License Renewal
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has applied for a 20-year extension of its operating licenses for the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. The current operating licenses for Diablo Canyon’s two nuclear reactors expire in 2024 and 2025, respectively. PG&E has applied to continue operations until 2044/2045.
Mothers for Peace has challenged this license extension. Pertinent documents can be found below.
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PG&E letter to NRC license renewal delay
- FINAL PROCESSING of Diablo Canyon License Renewal DELAYED, but renewal process continues
- PG&E has requested that only the final approval for the license renewal process be delayed until after the 3D seismic studies are complete. The license renewal process is to continue on schedule.
- 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.
- 2011-02-10 SUMMARY OF MOTHERS FOR PEACE CURRENT ACTIONS
- Below is a summary of current actions challenging the NRC and PG&E as of February, 2011.
- NRC Public Meeting Re: PG&E's ability to manage the effects of aging Jan 27, 2011 from 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM — Courtyard by Marriott, Grand Ballroom, 1605 Calle Joaquin Road, SLO ,
- The NRC is holding a public meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the results of an inspection report regarding PG&E's "ability to manage the effects of aging on plant systems, structures, and components for an additional 20 years of operation beyond the expiration date of their current licenses."
- 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.
- 2003-08-22 Monthly Update
- Mothers for Peace collaborates with multiple nuclear watchdog groups.
- 2010-08-26 San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Fights PG&E's Bid to Block Hearing on Diablo License Renewal
- On August 26, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) attorney Diane Curran filed counter arguments to PG&E’s appeal of a recent ruling by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) of the NRC. PG&E has objected to every single one of the four issues on which the ASLB has agreed to hold hearings.
- 2010-08-24 NRC accepts four Contentions from SLOMFP
- A 3-judge panel of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) handed down a decision to accept four of the five Contentions filed by the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) in opposition to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) application for license renewal of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.
- 2010-06-29 Two NRC Meetings in SLO on Tuesday, June 29 Jun 29, 2010 from 09:00 AM to 09:00 PM
- On Tuesday, June 29, the NRC will be holding two public meetings in San Luis Obispo regarding Diablo Canyon. Both meetings will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 333 Madonna Road.
- 2010-05-27 Mothers for Peace Challenge Diablo License Renewal
- Attorney Diane Curran argues for admittance of five Mothers for Peace Contentions before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
- 2010-05-26 San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace to Argue Against License Renewal for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
- The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hear arguments for Mothers for Peace Contentions on May 26, 2010.
- 2010-04-13 Mothers for Peace Objects to State Board Once-Through Cooling Policy
- The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace has filed objections with the California State Water Resources Control Board to proposed revisions to the policy governing use of ocean water for once-through cooling as it relates to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and its request for license renewal.
- 2010-03-22 MFP Filed 5 Contentions in License Renewal Proceeding
- On Monday, March 22, 2010, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP), represented by attorney Diane Curran of Washington, D.C., filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to oppose the license renewal of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
- 2009-11-27 MFP Opposes PG&E's Application to Extend Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant 20 Years
- In terms of safety, security, and economics, it is not in the public interest to add an additional 20 years to the operating life of the the two reactors at Diablo Canyon.
- 2010-01-13 NRC plays "shell game" with safety issues
- San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace filed comments on the NRC Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement which streamlines nuclear power plant license extensions.
- 2008-09-30 Mothers for Peace Comments on California Energy Commission Nuclear Power Plant Assessment
- In its comments to the CEC, Mothers for Peace stated: "The Energy Commission, working with the CPUC as part of the CPUC’s authority to fund and oversee utilities’ plant relicensing feasibility studies, should develop a plan for reviewing the costs and benefits of nuclear plant license extensions, scope of evaluation, and the criteria for assessment."
- 2003 November Newsletter
- Mothers for Peace and the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club files a federal appeal in the 9th Circuit regarding PG&E's proposal to built a new facility for high level radioactive waste.
