P.O. Box 3608
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403
POSITION STATEMENT ON SEISMIC STUDIES
For Immediate Release Conta
September 15, 2012
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace supports gathering seismic
information about the earthquake faults near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power
Plant. In the wake of the Fukushima disaster and PG&E's application
to renew the licenses, seismic studies must be done to learn more about
the potential dangers posed by earthquake faults to the two nuclear
reactors and the tremendous amount of high-level radioactive waste that
has accumulated on site over the past 28 years.
The current proposed plans for
seismic studies offshore and near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant were
set in motion by AB 1632, an act of the California State Legislature.
AB1632 is being implemented by the California Public
Utilities Commission. At present, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
(PG&E) plans to conduct these studies from November - December 2012,
with the possibility of the tests being divided into two parts in
successive years at the recommendation of the California State Lands
Commission. Mothers for Peace asserts that there are additional faults
that also need further study in order to determine whether they might
lead to more severe consequences than either the Hosgri or Shoreline
Fault. These faults include the Diablo Cove Fault, which runs directly
under the Unit 1 reactor, the San Luis Bay Fault, and the Los Osos
Fault.
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
shares the concerns of many local citizens and organizations about the
extensive harm that will be inflicted on marine life if these studies
are carried out as currently designed. PG&E’s
plans rely largely on extremely loud underwater air guns, which are
acknowledged by all parties to be highly disruptive to the ocean
environment. Mothers for Peace
urges extreme caution in the method used to obtain data about the faults
in the 530 square nautical miles of the proposed testing area.
Because of grave and valid
concerns voiced by the fishing and environmental communities, Mothers
for Peace advocates that the seismic testing be delayed
to allow time to thoroughly explore other technologies less harmful to
marine life, and baseline studies of marine life must be completed and
analyzed before any testing begins.
Because there is no plan for
storing the radioactive wastes for the 250,000 years they will remain
lethal; because Homeland Security classifies all nuclear facilities as
targets of terrorism; and because of the 13 earthquake faults in the
area around Diablo Canyon, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace for decades
has recommended that the plant be shut down and all stored radioactive
waste transferred to hardened casks as soon as possible.
Jane Swanson
janeslo@me.com
janeslo@me.com
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