[californiadisasters] Diablo Canyon Nuclear Waste Becoming 'Terrible Burden'

Diablo Canyon nuclear waste becoming 'terrible burden'

By David Sneed

The Tribune, San Luis Obispo

Posted: 06/26/2011 08:47:14 AM PDT

Updated: 06/26/2011 08:48:51 AM PDT

Diablo Canyon Power Plant, like many other nuclear plants in the nation, is becoming its own mini Yucca Mountain -- a growing repository of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

For years, the identified solution was to bury the waste in a centralized underground storage facility at Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert. However, the Obama administration has canceled those plans.

This means that spent fuel stockpiles at places such as Diablo Canyon won't be going anywhere for the foreseeable future. This angers many local elected officials who feel betrayed by the federal government.

"This is a terrible burden that we weren't supposed to and shouldn't have to bear," said County Supervisor Adam Hill, whose district includes Diablo Canyon.

State Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, agrees. He describes seismically active San Luis Obispo County as "wholly unsuitable" as a long-term nuclear waste storage site.

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