Don’t let anyone tell you that nuclear power is an answer to climate change. Read the Academy’s comprehensive white paper on the issue here: Nuclear Power Totally Unqualified to Combat Climate Change
Watch Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco explain the myriad problems at the Diablo Canyon plant in a lecture at UC Santa Barbara’s Walter H. Capps Center for the study of ethics, religion and public life, a talk which has received over 168,000 downloads via the Capps Center’s video podcast:
Aside from the toxic pollution released by the plant, Diablo poses a significant threat of disastrous meltdown. The plant sits atop multiple active fault lines and is not in compliance with NRC safety standards. This risk has been demonstrated by a 2013 report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Rachel Maddow covered some of the risks in a video report from 2011: