LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — A top Nuclear Regulatory Commission official has rejected a federal expert’s recommendation to shut down California’s last operating nuclear power plant until it can determine whether its reactors can withstand powerful shaking from nearby earthquake faults.
KNX 1070’s Megan Goldsby reports in a decision released Wednesday, operations executive Mark Satorius said there is no immediate or significant safety concern at the Diablo Canyon plant near San Luis Obispo.
Michael Peck, who for five years was Diablo Canyon’s lead inspector, said in a confidential report disclosed last month by The Associated Press that no one knows whether the plant’s equipment can withstand strong shaking from those faults.
Peck had requested the NRC study be done after the Shoreline fault was discovered in 2008. While there are five seismic faults close to the plant, both studies say they don’t pose a threat to Diablo Canyon, according NRC spokesperson Lara Uselding.
“The NRC’s position is that Diablo Canyon Power Plant is safe to operate and would be able to withstand the worst case earthquake possible on the Hosgri fault,” said Uselding. Blair Jones — a spokesman for plant owner Pacific Gas and Electric Co. — says in a statement the NRC decision reaffirms that the plant “has been and continues to be seismically safe.”
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KNX 1070’s Megan Goldsby reports in a decision released Wednesday, operations executive Mark Satorius said there is no immediate or significant safety concern at the Diablo Canyon plant near San Luis Obispo.
Peck had requested the NRC study be done after the Shoreline fault was discovered in 2008. While there are five seismic faults close to the plant, both studies say they don’t pose a threat to Diablo Canyon, according NRC spokesperson Lara Uselding.“The NRC’s position is that Diablo Canyon Power Plant is safe to operate and would be able to withstand the worst case earthquake possible on the Hosgri fault,” said Uselding. Blair Jones — a spokesman for plant owner Pacific Gas and Electric Co. — says in a statement the NRC decision reaffirms that the plant “has been and continues to be seismically safe.”
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