Radioactive Waste
High level radioactive waste is stored at Diablo Canyon in pools and in dry casks. Mothers for Peace is currently in litigation regarding the dry cask storage facility and the potential impact of terrorism on the surrounding environment. (Also see 'security and terrorism.')
GAO Report calling for increased oversight at nuclear power plants.
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:
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
San Francisco Chronicle on potential for terrorism at Diablo
Science and Global Security. Reprinted by permission of Robert Alvarez 5/28/2003.
Mothers for Peace is involved in seven legal proceedings.
Regional Water Quality Control Board settlement with PG&E regarding marine contamination is inadequate.
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PG&E is in the midst of a bankruptcy proceeding.
The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace has made a series of recommendations to the County of San Luis Obispo for PG&E's proposed High Level Radioactive Waste Site.
Transcript of interview with Dr. Gordon Thompson, a physicist, engineer, and expert in the field of safety and environmental issues related to nuclear facilities including terrorism follows:
Petition to NRC with many contentions regarding ISFSI storage proposal, from activist groups throughout the Central Coast.
Mothers for Peace interacts with many agencies and organizations on local, state, and national levels.
The ASLB and the NRC deny the Mothers For Peace petitions regarding the ISFSI at Diablo Canyon.
Mothers For Peace news release asks the question - can Diablo Canyon be made safer?
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer wrote a letter to the NRC regarding the Diablo Canyon ISFSI.
Mothers for Peace and Union of Concerned Scientists file Freedom of Information act petition to determine stakeholders in NRC security decisions.
Mothers for Peace petitions California Public Utilities Commission