Environmental Groups Blow the Whistle on State/PG&E Illegal Scheme to Keep Diablo Canyon Operating Past License Expiration Dates Federal law requires reactors to close while the Nuclear Commission reviews license renewal application On January 10, 2023, San Luis Obispo Mothers for …
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Friday, January 6, 11:30am PT: Talk with Assembly Member Tasha Boerner Horvath
Nuclear Energy in California and the Decommissioning of Diablo Canyon Friday, January 611:30am PT Zoom Link The Samuel Lawrence Foundation invites you to meet with Assembly Member Tasha Boerner Horvath via Zoom on Friday, January 6 at 11:30am PT.Assembly …
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PG&E asks to Fast-Track NRC Safety Requirements – Organizations Respond with a Second Letter to the NRC
On December 6, 2022, in their second letter to the Commissioners of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) within the space of three weeks, four environmental organizations once again put the NRC on notice that the agency would violate federal law if it accepted Pacific Gas …
December 14, 2022, Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel meeting
An online public meeting will be held 6-7:40pm on December 14 to inform the community on the status and schedule for the potential continued operation of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. Register here. Topics include: review of SB 846 funding and accelerated permitting provisions to allow for …
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Environmental and Civic Groups Warn: The U.S. Nuclear Agency Should Not Give PG&E Special Treatment on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant
November 17, 2022, Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Working Group, and Committee to Bridge the Gap sent a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) objecting to Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E) request to the NRC to unlawfully resurrect a dead license …
December 16, 2022: Join an international webinar to oppose Japan’s plan to release Fukushima’s contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean.
Friday, December 16, 2022 5pm Pacific Time. Please register here. Simultaneous …
The Race is on: Nuclear Power vs. Renewable Resources and Battery Storage
PG&E has filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inform the agency that it intends to apply for license renewal for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. This moves the ball down the field for five more years of nuclear power clogging transmission lines that could otherwise …
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Economic and Safety Issues at Diablo Canyon put Californians on a Slippery Slope
Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth Warn PG&E and the CPUC to be Vigilant in Their Assessment of Diablo Canyon On October 14, 2022, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) and Friends of the Earth (FOE) filed a joint reply to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) …
Letter to Editor: PG&E’s Diablo Canyon is like the Titanic—a disaster
Written by Carole Hisasue and published in New Times, October 6, 2022 An interesting thing happened at the SLO County Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Sept. 27. After PG&E’s presentation on SB 846 and its plans to extend operations at Diablo Canyon, the meeting was ending in an impromptu love …
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Fall 2022 Newsletter
“Our dreams are big - our hopes high - our goals long-term - and the path is difficult. But the only failure is not to try.” Jimmy Carter Disturbing Diablo Update Mothers for Peace is deeply troubled by actions taken by Governor Newsom and our California legislators …