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Fukushima, South Carolina. The nuke below the failing dam

Duke Power’s Oconee Nuclear Plant is nestled in the flood plain below Duke’s deteriorating Jocassee Dam in South Carolina. If the Duke dam fails, a 16-foot-high wall of water could smash into the nuclear plant like a tsunami, overwhelming the 4-foot-high flood wall and potentially destroying critical equipment and vessels, according to disgruntled Nuclear Regulatory …

March 1, 2012 – 1:33 pm | By john.williams | Posted in nuclear power, nuclear power. fukushima, nuclear power. fukushima | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

Works in Progress

It’s been a slow summer here at Cascadia Times. We published a summary of our work on the Columbia River Crossing and Portland’s poor air quality in the Portland Tribune, “More concrete won’t cure congestion.” At the same time we began work on a book on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Stay tuned for more news …

September 11, 2011 – 9:29 pm | By paul.koberstein | Posted in Columbia River Crossing, nuclear power | Tagged , , | Comments (0)