Category: Fukushima

Nuclear Power Plant Safety Issues At Diablo Canyon

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant sits near an earthquake fault line on the California coast. The company falsified its license to hide earthquake vulnerability, and the state altered its standards.

Now the plant faces a lawsuit by an environmentalist group, Friends of Earth. Concerns over nuclear power plant safety have been heightened since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, so The Lip looks at how the corruption has endangered people and if there will be any legal consequences.

The Lip video with Mark Sovel and Elliot Hill.

More info:

http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Regulators-broke-quake-rules-at-PG-E-nuclear-5854229.php