QUAKE COULD LEAVE CALIFORNIA A NUKE WASTELAND!
AGING REACTORS A MASSIVE MELTDOWN RISK
CALIFORNIA could face total nuclear meltdown if it’s hit by a huge earthquake! That’s because a creaky power plant threatens to crumble and blanket the state in a toxic smog that could wipe out millions!
After two big quakes recently struck in the desert, scientists have warned about deteriorating twin nuclear reactors.
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant lies near the city of San Luis Obispo and is dangerously close to fault lines prone to earthquakes, including Shoreline and Los Osos. Nuclear Regulatory Commission site inspector
Dr. Michael Peck — who worked at Diablo Canyon for five years — warned in 2013
the two reactors could not withstand a seismic shock like the 7.1 and 6.4 earthquakes that hit less than 200 miles away in early July.
Campaigners have described the plant as “cracked, embrittled, under-maintained, unregulated, uninsured, and uninspected.”
If an earthquake compromised the plant, there could be catastrophic consequences, sources warned.
“Much like the Fukushima power plant in Japan, it would only take one small natural event to cause a major disaster,” said a nuclear industry insider.
“An earthquake would likely lead to the reactors’ coolers taking a hit and leaking, causing a nuclear meltdown — with hydrogen explosions and tons of highly toxic radioactive material pumped into the air. “Any life form would die almost immediately after inhaling it.
“Within minutes it would become the worst nuclear disaster of all time.”
The only available option would be to evacuate nearly every resident of Southern and Central California, a task for which most cities are hugely underprepared. “Estimates are that less than one percent of the population of Los Angeles would be able to evacuate to safety in the case of a nuclear disaster,” said the source.
“It would become the worst disaster since World War II.” The plant’s operator, Pacific Gas & Electric, reached a deal to close it in 2018, but it will operate until 2024.