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Nuclear

For 40 years, Friends of the Earth has been a leading voice in the U.S. opposing nuclear reactors. We must move beyond this dangerous and dirty technology to the clean renewable energy and efficiency technologies of the 21st century.

Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign works to reduce risks for people and the environment by supporting efforts to close existing nuclear reactors and fighting proposals to design and build new ones.

Shutting Down Diablo Canyon

We successfully reached an agreement to shut down two nuclear reactors and replaced them with renewable energy, efficiency and energy storage.

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Friends of the Earth Voluntarily Dismisses Litigation over Billion Dollar Diablo Canyon Grant After PG&E and California Rapidly Moot the Case

Friends of the Earth maintains that DOE has violated federal law, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), through its $1.1 billion award to Diablo Canyon as part of the agency’s U.S…

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Is Nuclear Power Bad for the Environment?

Is nuclear power bad for the environment? Is it dangerous, expensive, and a threat to public health? Also yes.

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Environmental groups consider seeking rehearing in Diablo Canyon litigation

Today's decision ignores the significant environmental and public health risks associated with extending Diablo Canyon’s tenure beyond the expiration of its operating licenses.

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Friends of the Earth sues DOE over Billion Dollar Award to Diablo Canyon

The Department of Energy should have known better than to shirk environmental review before handing out a billion taxpayer dollars to a dangerously outdated nuclear power plant.

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Environmental Organizations Move to Intervene in Diablo Canyon Relicensing Process

Environmental groups today intervened and requested a hearing on PG&E’s applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which seek to relicense Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to operate…

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Environmental Groups Sue Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Denying Hearing on Delayed Diablo Canyon Inspections

Friends of the Earth and Mothers for Peace filed a lawsuit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for rejecting the groups' request for a public hearing over outdated inspections at Diablo Ca…

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Resources

Letter on CLEAN Future Act

The CLEAN Future Act (H.R. 1512) is a prime example of the type of half-measure we must avoid. The CES in the newly proposed bill is defined broadly enough to allow “natural” gas (fossil gas), bio…

Testimony on V. C. Summer Nuclear Project

Public Interest Testimony Presented in absentia from the Witness List of the Senate’s V. C. Summer Nuclear Project Review Committee and House Utility Ratepayer Protection Committee

The Failure of the Nuclear Gamble in South Carolina

An in-depth economic analysis released today documents that a problem-plagued nuclear reactor construction project in South Carolina must be abandoned.

South Carolina Energy Caucus News Release

With so many questions surrounding the future of energy development in South Carolina, state lawmakers have come together to form a new bipartisan energy caucus.

The Dangers of Nuclear Reactors

Nuclear power, which currently provides roughly 19 percent of the U.S. electricity supply, has proven to be one of the dirtiest, most dangerous and most expensive sources of energy since it was first…

Comments on Sept. 2013 Bechtel Phase 2

Final Technologies Assessment for Alternative Cooling Technologies at Diablo Canyon Power Plant

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Pass the End Polluter Welfare Act!

Fossil fuel subsidies have been on the books for over one hundred years. That means billions of dollars every year prop up pollution, carbon-intensive extraction, and destruction of habitats for threatened species.

Congress must stop shilling billions in tax dollars to Big Oil!

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