Jane Swanson on California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and how citizens can oppose nuclear energy
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Jane Swanson
This week, Dr. Caldicott interviews Jane Swanson, a mother and grandmother who has been an active member of the California antinuclear organization Mothers for Peace (full name San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace) since its formation in 1969. In 2006, the group challenged the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in federal court and won. The court determined that the NRC was wrong to not take into account the possibility of a terrorist attack in creating the Environmental Impart Statement for a dry cask storage project that PG&E will install at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear facility. Swanson says, “Our 2006 victory in the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of appeals opened doors for activist groups living near the other 103 nuclear reactors. We hope to achieve a second favorable ruling in 2010.” Diablo Canyon is on more than one major earthquake fault. Read the March 2010 article The Uncertainty Factor: Does a New Fault Line Discovery Put Diablo Canyon Power Plant in Jeopardy? Longer show description to follow.