
Climate worries galvanize a new pro-nuclear movement in the U.S.
“Charles Komanoff was for decades an expert witness for groups working against nuclear plants, delivering blistering critiques so effective that he earned a spot at the podium when tens of thousands of protesters descended on Washington in 1979 over the Three Mile Island meltdown. “Komanoff would go on to become an unrelenting adversary of Diablo

Closing Diablo Canyon spurs fears over replacement power
California’s power is expensive and polluting – but doesn’t have to be. The state of California plans to replace Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) mostly with Wyoming coal-fired generation. The source of the replacement power will remain hidden until 2025, when Californians can’t stop the state. As a nonprofit intervenor before the California Public Utilities

Scientists: closing Diablo Canyon could have “catastrophic” consequences
“Feb 3 (Reuters) – Nearly 80 scientists and academics, including a former U.S. energy secretary, on Thursday urged Governor Gavin Newsom to delay closure of California’s remaining nuclear plant to comply with state laws on fighting global warming. ‘The threat of climate change is too real and too pressing to leap before we look,’ said

IEA: Decline in Nuclear Power Would Threaten Energy Security, Climate Goals
International Energy AgencyVANCOUVER – With nuclear power facing an uncertain future in many countries, the world risks a steep decline in its use in advanced economies that could result in billions of tonnes of additional carbon emissions, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Nuclear is the second-largest low-carbon power source in the world