Diablo Canyon Nuclear PGE given 8 yr extension Without Environmental Impact Being Done July 15, 2016
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Date: 2016-07-15

Mothers for Peace Rally for an Enviro Review of Diablo Canyon: “The proposed legislation is imbalanced,” said Linda Seeley, Spokesperson for San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (SLOMFP), the group that has fought Diablo for forty-three years. “It requires an analysis of the adverse impacts of shutdown, but not of a meltdown or other causes of radiation release, which could devastate the surrounding area. The bill doesn’t address the benefits of or aid in the transition to safe, clean renewable sources.” http://calcoastnews.com/2016/03/30-organizations-oppose-diablo-canyon-bill/

San Luis Obispo, CA - June 28, 2016 - Mothers for Peace hold a rally calling for a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of Diablo Canyon's environmental impacts. 

The rally was held ahead of a California State Lands Commission meeting on a Joint Proposal by PG&E and environmental and labor groups to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant running until its licenses run out nine years from now.

The plant was built based on the assumption that there were no active earthquake faults within 30 kilometers. We now know there are at least four faults within that short distance, one of which is just a few hundred meters from the plant.

The ground motion from an earthquake on any of those faults could be far greater than the plant was built to withstand. Just as at Fukushima, a quake larger than the plant was designed for could release massive radioactivity and devastate a significant part of our state.

The construction of the Diablo Canyon plant began in 1967. Diablo was designed and licensed to operate for 40 years only. Unit 1 was licensed in 1984 and Unit 2 in 1985. Some of the equipment is already over 40 years old. Nuclear proponents are pushing to extend operations for two more decades.
The risks are just too great. The organizations say the state needs to quickly transition from Diablo to renewables, and Diablo must not be allowed to operate beyond its design life and original license period.
 
Following is the group opposition letter to the chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications:
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles
Southern California Federation of Scientists
Food and Water Watch
Green Action for Health and Environmental Justice
Desert Protection Society
Committee to Bridge the Gap
Azul
Ecological Options Network
CodePink Women for Peace, Golden Gate Chapter
No Nukes Action Team
Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS)
Nuclear Hotseat
Nuclear Watch South
People of Faith for Justice
Residents Organized for Safe Energy (ROSE)
Rocketdyne Cleanup Coalition
San Francisco Occupy Forum Environmental Working Group
San Onofre Safety
Sunflower Alliance
Teens Against Toxins
Women for: Orange County
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Energy and Safe Jobs
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz
Green Party of San Luis Obispo
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
Public Citizen
Northern Chumash Tribal Council
Greenpeace

Mothers for Peace Spokeswomen Linda Seeley and Jane Swanson make the case for a CEQA environmental impact review, given the plant's aging components, seismic risks and PG&E's Federally indicted safety record. They are joined by Dr. Jerry Brown and Rinaldo Brutoco from the Santa Barbara-based World Business Academy.

For more info:
MothersForPeace.org
WorldBusiness.org

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