Anti-nuclear activists file appeal over Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant’s safety operations (KCBX)

“Two nonprofit groups, Mothers for Peace and Friends of the Earth, submitted an appeal brief to the ninth circuit court system this week. It accuses the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of making “unlawful” decisions when checking on the power plant’s safety operations.

“The NRC is responsible for ensuring that operation of nuclear reactors ‘provides adequate protection to the health and safety of the public,’” the brief read.

Linda Seeley with Mothers for Peace, claims the NRC neglected to check on an important piece of the power plant: its reactor pressure vessel.”

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