Category: Diablo Canyon
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A Risky Gamble at Diablo Canyon (CounterPunch)
“Environmental groups concerned about cost and safety issues at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in San Luis Obispo County on California’s central coast thought they’d scored a big win in...
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NRC would ‘violate federal law’ by fast-tracking PG&E bid to extend Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, groups say (Environmental Working Group)
“Four environmental organizations once again put the NRC on notice that the agency would violate federal law if it accepts Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) October 31 proposal to resurrect...
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Biden gives PG&E $1 billion to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open (LA Times)
“The federal money doesn’t guarantee Diablo Canyon will stay open longer. But it increases the likelihood of California continuing to rely on the plant, along the Central Coast in San...
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Fierce lobbying caps fight over California nuke plant future (AP)
“Lawmakers have questioned why Newsom dropped the text of his legislation just days before the end of the Legislature’s two-year session on Wednesday, saying it provided virtually no time to...
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SLO Mothers for Peace lay out opposition to possible extension of Diablo Canyon operations (KSBY)
“Daniel Hirsch, President of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, claimed that the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant was built near four different fault lines, including the Shoreline fault which lies...
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California to be Nuclear Free by 2025
In a stunning turn of events, Pacific Gas & Electric, the operator of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant on the Central California coast, announced in 2016 that it was abandoning...
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Does California shutdown mean the end of nuclear power? Not so fast.
Read the Christian Science Monitor report here.
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Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Closure Approved
Read the story here.
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PG&E’s Diablo Canyon closure plan clears 1st hurdle
The San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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The Diablo Canyon deal marks the death of nuclear power in the U.S. — or does it?
Michael Hiltzik asks whether Diablo Canyon’s closure signals the death of the nuclear power industry in the United States.
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PG&E to close Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant
PG&E announced that it will phase out by 2025 Diablo Canyon, the last operational nuclear power plant in California, and replace its power with renewables and efficiency. As part of...
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Sandy Silver: Quake danger at Diablo Canyon
Sandy Silver discusses the danger an earthquake poses to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Article link here
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CBG’s Annual News Letter! 2015 Edition
In this edition we discuss the slow moving progress to clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. We also look at other big nuclear stories of 2015, including revelations that...
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Feds: Diablo nuke plant could face stronger-than-expected quakes
The SF Chronicle reports here.