Radioactive Waste
High level radioactive waste is stored at Diablo Canyon in pools and in dry casks. Mothers for Peace is currently in litigation regarding the dry cask storage facility and the potential impact of terrorism on the surrounding environment. (Also see 'security and terrorism.')
- May 2012 - Guide to Emergency Classifications and Declarations at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
- View a slideshow presentation by David Lochbaum of Union of Concerned Scientists.
- "Improving Spent-Fuel Storage at Nuclear Reactors"
- Read this article by Robert Alvarez in Issues in Science and Technology. "Storing spent radioactive fuel in dry form rather than in increasingly jammed cooling pools is much safer, and can be done with already available funds.
- March 2012 - Comments on NRC Waste Confidence Rule
- Mothers for Peace filed comments on the NRC's Waste Confidence decision and rule to store commercial high-level radioactive waste for more than 60 years after the licensed life for operation of any commercial nuclear power reactor.
- 2012 legal challenge by NIRS, Mothers for Peace to expand evacuation zones around U.S. nuclear reactors
- CLEAN ENERGY GROUPS SUBMIT FORMAL PETITION TO NRC TO INCORPORATE LESSONS OF FUKUSHIMA: EXPAND EVACUATION ZONES, IMPROVE EMERGENCY PLANNING AROUND U.S. NUCLEAR REACTORS
- 2011-10-12 NRC Undermines Federal Law in Decision regarding Diablo Canyon
- In 2010, the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board granted the Mothers for Peace a hearing on four contentions regarding PG&E's license renewal application. On October 12, 2011, however, the five NRC commissioners agreed to hear only one of those contentions and reversed the decision to hear the three others. Mothers for Peace believes that this decision excuses PG&E and the NRC from having to fully comply with the laws that are intended to protect the public.
- 2011-8-11: 26 groups, including Mothers for Peace, call on the NRC to delay or cancel reactor licensing due to existing federal law
- MULTIPLE LEGAL CHALLENGES: ALL NUCLEAR REACTOR LICENSING MUST BE DELAYED OR CANCELLED DUE TO EXISTING FEDERAL LAW 26 Groups Call on Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Follow Legal Requirements for Reactor Licensing & Relicensing
- 2011-4-11 MFP Position Paper on implications of Fukushima disaster
- Mothers for Peace responds to the tragedy in Japan and the implications for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
- 2011- 3-24 Press Release: MFP predicts backlash against nuclear power
- MFP press release responding to crisis in Japan
- 2011 Disaster in Japan
- Despite the many precautions and redundant features used in nuclear power facilities, the forces of nature remain unpredictable and - and in Japan - devastating.
- 2011-02-15 News Release: Federal Court Fails to Hold NRC Accountable for Public Safety
- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the petition by Mothers for Peace to overturn a licensing decision by the NRC regarding the dry cask radioactive waste storage facility at Diablo Canyon.
- 2010-11-04 Oral Arguments Presented by Mothers for Peace in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding terrorism impacts at Diablo Canyon
- Mothers for Peace argues that the NRC violated federal environmental law when it refused to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement addressing the potentially catastrophic impact of an attack on the Diablo Canyon spent fuel storage facility.
- 2006-06-02 A MFP Win in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- The Ninth Circuit Court rules in favor of Mothers for Peace regarding terrorism and the dry cask storage project at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. A link to the Court ruling is included.
- 2011-02-10 SUMMARY OF MOTHERS FOR PEACE CURRENT ACTIONS
- Below is a summary of current actions challenging the NRC and PG&E as of February, 2011.
- MFP Presentation January 12, 2011: Addressing the Dangers of Living Downwind of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Jan 12, 2011 from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM — Santa Maria Public Library, Shepard Hall, 421 S. McClelland Street ,
- Mothers for Peace representatives will present a slideshow presentation and discussion of the dangers of living near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
- 2010 Newsletter
- San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace pursues Ninth Circuit Court Appeal and opposition to Diablo Canyon License Renewal.
- 2002 Newsletter
- Mothers for Peace opposes PG&E's plan to expand the radioactive waste storage capability at Diablo Canyon.
- 2009, September Newsletter
- Mothers for Peace goes back to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to force the NRC to do its job.
- 2005 Newsletter
- Highlight of the year: our day in court!
- 2009 February Newsletter
- Mothers for Peace celebrates 40 years of working for peace, social justice, and a safe global environment.
- 2003-08-22 Monthly Update
- Mothers for Peace collaborates with multiple nuclear watchdog groups.
