Aerial Photographs of Nuclear Power Plants for Immediate License
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Aerial Archives collection includes a number of aerial photographs of nuclear power generating stations. To view aerial photographs of nuclear power plants available for immediate online license or prints, please consult aerial photographs of nuclear power plants.
The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant uses seawater from the Pacific Ocean for secondary cooling and is constructed directly over one fault line and near a second one. PG&E's application to relicense the Diablo Canyon plant is currently being scrutinized in response to growing concern arising from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. The plant was upgraded to withstand a magnitude 7.5 earthquake after the discovery of the nearby Hosgri fault which generated a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in 1927. This aerial photograph shows the two Westinghouse designed pressurized water nuclear reactors and seawater being returned to the Pacific Ocean. Issues concerning the use of seawater for cooling include the possible ingestion of kelp (the plant is throttled back during storms to mitigate this problem) and the possible ingestion of sea life (in 2008 one of the two units was taken off line because of a rapid influx of jellyfish at the water intake). The plant has been the subject to several legal challenges and protests, and in 1981 1900 activists were arrested at the plant during two weeks--the the largest number of arrests in the history of the United States anti nuclear movement. The nuclear power plant is located at Avila Beach, San Luis Obisopo County, California. Its seismic sensors are designed to shut down the plant in the event of a significant geological event. The aerial photograph of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant shown above is available for immediate online license or prints, or to obtain this image optimized to your specifications, please contact Aerial Archives directly. To view additional aerial photographs of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant available for immediate online license or prints, please consult aerial photographs of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
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Aerial Photographs of Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Towers
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The Hope Creek Nuclear Power Generating Station is a thermal nuclear power plant which has one GE boiling water reactor. The aerial photograph of water vapor being released from the cooling tower of the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station shown above is available for immediate online license or prints, or to obtain this image optimized to your specifications, please contact Aerial Archives directly.
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Aerial Photographs of San Onofre Nuclear Power Generating Station
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The San Onofre Nuclear Power Generating Station is a nuclear power plant that is operated by Southern California Edison. Its pressurized water reactors use seawater for cooling. The Westinghouse pressured water reactor at the station has been decommissioned and is used for spent fuel. Two additional Combustion Engineering reactors generate electricity at the plant. The aerial photograph of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Generating Station on the Pacific Coast in northwestern San Diego county shown above is available for immediate online license or prints, or to obtain this image optimized to your specifications, please contact Aerial Archives directly. To view additional aerial photographs of San Onofre Nuclear Power Generating Station available for immediate online license or prints, please consult aerial photographs of San Onofre Nuclear Power Generating Station.
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Aerial Photographs of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
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The aerial photograph of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant shown above is available for immediate online license or prints, or to obtain this image optimized to your specifications, please contact Aerial Archives directly.
To obtain a specific aerial photograph of a nuclear power plant or nuclear power generating station not shown on this site or a vertical aerial photograph (aerial map), please contact Aerial Archives. Additional information about obtaining stock aerial photography of nuclear power plants including historical aerial photography of nuclear power plants of nuclear installations and the areas around them is also available at aerial photography research and at aerial photography research FAQs. |