License Renewal

Mothers for Peace representatives will present a slideshow presentation and discussion of the dangers of living near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace pursues Ninth Circuit Court Appeal and opposition to Diablo Canyon License Renewal.

Mothers for Peace collaborates with multiple nuclear watchdog groups.

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.

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.

A three-judge panel within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted four of the file Contentions filed by San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace in opposition to PG&E's early application for license renewal for Diablo Canyon nuclear plant.

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.

Attorney Diane Curran argues for admittance of five Mothers for Peace Contentions before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hear arguments for Mothers for Peace Contentions on May 26, 2010.

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.

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.

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.

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace filed comments on the NRC Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement which streamlines nuclear power plant license extensions.

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."

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.

The MFP filed this opening brief in the California Public Utilities Commission rate case regarding Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee.

A summary of the recent accomplishments of the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace follows below:

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a resolution to the NRC asking that they resolve security concerns before considering the relicensing of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, along with the other community intervenors, have filed a Petition for Review asking the NRC to review two decisions of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.

Comments of the San Luis Obispo Mothers For Peace regarding the NRC's Generic Environmental Impact Statements for the license renewal of aging nuclear plants