Irvine City Councilman calls for San Onofre to be decommissioned ASAP

March 29, 2012 by talknukes
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Tuesday night- March 27th – supporters of decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station packed into the 250+ seat City of Irvine Council Chambers in Orange County.  At least 50 people wore green clothing to mark their support for San Clemente Green, an environmental action group working since the Fukushima meltdown last March towards a San Onofre shut down.

After general city announcements and a few agenda items, item 6.1 came up for the Irvine council. Councilman Larry Agran introduced the topic, stating that is was his motion to add San Onofre to the evening’s agenda; he’d invited San Clemente Green to present public comments as they had previously at city council meetings in San Clemente, Laguna Beach and San Diego’s own Solana Beach.

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The San Diego Anti-Nuke Resurgance: the Timing Couldn’t be Better

February 4, 2012 by talknukes
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It’s time, folks.

We can no longer get by with our awkward avoidance of the ongoing nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan. Not only should we be discussing the Pacific waters and gyres bringing (or not bringing) contaminated debris & particles from the March 11th earthquake/tsunami last year, we should consider our proximity to San Onofre, just 48 miles from OB.

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VIDEO: New Gateway of Ocean Beach: “Where’s the rest of it?”

January 11, 2012 by talknukes
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Editor: Please welcome our newest Ragster, Doug Beacom, who is posting his very first piece on our website here. And, it’s a video report of the new, recently opened North Gateway Project for Ocean Beach, located at the corner of West Point Loma Boulevard and Sunset Cliffs Boulevard.

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