Isitshalo esikhulu samandla enyukliya siseduze nePhoenix
Qaphela: Lesi sihloko sabhalwa ekuqaleni ngo-2003. Ezinye ukuhlelwa okuncane kwenziwa kusukela.
Izwe lethu liqapha imisebenzi engaba khona yobuphekula engenzeka emhlabathini waseMelika. I-Arizonans iye yaqaphela kakhulu, kusukela izenzakalo ezibuhlungu ezizungeze ukuhlaselwa kweWorld Trade Center nePentagon, ukuthi kunezici ezibalulekile e-Arizona ezingaba yizigameko zobuphekula. Okuphawulekayo phakathi kwalawa yiDamu leHoover, i- Grand Canyon , ne-Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station.
Isevisi Yomphakathi Yase-Arizona inomthwalo omkhulu (29.1%) ku- Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station futhi isebenza kule ndawo. Abanye abanikazi bafaka iphrojekthi yeSallow River, i-El Paso Electric Co., i-Southern California Edison, i-Public Service Co. yaseNew Mexico, i-Southern California Authority Power Authority, ne-Los Angeles Dept. Yamanzi & Amandla.
Nazi ezinye izinto ezithakazelisayo mayelana nePalo Verde Nuclear Generation Station :
- Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngo-1976. Kunamayunithi amathathu, okugcina okuphelile ngawo ngo-1988. Izindleko eziphelele zokwakha lesi sitshalo zaziyi $ 5.9 billion.
- I-Palo Verde isitshalo esikhulu kunazo zonke amandla enyukliya e-United States. Itholakala ngamakhilomitha angu-50 entshonalanga yePhoenix eTonopah, e-Arizona. Isikhungo sise-acre angaba ngu-4 000. Abantu abangaba ngu-2 500 baqashwe lapho.
- Ngo-2000 i-Palo Verde isitshalo sika nyukliya eyenza ama-megawatts angu-30.4 wezigidi zamandla.
- Abantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-4 eCalifornia, e-Arizona, eNew Mexico naseTexas bathola amandla avela isitshalo sePalo Verde.
- I-Palo Verde yiyona kuphela amandla enyukliya emhlabeni osebenzisa amanzi okupholisa amanzi okupholisa.
- I-Palo Verde ayisebenzisi amafutha asetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza ugesi. Kuyindawo yokukhishwa kwe-zero.
- Izigameko zasePalo Verde zisesakhiweni sokukhonkolo esingasindile umoya, esakhiwe ukulwa namandla endiza yezindiza.
Ulwazi olulandelayo lutholakala kwi-website ye-Arizona Division ye-Emergency Management (ADEM):
I-Arizona Division ye-Emergency Management (ADEM) inesibopho se-Arizona's Offsite Emergency Response Plan. Uma kwenzeka isimo esiphuthumayo, uMqondisi we-Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency (ARRA) uzongcoma kuMbusi noma kuMqondisi we-ADEM, izinyathelo zokuzivikela okufanele zithathwe. UMbusi noma uMqondisi we-ADEM uzobe esenquma izinyathelo zokuzivikela ezithathwe ngabantu ngaphakathi kwendawo ephuthumayo. Isinqumo sinikezwa uMnyango wezokuPhathwa kwezimo eziphuthumayo waseMaricopa (MCDEM), okuzothatha izinyathelo ezidingekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabahlali. Bazokhipha umlayezo we-Emergency Alert System (EAS) ukutshela izakhamuzi lokho okudingeka bakwenze ngokusekelwe kwisinqumo sikaMbusi.
Ukuphepha okuthuthukisiwe e-Arizona kungase kusho nemigqa emide ekudluleleni kwemingcele, nasezikhungweni zezindiza. Kodwa ngaphandle kwalokhu, ngaphandle uma kuhlasela kwenzeka empeleni, uMbusi ucela ukuthi ama-Arizonans aqhubeke nemisebenzi yabo evamile.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana nokulungiswa kwe-Arizona lapho kwenzeka ukuhlaselwa kwamaphekula noma okunye okuphuthumayo, kanye neNani le-Alert Level for Homeland Security, sicela uvakashele i-Arizona Division Ye-Emergency Management Web site.
Ukuze ubike noma yikuphi umsebenzi osolisayo e-Arizona, shayela uMnyango WokuPhathwa KwezokuPhepha OkuPhezulu Komphakathi (602) 223-2680.