Tracy Rosenberg<p>Pacific Gas & Electric, which runs Diablo Canyon, announced a deal with artificial intelligence startup Atomic Canyon— heralding it in a press release as “the first on-site generative <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> deployment at a U.S. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> power plant.” <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/04/first-nuclear-plant-ai-at-diablo-canyon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/economy/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/2025/04/first-nuclear-plant-ai-at-diablo-canyon/</span></a></p>
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Jonathan L Keeton<p>Work in Progress Sunset, Diablo Canyon Oil On Linen 12" x18"</p><p>Just starting this one, so it's a mess still. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/contemporaryrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemporaryrealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/oilpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oilpainting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landscapepainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapepainting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/newmexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newmexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/diablocanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diablocanyon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/santafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/artistinportugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistinportugal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jonathankeeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jonathankeeton</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfire</span></a> risks high at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a></p><p>Posted on January 19, 2025 by beyondnuclearinternational</p><p>The GAO identifies a number of US nuclear power plant sites that are vulnerable to the possible outbreak of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> where they are located. </p><p>"'According to our analysis of U.S. Forest Service and NRC data, about 20 percent of nuclear power plants (16 of 75) are located in areas with a high or very high potential for wildfire,' the GAO report states. 'More specifically, more than one-third of nuclear power plants in the South (nine of 25) and West (three of eight) are located in areas with a high or very high potential for wildfire.' The GAO goes on to identify 'Of the 16 plants with high or very high potential for wildfire, 12 are operating and four are shut down.'</p><p>"To analyze exposure to the wildfire hazard potential, the GAO used 2023 data from the U.S. Forest Service’s Wildfire Hazard Potential Map. 'High / very high refers to plants in areas with high or very high wildfire hazard potential. Those nuclear power stations described by GAO as 'high / very high' exposure to wildfires and their locations are excerpted from GAO Appendix III: Nuclear Power Plant Exposure to Selected Natural Hazards.</p><p>Table 1: Potential High Exposure to 'Wildfires' at Operating Nuclear Power Plants</p><p>–AZ / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SAFER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAFER</span></a>, one of two mobile nuclear emergency equipment supply units in the nation, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–CA / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–FL / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurkeyPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurkeyPoint</span></a> Units 3 & 4 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–GA / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EdwinIHatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdwinIHatch</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–GA / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vogtle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vogtle</span></a> Units Units 1, 2, 3 & 4, nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–NC / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickNC</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–NC / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McGuireNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McGuireNC</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–NC / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShearonHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShearonHarris</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH /VERY HIGH”<br>–NB / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CooperNuclearPowerStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CooperNuclearPowerStation</span></a>, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–SC / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Catawba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catawba</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–SC / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HBRobinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HBRobinson</span></a> Units 1 & 2 nuclear power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–WA / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaNuclear</span></a> power station, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”</p><p>Table 2: Potential High Exposure to “Wildfires” at Shutdown Nuclear Power Plants</p><p>–CA / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanOnofre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanOnofre</span></a> Units 1 & 2, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–FL / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrystalRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrystalRiver</span></a>, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–NJ / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OysterCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OysterCreek</span></a>, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”<br>–NY / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianPoint</span></a> Units 1, 2 & 3, “HIGH / VERY HIGH”</p><p>"Wildfires can transport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> contamination from nuclear facilities</p><p>"A historical review of wildfires that occur around nuclear facilities (research, military and commercial power) identifies that these events are also a very effective transport mechanism of radioactivity previously generated at these sites and subsequently released into the environment by accident, spills and leaks, and careless dumping. The radioactivity is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resuspended" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resuspended</span></a> by wildfires that occur years, even decades later.</p><p>"The fires carry the radioactivity on smoke particles <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/downwind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downwind</span></a>, thus expanding the zone of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contamination</span></a> further and further with each succeeding fire. The dispersed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radionuclides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radionuclides</span></a> can have very long half-lives meaning they remain biologically hazardous in the environment for decades, centuries and longer."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2025/01/19/wildfire-risks-high-at-nuclear-plants/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">beyondnuclearinternational.org</span><span class="invisible">/2025/01/19/wildfire-risks-high-at-nuclear-plants/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Downwinders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downwinders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukesForAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukesForAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearSafety</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p>
Jonathan L Keeton<p>TBT Diablo Canyon is the remnants of a volcanic lake that was a ways down the street from where we lived in Santa Fe. This is from an excursion there on a snowy and misty winter morning. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tbt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/santafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santafe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/newmexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newmexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/diablocanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diablocanyon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/artistinportugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistinportugal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jonathankeeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jonathankeeton</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Critics say <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlant</span></a> produces too much power at too high a price</p><p>By Thomas Fudge, December 11, 2024 </p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> has become a plentiful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> source that the state [of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>] may have underestimated when it chose to extend Diablo Canyon.</p><p>"Some people who run California’s statewide power grid say nuclear is clean power. It generates no greenhouse emissions. But it does create <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a> and it has to run 24-7, making it very inflexible.</p><p>"'With the lack of flexibility, and the growth of flexible resources that we have coming on to our system, I just don’t know if there’s going to be value in retaining those resources,' said Brian Murray, director of real time operation with the California Independent System Operator (ISO).</p><p>"McCann said nuclear power from Diablo Canyon is also getting expensive. PG&E is applying to raise its rates in order to keep the plant open.</p><p>"That cost will affect San Diego customers of SDG&E also, and it’s something lawmakers didn’t anticipate when they voted to extend the life of the nuclear plant."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/science-technology/2024/12/11/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-produces-too-much-power-too-expensive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kpbs.org/news/science-technolo</span><span class="invisible">gy/2024/12/11/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-produces-too-much-power-too-expensive</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeismicRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeismicRisk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CascadianSubduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CascadianSubduction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearIsNotCarbonFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearIsNotCarbonFree</span></a></p>
Jonathan L Keeton<p>TBT This is a view taken from the edge of the 'grotto' at Diablo Canyon, which was just a ways down a very funky street from where I lived in Santa Fe. Off in the distance is Valles Caldera past Los Alamos. New Mexico is a very beautiful and serene place.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/tbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tbt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscapephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/newmexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newmexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/autumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autumn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southwest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/diablocanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diablocanyon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/artistinportugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistinportugal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/jonathankeeton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jonathankeeton</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a> brings <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> for PG&E, deadly risk for residents [and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>]</p><p>Tina Landis <br>August 19, 2024</p><p>"Despite opposition from residents and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> organizations, California legislators passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenateBill846" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenateBill846</span></a> in 2022 to extend the life of the dangerous, aging Diablo Canyon <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> facility. </p><p>"Located on the Central Coast surrounded by several <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fault</span></a> lines, one has to question why a nuclear facility was placed in an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> zone to begin with, much less allowing it to continue to operate well past its retirement date. The world witnessed what can happen to a coastal nuclear facility in an earthquake zone when the 2011 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> disaster triggered a meltdown that displaced nearly half a million residents, with vast amounts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWater</span></a> still being released into the ocean today. </p><p>"As long as Diablo Canyon remains open, Californians live with the constant risk of suffering the same type of disaster.</p><p>"From its inception, Diablo Canyon had little public support. Protests occurred regularly during its construction, and thousands were arrested for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> actions in 1981. </p><p>"In the 1970s and 1980s, California’s three largest utilities spent billions of dollars building dangerous and costly nuclear plants like Diablo Canyon, which resulted in skyrocketing rates for customers. Big industry fought back against these increased energy costs, which resulted in deregulation bills consisting of multi-billion dollar <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bailouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bailouts</span></a> to the state’s utility companies to cover their costly investments in nuclear. </p><p>"Today, the last remaining nuclear plant operating in the state is still draining billions in funds that could be used for safe, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewable</span></a> energy development. To keep Diablo Canyon running 5 years past its retirement date is expected to cost $8 billion to $12 billion. A federal aid package of $1.1 billion will contribute to some of those costs – meaning federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a>’ money – while the remaining billions will be passed on to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ratepayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ratepayers</span></a>. </p><p>"Despite being run by PG&E and only generating power for its territory, customers of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernCaliforniaEdison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernCaliforniaEdison</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanDiegoGasAndElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanDiegoGasAndElectric</span></a> will help cover the remaining costs of the Diablo extension. Edison bills will increase by around $1.25 a month and SDG&E by 87 cents a month, while PG&E customers are expected to chip in $2.07 a month – and that’s just for the first year. Critics warn that costs are likely to increase in coming years to keep the plant running, and that’s on top of already skyrocketing PG&E rates that have doubled over the last decade. And if PG&E collects more funds than are needed for Diablo’s operations, they get to keep it! </p><p>"In 2022, when legislators pushed this through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SB846" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SB846</span></a>, the excuse of energy shortages was used due to pandemic-related supply chain issues and massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a>. But today, there is plenty of energy being produced with increased <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> storage capacity that has kept the lights on even during this summer’s unprecedented heat waves driving up demand. The California Public Utility Commission’s own reporting shows that an additional 18,500 megawatts of new resources were added to the grid between 2020 and 2024, which is enough to power around 14 million homes. Another 11,000 megawatts will be added by 2028.</p><p>"Nuclear has the third highest lifecycle emissions of all energy sources after scrubbed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> fired plants and natural gas – meaning it is far from being zero-emission. It also creates the unresolved issue of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWaste</span></a> which remains dangerous for tens of thousands to millions of years. </p><p>"Keeping the Diablo facility running will only hold back further development of safe and truly low-carbon, low cost renewable sources like solar and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> energy. </p><p>"So why isn’t Diablo Canyon being decommissioned? The short answer is that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> must ensure continued profits for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvestorClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvestorClass</span></a>. </p><p>"SB 846 authorized Diablo’s extension through 2030, and gave PG&E a $1.4 billion loan for the for-profit utility to facilitate the plant’s extension. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorNewsom</span></a> facilitated another transfer of taxpayer dollars to PG&E through an additional $400 million loan from the state’s general fund, included in the recent budget deal. Critics warn that these 'loans' will never be repaid, meaning residents will be fully subsidizing the Diablo extension – from federal and state tax dollars to our utility fees. </p><p>"But there is a way out. SB 846 allows the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPUC</span></a> to retire the plant earlier than 2030 if sufficient levels of new renewable zero-carbon energy resources exist, are interconnected, and meet demand, which is the case. </p><p>"CPUC has a long track record of serving PG&E’s interests, so intervention by the commission is unlikely. One example of many that demonstrates their close relationship: CPUC is not requiring PG&E to show how much of our utility bill actually goes to the Diablo extension, but instead lumps the cost in with 'public purpose programs,' making it impossible to determine.</p><p>"While communities are demanding an early shutdown of Diablo, PG&E is currently applying for a 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a>] for the facility, which is expected to be approved. This would mean customers will foot the bill to keep this dangerous nuclear facility running through 2045, far beyond the original expiration dates of 2024 and 2025. </p><p>"CPUC has proven their unwavering support time and again for PG&E’s monopoly control over the state’s energy system at the expense of residents’ safety and affordable rates. The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is just another mechanism to squeeze ratepayers and line the pockets of shareholders who live far away from the dangers posed by this aging facility. Only a public takeover of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> utility can win clean, safe and affordable energy for all."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.liberationnews.org/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-brings-profits-for-pge-deadly-risk-for-residents/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liberationnews.org/diablo-cany</span><span class="invisible">on-nuclear-plant-brings-profits-for-pge-deadly-risk-for-residents/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PGAndE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PGAndE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearCorruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearBailouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearBailouts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyonNuclearPlant</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Application Filed to Extend Life of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DiabloCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiabloCanyon</span></a> Power Plant Another 20 Years</p><p>PG&E Submits Application with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a> to Renew Plant’s License </p><p>By Jean Yamamura <br>Wed Nov 08, 2023</p><p>"Renewal of Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s license was formally filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by owner <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificGasAndElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificGasAndElectric</span></a> Company on November 7, more than a month ahead of the end of 2023 deadline. The 2,200 megawatts of carbon-free power generated by the nuclear plant can provide electricity for as many as three million of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>’s 39 million residents, fully 17 percent of the state’s supply of zero-carbon electricity, according to PG&E. But is it still needed?</p><p>"A number of groups fighting the nuclear power plant contend a potential for disaster exists from the aging facility, finished in 1973. Nonprofits like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MothersForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MothersForPeace</span></a> in San Luis Obispo, where the plant is located, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AllianceForNuclearResponsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllianceForNuclearResponsibility</span></a> argue that questions about brittle welds and nearby earthquake faults remain unanswered. Friends of the Earth is seeking to overturn the NRC’s licensing procedure for Diablo in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.</p><p>"The NRC agreed to shorten the five-year window for the license renewal, causing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FriendsOfTheEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriendsOfTheEarth</span></a>’s legal director, Hallie Templeton, to say: “PG&E’s reckless push to extend the life of Diablo Canyon, while unsurprising, should set off alarm bells for everyone living near this high-risk facility. Diablo Canyon’s operations are extremely dangerous, harmful to the climate and put all of California at risk of a catastrophic accident.”</p><p>"In answer to the question of safety at a nuclear facility located 90 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, PG&E’s chief nuclear officer, Paula Gefen, said, 'We have a dedicated workforce that is committed to operating DCPP with integrity and safety at the forefront.' [PG&E is known for greed and poor safety record keeping -- see link in comments]</p><p>"During this shortened window, PG&E has a number of state agencies to persuade in addition to the NRC: It received a lease extension from the State Lands Commission in June for the strip of beach it uses, but the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission are assessing actual costs and outage costs against renewed operations and market revenues. Their documents are underway or in a comment period and are supposed to be final before the end of 2023.</p><p>"If PG&E’s license renewal application passes muster, Diablo would be allowed to operate beyond its current end dates of 2024 and 2025, while the application is further reviewed, said PG&E spokesperson Suzanne Hosn. The process takes longer than a year, after which PG&E would submit for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoastalZoneManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastalZoneManagement</span></a> ct recertification with the California Coastal Commission.</p><p>"Bruce Severance, a regulatory compliance engineer, has argued that certain welds, known to be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/faulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faulty</span></a> from Reactor One’s inception, are so <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brittle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brittle</span></a> that replacement of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReactorVessel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReactorVessel</span></a> was a considerable cost the CPUC must consider. Severance and Digby MacDonald, a nuclear engineering and materials science professor at UC Berkeley, submitted a paper to the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee outlining the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fracture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fracture</span></a> toughness problem with the welds, but that committee won’t be meeting to discuss their conclusions until February 2024.</p><p>As for the need for Diablo to continue generating electricity, David Weisman of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AllianceForNuclearResponsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllianceForNuclearResponsibility</span></a> pointed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s statement in October that California’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> storage capacity reached more than 6,600 megawatts: 'More than equivalent to the power Diablo generates,' Weisman said.</p><p>"The turmoil surrounding the nuclear power plant began after PG&E decided to abandon its application for a license renewal in 2016. That would have shuttered the power plant’s two reactors in 2024 and 2025. However, Governor Newsom deemed the power was needed in the face of air-conditioning use during California’s increasingly hot summers. The State Legislature passed Senate Bill 846 last fall to loan PG&E $1.4 billion and extend Diablo’s operations to 2030.</p><p>"The CPUC held a hearing on Tuesday, at which Linda Seeley of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MothersForPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MothersForPeace</span></a> addressed the commissioners. She told them California was on track to add another 6,000MW in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewable</span></a> power by 2026, three times Diablo’s output. Regarding safety, she said, 'while the Legislature and the CPUC have been relying on the NRC to ensure the safe operation of Diablo Canyon past the reactors’ 2024/2025 license expiration dates, the NRC itself appears to be bending to the State requests — rather than protecting the public.'</p><p>"Seeley emphasized the decision to prolong Diablo’s life could not be a political one. 'Put it together,' she urged the commissioners. 'No inspection of the Unit 1 pressure vessel since 2002; active <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> faults under the plant — couple those conditions with the fact that we don’t even need the power from Diablo Canyon, and you can easily reach a decision that your grandchildren will thank you for.'"</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PG</span></a>&E <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PriceAndersonAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PriceAndersonAct</span></a></p>
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