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NRC responds to allegations of collusion

Written on 16 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 10 comments

Statement by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission The emails Friends Of the Earth reference in a press release issued today show internal efforts within NRC Public Affairs to understand the agency’s actions related to the report PG&E planned to issue the... (Continue reading)

Did the NRC and PG&E collude to hide danger?

Written on 16 Dec, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 5 comments

Statement by Friends of the Earth Internal emails show that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may have worked together to counteract widespread news coverage. Numerous outlets reported that the former chief inspector of the... (Continue reading)

Senator Boxer calls out NRC on Diablo Canyon safety

Written on 4 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

At a federal hearing in which both Rep. Lois Capps and former state sen. Sam Blakeslee testified, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer criticized the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its handling of safety concerns about Diablo Canyon Power Plant. The Senate... (Continue reading)

The NRC needs to consider seismic data in Diablo Canyon license renewal

Written on 14 Oct, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 7 comments

OPINION By FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Friends of the Earth has filed a petition to intervene in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proceeding that would allow Pacific Gas & Electric’s controversial Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors to run for an additional twenty... (Continue reading)

Did PG&E and the NRC work together to spin news on Diablo Canyon quake safety?

Written on 19 Sep, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 9 comments

OPINION By FRIENDS OF THE EARTH Last week the Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied a dissent by the former chief inspector at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, who said new seismic data show the plant may be vulnerable to earthquakes of... (Continue reading)

NRC rejects call to close Diablo Canyon

Written on 11 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejected the recommendation Wednesday of a former federal investigator who called for the closure of Diablo Canyon Power Plant until the agency determines whether the plant can withstand high magnitude earthquakes caused by nearby faults. [ABC... (Continue reading)

Former Diablo Canyon inspector urges shut down

Written on 27 Aug, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

A former federal inspector at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant has asked regulators to shut down the plant until it can be determined if it can withstand an earthquake of the Central Coast. In a confidential July 2013 document... (Continue reading)

High cancer rates near Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant

Written on 4 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 60 comments

A report by the World Business Academy that details negative health trends in the area surrounding the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County was released Monday. Stephen W. Hosea, MD, the associate director of Internal Medicine... (Continue reading)

Barbara Boxer grills NRC over Diablo Canyon

Written on 4 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 30 comments

OPINION By ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY For the second time since November of last year, Senator Barbara Boxer has called upon Chairman Allison Macfarlane of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to explain and clarify how the NRC can allow Pacific... (Continue reading)

Diablo Canyon is safe

Written on 3 Feb, 2014 in Featured, Opinion | 25 comments

OPINION By GARY KIRKLAND The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is one of the safest places on earth. Back in the 1980’s, I took a tour of the plant as a science teacher in this county. We went wherever we wished, except... (Continue reading)