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New nuclear power plant in california. when the utility pacific gas and electric, pg&e, applied for the permits, the company said the ç site had only insignificant faults that have shown no movement for at least 100,000 and possibly millions of years. construction costs for that assuredly totally nonseismic nuclear plant were estimated to be around $320 million. barely a year ter, its 1971, and a new fault line is discovered offshore less than three miles from the plants location. humans decid...

California. when the utility pacific gas and electric, pg&e, applied for the permits, the company said the site had only insignificant faults that have shown no movement for at least 100,000 and possibly millions of years. construction costs for that assuredly totally nonseismic nuclear plant were estimated to be around $320 million. barely a year later, its 1971, and a new fault line is discovered offshore less than three miles from the plants location. humans decide that the site is still well...

We feel comfortable where we are in terms of security and stability of these plants. is there anything out there in the u.s., along fault lines or wlfr they may be, that should set our hair on fire because it isnt set up to withstand something major? >> i dont think you can ever say -- never say never but i think we certainly dont have the kinds of earthquake risks that japan faces. we dont have those kind of faults. there are two reactors in california but again, you need to look at safety reco...

Say, in laymans terms, you might not be able to withstand on the coast? >> oh, no. that is the stimated, the maximum size of the ground shaking. then you go well above that. so maybe 7.5. >> okay. so a 9 would, as it was troublesome for japan would be troublesome for us? >> yes, except a 9 does not com come from the type of faults around the reactor site. thats the other thing you have to consider. the very large earthquakes that japan saw are what are known as sub duks zone earthquakes where on...

Then you go well above that. so maybe 7.5. >> okay. so a 9 would, as it was troublesome for japan would be troublesome for us? >> yes, except a 9 does not come from the type of faults around that reactor site. that is the other thing you have to consider. the very large earthquakes that japan saw are what are known as subduction zone earthquakes where one piece of ground goes under another. and the -- other flaults, slip faults like that, you simply dont get 9s in those. >> secretary stephen chu...

Complicated to understand that in japan they planned for a 7.5 earthquake and they got a 9.0. and we have warnings in california near san onofre, by the way, a republican state senator took this issue on, republican governor schwarzenegger sent an letter and said look, we feel for sure from scientists telling us that there could be much worse earthquake activity at san onofre, and at the other plant, diablo, they said there were new faults discovered. and we need to look at this. by the way, the...

What we know wed built it. you have three faults that are well overdue for a seismic activity. i come from san francisco. the last big quake was in 1989. that wasnt supposed to be the big one, though. its long overdue. sh this this is an obvious concern. >> donny deutsch. >> that what they predict is near a 7.5, nowhere near the 9. the question i have is a security issue. terrorists, are we properly protected? forget acts of god. lets talk acts of terror. >> thats something that, i dont want to ...

Complicated to understand that in japan they planned for a 7.5 earthquake and they got a 9.0. and we have warnings in california near san onofre, by the way, a republican state senator took this issue on, republican governor swarz sent an letter and said look, we feel for sure from scientists telling us that there could be much worse earthquake activity at san onofre, and at the other plant, diablo, they said there were new faults discovered. and we need to look at this. by the way, they are rel...

Plants like ours, senator feinsteins and my state, whereby the way the two of us teamed up to demand there be re-inspection of both our plants. we are talking about something quite simple, because it is not complicated to understand that in japan they planned for a 7.5 earthquake and they got a 9.0. and we have warnings in california near san onofre, by the way, a republican state senator took this issue on, an letter and said look, we feel for sure from scientists telling us that there could be...

Questions after what weve seen happen because all of the planning could not have foreseen what we have been witnessing, and obviously citizens who live near nuclear plants, that was an issue that i was concerned about when i was a senator from new york. i live near a nuclear plant in new york. citizens near nuclear plants that are on or near earthquake faults, everybody is going to have a lot more questions than they had before, and they deserve very thorough science-based answers. >> well have ...