Marty Brown

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]