{"id":7738,"date":"2014-02-15T11:24:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T16:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2014-02-15T12:48:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T17:48:53","slug":"earthquake-busts-august-water-tower-what-about-plant-vogtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/earthquake-busts-august-water-tower-what-about-plant-vogtle.html","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake busts Augusta water tower: what about Plant Vogtle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:200px\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BgfLE0lCAAAh4zM.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n\r\nLess than two years after\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/exit-strategy-for-when-this-big-nuclear-bet-goes-bad-john-s-quarterman-so-2012-05-23.html\">\r\nSouthern Company CEO Tom Fanning assured us<\/a>\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qkUlS3UnncU#t=572\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fanning-seismic-small.jpg\">\r\n<\/a>\r\nIt is not in a seismic-sensitive area.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nFanning also claimed the technology was safe, before\r\nSO failed to get a reactor vessel from Savannah to the site,\r\nand before a renewed scandal revealed\r\nKorea&#8217;s document-forging Doosan supplies that &#8220;safe&#8221; nuclear technology.\r\nHow safe will Plant Vogtle be in a bigger earthquake?\r\nHow safe is it even without an earthquake?\r\nNot safe for the ratepayers or the taxpayers of Georgia or the U.S.\r\n<p>\r\nMark Sandritter wrote for SBNation yesterday,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/golf\/2014\/2\/14\/5413450\/augusta-national-water-tower-leak-earthquake\">\r\nAugusta National water tower leaking after Georgia earthquake, per report<\/a>,<!--more-->\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\nA 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit Augusta, Ga. on Friday and the impact may have caused damage to a water tower located near Augusta National Golf Club. The tower, which can be seen on scenic shots during the Masters, is leaking, according to WRDW News 12.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/golf\/2014\/2\/14\/5413450\/augusta-national-water-tower-leak-earthquake\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/BgfLE0lCAAAh4zM.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nWhy do Southern Company and its biggest component company\r\nGeorgia Power continue betting the farm on a bad nuclear bet?\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nListen to what\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qkUlS3UnncU&#038;t=572\">\r\nTom Fanning said right after &#8220;not in a seismic-sensitive area&#8221;:<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkUlS3UnncU#t=572\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<br>\r\nEarthquake busts August water tower: what about Plant Vogtle?\r\n<br>\r\nVideo by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE),\r\n<br>\r\nShareholder Meeting, Southern Company (SO), \r\n<br>\r\nCallaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia, 23 May 2012. \r\n<\/p>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qkUlS3UnncU#t=572\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fanning2-small.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nRecall, as apart from Fukushima,\r\nPlant Vogtle is not on a coastline.\r\nIt is some 130 miles inland, 220 feet above sea level.\r\nIt is not in a seismic-sensitive area.\r\n<p>\r\nAnd the technology that we&#8217;re employing,\r\nthe Westinghouse AP1000 is the newest, safest, technology\r\non the planet.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nHere&#8217;s an AP1000 reactor for Plant Vogtle train-wrecked\r\nbetween Savannah and Augusta in December 2012:\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.augusta.com\/news\/metro\/2013-01-10\/vogtle-reactor-vessel-slips-track-between-savannah-burke-county?v=1357844294\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/aug-cdn.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/superphoto\/superphoto\/reactor%20photo.JPG\"><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/vogtle-reactor-vessel-sitting-unprotected-at-savannah-port.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c35ce05c3970b-pi.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nHere&#8217;s that same reactor vessel\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/vogtle-reactor-vessel-sitting-unprotected-at-savannah-port.html\">\r\nsitting unprotected at Savannah port a month later<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nWestinghouse contracted for major equipment for those Plant Vogtle\r\nAP1000 reactors\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/korean-nuke-supplier-for-plant-vogtle-forged-documentation-for-a-host-of-nuclear-reactors.html\">\r\nfrom Doosan of South Korea<\/a>, which forged documentation that shut down\r\n&#8220;a host of nuclear reactors&#8221; in Korea, causing South Korea&#8217;s Prime Minister\r\nto say:\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/korean-nuke-supplier-for-plant-vogtle-forged-documentation-for-a-host-of-nuclear-reactors.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:250px\" src=\"http:\/\/img.hani.co.kr\/imgdb\/resize\/2013\/0604\/137022590546_20130604.JPG\"><\/a>\r\n&ldquo;Those found to be involved in wrongdoing or corruption must\r\nbe sternly punished by the law, regardless of their rank and\r\nstatus.&rdquo;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThat&#8217;s because this corruption has been going on for more than 10 years,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/the-korean-nuclear-mafia-power-companies-vendors-and-testers.html\">\r\nwith Doosan just the tip of the Korean nuclear corruption iceberg<\/a>.\r\nPreviously Korea let the former chairman of Doosan Group off the hook\r\nfor embezzling $31.2 million.\r\nWhy?\r\nBecause Chairman Park Yong-sung won the 2018 Olympics to Korea.\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/korean-nuke-supplier-for-plant-vogtle-forged-documentation-for-a-host-of-nuclear-reactors.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:250px\" src=\"http:\/\/www1.pictures.zimbio.com\/gi\/Yong+Sung+Park+123rd+IOC+Session+Durban+2018+MVG3xp8yWCgl.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nAdd in the budget-busted Kemper Coal that\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/mississippi-psc-required-spending-docs-for-kemper-coal-what-about-plant-vogtle.html\">\r\nMississippi PSC won&#8217;t tolerate anymore<\/a>,\r\nand maybe we should award Southern Company\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/southern-companys-three-legged-nuclear-regulatory-capture-stool.html\">\r\nthe Olympics of bad bets<\/a>!\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than two years after Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning assured us It is not in a seismic-sensitive area. Fanning also claimed the technology was safe, before SO failed to get a reactor vessel from Savannah to the site, and before a renewed scandal revealed Korea&#8217;s document-forging Doosan supplies that &#8220;safe&#8221; nuclear technology. How safe [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,18,104,73,55,89],"tags":[239,7442,8704,167,8701,8708,8702,12,7,8737,8731,108,6339,6,8727,8735],"class_list":["post-7738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-georgia-power","category-nuclear","category-safety","category-water","category-weather","tag-augusta","tag-augusta-national-golf-club","tag-economy","tag-fukushima","tag-georgia","tag-georgia-power","tag-lake","tag-lowndes-area-knowledge-exchange","tag-lowndes-county","tag-nuclear","tag-safety","tag-southern-company","tag-tom-fanning","tag-valdosta","tag-water","tag-weather"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p585fK-20O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7738"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7752,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7738\/revisions\/7752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}