Dr. John Downer write on the fallacy of probabilistic risk assessment
Read the latest paper by Dr. John Downer on the fallacy of probabilistic risk assessment, found in the journal “Regulation and Governance, 2013” Disowning Fukushima: Managing the credibility of nuclear reliability assessment in the wake of disaster From chapter 2: The first thing to note about the Fukushima disaster (henceforth referred to as “Fukushima”) is […]
A4NR responses to SCE ERRA and SDGE Motion in SONGS OII
ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY’S RESPONSE TO MOTION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY (U 338-E) FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING A CHANGE TO SCE’S PRELIMINARY STATEMENT, PART YY, BASE REVENUE REQUIREMENT BALANCING ACCOUNT AND PART ZZ, ENERGY RESOURCE RECOVERY ACCOUNT 073113 A4NR response to SCE ERRA ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY’S RESPONSE TO MOTION OF SAN DIEGO GAS […]
Last plant standing….for now….
Is Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant all it is “cracked up” to be?
PPG&E Humboldt Bay Reactor history
The following documents recount some of the history surrouding PG&E’s early reactor at Humboldt Bay, which was permanently closed after the NRC and PG&E discovered seismic threats that were too costly to mitigate. 1. Fact sheet about Humboldt Bay focusing on storage of spent fuel, from the DOE Blue Ribbon Panel on Radioactive Waste: […]
A4NR Opening and Reply Brief, SONGS OII at CPUC
Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility Opening Brief, SONGS OII at CPUC June 28, 2013 062813 A4NR open brief-OII Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility Reply Brief, SONGS OII at CPUC, July 9, 2013 070913 A4NR reply brief
A4NR Rebuttal Testimony in PG&E General Rate Case 12-11-009 at CPUC
FROM THE INTRODUCTION: “While A4NR considers PG&E’s conduct in this matter to be profound misfeasance, the point of this testimony is not to lure the California Public Utilities Commission (“Commission” or “CPUC”) into a subject more properly regulated by the federal government under the Atomic Energy Act.4 Instead, A4NR asks the Commission to consider this […]
Former NRC Chairman Jaczko speaks on seismic risk
Former NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko speaks about reassessing the use of probabilistic assessment and seismic risks in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster: Videotape footage courtesy of Ace Hoffman
Diablo Canyon Dry Cask Violation cited by NRC 05-21-2013
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Rochelle Becker to address San Juan Capistrano Democrats
Download this flier for the May 8 speaking engagement of A4NR executive director Rochelle Becker at the San Juan Capistrano Democratic club… 050813 SJC Dem Meeting
Alliance representatives ejected from Post-Fukushima seismic workshop!
Only one week after the second anniversary of the tragic nuclear disaster at Fukushima, A4NR attorney John Geesman, consulting seismologist Dr. Douglas Hamilton, and A4NR outreach coordinator David Weisman were asked to leave the Ground Motion Characterization workshop for the nuclear power plants in the western United States. These (ratepayer funded) workshops are an integral […]
