California scare – Fire at Rickety Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

Fire at Rickety Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gives California a Scare — Shutdown Slated for 2025 bureau EnviroNews Headline News by Shad Engkilterra January 27, 2018 , (EnviroNews USA)

In an agreement between PG&E and the Public Utility Commission, it is set to be shut down in 2025. PG&E requested the ability to shutdown the facility because it is becoming an economic liability with California’s changing power grid and the rise of renewable energy sources. Shutdown for the plant will begin with Unit 1 in 2024……

California is no stranger to accidents at nuclear facilities. The state is home to what multiple experts have termed the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history. In 1959, there was a full-blown meltdown at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. The event leaked so much radiation into the environment that “levels went clear off the scale” and couldn’t even be measured by the instruments on-site at the time. Radioactive materials, including vast amounts of plutonium and strontium, were vented from July 12 to July 26. Today, the area suffers from an array of strange cancer clusters as lawmakers, advocacy groups and concerned citizens pressure the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) to fully clean up the site. https://www.environews.tv/012718-fire-rickety-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-gives-california-scare-shutdown-slated-2025/

January 28, 2018 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News

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