Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel
Public Comments
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April 6, 2022 | Spent Fuel Storage | Enclosed, please find Holtec International response to PG&E's letter today, titled "Notification to unsuccessful bidder". | Holtec International | index.php?gf-download=2022%2F04%2F301676cm-Holtec-International-Response-to-PGE-Letter.pdf&form-id=2&field-id=10&hash=263416ae67f89f379a1b958b6c15a18fffcb422921877f58b0411966eab73e08 | |
March 22, 2022 | Other | I am writing to inquire whether the DCDEP participated in the Department of Energy’s request for information re: “Using Consent-Based siting Process to Identify Federal Interim Storage Facilities’ and associated questions.” I mention this because the subject has been raised at DCDEP meetings, and the questions regarding when the DOE will accept the high level radioactive waste does affect the schedule and cost of the decommissioning process. The overall issue is found at the DCDEP website: https://diablocanyonpanel.org/decom-topics/spent-fuel-management/ Prospects for Completion This leaves all nuclear power plants in the US without any designated long-term federal disposal site. As a result, most nuclear power plants, including DCPP, must store their spent nuclear fuel, indefinitely, on site in dry cask storage systems made of steel and concrete casks. The prospects for completion of Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository or any other such permanent repository in the near future are low and there is currently no approved funding for further development. However, there was a Bill in the last Congress (the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendment Act of 2017) that directs the DOE to develop a federal Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) to be used until the development, construction and operation of a permanent federal nuclear waste repository is developed. That bill (HR 3053), passed the House of Representatives by 370 – 72, but Senator Heller (R- NV) prevented it from coming to a vote in the Senate. Senator Heller has since lost his seat. A similar Bill could be introduced in the current Congress. It has come to my attention that at least one other decommissioning advisory board, that of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, had taken it upon themselves to provide public comment on this topic, and placed their letter on their website. I am attaching it. Had participating in this public comment opportunity been discussed by the DCDEP? Where the members made aware of it, collectively or individually? It would seem that comments from communities immediately impacted by decommissioning would have a significant voice in the process as they will be the first to be left with the waste (long before the majority of the reactor sites that have received 20 year license renewals from the NRC). I am attaching the Vermont letter. Although the deadline has passed, the DOE website does indicate that subsequent comments can be sent, they are not guaranteeing that late arrivals will be reflected in their final report. Thus, an opportunity remains should the DCDEP wish to engage. I will also post this to the public comment section of the DCDEP website. Thank you for the opportunity to bring this to yours and the committees attention. Yours truly, DAVID WEISMAN Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility | Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility | index.php?gf-download=2022%2F03%2FVT-NDCAP_Approved_Advisory_Opinion_2022-02-28_DOE_RFI_Consent-Based_Siting_Response_Letterhead_0.pdf&form-id=2&field-id=10&hash=1251988f162fdc917e1c25b74350219bfd04a312750628f10c54d041b1f13ba9 | |
March 9, 2022 | Lands | I would be interested in a modern Sanitarium on 50 acres for the mentally ill. Young people are surprised when I tell them that not so long ago we did not have people live on the streets and beg for money on street corners. loitering and panhandling were illegal. The mentally ill were placed in sanitariums. Sanitariums did have some problems but we could try again and do better. Nursing homes have problems but we do not turn seniors out into the streets. The State giving local government money to solve the problems is not working. Nobody is happy with the homeless situation so why not give a small portion of serene land and try a new direction. | |||
February 22, 2022 | Economic Impacts | With all of the powere shortages California has , they will only continue to increase one by closing diablo, but two by the increasing needs for electricity as more and more electric cars, all electric homes and businesses come on line. Until much more alternative power sources are built, not just planned, Diablo should remain operating. One other topic that gets very little, if any attention, is the ability of Diablo to desalinate ocean water. The plants ability to do this can be expanded at a time when our super drought is predicted to continue for years! Please lets keep this plant operating at least until we have replacement power in place instead of closing it to make some feel good. It does fit California’s green agenda for the near future. | |||
February 15, 2022 | Other | The site states that transcripts will be available about 2 weeks after the meeting, but the Nov 3rd transcript has yet to be posted. Can you please provide a date in which you expect the transcript to be on the DCDEP website? | Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility | ||
February 10, 2022 | Repurposing of Facilities | Could DCPP faculty be repurposed into a thorium-fueled reactor ? | |||
December 16, 2021 | Lands | What's up, I read your blogs on a regular basis. Your story-telling style is witty, keep up the | |||
December 6, 2021 | Environmental Impacts | Dear Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel members and San Luis Obispo community members, I am Tyson Chen. I am a Cal Poly student and I am writing as a new resident of San Luis Obispo. Before coming here, I have heard nothing but good things about this town, especially about how beautiful, temperate, and natural the SLO environment is. I traveled here with skepticism and modest hopes. But after living here for several months, this town’s climate and environment resembled nothing short of a paradise. Every major environmental decision should be made with careful consideration to preserve the beauty of this town and its surroundings. In response to the closure of Diablo Canyon, Gavin Newsom, the then-lieutenant governor of California expresses his concerns over the loss of nuclear power in California and its impact on the environment: “The sudden closure of [nuclear plant] San Onofre... lead to significant greenhouse gas emissions... highlighted my concerns around Diablo” (Cardwell). Natural gas and fossil fuel production must ramp up to cover the lost power from decommissioned nuclear plants, in turn causing a rise in greenhouse gases and air pollution. So far, the air in San Luis Obispo is clean, clear, and rejuvenating. I hope not to witness the same deadly and depressing smog that afflicted my hometown to be seen here in SLO. I do not want to be locked indoors because the air outside is too polluted to breathe, and I dread the possibility that the snow-white morning mist and fog turn into a toxic brown haze. California’s general strategy to replace the power generated by nuclear plants is to install renewable energy production infrastructure, such as solar cells and windmills. Scientists performed a case study in Sweden projecting the environmental costs of replacing nuclear energy with renewables. The study concluded that such a scenario would increase greenhouse gas emissions (Hong et. al 1). This is not only caused by the increases in natural gas and fossil fuel production, but a substantial amount of greenhouse gases would be released from producing new infrastructure. In fact, nuclear power generates around 570 and 4000 times more energy for the same area of land compared to solar and wind energy respectively (Smil). Right now, Diablo Canyon plant only takes up land for one large structure. Imagine covering the lush hills and the natural, undisturbed land of SLO with solar farms and windmills just to cover up the power generated by one nuclear plant. Such a decision would disrupt the lovely landscape that the Central Coast is best known for and eliminate a source of clean, stable electricity. As California shuts down Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear plant, I question the wisdom of this pivotal decision. As end users of technology, the way we consume electricity in our everyday lives will remain the same, but what becomes our primary source of energy will affect us all; it will affect the availability and stability of our electricity, and the environmental impacts of the source of power will affect our future environment, our health, and our quality of life. All I ask of the panel and fellow residents is to reconsider nuclear power as a feasible source of energy for the future. Thank you! Sincerely, Tyson Chen | index.php?gf-download=2021%2F12%2FEssay-Works-Cite.pdf&form-id=2&field-id=10&hash=813087b283e8c2ed6742b84fbd94c3fcdcf6ee3a0d605a37a49130d40f736e54 | ||
December 2, 2021 | Other | Hello. There is a tremendous push by some who are advocating for the continued operation of Diablo (which I vehemently oppose). I have also heard a rumor that PG&E is in behind-closed-doors conversations / negotiations with investors will to take this on. I would like to know if there is any truth to this. Is the Panel wasting its time? Is PG&E planning to renege on its agreement to close in 2024 and 2025? I would like an official response from PG&E. Thank you. | NA | ||
November 22, 2021 | Other | Attached please find the editorial of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility in response to the Stanford/MIT study advocating the continue operation of Diablo Canyon beyond the negotiated retirement date. | Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility | index.php?gf-download=2021%2F11%2FDiablo-is-done-California-Currents.pdf&form-id=2&field-id=10&hash=c7d27e4202585e1bbde600a3712b5d166fb9433ee7ca44c923f29ac097b853d4 | |
November 11, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | The chosen "hybrid mode" of decommissioning in my opinion is basically bad, bad for anyone who cares for that land....but it's good for bean corners at pg&e HQ in San Francisco. I've been involved in way too many large construction jobs and I know how this goes.... PG&E takes on the role of a General Contractor(GC) and they put "everything" out to bid (getting subcontractors).... they contract the "lowest bidder", PERIOD...... Any responsibility is contractually conveyed to the subcontractor(lowest-bidder)...... You can see that I didn't want to get in-the-face of Erik Daniels over this reality of construction (which I'm sure he knows).....and the SF HQ has specificaly selected decades ago. In my opinion ,this mode is even worse than the last two listed inthat in that it allows PG&E to hire subs who are not licensed in the nuclear industry. Re labor: the General Contractor never gets to tell the sub who the sub is going to hire, unless...... there is a negotiated labor contract in place such as with Union negotiations. I think you have a history with the plant I need to make it clear that I think all the people at the Diablo site are extremely well-intended, salt-of-the-earth people who have made a home in San Luis Obispo County... Again, to be very clear the group of people who are up at San Francisco HQ for pg&e are mostly accountants and lawyers...... Frankly, they view us like a bunch of expendable hillbillies..... and to make no mistake about it, the bean-counters at the SF ,HQ call all the shots . In my opinion | |||
November 8, 2021 | Other | Please see the following editorial of the Sacramento Bee: | Alliance for Nuclear Responsibilty | ||
November 3, 2021 | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. GREENING:· Thank you.· I just wanted to get some clarification.· I thought I heard that the panel was going to have a field trip to San Onofre, is that correct, where you'll physically actually be touring the facilities there? | ||||
November 3, 2021 | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. GREENING:· ·Thank you.· First I'd like to second Scott Lathrop's comments.· Thanks to the Commission for hearing and taking in all of the public comment and to PG&E for making an effort to take a lot 20·a lot of those recommendations by ways to implement them. | ||||
November 3, 2021 | Environmental Impacts | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MS. HARVEY:· Thank you.· I appreciate the·opportunity. So Susan Harvey. I'm in the county near Paso Robles. And I'm commenting on behalf of the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club. And I have a couple of questions. | Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club | ||
November 3, 2021 | Other | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. GREENING:· Thank you.· I'm Eric Greening. I live in the North County.· And I think the reason people are calling Susan "Sharon" is because she's sharin' so much important information. | |||
November 3, 2021 | Transportation Impacts | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. KRASNER:· Hi there, everybody on the panel. Thank you for this opportunity. | |||
November 3, 2021 | Environmental Impacts | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MS. HARVEY:· Can you hear me now?· There I go. Thank you.· Thank you for the opportunity to comment. I'm wondering about Phase III and scoping comments and the county's analysis of reuse.· Does that apply only to Parcel P?· The EIR is only looking at Parcel P; ·6· ·is that correct? | |||
November 3, 2021 | Other | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. BROWN:· All right.· I guess I'm muted.· Well, listen, as a former member the Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel I took particular pleasure in listening to Tom Jones' report on how PG&E has incorporated guidance from the panel into to their planning.· It's extensive.· And for me it's very gratifying to see that. | |||
November 3, 2021 | Other | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. GREENING:· Okay. Very good.· Thank you.· This is Eric Greening.· Thank you for that presentation.· I'm going to have more comments relative to the county process and the EIR process. | |||
November 3, 2021 | Other | Public comment presented during November 3, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. BROWN: Good evening, panel.· My name is Ben Brown, San Luis Obispo.· I had a comment and a related question. | |||
November 1, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Hi https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b212c656-9b73-4d87-a2a4-69eeab4597e1 | Perryman Technologies Research LLC | ||
September 30, 2021 | Community Outreach Process | A few weeks ago David Victor of the SONGS Engagement Panel was invited to make a presentation on the post-operation facts of nuclear power decommissioning to the National Academies of Science and Engineering (NASEM). It was part of a 4-hour, multi-part presentation. You can view the entire series (worthwhile indeed) at https://livestream.com/nasem/events/9775108 However, for the sake of convenience and time commitments of the DCDEP, it is possible to simply view David VIctor’s 15 minutes presentation at https://livestream.com/nasem/events/9775108/videos/225597509 Go to the link about and navigate the player bar to the 2 hour and 33 minute mark into the afternoon session. | Alliance for Nuclear Responsbibility | ||
September 29, 2021 | Safety | Please see attached comments and report of David A. Lochbaum regarding safety and security of ISFSI facilities. | Alliance for Nuclear Responsiblity | index.php?gf-download=2021%2F09%2F20210927-songs-lochbaum-commission-isfsi-bdbee.pdf&form-id=2&field-id=10&hash=f2ad56cd0f4a8842dc7f494aaec1b3e22aa3a41d6633e86d34da1de16a4b32fd | |
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: JANE SWANSON: Number one, given there are 750 acres in Parcel P and given that this meeting is about the repurposing of Parcel P, I was very surprised to hear the real estate consultant refer to -- I thought he referred to thousands of acres or did I misunderstand that? I may have a misunderstanding. So I thought clarification when he was talking about glamping and all these touristy things, is that within the 750 acres or is that beyond? Second question. Yet to come in this meeting is PG&E's update of the new nuclear fuel storage system with discussion by panel members to follow. I don't see on the agenda that there is an opportunity for the public to ask questions following the panel discussion and I'm hoping there is. So I would like clarification on that. Will the public be able to ask questions or clarifications following that report? | |||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. SHOULDERS: I have several comments. I'll be curt. On the windmill issue, the 1920 Marina Act or the Jones Act requires the ships that would install these installations to be made in the U.S. and carried by U.S.-owned and crude vessels and there's no such huge ship that can install these devices in the United States at all and for the very small number of East Coast installations, they had to have a Dutch ship -- I think it was Dutch -- come to Canada to take all of the equipment and install it because there's no such ship in the United States. So I think when we talk about the feasibility of installing a few of these on the West Coast, we need to be aware of the fact there's no way to install it as I stated. Secondly, on the desal issue, 18 months ago or two years ago, this panel had a long presentation by the engineer at Diablo Canyon that's in charge of the water and a representative of the south county organization that's responsible for water and that south county person said he had no interest whatsoever in taking Diablo desal water because of the cost issue and I'm surprised no one seems to be aware of that. Thirdly, when we talk about the massive amount of renewable energy we need in this state to meet this goal that the state has put forth, and I listen to the galatial pace of accomplishing getting windmills approved, it doesn't support the kind of goal that the state has. You know, this is an existential climate change and we need to do a World War II kind of thing. So we need to cut through the bureaucracy. And, finally, the access road, I'm particularly familiar with the -- if you look at coming up the slope from the entrance, there's lots of slippage that's occurred over time and there's a massive threat there and an expense to keep that road open and that needs to be considered when we talk about using any installations further up north from the entrance point. I'm done. | |||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MS. JOHNSON: Thank you so much to the panel, especially Larry and Patrick. I am very interested in maintaining the use of the desalinization plant. I own two properties in Carlsbad and I'm very familiar with that plant. We really do need to balance out the consideration of a seven-mile pipeline versus saltwater intrusion for highly valuable ag land in the area Huasna, Oceano. I think we need to preserve that extra water resource. Carlsbad is operated by Poseidon It's at no cost to the taxpayers and I think you could probably get vendors to operate and provide the water through the desal plant. I'm excited about that. Also would like to see some extra camping and glamping in the area. That's a beautiful area and I think that would be a light touch and could afford a lot of enjoyment for that area. So those are my two -- I think the panel has been wonderful, very informative and I'm excited about learning more about this as we go ahead, but I really hope that the desal plant is repurposed and continued and we continue to learn and refine and figure out howto power that resource. So thank you very much. | |||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. GILESPY: I've been a long-time resident in this area. I started fishing up here in 1970. I fished this coast offshore in the area of this composed development and know it very well and I'm also educated in oceanography and I'm concerned about the very interface with the water of the wind that normally would be transiting that area and the possibility of all the upwelling currents that drive the warm waters offshore and commence the prime production process of plankton and chlorophyl development and the basic process of growing food fish and just fish in general. This plant is 400 square miles. 200 of these gigantic windmills could have an effect on this extremely important aspect of the California coastline and especially at build-out if they went all the way up the coast. I can tell you when you interfere with the wind, the warm water comes in and mandates the area and it will also have a regional climate effect not only on the coastal communities, but as well as those inland and as well affect potential rain patterns and temperature patterns. I guess I first got into this when I was looking for was there any study about this and I didn't see it. I had to get over the gag reflex of this grotesque development in this pristine ocean area and its potential effects could alter the very aspect of Ocean, which is a placid ocean that relies on wind patterns and wind to commence and continue at circulation. I don't know if I fell within that. I could probably go on, but thank you. This panel is very edifying and I appreciate their being part of it. | |||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. BROWN: Okay. Well, first of all, I'd like to thank the whole panel and the speakers for an excellent program tonight. I very enjoyed it. I really have a couple questions, no comments. The question I had, maybe a missed the content of the speakers from the California Energy Commission, but I'm wondering what is the timing for proposals to be received for the offshore wind? My second question may be directed to Tom Jones. Knowing that one of the aspects of the offshore wind project that ties in with the decommissioning of Diablo is making use of the power distribution system and I'm wondering, Tom, have you received any feelers whatsoever from anybody, any potential wind farm operation about tapping into the distribution? That's all I had. | |||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MS. HARVEY: Thank you all for the opportunity to speak. Susan Harvey. I'm the chair of the Conservation Committee of the Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club and first I'd like to say that we are very strongly committed to very local impact reuse of the Parcel P whether it be recreational or low impact research facilities. My next thing, the idea of an industrial port somewhere on the California Coast sort of shredded my brain and I started wondering about the transmission potential of the lines coming out of Morro Bay, what that capacity was and the transmission capacity coming out of Diablo and do the Morro Bay lines and the Diablo lines feed into each other. I think that's really what I was really curious about, especially with the concept the onshore facility that might be needed for wind. Thank you. | Sierra Club | ||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. GREENING: All right.· Thank you. Yes. Thank you. I'm Eric Greening and excellent presentations. Obviously, a lot of issues raised and I think the previous speaker hit on something. If there were to be a residential or resort used, I'm almost positive the county would require a secondary egress. We're not just talking about a secondary route through Avila. We're talking about a complete secondary egress from the site. That in itself would have a normal -- enormous environmental impacts creating that. Certainly, if it were no longer a roadless stretch of coast northward from there, that would have enormous impacts and so wildfire issues obviously evacuation issues from radiological and so on, there would have to be more than one way out if there were people actually living there. Relative to the wind energy, my understanding is current blades are made of unrecyclable materials that become waste products. Would that be the case with these absolutely enormous blades? What would their life cycle be? What would their duration be? What would their destination be once they cease to be useful? And I would advocate that Cal Poly and all other potential research partners look into bladeless options for harvesting wind energy. I understand that there are some increasing possibilities out there and I don't think we should just assume the word wind means turbines. There's marbled murrelets and wedge-tailed shearwaters and other birds that would be knocked out of sky by these blades and I think -- Anyway, I think definitely the whole characterization of future uses, of course, depends on the site being safe and there's a lot of information we need. My understanding is the county has not yet accepted the application as complete and some of it has to do with waste characterization and handling. Do we have any idea when the scoping period will be on the county's EIR? If there's anyone from the county to answer that, I would be appreciative. Thank you. | |||
September 21, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Public comment presented during August 25, 2021 Engagement Panel Meeting: MR. DOWNING:· My name is Matt Downing. I'm the community development director for the City of Pismo Beach. First of all, take the opportunity to thank everybody on the panel. It always makes me happy seeing my fellow community members participating in things like this. That really means something to the greater community. I've spoken to the group before about this process and we -- I just wanted to reiterate some of my comments. The desalinization option is great, but I will say that we do have our project, Central Coast Blue, that we are continuing to move forward with. Granted, it's hit some speed bumps as of late, but we are confident that we can work with our partner agencies to smooth all of that all out and that will provide us with the recycled water for our south county area that we need. I think it would be a terrible waste to get rid of the marina. I know we've hinted at that in the past. So I'll just put a plug in there. Anything we can do to promote that marina would be a unique opportunity. Having some type of commercial use out there, theglamping idea is good, but as we know, anything with that large commercial draw is going to bring -- because of the remoteness that several of you spoke about is going to bring what it always brings and that's traffic. So really addressing the traffic issues, having one way in and one way out to that area currently is going to be the foremost for our community, as we do see vehicles back up onto our local roadways from large events out in Avila.· So just wanted to make those comments and thank you everybody for their time this evening and have a wonderful rest of the night. | City of Pismo Beach | ||
September 3, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Hello. I attended the August 25, 2021 Panel meeting regarding repurposing of Parcel P after decommissioning. I was quite horrified by the presentation by Richard Gollis from JLL. He relayed the "market assessment" of building a resort hotel, an RV park, marina, homes.... I don't know where he got his information, but this is NOT what the community wants. The DREAM Initiative of 2000 had support of 74.66% of the county voters to set aside the Diablo Canyon Lands for habitat preservation, agriculture, and public use upon closure of the plant. This Initiative was unanimously supported by the SLO Board of Supervisors, PG&E, and numerous community and environmental organizations. The Strategic Vision of the DCDEP based on community input confirms that the land be used for the common good. Parcel P, specifically, is to be used for educational purposes and production of clean energy. | NA | ||
August 31, 2021 | Spent Fuel Storage | Attached please find the comments of David Lochbaum, formerly of the Union Of Concerned Scientists, with regard to the relative safety/risks of spent nuclear fuels storage in above-ground casks. | Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility | index.php?gf-download=2021%2F08%2F20210831-lochbaum-nuclear-fuel-in-dry-storage.pdf&form-id=2&field-id=10&hash=7838f9b8d5e0fe7b8de32893c9c139c6fd8854b8a63e8ba1246540fd3b9a02b7 | |
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Can wind and/or solar power generation be considered for Parcel P? | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | I don't wish to speak but I do wish to express my displeasure with the senseless closing of the Diablo Canyon power plant | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Keep the desalinization plant open to preserve Lopez Lake water levels after the Diablo Canyon power plant closes. | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Why are we shutting down California's main source of clean power? "Replacing it with solar and wind" is not realistic, as that capacity would be built anyway, and we could take the methane "natural" gas plants offline instead. | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Because of our grid's increasing dependence on generators outside their planning jurisdiction, will the state and CPUC require SafStor for the site to preserve the option of restarting the reactors? | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Offshore wind farm | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Please pursue extending the license for this reactor, is it desperately needed to achieve our Carbon Reduction goals. I have heard recently CA is adding more Gas power to prevent Black Outs, and this will only get worse without Diablo Canyon online. We should learn from Germany who tried to increase their renewable power while also decommissioning their reactors, and are now dependent on Coal and Russian Gas to fill the gaps when renewables aren't able to produce. We need clean baseload power that is not weather dependent. | CenCal Health | ||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | When will there be clarity on security and disposition of the spent fuel pools? | citizen/resident | ||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Comment : Requesting Growth plan to recondition the Electrical and Water Generation Plant look at original purpose of the land dedication to the growth needs of the State ambitions to supply health and safety to the public supporting coastal and inland power supplies, finishing the original plant goals and adding addendum expansion by growth the size of the generation platform Support growth with advanced tech knowledge, then alter the reactors support to the growth of the clean energy systems while adding Water resource to the expansion with desalination facility current capacity and increase it's size to support local community growth in San Luis Obispo County. Positive growth and safety. | ADB Serv. | ||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | I understand Trevor Keith will be unavailable, but do believe informing the public of the likely (rather more extended than previously understood) timeline for processing the Coastal Development Permit and accomplishing the EIR will be important, especially if there is a prospect of the scoping period and hearings happening during the holiday period. Although it is always timely to put forward visions about future use scenarios, it is premature to choose one until we have seen robust alternatives analysis in the EIR. I would also like to see emphasis (and collaboration with Cal Poly) on researching bladeless options for harvesting wind energy. | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | I know there will be a great deal of interest in designating this land Open Space and committing it to passive, cultural, and recreational use. And I support that, but with reservations. My concern is that we don't know what the future holds and should be careful to not preclude beneficial public uses of this property for what are now unforeseen future needs. This land may be needed for public energy uses or other public infrastructure uses in the future. Any designations or entitlements placed on the land should be subordinate to and subject to future 'public domain' or 'utility' or 'public infrastructure' uses. Thank you for keeping this in mind. | |||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | I would like to propose that as part of the planned future decommissioning of Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the board consider converting the artificially protected open ocean area where Diablo takes in their coolant water, that the area be transitioned into a protected marine preserve which would allow recreational scuba divers the opportunity to swim and hike in that area (for a fee). I do not make this recommendation on a lightly. If you have ever been to Point Lobos in Carmel California you know they charge for entry/parking. They also charge for scuba dive teams, which they limit to 30 teams per day. The offer a limited number of dive team permits daily and they are often sold out weeks or months in advance, especially for weekends. Point Lobos is operated by the State Parks Department who also issue scuba diving passes via their website. Point Lobos charges $10 for parking per vehicle and another $30 for a dive team consisting of two divers (divers always use the buddy system). I do not know the max depth or contour profile of that specific area, but if it's more than 30' in some places, this could be a great means of both revenue and marketing for the state/county as well as an education tool for the California dive community. Scuba divers are a special breed of human being in that we always want to preserve the environment which we recreate and dive in. We are stewards of the ocean and the marine life contained within. We are guests, not residents. The ocean does not belong to us, yet we are responsible for its care and well being. I've been blessed to be part of the California Dive Community for the past six years, but unfortunately there are not many dive sites in our local area. I drive at least two hours North or South to reach a 'destination dive site'. Consider what it could do for the local San Luis Obispo Coastal community if we had a dive destination like none other on the West Coast right here in our local coastal waters. | None. Recreational Scuba Diver | ||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | What is the estimated cost of repairs and upgrades to keep the plant open? | SLO citizen | ||
August 25, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | What is the plan for the storage of the fuel rods? | |||
August 23, 2021 | Repurposing of Facilities | Given mandated directions into alternative energy sources (wind, solar) that are known ahead of time to never fulfill the state's energy needs, why does it make sense to decommission a clean source when it is very likely needed to meet the needs of a greatly expanding population driven by CA's long standing population-based expansion economy - let alone switching from hydrocarbon fueled vehicles to electric vehicles in the near future? Decommissioning Diablo Canyon doesn't make any sense to me. Why does it to this commission? | |||
August 21, 2021 | Water Resources | Consideration should be given to convert a portion of an existing structure into a historic landmark. Diablo Canyon Power Plant is the “poster child” for the controversy of nuclear power in the USA. It’s construction split the Sierra Club into those who suggested the location versus the Pismo Dunes and those who opposed the plant completely. The US DoE is creating historic landmarks with virtual reality stations at several remediated national nuclear lab sites (Oak Ridge, Tn). The history of the siting of this plant, it’s operation and closure should not be lost to history. Should the costal trail be extended through this land, a landmark station for the plant south of the creek and a station for the Chumash site north of the creek would be fitting monuments for the endeavors of humanity over time at this location. | |||
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