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San Luis Obispo County’s website| Nuclear reactor restarted at Diablo Canyon following fire

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:27:09 -0000

Pacific Gas and Electric has restarted a reactor unit at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant after an explosive transformer fire prompted a 20-day shutdown.

The cause of the fire has been identified as the failure of a bushing that connects the transformer to the high-voltage transmission lines. The failure caused the bushing’s outer ceramic shell to disintegrate and ignited insulating oil.

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San Luis Obispo Trib | Two new steam generators arrive at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:40:19 -0000

The second batch of replacement steam generators has arrived at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Two of the four massive cylinders were pushed by tugboat into the plant’s cooling water intake cove Thursday morning. The other two will be unloaded Friday.

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PG&E to replace transformer at Calif. nuclear plant | Reuters

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:49:28 -0000

Pacific Gas & Electric Co has decided to replace rather than fix a main step-up transformer that caught fire earlier this week at its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday.

There is yet no schedule for the return of the 1,118-megawatt Unit 2 at the plant near San Luis Obispo, California, said Sharon Gavin, spokeswoman for the utility, which owns and operates the two-unit plant.

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San Luis Obispo County’s website | A weekend fire at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant stops reactor indefinitely

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:30:59 -0000

The transformer damaged in the blaze Sunday will have to be replaced, according to plant officials; the cause of the fire has not yet been determined

No date has been set for restarting a reactor at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that was the site of a transformer fire early Sunday.

The burned transformer will have to be replaced. The fire also slightly damaged another transformer and other nearby equipment as well as the plant’s administration building.

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PG&E gets radioactive fuel storage facility, hikers get trail by Diablo Canyon nuclear plant - San Jose Mercury News

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:40:41 -0000

Hikers now have access to three miles of coastline north of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., which owns the plant and surrounding property, opened the entire length of the Point Buchon Trail to the public June 28.

The trail goes from the southern boundary of Montana de Oro State Park to Crowbar Canyon, a point just north of Diablo Canyon Power Plant.

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Mothers For Peace: Mothers for Peace and NRC Staff Face Off At NRC Hearing

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:22:38 -0000

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace (MFP) today accused the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff (NRC Staff) of failing to address the catastrophic land contamination that could result from a terrorist attack on dry cask storage units designed to hold radioactive spent fuel at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California.

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Times Press Recorder: NRC plans meetings on Diablo Canyon

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:57:45 -0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will hold two public meetings Wednesday, July 2, to discuss issues regarding the Diablo Canyon Power Plant near Avila Beach.

Regulatory Commission staff will meet with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. officials at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the NRC’s annual assessment of safety performance at the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant during 2007, then hold a town hall-style meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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SLO Tribune: Crane mishap damages weather tower at Diablo Canyon

Fri, 23 May 2008 19:55:17 -0000

A mishap with a mobile crane early today damaged a meteorological tower at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

The crane was being moved between 7 and 8 a.m. when it hit a guy wire holding the 250-foot tower. The tower is still standing but it is damaged and plant workers will do a structural assessment to determine the extent of the damage, said Pete Resler, plant spokesman.

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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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