On Saturday, Aug. 26, the sirens surrounding the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant wailed. It was only a test, so you could go about your business. But do you have a plan for yourself and your family if the next time you hear sirens it is a warning that a radioactive cloud is drifting downwind from Diablo Canyon?
Don’t assume you can escape. Within a short time, the few roads leading out of San Luis Obispo County will be clogged.
We all hope that day will never come. But hope is not enough. A shutdown is a guarantee.
Jane Swanson
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace
This article appears in Aug 31 – Sep 10, 2023.
You may find it difficult to get the people in North County sitting out the heat wave in air conditioning to be all that concerned about a conjectural reactor failure, when taking Diablo Canyon offline might leave them sweltering. And, of course, replacing the nuclear power with 10% more fossil fuel generated power, is certainly not going to help with the climate change crisis we are told is going to cook us.