LLAW’s “ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” #514 (01/18/2024) ”End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity"
LLAW’s “ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” #514 (01/18/2024) ”End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity"
”End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity"
PG&E’s Nuclear Power Plant (the last in California), scheduled for shutdown in 2025, is given an extended life compliments of the Federal and California governments.
Biden administration finalizes a $1.1 billion aid package for California's last nuclear power plant
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized approval of $1.1 billion to help keep California’s last operating nuclear power plant running. The funding is a financial backbone of the plan to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant producing electricity until at least 2030. An earlier agreement to close the reactors by 2025 was voided by the Legislature in 2022 at the urging of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom says the power is needed to ward off blackouts amid a changing climate. Environmentalists argue California has adequate power without the four-decade-old reactors that they call a safety risk.
LLAW’s THOUGHTS & COMMENTS :
This breaks my heart for so many reasons I can’t repeat them all hear, but in prior Posts I have explained my concerns about this particular nuclear power plant and its owner/operator PG&E, which I believe has the very worst safety record in the history of all utilities of every kind. And, believe me, it is not just ‘Environmentalists’ who are are arguing against this governmental decision. PG&E has burned up whole cities and blown up a good deal of another in California, and even poisoned a majority of a California town, among dozens of other catastrophes, and has declared bankruptcy several times concerning damages they have created all over California and nearby surrounding states. They have no business operating any kind of public power facility, much less and old decrepit nuclear plant that has already experienced radiation leaks from cracked reactor walls and had been prudently scheduled for shutdown in 2025. But now taxpayers in California and all around the rest of the USA will be paying to extend the potential national nuclear disaster this nuclear power plant and its operator, PG&E, could bestow upon us.
As an aside, the governmental agreement is for five years, but PG&E has already privately asked for a 20 year extension: PG&E files 20-year license renewal application for Diablo Canyon. . . Pacific Gas and Electric earlier this week filed a license renewal application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the lifetime of California's Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant by up to 20 years. ~llaw
ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO “LLAW’S ALL THINGS NUCLEAR” RELATED MEDIA:
There are 5 categories (plus a bonus category at the end for news about the Yellowstone caldera and others that also play an important role in humanity’s lives) as do ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 linked most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (Especially with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual appearing order:
All Things Nuclear
Nuclear Power
Nuclear War
Nuclear Power Emergencies
Nuclear War Threats
Yellowstone Caldera(There are no Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available in tonight’s Post.)
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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS (01/17/2024):
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
Russia's foreign minister rejects a U.S. proposal to resume talks on nuclear arms control
CTV News
... about fingerprints: They are not, Guo and his colleagues argue, all unique. Samsung vies to make AI more mainstream by baking in more of the ...
Profit-Booking strategies: Are you doing it Right? - YouTube
YouTube
Organizational Change Management Training: Everything You Need to Know About ... Why I changed my mind about nuclear power | Michael Shellenberger | ...
HII appoints Lempke to shepherd AUKUS efforts down under - ExchangeMonitor | Page 1
ExchangeMonitor
In Australia, among other things, Lempke will help to provide nuclear ... All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion ...
Nuclear Power
NEWS
When will the next nuclear plant come online in the US? No one knows - Canary Media
Canary Media
Had you asked around about what nuclear reactor was on deck just one year ago, the resounding response would have been NuScale's small modular reactor ...
ntBiden administration approves $1.1 billion aid package to help keep California's last nuclear ...
Fortune
The funding is a financial pillar in the plan to keep the Diablo Canyon Power Plant producing electricity to at least 2030 — five years beyond its ...
San Francisco Chronicle
... nuclear power plant running. The funding is a financial pillar in the plan to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant producing electricity to ...
Nuclear War
NEWS
TV tonight: is the world on the verge of a nuclear apocalypse? | Television - The Guardian
The Guardian
Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We? 9pm, BBC Two. Who wants cosy, low ... war live: Protesters clash with Russian police after activist jailed ...
Russia says it won't discuss nuclear arms control with US while it backs Ukraine - Reuters
Reuters
But Lavrov said the proposal was unacceptable to Russia because of the West's backing for Ukraine in the war now approaching the end of its second ...
Russia's foreign minister rejects a US proposal to resume talks on nuclear arms control - NY1
NY1
... nuclear war — Lavrov sternly warned against encouraging Ukraine to strike targets in Russia. He specifically accused Britain of inciting Ukrainian ...
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Generator fails in test at Japan's Shika nuclear power plant after Noto quake - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp
One of three emergency diesel generators for the No. 1 reactor at the Shika Nuclear Power Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, which has been hit by a ...
Emergency test sirens to sound at Muddy Run on Jan. 25 | Local News - Lancaster Online
Lancaster Online
In a real emergency, the words, “This is an emergency ... An inspection of one of Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station's two active nuclear reactors trig…
Biden administration finalizes a $1.1 billion aid package for California's last nuclear power plant
wdrb.com
... City of Bardstown asks residents to conserve water amid ... The funding is a financial backbone of the plan to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power ...
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
US Presidential Election Will Determine the Risk of a Nuclear War - IDN-InDepthNews
IDN-InDepthNews
In 2022, Biden also joined leaders of the Group of 20 states in declaring that the use of nuclear weapons and threats of their use are “inadmissible.”.
Putin ally says there's "100 percent" chance of future Russia-Ukraine wars - Newsweek
Newsweek
The longtime close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin is known for making inflammatory statements, often involving threats of nuclear war.
Is North Korea Headed For A Nuclear War With South Korea? - YouTube
YouTube
... nuclear war. Watch this video to know more ... WATCH: Video of North Korean leader saying danger of war aggravated amid South Korea, US threats.