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No Nukes - LA Daily News

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:33:36 -0000

EVER since former Vice President Al Gore won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for his fight against expanding climate change, there have been claims that nuclear power plants are the easy solution. They give phenomenal amounts of energy, after all, without much carbon production.

Some who seek facile solutions say it's about time to dump the safeguards of 1976's Proposition 15, which essentially put a stop to atomic-power facility construction in California after completion of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant on the central coast.

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SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- N. California surging ahead on solar power

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:38:53 -0000

When California launched the nation's biggest solar incentive program at the beginning of 2007, the idea was to transform the landscape by installing a million solar rooftops throughout the Golden State.

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Nuclear power? Not so fast - Press-Telegram

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:58:12 -0000

Ever since former Vice President Albert Gore won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for his fight against expanding climate change, there have been claims that nuclear power plants are the easy solution. They give phenomenal amounts energy, after all, without much carbon production.

Some who seek facile solutions say it's about time to dump the safeguards first proposed in the 1976 Proposition 15, then signed into law by ex-Gov. Jerry Brown, which essentially put a stop to atomic power construction in this state after completion of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the central coast.

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The Santa Barbara Independent Finding Bombs at Vandenberg and Beyond

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:45:49 -0000

Vandenberg Air Force Base is usually a place known for its rockets, missiles and space program, but there is also another little known unit dedicated to diffusing bombs and disposing of explosive devices. The 30th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Flight, part of the 30th Civil Engineering Squadron, not only trains on the base, but also keeps very busy disposing of the regularly found unexploded ordnance (UXO) which remains on base property from its days as an Army tank corps training camp.

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Elias: Nuclear power is no simple carbon fix : Opinion Columnists : Redding Record Searchlight

Fri, 02 May 2008 08:38:35 -0000

Ever since Al Gore won an Oscar and a Nobel Prize for his fight against expanding climate change, there have been claims that nuclear power plants are the easy solution. They give phenomenal amounts of energy, after all, without much carbon production.

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The Adobe Press: Complaint filed with NRC

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:07:26 -0000

Allegations of retaliation against workers for reporting safety concerns and violations at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant has prompted a complaint being filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Longtime Diablo watchdog group San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace sent a letter to the NRC’s regional office in Texas last week urging an investigation into the allegations

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San Luis Obispo County’s website | 04/23/2008 | PG&E will cooperate with federal investigators over retaliation claims at Diablo, spokeswoman says

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:26:23 -0000

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., owners of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, said the utility will cooperate with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission as it investigates recent allegations that workers at the plant face retaliation if they bring up safety concerns.

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San Luis Obispo County’s website | 04/22/2008 | Diablo muzzles workers concerned about plant safety, SLO group alleges

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:39:17 -0000

A nuclear watchdog group has filed a complaint with the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission alleging that workers at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant face possible retaliation if they raise safety concerns.

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Daily Pilot: IT’S A GRAY AREA: Let’s look again at nuclear energy

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:02:55 -0000

With all of the debates and even diatribes today about the harms of our oil dependency, environmental pollution and global warming, it surprises me that there have not been more open and honest public discussions about nuclear power.

Why is that? In my view it is a combination of mostly needless public fear of nuclear power, and the self-interested promotions of the oil companies. So let’s look at the facts.

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