CBG's Haakon Williams makes a comment to the Mercury News about the extension of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant to at least 2030. Read an excerpt of the article below.
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Opponents say the extension ignores longstanding concerns about earthquake risks and the plant’s use of more than 2 billion gallons of ocean water daily for cooling.
“We’re disappointed and concerned,” said Haakon Williams, executive director of the Committee to Bridge the Gap, an anti-nuclear group. “The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was always more beholden to industry than it should be. This shouldn’t be received as an assurance of the plant’s safety.”
Williams and other critics argue that since 2020, California’s rapid expansion of battery storage — which allows solar and wind energy to be used at night — has reduced the risk of blackouts.