FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR PLANT AVILA BEACH, CA
WHO ARE WE?
Local Activists for a Nuclear-Free Future
Legal Intervenors in Diablo Safety Issues since 1973
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace is a non-profit organization concerned with the dangers posed by Diablo Canyon and other nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons, and radioactive waste. Additionally, the organization works to promote peace, environmental and social justice, and renewable energy.
CURRENT ISSUES
Radioactive Waste
Safe storage of high level radioactive waste is the Achilles’ heel of the nuclear industry. The waste must be stored and isolated from the environment for a million years.
After decades of failed policy, there exists no environmentally safe, just, and equitable solution to the storage of high level radioactive waste.
DECOMMISSIONINg or extended operation?
Diablo Canyon nuclear plant was scheduled to retire in 2024 and 2025 through a 2016 joint agreement between its owner, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), labor, consumer advocacy and environmental groups. However, over the last year, there has been a push to extend operations beyond these shutdown dates based on Governor Newsom’s claim that its energy is needed.
Climate and Energy
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (MFP) recognizes the threat to all life forms on the planet posed by the increase in carbon dioxide. Human activities, especially since the industrial revolution, have caused this climate change. MFP works in conjunction with like-minded organizations to preserve a livable world for future generations.
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December 8, 2025: Mothers for Peace filed Comments with the Central Coast Regional Water Board opposing the permits to allow extended operation of Diablo Canyon
MFP is deeply concerned about the undisputed damage which is being done to thelocal marine environment by DCNP’s once-through cooling system (OTC): entrainment, impingement, thermal pollution – as well as toxic materials regularly discharged into the ocean. In its comments, MFP urges the Central Coast Regional Water Board to deny the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
December 7, 2025: Mothers for Peace/Diablo Canyon/PG&E in the News
Mothers for Peace Board Member Linda Parks had her letter to the editor published in the December 7 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle: Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant is not needed and poses risks. Why keep it open? Board Member Julie Mansfield-Wells’ letter was published in the December 4 issue of the New Times:…
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December 5, 2025: URGENT – Comments Due to CA Coastal Commission
The California Coastal Commission is one of the few remaining venues to stop the extended operation of Diablo Canyon, so this request for action is crucial. At the November hearing, the staff report for the California Coastal Commission (CCC) supported the proposal of a small portion of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon land to be used as…
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