Located 40 miles from the heart of Riverside and just 2 miles south of the peaceful beach village of San Clemente, San Onofre sits in a tsunami zone near major earthquake faults. On top of that, San Onofre has the worst safety performance of all 63 nuclear power plants in the United States.
San Diego Gas and Electric (run by Sempra, a for-profit electric utility) owns approximately 18% of San Onofre. Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) owns 2% of San Onofre. As part owner, we pay 2% of the costs of maintenance and receive 2% of the power output.
That 2% has become increasingly costly over the past few months. San Onofre has been shut down since January 31, 2012, due to unforseen malfunctions. Edison is trying its hardest to bring San Onofre back online, because they lose $1,000,000/day every day it is non-operational. RPU is having to spend $700,000 every month for replacement power.
Seeing what happened in Fukushima, Japan, on March 11, 2011 following a 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami, it seems prudent to reconsider nuclear power elsewhere, especially in earthquake-prone zones. San Onofre Nuclear [Waste] Generating Station poses a threat to the City of Riverside, as well as the entire continent. Much of the country's food supply comes from California. Funding a nuclear power plant in our backyard is nothing less than funding mass suicide.
Based on serious economic, social, and environmental concerns with wide-ranging consequences that will last for millennia, the below-signed ask Riverside Public Utilities take leadership and divest from San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station and invest the savings in energy conservation education, energy efficiency programs and technologies, and renewABLE energy sources. Let's build resilient communities, not destroy them.
For more information, visit Communities Creating Clean Energy: CreatingCleanEnergy.org
Nuclear-Free California: NuclearFreeCal.org
San Onofre Safety: SanOnofreSafety.org
Updates
August 21, 2012
The volume of support has secured us a formal meeting with the Riverside Public Utilities board members next week. I am currently drafting a briefing document that outlines our financial and safety arguments to present at that hearing.
6 Comments
Used to go to the beach right by there as a kid. Now I wont even take my family near that area. Keep the lights on with clean energy.
NEVER AGAIN SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE WE ALL PAY THE PRICE
So scary that they keep that place running. Its right on the coast with all those faults. Think about the kids!
Enough with the nuclear garbage. It is 2016 we have way better options for power now.
stop gambling with our safety for profit. it is disgusting.
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Located 40 miles from the heart of Riverside and just 2 miles south of the peaceful beach village of San Clemente, San Onofre sits in a tsunami zone near major earthquake faults. On top of that, San Onofre has the worst safety performance of all 63 nuclear power plants in the United States.
San Diego Gas and Electric (run by Sempra, a for-profit electric utility) owns approximately 18% of San Onofre. Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) owns 2% of San Onofre. As part owner, we pay 2% of the costs of maintenance and receive 2% of the power output.
That 2% has become increasingly costly over the past few months. San Onofre has been shut down since January 31, 2012, due to unforseen malfunctions. Edison is trying its hardest to bring San Onofre back online, because they lose $1,000,000/day every day it is non-operational. RPU is having to spend $700,000 every month for replacement power.
Seeing what happened in Fukushima, Japan, on March 11, 2011 following a 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami, it seems prudent to reconsider nuclear power elsewhere, especially in earthquake-prone zones. San Onofre Nuclear [Waste] Generating Station poses a threat to the City of Riverside, as well as the entire continent. Much of the country's food supply comes from California. Funding a nuclear power plant in our backyard is nothing less than funding mass suicide.
Based on serious economic, social, and environmental concerns with wide-ranging consequences that will last for millennia, the below-signed ask Riverside Public Utilities take leadership and divest from San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station and invest the savings in energy conservation education, energy efficiency programs and technologies, and renewABLE energy sources. Let's build resilient communities, not destroy them.
For more information, visit Communities Creating Clean Energy: CreatingCleanEnergy.org
Nuclear-Free California: NuclearFreeCal.org
San Onofre Safety: SanOnofreSafety.org
Updates
August 21, 2012
The volume of support has secured us a formal meeting with the Riverside Public Utilities board members next week. I am currently drafting a briefing document that outlines our financial and safety arguments to present at that hearing.
6 Comments
Living this close to an earthquake fault is just asking for a disaster. We need to move on to solar and wind before something bad happens.
Used to go to the beach right by there as a kid. Now I wont even take my family near that area. Keep the lights on with clean energy.
NEVER AGAIN SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE WE ALL PAY THE PRICE
So scary that they keep that place running. Its right on the coast with all those faults. Think about the kids!
Enough with the nuclear garbage. It is 2016 we have way better options for power now.
stop gambling with our safety for profit. it is disgusting.
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Living this close to an earthquake fault is just asking for a disaster. We need to move on to solar and wind before something bad happens.