FALLOUT MAPS for CALIFORNIA
What would happen if the radioactive fallout from Fukushima were superimposed over California’s two nuclear reactors, and then corrected to account for our state’s prevailing wind directions on that day of that Japanese disaster, March 11, 2011? The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has done this work, using Department of Defense computer programs. You can […]
Take Action on Nuclear Emergency Planning
Send an action letter to state senator Mark Wyland. Ask him to sponsor legislation to investigate the costs and logistics of expanding the current 1o mile emergency planning zone around our nuclear power plants to the 50 miles recommended by the NRC for Americans in Japan after Fukushima. There is currently no plan or coordination […]
San Luis Obispo Tribune–Viewpoint: $64 million question: Are we any safer a year after Fukushima?
On March 11, 2011, the world watched in horror as nuclear reactors in Japan exploded and spewed radiation toward families fleeing from a horrific earthquake and tsunami. The next day, as aftershocks were rocking Japan and heroic workers grappled with melting reactors at Fukushima, PG&E was already assuring San Luis Obispo residents — and all […]
San Diego Union Tribune–Fukushima fallout: Lessons not learned by the U.S. government
Residents and businesses within a 50-mile radius of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station – the evacuation zone prescribed by Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko for Americans near last year’s Fukushima nuclear meltdowns – will have a hard time detecting just what lessons have been learned by their own government in the 12 months […]
Of Dollars and Dimensions….
NEW TIMES SAN LUIS OBISPO REPORTS ON PG&E’s ATTEMPT TO STRIKE TESTIMONY OF THE ALLIANCE IN SEISMIC FUNDING CASE http://www.newtimesslo.com/news/7446/of-dollars-and-dimensions/
TAKE ACTION! Emergency Planning Legislation Proposal
What would happen if a Fukushima-type accident at San Onofre or Diablo Canyon happened in California? Are we prepared to evacuate as far as 50 miles away? Current regulations only call for a 10-mile evacuation zone, but that was tragically underestimated in Japan. The Alliance is proposing legislation that would require California to create a […]
Alliance Files Testimony in PG&E Seismic Funding Case
Read the press release here: 021312 PR A4NR Testimony-014 Read the actual testimony here: http://a4nr.org/?p=1928
Testimonies of A4NR in CPUC A.10-01-014
Testimony of Douglas Hamilton/A4NR in CPUC A. 10-010-014 021012 Hamilton testimony-014 Full Certificate of Service for Hamilton Testimony 021012 Cert Serv Hamilton-014 Testimony of California Senator Sam Blakeslee 021012 Blakeslee Testimony 014F Certificate of Service for Blakeslee Testimony 021012 Cert Serv-Blakeslee-014 REBUTTAL TESTIMONY OF ROCHELLE BECKER: 021712 A4NR Rebuttal 014-F