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PamW Donating Member (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-16-11 03:04 PM
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39. The anti-nukes wrote the book on it.
Were these operators licensed, or hired off the street?
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The reactor operators were licensed. They have to be. That's not problem.

The workers that maintained the steam plant don't have the same licensing requirements
as reactor operators. Besides, does it really take a license to know that you don't
leave loose parts lying around inside the generator after you service it?

http://www.energy-net.org/01NUKE/RSECOT.HTM

The chief anti-nuke opposed to Rancho Seco was Ed Smeloff, who was a SMUD board member:

http://www.nukefree.org/news/20YearsAfterSacramentoVotedtoShutRanchoSeco,SMUDHasDiversifiedEnergySources

Ed Smeloff and Peter Asmus wrote a book about their exploits closing Rancho Seco called:

"Reinventing electric utilities: competition, citizen action, and clean power"

They are evidently quite proud of what they accomplished and chronicled it for all to see.

PamW


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