Today we’re talking about avoiding a nuclear crisis.
Though the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in southern California was shut down in 2013, there are still major consequences that we could face because of the inefficient storage of nuclear waste. I’m joined today by two women whose expertise will not only enlighten, but hopefully spur us into taking the appropriate action to avoid a future nuclear crisis.
Carrie Woodland, CEO of California Healthy Planet Solutions and founder of We The People San Diego, joins me today in an attempt to increase awareness of the San Onofre crisis and to explain why this is more than just a local issue – it’s a global issue that affects everyone.
Donna Gilmore, founder of San Onofre Safety, joins us to talk about the highly radioactive lethal nuclear waste being stored just north of Camp Pendleton in San Diego County. She shares how we can each take part in having basic storage requirements changed to eliminate the thin and inefficient canisters that are currently in use for the storage of this nuclear waste.
We Discuss:
- Why new years resolutions have built-in problems and are inefficient for real change
- How resetting and course correcting are positive ways to encourage better choices
- The very serious situation that exists at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in California
- Why this potential nuclear crisis is not just local to San Diego and is a global issue
- Why the waste storage canisters are not at a standard they should be to keep us safe
- How these canisters are vulnerable to short-term cracking and environmental exposure
- What can be done to raise awareness and take action before a nuclear crisis occurs
“You wouldn’t buy a car that you couldn’t inspect, maintain, or repair and got no warning before something major went wrong. This is not nuclear science, this is common sense.” – Donna Gilmore
About Donna:
Donna Gilmore is the founder of San Onofre Safety, an organization that provides factual government and scientific information on the serious safety issues found at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in Southern California.
Since the closure of the nuclear reactors, the focus of the organization has turned from operational safety issues to issues of nuclear-spent fuel storage at San Onofre and other California and U.S. locations.
The San Onofre Safety website (sanonofresafety.org) is used around the world by journalists, engineers, elected officials, regulators and the general public for creditable sourced information on nuclear safety issues.
Gilmore was part of local efforts to educate the public on the San Onofre steam generator problems. The reactors are permanently shut down. However, the 1680 metric tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste at the plant is still very active.
Recent papers by Gilmore include: High Burnup Nuclear Fuel – Pushing the Safety Envelope (co‐authored with nuclear physicist Dr. Marvin Resnikoff), Diablo Canyon: Conditions for Stress Corrosion Cracking in Two Years, Reasons to Buy Thick Nuclear Waste Dry Storage Casks, and Myths About Nuclear Waste Storage.
Gilmore has made presentations on nuclear waste storage issues at national, state and local venues, including the 2014 NRC Annual Spent Fuel Management Regulatory Conference, the 2015 California Democratic Convention (Environmental Caucus), the Malibu Democratic Club, the California Energy Commission, and California Coastal Commission, the Sierra Club and other NGO venues.
Gilmore also educates federal, state and local regulators and elected officials and activists on critical nuclear waste storage issues. Gilmore has effectively advocated for improved nuclear waste storage safety evaluations in federal and state regulatory proceedings.
She is an intervener in the CPUC $4.3 billion San Onofre Decommissioning proceeding, which may likely determine the future of nuclear waste storage at San Onofre.
Gilmore has over 30 years experience in systems analysis and information technology project management including the design and implementation of major technology systems for the State of California and the management of a large engineering data center.
About Carrie:
Carrie Woodland is the CEO of California Healthy Planet Solutions and has worked in the renewable energy industry from California to Dubai over the past 21 years.
Carrie was elected President of the American Women of Amman in 1994 and worked in the United States Embassy in Amman Jordan as a community liaison for the Americans residing in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Jordanian Royal Family.
She does extensive refugee humanitarian work alongside the United Nations, Queen Nour, Queen Rania, Princess Hyaha and the United States Embassy in Amman Jordan.
Carrie had the pleasure of meeting almost every world leader in modern history during those 21 years and holds Guinness World Record for creating the largest human peace sign composed of both young Palestinian and Jordanian men holding hands at the lowest point on Earth.
This beautiful gesture of peace was designed to convey the message that “Not all Arabs are terrorists, most Arabs WANT peace.”
Through living in Jordan, Carrie has gained an exceptional perspective and universal understanding of life and all mankind.
She decided she no longer wanted to live in an environment that could not live in peace. In 2015, Carrie moved back to California, where she currently resides in Rancho Santa Fe full time.
Today, Carrie is grateful to be here within her home country where she is passionate about saving oceans as she sits on the Board of Directors for Project O, a non-profit dedicated to saving beaches, oceans, and marine life from plastics, chemicals, and commercial fishing violations.
“This is everybody’s problem – it really is a global issue, and what we do with this here is going to set the trend all over the world for all nuclear power plants.” – Carrie Woodland
Resources Mentioned:
- SanOnofreSafety.org
- Check out this video on the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Storage
- Register for my online course, Saying the Right Thing When You Don’t Know What to Say – Begins January 16th, 2019 at 6:00 PM (PST) – use discount code “NEWYEAR” at checkout to receive $150 off
- CheriBlairFinancialServices.com
- Contact Cheri Blair: (619)-997-0416 or cblair@luciafinancial.com
- Saying The Right Thing When You Don’t Know What To Say
- If you have any questions or would like to book a session, contact Paula at (626)-864-0756
- Listen to Paula’s former show, Transition Radio
- Learn More About Host Paula Shaw
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We LOVE Dr. Paula Shaw : ) She is amazing!!!! We have progressed with the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Crisis. Congressman Mike Levin has “all party” Congresssional support for a Bill that would remove the Spent Nuclear Waste from our So-Cal Beach!!!!! He is also addressing the 100 other nuclear power plants in the USA that are also in crisis mode of where to store their spent nuclear waste…… The Ball is in President Trumps Court. HE MUST SIGN THIS BILL : ) If not then I will be moving from the USA in the very near future…….. Thank you Paula for all that you do!!!! Praying for President Trump to SAVE AMERICA!!!!!