant back online at this point is almost impossible.
Don Hoffman, president of Maryland-based Excel Services, which has expertise in

recommissioning nuclear plants, said, “The only way to re-license it is under all the current standards, not the standards to which it was initially designed and built.

“And (you’d have to) license it all over again. And the time and the effort and the cost of that is

just insurmountable.”
Nelson said his group has “made some crude estimates” that getting San Onofre producing electricity again would cost about $1 billion.
That’s a hefty sum but Nelson said it’s significantly cheaper than the $4.7 billion proposed in the original settlement approved by the CPUC.

Still, the obstacles appear to be huge — ranging from the technical challenges of reopening the plant to the question whether the CPUC grants CGNP status as a party intervenor — not to mention the intense response that would come from anti-nuclear activists at the prospect of ever bringing San Onofre back online.
“Yes, this is definitely an uphill battle,” Nelson said. “But we recognize the stakes are too big

and that’s why we don’t take no for an answer readily.”

Rob Nikolewski

Nuclear Power Defends California Public Safety from Earthquake Hazards

Nuclear Power Defends California Public Safety from Earthquake Hazards
Gene Nelson, Ph.D. November 29, 2019
Introduction:
During the past four years, I have spent thousands of hours working to understand California energy policy. Sadly, it is not determined by rational engineering practice. Instead, most of the policies appear to be designed to maintain the dominance of natural gas as California's main energy source. Unfortunately, 95% of California's natural gas comes from outside California's borders via underground pipelines.
California has about a 50-day supply of natural gas in California underground storage reservoirs. Natural gas energy can get to the point of use only when the bulk transmission and storage system is intact.
Given a population of 40 million in a state at the southwest corner of the U.S. that is very dependent on a reliable energy supply, this is a precarious situation. This situation is why California needs
both Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP - shown at the left) and San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to
maintain life-sustaining California energy diversity. DCPP and SONGS operate independent of California's aging and vulnerable natural gas system
Unfortunately, California's natural gas system has been poorly maintained, so it cannot move energy at its designed rate. Instead, many bulk transmission large-diameter pipelines are de-rated to reflect their poor state of repair. Just as in the case of California's electric transmission infrastructure, routine maintenance was deferred so that investor-owned utility executive pay and shareholder dividends could be enhanced. This is a symptom of a "captive regulator" - namely the California Public Utilities Commission. (CPUC)
Despite the entrenched business interests, California's public utility system needs reform. Independent nonprofit and Intervenor Californians for Green Nuclear Power, Inc. (CGNP) can be part of the solution. CGNP has already become politically active.
The natural gas problem recently affected San Diego County, California. There were no news reports. The San Diego Union Tribune (and Qualcomm, Children's Hospital and others in the San Diego area) have installed large natural gas powered backup generators. Those generators will likely be nonfunctional during a large-scale natural gas outage caused by earthquakes Some of the natural gas pipeline problems are caused by stress corrosion cracking initiated by plate tectonics (aseismic creep.) Furthermore, natural gas pipelines sometimes corrode from the inside, so the cathodic protection

systems installed after the pipelines were constructed in the mid-1950s do not stop internal corrosion. Furthermore, pipeline corrosion that occurred between the time the pipeline was constructed and the cathodic protection system was installed is a latent defect.
This dangerous over- dependency on natural gas is a compelling reason to re-commission SONGS, which could provide both life- sustaining electricity and safe drinking water via electrically-powered desalination. SONGS stored at least 27 billion kilowatt-hours of energy within the twin reactor cores. Diablo Canyon stores a similar huge quantity of "always on" power. California's electric distribution system is inherently more earthquake - resistant than California's aging and vulnerable natural gas transmission and storage system.
The San Bruno PG&E natural gas pipeline explosion which killed 8 on September 9, 2010 should have prompted a re-examination of the state's over-dependency
on natural gas. Here's a summary of the roughly 2,000 pages of CPUC Intervenor Californians for Green Nuclear Power, Inc.'s (CGNP's) written testimony, workpapers, and oral hearing transcripts over the past 3 years:
1. California's large investor-owned utilities made sure the over-dependence story was not covered by any in-state media. The two big natural gas suppliers are Sempra (whose service territory covers southern California) and Pacific Gas & Electric. Both huge firms exert tremendous political power in California
2. Sempra, a 20% owner of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) likely had a role in the decision to decommission SONGS after January, 2012. The issue was the plant's owners mismanagement of a routine service operation (replacement of the SONGS steam generators.) SONGS was probably shut down to expand the market for natural gas, since SONGS was generating more than five times the annual output of Hoover Dam in 2011. PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) produces the same amount of power. (There is still an open criminal investigation regarding SONGS and the CPUC.)
3. Southern California's aging (mostly 60 plus years old) natural gas bulk transmission and storage system began to show signs of stress after SONGS went off line. Sempra had to compensate for the loss of SONGS by making more aggressive use of their Aliso Canyon Storage Field (ACSF.) The subsequent disaster near Porter Ranch began in October, 2015 and ended in February, 2016. It was the world's biggest methane leak from a natural gas distribution and storage system to date.
4. There is plenty of evidence the plan to shut down DCPP in 2025 would serve to expand PG&E's natural gas business, much like occurred for Sempra after SONGS went off line. It might also expand the use of out-of state coal-fired generation. A Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, PacifiCorp has also been pushing for an expansion of imported coal power into California since at least 2005. (Most of the power for Los Angeles comes from the huge Intermountain coal-fired power plant located in Delta Utah)
5. While CGNP was critically examining the adverse consequences of PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) policy, we learned of a 5-day long power outage in San Diego County, California in the middle of October, 2019. San Diego County's electricity is supplied by a Sempra subsidiary, San Diego Gas & Electric. (SDG&E) Sempra turned off enough natural-gas-fired electricity generation to more than

equal Hoover Dam Sempra had to turn off these generators because they needed to repair a portion of their natural gas bulk transmission system. There has been no news reporting regarding this huge outage. Instead, reporters have focused on PG&E's Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) policy. Additional details about the problems with Sempra's aging and stressed natural gas transmission system are found in a July 11, 2019 Los Angeles Times story by Sammy Roth "After Aliso Canyon, a gas pipeline exploded costing Californians $1 billion" https://tinyurl.com/Sempra-Gas-Pipeline-Explosion
6. California has the greatest amount of solar (12,000 MW) and wind (6,000 MW) of any state. As a consequence of their intermittency, solar and wind generation are not benefiting the environment. CGNP uncovered evidence that electric power sector emissions have been increasing instead of decreasing as more solar and wind are added. This is great news if you are a wholesaler of natural gas like Sempra or PG&E. However, it is bad news for the environment and California ratepayers. An introduction to the problem is found in this August 11, 2016 Washington Post story "Turns out wind and solar have a secret friend : Natural gas" by Chris Mooney http://tinyurl.com/Natural-Gas-Secret
7. While CGNP's investigations by a technical team that includes four Ph.D.s whose degrees relate to nuclear power production are very high quality, there has been scant media coverage regarding what our group uncovered. Our legal team is headed by former four-term California Assemblyman, Attorney Mike Gatto. Attorney Gatto chaired the powerful Energy and Utilities Committee for one of his terms. We attempted to raise some of our points we uncovered with the CPUC to the State Court of Appeal. However, due to a quirk in California law, such review is discretionary, not mandatory. The Appeals Court declined to take our case. CGNP learned about PG&E being under criminal probation after the San Bruno Natural Gas Pipeline explosion. We have sent considerable amounts of CGNP's CPUC testimony that support the public safety benefits of continuing to operate Diablo Canyon to the Federal Monitor in that case. Federal Judge William H. Alsup is very interested in PG&E's ethical violations and PG&E's actions that harm California public safety. CGNP has not yet been asked to provide oral testimony by Judge Alsup. Since PG&E is in bankruptcy, it makes sense for PG&E to sell Diablo Canyon to qualified buyers that will keep it running beyond 2025. Diablo Canyon's current depreciable basis is about $8 billion per PG&E's 2018 FERC Form 1. Some of the sale proceeds should go to the wildfire survivors.
8. The vulnerabilities of California's aging natural gas distribution and storage system will become far worse as a consequence of plate tectonics. When a large earthquake occurs on the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault, Sempra's (and PG&E's) natural gas transmission system will suffer serious damage that will likely require months to repair. Many aqueducts won't work. The resulting humanitarian crisis could imperil the lives of millions in southern California. CGNP is working with the California State Seismic Safety Commission (CSSC) and Dr. Lucy Jones ("The Earthquake Lady") to publicize the public safety value of keeping DCPP on line and re-commissioning SONGS. However, we are cognizant of the substantial political power of Sempra and PG&E in California to maintain the dominance of natural gas as the California energy source. (Sempra is one of the sponsors of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center.) California's nuclear power stations operate independent of the state's aging and vulnerable
natural gas distribution and storage system. Both plants are seismically rugged. Both of California's nuclear power plants could supply life-sustaining electric power. Some of that power could be used to desalinate seawater to provide safe drinking water during the substantial interval while the aqueducts are being repaired after a large earthquake on the southern section of the San Andreas Fault - and the many aftershocks
Gene Nelson, Ph.D. Legal Assistant, Californians for Green Nuclear Power, Inc. (805) 363 - 4697 cell

Webinar: Advanced Energy Year in Review: wins, Losses & Draws

Advanced Energy Year in Review: Wins, Losses & Draws

A live webinar on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 1pm ET/10am PT

It’s been a busy year in advanced energy policy. With new governors in many states declaring ambitious goals, legislatures taking action for (and sometimes against) industry growth, and regulators state, federal, and regional wrestling with the nuts and bolts of implementation, there has been nary a dull moment since January. In this webinar, AEE’s experts will take us through the calendar, pausing to recall the highs and lows of policymaking as they happened this year – and explain their implications for industry growth, now and going forward.

Panelists:

Jeff Dennis, General Counsel and Managing Director, AEE (Wholesale Markets)
Ryan Katofsky, Managing Director, AEE (Regulatory Policy)
Amisha Rai, Managing Director, AEE (Western States)
Matt Stanberry, Managing Director, AEE (Electric Transportation)
J.R. Tolbert, Managing Director, AEE (State Legislation)
Robert Keough, Senior Vice President, Content, AEE (moderator)

EDF Targets ‘12-15 Years’ To Commission First Pair Of EPR 2 Reactors :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

EDF Targets ‘12-15 Years’ To Commission First Pair Of EPR 2 Reactors :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: France’s EDF would need 12 to 15 years to execute and commission a first proposed pair of new nuclear units from the time a final new-build decision is made, according to the company’s director for a future new build programme in France, Olivier Bard.

The state-owned utility and nuclear operator is involved in an ongoing formal process initiated and driven by the French government to prepare a decision on a domestic new build programme.

EDF is looking at building six EPR 2 units in pairs to be successively commissioned between the mid-2030s and early 2040s with the aim of contributing to replacing reactors that are expected to retire.

Leningrad 2-1 Provides District Heating For Sosnovy Bor :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

Leningrad 2-1 Provides District Heating For Sosnovy Bor :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: Unit 1 of the Leningrad 2 nuclear power station in western Russia has been integrated into the heat supply system of the city of Sosnovy Bor, state operator Rosenergoatom said.

Output from the Generation III+ VVER V-491 pressurised water reactor unit, which began commercial operation in October 2018, will replace electricity and heating capacity lost with the closure in December 2018 of the first of four RBMK-1000 units at the neighbouring Leningrad station.

Leningrad 2-1 was reconnected to the grid late last month after a short period of scheduled preventive maintenance, the first since the plant began commercial operation.

Former executive to return as Sandia National Labs director

Former executive to return as Sandia National Labs director: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Sandia National Laboratories has chosen a former lab executive as its next director. James Peery’s appointment was announced Monday. He will succeed Stephen Younger,...

Yucca Mountain dormant, but definitely not dead | Las Vegas Review-Journal

Yucca Mountain dormant, but definitely not dead | Las Vegas Review-Journal: Federal lawmakers are still pushing for legislation to resume the licensing process at Nevada’s proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, despite opposition that has repeatedly robbed the project of funding.

Safety at the core of Monticello nuclear inspectors' work

Safety at the core of Monticello nuclear inspectors' work: Paul Zurawski and Don Krause spend their days roaming through the nuclear plant to inspect procedures and equipment

Senate confirms Brouillette, former Ford lobbyist, as energy secretary - Reuters

Senate confirms Brouillette, former Ford lobbyist, as energy secretary - Reuters: The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Dan Brouillette, a former top lobbyist for Ford Motor Co who believes fossil fuels will power a large part of world energy needs for many decades, as President Donald Trump's second energy secretary.

Following his appointment as IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi told a Special Session of the Agency’s General Conference that the organization is “indispensable” in making sure nuclear material “scattered around the world in countless nuclear power plants and facilities is not misused.” IAEA :: WRAL.com

Following his appointment as IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi told a Special Session of the Agency’s General Conference that the organization is “indispensable” in making sure nuclear material “scattered around the world in countless nuclear power plants and facilities is not misused.” IAEA :: WRAL.com: STORY: Following his appointment as IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi told a Special Session of the Agency’s General Conference that the organization is “indispensable” in making sure nuclear material “scattered around the world in countless nuclear power plants and facilities is not misused.” IAEA

Removal of nuclear debris to begin at No. 2 reactor of Japan's Fukushima plant - SFChronicle.com

Removal of nuclear debris to begin at No. 2 reactor of Japan's Fukushima plant - SFChronicle.com: The government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Monday released a draft plan to revise the road map for decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, stating that the work of removing nuclear fuel debris will first begin at the plant's No. 2 reactor. The removal of nuclear fuel debris, which is a mixture of melted nuclear fuel and materials inside the nuclear reactors, is considered a central part of the decommissioning. Removal is scheduled to start by the end of 2021. The government and the company will ask local governments and experts for their opinions on the draft plan. The government will decide on the revision at a meeting of relevant government ministers later this fiscal year. Formulated in December 2011, the road map has been periodically reviewed by the government and other relevant entities based on the progress of the work. This is the fifth revision since September 2017. The latest draft plan was presented at a meeting of the decommissioning and contaminated water task force held at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday. The plan to remove debris from the No. 2 reactor is based on a strategic plan of the Nuclear Damage Compensation and De

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Awarded Contract to Support Decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Awarded Contract to Support Decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Awarded Contract to Support Decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

Russia's nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education | EurekAlert! Science News

Russia's nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education | EurekAlert! Science News: Challenges and perspectives for Russia's nuclear industry on its way to assuming a key role in the global fight against the climate crisis, while also ensuring future growth and building on 65 years of prodigious legacy, dating back to the launch of the world's first nuclear power plant in Obninsk in 1954, are brought together in a paper recently published in the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI openly accessible journal Nuclear Energy and Technology.

ENERGY TRANSITIONS: 4 ways nuclear is moving beyond 'traditional' electricity -- Monday, December 2, 2019 -- www.eenews.net

ENERGY TRANSITIONS: 4 ways nuclear is moving beyond 'traditional' electricity -- Monday, December 2, 2019 -- www.eenews.net: As the nuclear industry wraps up a challenging decade, advocates for the power source are weighing where to fit the next wave of reactors into a U.S. energy marketplace increasingly focused on carbon emissions.

Germany Will Close All of Its Nuclear Power Plants, but Needs to Put Its Nuclear Waste Somewhere - EcoWatch

Germany Will Close All of Its Nuclear Power Plants, but Needs to Put Its Nuclear Waste Somewhere - EcoWatch: The decision came after the Fukushima disaster in Japan in March 2011.

Safety at the core of Monticello nuclear inspectors' work

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GOLDSTEIN: Nuclear power key to solving climate change | Toronto Sun

GOLDSTEIN: Nuclear power key to solving climate change | Toronto Sun: Sunday’s agreement between three Canadian premiers to co-operate in developing small modular reactors (SMRs), indicates the growing recognition that nuclear power is a vital player in reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change.

What are small modular nuclear reactors, and why are three provinces uniting to build them? | National Post

What are small modular nuclear reactors, and why are three provinces uniting to build them? | National Post: SMRs could replace larger nuclear reactors when they are decommissioned as well as CO2-producing coal plants

PG&E Had Systemic Problems With Power Line Maintenance, California Probe Finds - WSJ

PG&E Had Systemic Problems With Power Line Maintenance, California Probe Finds - WSJ: PG&E failed to adequately inspect and maintain its transmission lines for years before a faulty line started the deadliest fire in California history, a state investigation has found.

PG&E Failed to Properly Inspect Line That Sparked Camp Fire: California Regulators

PG&E Failed to Properly Inspect Line That Sparked Camp Fire: California Regulators: The utility’s practices that led to California’s deadliest wildfire were “indicative of an overall pattern of inadequate inspection and maintenance.”

PG&E inspections of equipment that sparked deadly Camp fire were flawed - Los Angeles Times

PG&E inspections of equipment that sparked deadly Camp fire were flawed - Los Angeles Times: PG&E inspections of equipment that sparked deadly Camp fire were flawed, state regulators say

PG&E ignored faulty tower that sparked Camp Fire, report says | The Sacramento Bee

PG&E ignored faulty tower that sparked Camp Fire, report says | The Sacramento Bee: The California Public Utilities Commission’s investigators criticized PG&E’s maintenance of the transmission tower linked to the November 2018 Camp Fire, California’s deadliest wildfire in history. 85 people were killed.

News - Environmental, Energy Policies Blamed for California Wildfires, Power Outages | Heartland Institute

News - Environmental, Energy Policies Blamed for California Wildfires, Power Outages | Heartland Institute: Longstanding environmental and energy policies are increasingly being blamed for the severity and amount of devastation from California’s repeated wildfires.

News - CalEPA Studying Ways to Sunset the California Economy | Heartland Institute

News - CalEPA Studying Ways to Sunset the California Economy | Heartland Institute: California is about to take one giant step toward following Germany’s failed climate goals which should be a wake-up all for governments everywhere.

CAISO says resource adequacy order would cause market uncertainty, asks CPUC to reconsider

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/caiso-pushes-back-cpuc-ra-import-rules/568155/

Senate approves energy secretary nominee who pledged support for baseload power

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FirstEnergy Solutions claims victory on nuke bailout referendum, but proponents push forward

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Oklo unveils its vision of Aurora plant - World Nuclear News

Oklo unveils its vision of Aurora plant - World Nuclear News: California-based Oklo Inc has announced the launch of its Aurora energy plant which is powered by a small reactor with integrated solar panels. The company is preparing to submit its first licence application for the plant.

Australians support lifting nuclear ban - World Nuclear News

Australians support lifting nuclear ban - World Nuclear News: More Australians support lifting the country's ban on the use of nuclear energy than oppose it, a new poll conducted for the Minerals Council of Australia has found. The survey also found that over half those polled were not aware that nuclear energy is banned in Australia.

SNC-Lavalin to conduct pre-project work for Chinese AHWR plant - World Nuclear News

SNC-Lavalin to conduct pre-project work for Chinese AHWR plant - World Nuclear News: Candu Energy Inc - a subsidiary of Canada's SNC-Lavalin - has been awarded a contract by China National Nuclear Power Co Ltd for pre-project work for a proposed two-unit Advanced Heavy Water Reactor plant in China. The work relates to planning and licensing in preparation for the project, construction of which is expected to start in or around 2021.

Speech: Nuclear energy innovation for clean growth - World Nuclear News

Speech: Nuclear energy innovation for clean growth - World Nuclear News: Nuclear energy is a mature and proven low-carbon source of electricity, with a 60-year track record of providing reliable and safe operation. Further innovation and technological development will enable even wider applications aimed at deep decarbonisation of economies around the world and supporting sustainable development. This was the message of King Lee, director of the Harmony Programme at World Nuclear Association, to delegates at the UN side event for Sustainable Development Goal 9, held today at COP25 in Madrid.

ANS Nuclear Policy Wire December 3, 2019

December 3, 2019

U.S. Senate confirms Dan Brouillette to be Secretary of Energy

Yesterday, by a vote of 70-15 the U.S. Senate confirmed Dan Brouillette to become the 15th Secretary of the Department of Energy. Prior to his confirmation, Brouillette served as the Deputy Secretary of Energy under then Secretary Rick Perry.

Executive Forum Looks to Capture Value for Consumers From Microgrids, Energy Storage, and Renewable Natural Gas | The Energy Collective Daily

Trump Is Waging War on America's Diplomats | GQ

Trump Is Waging War on America's Diplomats | GQ: And the impeachment inquiry is only making things worse. With new figures and fresh horror stories, Julia Ioffe reports on how the president is politicizing our embassies, alienating our allies, and decimating the ranks of the foreign service.

Trump Is Running Out of Time for a Meaningful Diplomatic Deal—Anywhere | The New Yorker

Trump Is Running Out of Time for a Meaningful Diplomatic Deal—Anywhere | The New Yorker: Robin Wright on Donald Trump’s failed attempts at diplomacy across the globe and his ever-weakening leverage, in advance of a NATO summit in London this week.

Monday, December 2, 2019

‘California deserves better.’ Gavin Newsom rips PG&E plan that would ‘prioritize’ profits | Stock Daily Dish

Calif. Aims To Preserve Authority In FERC-PG&E Ch. 11 Scrap - Law360

Calif. Aims To Preserve Authority In FERC-PG&E Ch. 11 Scrap - Law360: California utility regulators warned the Ninth Circuit not to undermine Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s obligations under state law when the court resolves the fight over whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission can determine whether PG&E can ditch power purchase agreements in bankruptcy.

The Downside of Solar Energy - Scientific American Blog Network

Fiona Hill: Putin Described US Fracking as Threat to Russia | RealClearEnergy

Fiona Hill: Putin Described US Fracking as Threat to Russia | RealClearEnergy: Fiona Hill: Putin Described US Fracking as Threat to Russia | RealClearEnergy

Leningrad II plant begins providing district heating - World Nuclear News

Leningrad II plant begins providing district heating - World Nuclear News: Unit 1 of Russia's Leningrad II nuclear power plant has been integrated into the heat supply system of the city of Sosnovy Bor, operator Rosenergoatom has announced. The VVER-1200 reactor will replace electricity and heating capacity lost with the closure last December of the first of four RBMK-1000 units at the nearby Leningrad plant.

Russia’s $400 Billion Pipeline Project Launches Today | OilPrice.com

Russia’s $400 Billion Pipeline Project Launches Today | OilPrice.com: Russia and China will inaugurate the Power of Siberia pipeline, a project that will provide the latter with up to 38 billion cubic meters of gas annually

World Emissions Are Trending 38 Billion Tons CO2e Too High 2030 for 1.5 Degree Target – NextBigFuture.com

Ieee Presidents Column An Ieee For The Next Technological Revolution - IEEE Spectrum

US Crude Oil Production at Record 12.9 Million Barrels Per Day – NextBigFuture.com

Newly Appointed Director General: IAEA's Work Fundamental to Concerns of World | IAEA

Newly Appointed Director General: IAEA's Work Fundamental to Concerns of World | IAEA: The IAEA’s work has a direct impact on fundamental issues of war, peace, health, energy, food and water, Rafael Mariano Grossi told a Special Session of the Agency’s General Conference following his appointment as IAEA Director General.

Coal power becoming 'uninsurable' as firms refuse cover | Environment | The Guardian

Coal power becoming 'uninsurable' as firms refuse cover | Environment | The Guardian: US insurers join retreat from European insurers meaning coal projects cannot be built or operated

Iran’s Nuclear Violations: JCPOA and Beyond – The DEFCON Warning System

Leningrad II plant begins providing district heating - World Nuclear News

Holtec announces new cask technology developments - World Nuclear News

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Guterres calls for end to 'war against nature' as latest climate talks begin - World Nuclear News

Guterres calls for end to 'war against nature' as latest climate talks begin - World Nuclear News: UN Secretary-General António Guterres yesterday described current human behaviour as a "war against nature" and warned that, up to now, the efforts of the international community to reach targets outlined by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been "utterly inadequate". Guterres was speaking to reporters on the eve of the twenty-fifth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, or COP25, taking place in Madrid for the next two weeks.

Canadian provinces to collaborate on SMRs

Canadian provinces to collaborate on SMRshttps://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Canadian-provinces-to-collaborate-on-SMRs

Putin news: Russian company's plan for nuclear power expansion revealed | World | News | Express.co.uk

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Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick premiers commit to develop small nuclear reactors

Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick premiers commit to develop small nuclear reactors: The premiers of Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick held a joint press conference Sunday to announce a deal to use small nuclear reactors as a means to reduce carbon production. The meeting took place in Mississauga ahead of a meeting of all of Canada’s provincial leaders on Monday. The premiers signed a memorandum of understanding …

Why Would Russia Ever Help China Build a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier? | The National Interest

Why Would Russia Ever Help China Build a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier? | The National Interest: How does this make any sense?

Facing the Nuclear Storm – The Cairo Review of Global Affairs

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The big deal in going small: Canada’s nuclear energy future - The Hill Times

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Why Would Russia Ever Help China Build a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier? | The National Interest

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Should California take over PG&E and other utilities? - Los Angeles Times

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PG&E Defends Use Of PSPS To Prevent Wildfires | KSRO

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PG&E Gets Hate, but California Blackouts Did Their Job - Market Realist

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Judge Rules PG&E Subject to California's Utility Inverse Condemnation

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Pro Bankruptcy Briefing: PG&E Loses Challenges to California Law | PG&E Judge Signals Approval of Insurance Deal | Destination Maternity Gets Stalking Horse Bid - WSJ

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Should California take over PG&E and other utilities? - Los Angeles Times

Russia receives another batch of Ukrainian spent nuclear fuel for recycling | KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice

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Iran threatens to step back from UN nuclear watchdog - GO Tech Daily

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Nuclear Spent Fuel Market Investment Research Report 2026 - Statsflash

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Nuclear Power Plant and Equipment Market: Worldwide Market Insights & Projections (2019-2028) with Profiles on Major Industry Players - Sound On Sound Fest

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Germany to close its nuclear power plants by 2022, worried about disposal of the waste

Germany to close its nuclear power plants by 2022, worried about disposal of the waste: Nuclear power plants generate highly radioactive waste. Once they close down, the authorities have to search for a location to dump the waste.

Public warming to nuclear power

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Russia Offers to Expand Nuclear Power in Africa

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10 successful power cost reduction practices | The Energy Collective Daily

Judge Likely to Dismiss SONGS Lawsuit | San Clemente Times

Thanksgiving Reading – Fall Advanced Reactor Developments | Hogan Lovells - JDSupra

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Nuclear Shutdown Has Hit Sales And Technological Knowhow, Says Survey :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: The shutdown of Japan’s nuclear power plants while safety checks are carried out following the March 2011 Fukushima-Daichi accident has led to reduced sales and problems maintaining technological capabilities, a survey has shown.

According to the annual Japan Atomic Industrial Forum survey of the Japanese nuclear industry for fiscal 2018, 58% of nuclear sector companies said sales had fallen and 56% said they had seen a dilution of technology and knowhow.

They said there were fewer on-the-job opportunities in the industry and problems securing employment.

Nuclear Shutdown Has Hit Sales And Technological Knowhow, Says Survey :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

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