Steve David, director of site services at the Diablo Canyon ...

Rich Pedroncelli | published: March 21, 2011

Steve David, director of site services at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, displays a picture of the nuclear power plant, located near San Luis Obisop, as he discusses the plant's safety in case of an earthquake, during a hearing at the Sacramento, Calif., Monday March 21, 2011. A Senate select committee took testimony from various state agencies, natural gas utilities and the operators of California's nuclear power plants on the state's ability to handle an earthquake and possible tsunami like the one the struck Japan last week. At right is Daniel Hirsch, lecturer in nuclear policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz.