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Anti-nuclear activists are calling on the federal court to revisit safety decisions for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County.
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The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, California’s last operating nuclear power plant, will continue to run until 2030. This week the Biden Administration finalized a billion-dollar aid-package to help keep the plant running.
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The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce held its annual “State of the State” meeting this week.
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Tuesday, PG&E submitted an application to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant running 20 years after its scheduled closure date, meaning the plant could operate until 2045.
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An environmental nonprofit released a report this week claiming that keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open past 2025 could cost electricity customers tens of billions of dollars.PG&E responded by saying any cost estimates should come from official sources.
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The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant sits on land that once belonged to a local indigenous tribe. That land is currently owned by PG&E. But in August, when the state legislature was debating whether to extend the life of the power plant, the tribe sent Governor Gavin Newsom and President Biden a letter asking for the property to be returned to them as their ancestral land.
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The plant south of Morro Bay produces about 9% of the state’s entire energy supply, without adding carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
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Governor Gavin Newsom said in April that he’s reconsidering his desire to see the scheduled decommissioning of San Luis Obispo’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant as scheduled. The governor’s change of mind seems to have galvanized a pro-Diablo movement.
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REACH announced an open letter today signed by government, nonprofit and community leaders endorsing Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to lead the way in revamping one of Diablo Canyon’s parcels into a clean tech innovation park.
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Governor Gavin Newsom said he’s worried about energy shortages when Diablo goes offline and he may consider trying to delay the closure.