How many people will have to die daily from the air in Beijing until something is done about it?
I was talking to a friend of mine who knows a little about China and was saying how China is completely out of control on many different levels because they really have no checks and balances in regard to pollution.
For example, in the U.S. we are allowed to demonstrate and through demonstrations we were able to prevent most or all nuclear power plants being built or opened in California. Nuclear power plants are not safe to have here because of large earthquakes and tsunamis like the one that hit Fukushima which is going to cause radiation to flow into the ocean now for 25,000 years or more from one of the three meltdowns that was reprocessing weapons grade plutonium.
I was trying to figure out how many nuclear power plants are active in California. I'm thinking they all are closed now but this is what I found on them but it is undated so I'm thinking all are closed at this point:
What would you like to do?
How many nuclear power plants are in California?
Six. Four of them are decommissioned and not producing power:
* Vallecitos Nuclear Power Plant (Pleasanton) - decommissioned in 1967. The plant is in SAFSTOR mode and all nuclear fuel has been removed from the site. Owned by Pacific Gas & Electric and General Electric (PG&E/GE).
* Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant (Eureka) - decommissioned in 1976 because a seismic retrofit was prohibitively expensive and could not be justified. The plant is in SAFSTOR mode but still has nuclear fuel rods in water pools on site. It is scheduled for dismantling (DECON) in 2015. Owned by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
* Santa Susana Sodium Nuclear Power Experimental (Ventura County) - damaged in a partial core meltdown accident in 1959 and subsequently dismantled by DECON protocol in 1964. This was an experimental reactor design that used sodium instead of water to cool the reactor. Owned by Southern California Edison (SCE).
* Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant (Sacramento area) - closed down in 1989 as a result of public referendum. DECON dismantling scheduled to begin in 2008. Owned by Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
Two are actively producing power. They are:
* San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS, between LA and San Diego) - owned and operated by San Diego Gas & Electric (PG&E)
* Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (San Luis Obispo) - owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).
* Vallecitos Nuclear Power Plant (Pleasanton) - decommissioned in 1967. The plant is in SAFSTOR mode and all nuclear fuel has been removed from the site. Owned by Pacific Gas & Electric and General Electric (PG&E/GE).
* Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant (Eureka) - decommissioned in 1976 because a seismic retrofit was prohibitively expensive and could not be justified. The plant is in SAFSTOR mode but still has nuclear fuel rods in water pools on site. It is scheduled for dismantling (DECON) in 2015. Owned by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
* Santa Susana Sodium Nuclear Power Experimental (Ventura County) - damaged in a partial core meltdown accident in 1959 and subsequently dismantled by DECON protocol in 1964. This was an experimental reactor design that used sodium instead of water to cool the reactor. Owned by Southern California Edison (SCE).
* Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant (Sacramento area) - closed down in 1989 as a result of public referendum. DECON dismantling scheduled to begin in 2008. Owned by Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
Two are actively producing power. They are:
* San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS, between LA and San Diego) - owned and operated by San Diego Gas & Electric (PG&E)
* Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (San Luis Obispo) - owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).
SAFSTOR:
A method of decommissioning in which a nuclear facility is placed and maintained in a condition that allows the facility to be safely stored and subsequently decontaminated (deferred decontamination) to levels that permit release for unrestricted use. Often considered "delayed DECON," a nuclear facility is maintained and monitored in a condition that allows the radioactivity to decay; afterward, it is dismantled.
DECON:
Under DECON (immediate dismantlement), soon after the nuclear facility closes, equipment, structures, and portions of the facility containing radioactive contaminants are removed or decontaminated to a level that permits release of the property and termination of the NRC license.
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I'm thinking they are all closed now because of what happened at Fukushima in Japan that freaked people out all over the planet. Even Germany is closing all it's nuclear plants too.
Russia is another example of what happens when people cannot demonstrate effectively for their needs. When the Soviet Union collapsed there were rivers that you could light on fire or gather kerosene off the top of to heat your home with then. Pollution that was killing people was completely out of control then around 1990. Still, the life expectancy for a man in Russia is about 57 years of age compared to around 75 or 80 for a man here in the U.S.
The 57 was at the end of the Soviet Union. When I checked today this has changed to
which means: overall life expectancy 69, male life expectancy 63, and female life expectancy 75
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The 57 was at the end of the Soviet Union. When I checked today this has changed to
| 122 |  Russian Federation |
69 | 142 | 63 | 104 | 75 |
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List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia
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