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https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article258804173.html https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article... or https://www.hcn.

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article258804173.html https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/environment/article... or https://www.hcn.org/articles/nuclear-energy-the-divide-over-diablo/ https://www.hcn.org/articles/nuclear-energy-the-divide-over-... Seems less paywalled. > Each day, Diablo Canyon sucks up about 2.5 billion gallons of ocean water to generate steam and cool the reactors, before spitting it — 20 degrees warmer — back into the Pacific. The water intake kills thousands of fish each year and sometimes other sea animals. The warm water discharges are also changing the marine ecosystem in Diablo Cove, driving out the bull kelp and having a detrimental effect on abalone.

lazide 3y ago
None of that impacted permitted or regulatory oversight for Diablo Canyon that I saw. Regulators explicitly mentioned the issues I raised when discussing shutting it down, and even the environmentalists were saying their concerns were due to radiation/meltdown. Also, the state wanted to only run the plant at half power in favor of renewables, because reasons, making it lose money like crazy. Here is a contemporary article from when the shutdown was approved originally. [https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/End-of-an-atomic-era-PG-E-to-close-Diablo-Canyon-8314258.php https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/End-of-an-atomic-era...] I’m sure some folks are worried about the hot water discharge - but that has been going on for forever now, and the situation isn’t getting any worse. Someone will always find some reason to complain.