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My latest blogpost:

Aging Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant Gets Billion Dollar Bailout

Burdened with problems and located on a fault line, the Biden administration voted to approve up to $1.1 billion in conditional funding for the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, originally planned to be retired in 2025.

An Office of Inspector General investigation of the US NRC revealed that Diablo Canyon had many issues overlooked by NRC inspectors, including a failure of the plant’s “backup water supply”. Other concerns include if the steel around the reactors have undergone nuclear embrittlement, a problem identified at other nuclear plants, including Doel 3 and Tihange 2 in Belgium.

Citizens and environmental groups continue to fight the plan, including the NRDC. Diablo Canyon’s earthquake vulnerability from the Shoreline Fault, which according to PG&E (owners of Diablo Canyon) could produce quakes up to magnitude 6.5.

Tags: #DiabloCanyon #NoNukes #California

https://doomsdayscw.blogspot.com/2022/11/aging-diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-gets.html