Thursday, May 26, 2011

Diablo Canyon

  • Introduction to the
  • Post-Fukushima Nuclear Assessment Series
A Resource for Lay Citizen Activists

  • Book I: Diablo Canyon
  • 1.1 Goals
  • 1.2 What this book teaches
  • 1.2.1 Topics
  • 1.3 Who the audience is
  • 1.3.1 Level of science material
  • 1.4 Scoping
  • 1.5 About this book's objectivity
  • 1.6 Scoping
  • 2 Introduction to the subject matter
  • 3 Incident, disaster or accident?
  • 4 Nuclear power plant background
  • 4.1 Reactor types
  • 4.1.1 Boiling water reactor
  • 4.1.2 Light water reactor
  • 4.1.3 Other conventional reactors
  • 4.1.4 Future options background: Fast Breeder
  • 4.1.5 The pressing problem of plutonium proliferation
  • 4.1.6 Thorium based reactors
  • 4.2 Structure
  • 4.2.1 Nuclear reactor core
  • 4.2.2 Containment building
  • 4.3 Basic science
  • 4.4 Radiation
  • 4.4.1 uranium
  • 4.4.2 Uranium oxide
  • 4.4.3 Caesium-137
  • 4.4.4 To be expanded - Editor
  • 4.5 Tokyo Electric Power Company
  • 5 Other reactors
  • 6 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
  • 6.1 Subsequent investigations Fukushima Daichi nuclear accidents
  • 6.2 Fukushima nuclear accidents:See also
  • 6.3 National opinion trends shifts after Fukushima
  • 7 The 2011 Japan Earthquakes
  • 7.1 The Tsunami
  • 7.2 The Aftermath:Information bottlenecks and errors
  • 8 Diablo Canyon Power Plant Overview
  • 8.1 The earthquake problem
  • 8.1.1 Hosgri Fault
  • 8.1.2 San Andreas Fault
  • 8.1.3 Shoreline Fault
  • 9 Protest and policy debates
  • 9.1 Anti nuclear movement:Overview
  • 9.2 Anti-nuclear protests in the United States
  • 9.3 Anti-nuclear_movement_in_California
  • 9.4 Documentary film "Dark Circle" the bygone glory of the Abalone Alliance
  • 9.5 Waste storage issue gaining momentum nationally
  • 9.6 Tritium ground water contamination concerns
  • 10 Fallout: Further post-Fukushima developments
  • 10.1 Feinstein letter to NRC
  • 10.2 Capps testimony to Congress
  • 10.3 Blakeslee testimony to Congress
  • 10.4 Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
  • 10.5 Sierra Club
  • 10.6 SLO-MFP
  • 10.7 Labor unions
  • 10.8 Cal Public Utilities Commission
  • 10.9 DISC
  • 10.10 Public comment: San Luis Obispo
  • 10.11 Public comment: Santa Barbara
  • 10.12 Public comment: Monterey
  • 10.13 Public comment: other
  • 10.14 Comments in the media
  • 10.15 Union of Concerned Scientists
  • 11 References
  • 12 Scholarly references
  • 13 Appendix: Presidential proclamations in the nuclear age
  • 13.1 Reagan on nuclear medicine
  • 13.2 Bush Proclamation
  • 13.3 Appendix: NRC Historian J Samuel Walker
  • 14 Appendix: Other Recommended Resource
  • 15 Appendix: Contributors
  • 15.1 Note on revision history imports
  • 16 Video links
  • 17 Major contributors
  • 18 For administrative use