TODAY IS THE DAY!

california legislature will decide on the future of diablo canyon. it’s obvious that keeping it open is the right thing to do to keep the lights on, reduce emissions and ensure california remains a climate leader. #SB846 Image
one objection to keeping it open was what people called a “solar tax”. the issue was fully cleared yesterday and the rooftop solar industry has removed its opposition to it. win win 🏆 Image
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKES?

don’t listen to me, listen to this expert of 50 (!) years in earthquake engineering and earthquake risk management:

sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo… Image
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WASTE?

since we don’t have a permanent disposal site, the waste at diablo canyon will stay there even if the plant shuts down in 2025. it sits 300 feet above sea level. Image
SAVE DIABLO CANYON!

@IBEWlocal1245 members showed up to send a message to the legislature and @GavinNewsom

video credit @EytanWallace
advocates are outside the capitol building sending a message of support!

@ryan_pickering_ @TiemannAmelia @davistholmes @ParisOrtizWines @herrbrendan ImageImage
THE ASSEMBLY HAS VOTED TO KEEP DIABLO CANYON OPEN! Image

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More from @isabelleboemeke

Sep 1
how it started how it’s going ImageImage
two years ago i called big pro-nuclear organizations to ask what they were doing to save diablo canyon. the responses were the same: “don’t waste your time, it’s a done deal.”

guess i’m a terrible listener, because i kept digging…
until i came across @ParisOrtizWines from @StandUp4Nuclear and @energybants. we started a weekly call with @Heather_mom4nuk and @kristinzaitz from @moms4nuclear who had been relentlessly working on saving diablo canyon since 2016. ImageImage
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Mar 4
#Zaporizhzhya thread:

it is the biggest nuclear power plant in europe (6 reactors)

3 reactors were offline already

2 more were recently shut down

there seems to be 1 reactor still operating
a couple of hours ago, russian military attacked the plant and caused a fire in an administration building. the reactor buildings were not on fire and seem to be safe.
contrary to what some people are claiming, even in the worst case scenario, this would NOT be an event 10x worse than chernobyl. or even just as bad as chernobyl.
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Dec 5, 2021
“what do we want?
clean energy!
when do we want it?
now!”

extra entrance to the @savecleanenergy rally!

@Heather_mom4nuk @kristinzaitz @ParisOrtizWines @NuclearQuaffle @MadisonSchroder
diablo canyon is california’s largest single source of clean energy.

lots of people showed up to say “don’t shut it down!”
we heard from Dawn @OrtizLegg district 3 supervisor!

she recommended the parties involved in the closure revisit this decision and to be curious.
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Nov 8, 2021
📣 DIABLO CANYON @MIT and @Stanford WEBINAR TLDW:

the webinar started with former secretary of energy steven chu saying “what are you doing you silly bunch? keep diablo canyon open!”
just kidding! he actually said that countries that turned off their nuclear *cough cough germany* have built more fossil fuel plants and increased their carbon emissions.

just so we’re all on the same page: burning more fossil fuels = bad
steve then urged @PGE4Me to reconsider their decision to close down diablo canyon… like a true king 👑
Read 13 tweets
Mar 24, 2021
this presentation by energy twitter’s fav @JesseJenkins is worth a watch! but here is a little TLDW 🧵
to get to 100% clean electricity by 2050 we’re gonna have to:

- double the current *clean* energy capacity in the US by 2030
- double the current *total* energy capacity by 2040 (but all has to be clean)
- do all of it again by 2050

so, adding on average 35GW/yr for 19 years 😳
ok. kind of depressing, but not impossible! has any country ever done that?

France got the closest, deploying on average 30GW/year of nuclear power for 9 years.

Sweden, right behind France, deploying on average 26GW/year of nuclear power also for 9 years.
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