Friday, June 15, 2007

Bay Oysters Safe

So says a fisheries biologist for Humboldt Bay Oyster Company in response to an earlier letter to the Eureka Reporter that asked the question. I guess that means you can all stuff your faces at the Oyster Fest this weekend.

7 Comments:

At 8:05 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

There ain't no "r" in June. Count me out.

 
At 8:12 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Spel it eny wayyyyyy u want. Eat eurstrs b hapy. An membr who makn da moknee from dis. da baykepr.

 
At 7:52 AM, Blogger Carol said...

There are certain shellfish that one avoids eating during months that don't have 'r'in them because of the threat of Red Tide. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tide

I don't know how this effects the locally farmed oysters. As I recall, we harvested wild oysters in the winter on the East Coast or during months with 'r' in them.

As far as the spent fuel rods go, I still feel uncomfortable with them being stored where they are, as it is a major fault line. Are they 100% contained and with repsect to potential large earthquakes?

 
At 8:21 AM, Blogger Fred Mangels said...

Last I heard, the spent fuel rods are in a big pool of water down below the old Unit 3, at the Humboldt Bay Power Plant.

They'll be moved, eventually, to a new location on the south west side of the plant. The new location is supposed to be even more secure. There was something in the news about the move a while back. I might have even mentioned it here, but I'm not sure.

 
At 8:28 AM, Blogger Carol said...

I remember reading about the move to occur by 2012? It is probably better than trying to move them to Yucca Mountain.

 
At 8:54 AM, Blogger Fred Mangels said...

Well, they're not going to be moved far from where they are now. I don't see a problem with how they're being stored now. Then again, I'm not intimately familiar with all the details.

Where they're planning to move them, if I have the location right, is about half way closer to King Salmon than they are now.

 
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