Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) deserves our respect and gratitude for standing up to the most powerful interests in our nation to demand accountability and ultimately our safety. The effort she is leading to get an independent review of recent embrittlement tests of PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear plant and questioning the extent of its use of artificial intelligence makes me grateful to have her representing me. Now that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been taken over by the Trump administration and is no longer an independent agency, it’s essential that the review of the embrittlement data is not left to them and PG&E. We need experts who aren’t beholden to either the operator or the president to review this critical data about whether the nuclear plant’s reactor could crack and release radiation during an emergency.
Assemblymember Addis also deserves our thanks for demanding answers on the use of AI at Diablo, the first nuclear plant in the nation to do so. Ever since Anthropic’s AI went rogue impersonating multiple humans to try to pressure real people into accepting malware, the game has changed. The tech companies are looking to the federal government to control AI, and the president is leaving it in their hands.
Thankfully, Dawn Addis is standing up for accountability and putting our safety first!
Linda Parks
Los Osos
This article appears in Nov 12-19, 2026.
