There are many concerns about adding another 15 to 20 years to an aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant operation, which uses radiation to boil seawater to make electricity. Sounds outdated and dangerous. Last year, Trump signed an order to allow greater radiation exposure to the public ignoring its disproportionate effect on children and women. Our […]
Marty Brown, Atascadero
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Diablo Canyon is a roadblock to distributing green energy
Will Gov. Newsom turn his back on the residents, businesses, economy, and environment of the Central Coast for $6 billion from the federal government? The stakes are high on his proposed application for this handout to Diablo Canyon, the last standing nuclear generating plant in California. He is willing to spend this money propping up […]
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Diablo is old; remember Fukushima
Unbelievable. Somehow I don’t feel any comfort in PG&E’s confirmation that Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant can withstand a worst-case scenario earthquake on multiple faults surrounding the plant. This plant was designed in the ’60s and has been licensed since 1982. It is old. The original engineering, planning, and building of the plant on multiple faults […]
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We have to move toward shutting down nuclear
Atascadero
I am not a scientist like Edward L. Quinn, who had his viewpoint printed recently (“Nuclear power continues to be safe and reliable,” The Tribune, Nov. 10), about the safety and reliability of nuclear power generation. He also mentioned the low cost to ratepayers. It does not take a scientist to discover the fact that […]
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This nuclear plant re-licensing issue is personal
Atascadero
I have been a resident of San Luis Obispo county since 1972 and a neighbor of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for more than a quarter century. Some of my concerns regarding re-licensing are these: Thousands of tons of high-level ionizing radioactive waste stored here for the foreseeable future—no one knows if there will be […]
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Diablo license renewal should be carefully considered
Atascadero
Thank you to Lois Capps, the SLO County Board of Supervisors, California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, Sierra Club, City of Morro Bay, Mothers for Peace, and Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility: Thank you all for speaking out for the citizens of SLO County. The sensible, reasonable, and necessary seismic studies regarding earthquake faults that […]
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Diablo is too much of a gamble
Atascadero
I attended one of the recent meetings held by the NRC regarding re-licensing the Diablo nuclear power plant. My question was concerning the fact that radioactive tritium has been found mysteriously leaking from nuclear plants and ending up in groundwater in nearby towns. I did not speak up as the subject was previously mentioned by […]
