California Senator Bill Monning has put before the California Senate SB 968. Mothers for Peace appreciates his intentions to prepare for the economic impacts of the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in the event that it goes off-line before its current licenses expire in 2024 and 2025. …
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SLOMFP letter to State Lands Commission
Mothers for Peace asks the California State Lands Commission to require an environmental review of PG&E's request for new leases of tidelands adjacent to Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. April 24, 2016 P.O. Box 3608 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403-3608 TO: …
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Thirty Organizations Oppose Diablo Canyon Bill SB 968
Thirty environmental, health and other organizations today announced their opposition to California state legislation that would mandate an analysis of purportedly negative – but not positive – impacts of shutting down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. In a formal opposition letter, the groups …
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Letter to California Committee on Energy in opposition to SB 968
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace is one of 30 organizations going on record as opposing SB 968. That bill as proposed would focus on the adverse economic impacts to be expected when the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant shuts down. It fails to look at the advantages of plant closure or at opportunities …
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SLOMFP files Petition for Review of two Contentions
On August 6, 2015, the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board rejected two Contentions from Mothers for Peace on the grounds that they were not timely. Attorney Diane Curran appeals that ruling to the Commissioners, asserting among other things that "Claims that are premature cannot be late at the …
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MOTHERS FOR PEACE’S RESPONSE TO PG&E’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION OF CONTENTION EC-1
PG&E's attempt to disqualify Mothers for Peace's Contention EC - 1 should be denied because the Scheduling Order of the ASLB is still in effect. Omissions in PG&E's seismic studies of the Shoreline Fault result in a lack of understanding of the seismic risks to the Diablo Canyon nuclear …
Summary of Mothers for Peace demands for full consideration of license renewal issues
MOTHERS FOR PEACE DEMANDS FULL CONSIDERATION OF SEISMIC ISSUES AND ENERGY ALTERNATIVES BEFORE RE-LICENSING OF DIABLO CANYON REACTORS San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP) on September 14 pressed forward with its ongoing legal challenge before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to …
SAN LUIS OBISPO MOTHERS FOR PEACE’S REPLY TO OPPOSITIONS TO MOTION TO FILE AMENDED CONTENTION C
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace presents arguments to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to show that PG&E's Severe Accident Mitigation Analysis inadequately considers seismic risks at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. September 14, 2015 BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD UNITED …
PETITION FOR REVIEW OF MEMORANDUM AND ORDER (DENYING MOTIONS TO FILE NEW CONTENTIONS)
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace asserts that the Commission is obligated to fully consider seismic issues and energy alternatives before license renewal of Diablo Canyon reactors UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the matter ofPacific Gas and …
Comments of the World Business Academy on Scoping of EIS for Diablo Canyon license renewal
We encourage the NRC to include and explore the following topics in the scope of its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Diablo Canyon: climate change, energy supply and grid stability, economic impact, earthquake risk and public health risk including increasing cancer and declining infant …