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If"It"Happened"Here"At"San"Onofre,"

Would"Regulators""

Respond"Differently?"

June 4, 2013San Diego, CA

By Fairewinds Associates Inc, Burlington VTVia Friends of the Earth


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What Does A Meltdown Look Like?

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NRC$Probabilis-c$Risk$Analysis$Claims$a$

Meltdown$is$a$Once$in$a$200$Year$Event.$

History"shows"

there"have"been"5"meltdowns"in"

the"past"35"years"


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How"BAD"COULD"IT"BE?""

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The"Secret"Is"In"The"Assumpons"


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NRC"Chuck"Casto,"March"16,"2011:"

of"course,"that"Mark"1"containment"is"the"

worst"one"of"all"the"containments"we"have,"

and"it's"literally,"you"know,"this"NUREG"tells"

you"that"in"a"staon"blackout"you're"going"to"

lose"containment."There's"no"doubt"about"it."

ML12052A108"

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NRC Spokesperson Neil Sheehan told Vermont officialsthat the Vermont Yankee cooling tower collapse was

only a sagging, deformation in some of the wood.

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Operang"San"Onofre"Is"Harder"Than"

Rocket"Science"

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Like-for-Like?$This giant structure is

a stay cylinder likethe one that Edisonremoved from theRSGs, yet Edison

claimed the RSGs

were like-for-like.

In 2004 Edison saidits modificationsare NOT like-for-like

In 2006 Edison saidits modificationsare like-for-like

In 2012 Edison saidit was "Improvinglike-for-like"

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Moving"Forward?"

Edison's"Own"Consultants"Can't"Agree"On"The"Cause"of"Tube"Wear"

Edison's"New"RSG"Design"Not"Previously"Analyzed,"Reviewed,"or"Approved"by"NRC"

Atomic"Safety"and"Licensing"Board"Calls"New"Design"An"Experiment"

Atomic"Safety"and"Licensing"Board"Says"Public"Licensing"Must"Occur"

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Hot Particles?

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Soil Samples: 7,000 Bq/kg In Tokyo

Qualifies As Radioactive Waste in US

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Car"Air"Filters"Are"Loaded"With"Radioacve"Isotopes,"Now"

Imagine"These"Radioacve"Hot"Spots"Inside"Peoples"Lungs"


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Sooner"or"later,"in"any"foolproof"system,""

the"fools"are"going"to"exceed"the"proofs!"

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" " "" " " "" " "Arnie"Gundersen"""

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Credits:"

Explosion"Sequence,"Geoff"Suon,"UK" Radiaon"Exposure"To"The"Populaon"In"Japan"Aer"The"

Earthquake,"Marco"Kaltofen,"MS,"PE"(Civil,"MA)"Department"of"Civil"and"Environmental"Engineering"Worcester"Polytechnic"Instute,"Worcester,"MA."Presented"October"31,"2011"At"the"139th"Annual"Meeng"of"the"American"Public"Health"Associaon,"Washington,"DC"

Tokyo"Graphic,"Dr."John"Downer,"Stanton"Nuclear"Fellow,"Center"for"Internaonal"Security"And"Cooperaon"(CISAC);"Stanford"University,"CA""

Three"Mile"Island"Map"from"presentaon"by"Epidemiologist"Dr."Steve"Wing,"University"of"North"Carolina"

Safety"Complaints"from"OnjSite"Employees"&"Contractors,"U.S."Nuclear"Power"Plants,"2007"to"2012"(6"years),"SanOnofreSafety.org" Edison"San"Onofre"Spoof"Video"created"by"Edison"Staff"Including"

Senior"Managers:"YouTube"video"from"10News.com;"hp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP31j6KqdmM"""

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Arnie$Gundersen,$Chief$Engineer$

Fairewinds$Associates,$Inc$

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Nuclear"Engineering,"Safety,"and"Reliability"Expert""

42jyears"of"nuclear"industry"experience"and"oversight""

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ME"NE "Master"of"Engineering"Nuclear"Engineering"

Rensselaer"Polytechnic"Instute,"1972"

" "U.S."Atomic"Energy"Commission"Fellowship"

" "Thesis:""Cooling"Tower"Plume"Rise"

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BS"NE "Bachelor"of"Science"Nuclear"Engineering"

Rensselaer"Polytechnic"Instute,"1971,""

Cum"Laude"" "James"J."Kerrigan"Scholar"

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RO " "Licensed"Reactor"Operator"

U.S."Atomic"Energy"Commission"

" "License"#"OPj3014"

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