Honoring Fukushima Survivors: From the Heart

Date: March 11, 2012

Time: 2:00 pm

Location: Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Mission Plaza, Chorro Street at Monterey

San Luis Obispo

On the one-year anniversary of the tragic events in Fukushima, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace invites members of the public to gather to remember and to express our support for the survivors. The disaster triggered by a combination of the unanticipated size of the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami is not over. Radiation releases from the failed nuclear plants and radioactive waste storage pools continue to contaminate the land, food supply, air and ocean. Close to 100,000 people are still displaced and many more are suffering since the agricultural and fishing industries in which they worked have been decimated.
· Works of art created at the March 2nd Art After Dark event, 6 – 9 pm at THE SALON ON MONTEREY, 1435 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo will be displayed.

· Seshen, who moved here from Japan shortly after the March 11 Fukushima disaster, will share her observations and perspective.

· Geologist Eric Layman will give startling information regarding local earthquake faults and how they impact Diablo Canyon Nuclear safety.

· Music will be presented by Prey 4 Phyre, a duo of singers and guitar.
Contacts: June Cochran
gradofcal@yahoo.com (805) 773-2847
Nick Homick nick.homick@gmail.com

THE 3 DOLLAR FOR RENEWABLES PLAN:

The citizens of California understand nuclear power is the most costly and dangerous form of electricity. We now make it known that we choose to immediately close down the two nuclear power plants on fault lines. Avoiding catastrophes such as Fukushima Daiichi and Chernobyl are prohibitively expensive, and unachievable from a scientific standpoint. We propose the creation of a special fund of three dollars per month from every ratepayer in the state of California collected by each electric company in the state for the sole purpose to acquire and install in their area renewable energy resources.
This money is to be set aside in an interest-bearing account for the sole purpose of replacing the 4000 MW of electricity produced by our nuclear reactors. This fund will be used to replace the 4000 MW of nuclear power with solar and wind energy. We propose starting with City, County and State government buildings with appropriate flat roof buildings. These buildings will have solar panels added and buildings with asphalt shingles roofs will have solar shingles added. All solar and wind products must be made in the United States and all labor is to be done by United States citizens. Suggested labor costs are $20 an hour.
Next, we install solar panels and horizontal wind generation, where appropriate, on every commercial building, of which we have millions of square footage available in California. At the same time the money will be spent on ratepayer homes. Starting with low income households, adding solar panels or replacing existing roofs with solar shingles, until the 4000 nuclear MW have been replaced, and an additional 4000 MW for future needs with renewable sources for a total of 8000MW.
Since the ratepayers have already paid for these upgrades when the 8000 MW are accomplished, the true cost of electricity will be recalculated each year reducing costs to ratepayers. With ratepayers paying for the installation of renewables that will leave California Edison and PG&E free to upgrade the electric grid to the smart grid of the future resulting in a more efficient electric grid and savings for everyone.
The results will be:
1. Citizens putting citizens to work with the money generated from the $3 fee, providing stimulus for workers and the economy of California.
2. Reducing the cost of City, County and State governments as their energy needs are met, resulting in a savings to the taxpayer. No more billions of dollars spent each year on upgrading nuclear power plants. No need to spend 64 million dollars on another seismic study.
3. Future energy needs will be met by renewables, resulting in lower costs.
4. There will be no need to build large solar arrays in the desert causing environmental damage to that ecosystem.
5. As a result of building on flat roof commercial buildings there will be no need for new transmission lines from remote areas. We will be using existing lines, therefore saving money.
Gene Stone
Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE)

Join us on 3/11/2012 for a PEACEFUL Prostest San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station

Fukushima Women will come to California for 311 Protest.Join us for a day of PEACEFUL PROTEST at San Onofre, the nuclear power plant with the worst safety record of all 104 reactors in America.

PEOPLE POWER

Sol Kanee Lecture – Chief Oren Lyons

Chief Oren Lyons delivered the 5th Annual Sol Kanee Lecture “The Politics of Human Beings: The Nature of Global Warming”, presented by the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at St. Paul’s College.

Jerry Vision

THIS SAYS IT ALL

STOCKS ARE UP

NRC extension to March 19 for comments on draft Waste Confidence report.

— On Wed, 2/22/12, WCOutreach Resource wrote:

From: WCOutreach Resource
Subject: Extension to March 19 for comments on draft Waste Confidence report
To: “WCOutreach Resource”
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 7:18 AM

The NRC received a letter on February 16 from eight public interest organizations requesting a 60-day extension on the comment period for the draft report entitled “Background and Preliminary Assumptions for an Environmental Impact Statement—Long-Term Waste Confidence Update.” The original deadline for comments on this report was February 17. The NRC will grant an additional 31 days, extending the deadline to Monday, March 19, 2012. Comments received after March 19 that cannot be considered for the final version of this report will be considered in the coming months as the staff continues to develop the scope of the environmental impact statement (EIS) for the long-term Waste Confidence update.

This report is only the first of several opportunities to provide input on the update. In 2013, the staff expects to begin the formal process under the National Environmental Policy Act to develop the EIS and will announce another specific opportunity to provide input on the EIS scope. In the meantime, however, any input may continue to be submitted through WCOutreach@nrc.gov.

The report is accessible in the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession Number ML11340A141 and is also available at http://www.nrc.gov/waste/spent-fuel-storage/public-involvement.html.

Please submit comments to WCOutreach@nrc.gov. You may also send comments through the U.S mail to:

Christine Pineda, Project Manager

Mailstop EBB-2B2

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, DC 20555-0001

We look forward to receiving your input.

Sincerely,

Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Waste Confidence Update Program

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