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Doin' the SHUT IT DOWN dance near Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant
There are financial motives involved when corporations like PG&E try to side-step safety issues with nuclear reactors. Speakers and, yes, dancers too called for a renewed commitment to conservation and demanded the US government stop subsidizing nuclear power plants. With words and movement they had one big message about Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant: Shut it Down!
13 sec dance video courtesy of the Raging Grannies
13 sec dance video courtesy of the Raging Grannies
On April 16th, over 300 people gathered for a protest at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County. They called for the closure of nearby Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and insisted that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must halt PG&E's relicensing application process for the structure.
A total of 45 groups and individuals from across the nation are formally asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to immediately suspend all licensing and other activities until a thorough post-Fukushima reactor crisis examination is completed.
Many of the same folks rocking to the drum beat on Saturday were also at protests held during the 1970s and 80s. At that time the nuclear plant was first under consideration; subsequently it was under construction. Diablo Canyon became an unfortunate reality in 1984.
Mothers for Peace was behind the fight to stop the construction of the nuclear power plant in the 70's and were the organizers of Saturday's rally as well. They said the the plant should be shut down for many reasons not the least of which are uncertainty about nuclear waste and seismic dangers. Then there is the age of the plant, they pointed out.
Some participants at the Avila Beach rally were arrested in the 1980s for attempts to blockade the power plant gate. That was a time when young mothers were concerned for the safety of their children. Today many of those same people are concerned about the safety of their grandchildren and future generations.
Loud chants of “Shut it down!” led to drum beating and a dance dedicated to halting nuclear powers in San Luis Obispo County--and worldwide.
A total of 45 groups and individuals from across the nation are formally asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to immediately suspend all licensing and other activities until a thorough post-Fukushima reactor crisis examination is completed.
Many of the same folks rocking to the drum beat on Saturday were also at protests held during the 1970s and 80s. At that time the nuclear plant was first under consideration; subsequently it was under construction. Diablo Canyon became an unfortunate reality in 1984.
Mothers for Peace was behind the fight to stop the construction of the nuclear power plant in the 70's and were the organizers of Saturday's rally as well. They said the the plant should be shut down for many reasons not the least of which are uncertainty about nuclear waste and seismic dangers. Then there is the age of the plant, they pointed out.
Some participants at the Avila Beach rally were arrested in the 1980s for attempts to blockade the power plant gate. That was a time when young mothers were concerned for the safety of their children. Today many of those same people are concerned about the safety of their grandchildren and future generations.
Loud chants of “Shut it down!” led to drum beating and a dance dedicated to halting nuclear powers in San Luis Obispo County--and worldwide.
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This may look like fun; but we are dead serious about the prospect of a larger than 7.2 earthquake. The Diablo Canyon plant is only safe, to that size of an event ,and we have had many over that size in just the last 18 months. WE MUST ALL ACT TOGETHER OR ME MAY END UP ALL TOGETHER..CLOGGED ON THE ROADWAYS TRYING TO GET OUT! THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER AS THE RESULTING RADIOACTIVE RELEASE WILL FLOW ACCROSS TRHE STATE, EAST, IN THE AIR. ANY HOT WASTE IN THE OCEAN CREATES A Artist Buddy Princeton was in town last Saturday fighting the devil. "the devil is in the details at Diablo Canyon; rthe closer you look the scarier it gets"; he was quoted as saying between songs. A member of the stage collective at the first diablo rally in 1979, Buddy Princeton, was a guest of organizers Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne.
After the No Nukes! Tour I stayed active and now support the http://www.nirs.org and the http://www.MothersforPeace.org. Musicians for Safe Energy, M.U.S.E., organizers have re-started a series of No Nukes! concerts and I hope to back with them in 2011 to continue this struggle. i think it was too much of a local issue, and more people means more power in polotics, so wee need to use the power of the Internet and make it a widerer issue. I shared a mike with Graham Nash, in the secord row that concert at Camp Roberts in June '79, and I never dreamed I'd be back here 32 years later engaged in the same fight!"
WE MUST ALL ACT TOGETHER OR ME MAY END UP ALL TOGETHER..CLOGGED ON THE ROADWAYS TRYING TO GET OUT! THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER AS THE RESULTING RADIOACTIVE RELEASE WILL FLOW ACCROSS TRHE STATE, EAST, IN THE AIR. ANY HOT WASTE IN THE OCEAN CREATES A DEATH ZONE DOWN THE COAST WHERE ALMOST 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING. NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE, OR YOU OR ME, CAN SEE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT. IT IS INVISIBLE, AND ALMOST ETERNAL, ON THE HUMAN SCALE OF THINGS. PLEASE ACT NOW BY SIGNING AND ONLINE PETETION AND GETTING EDUCATED AT http://www.Mothersfor peace.org, http://www.nirs.org, http://www.nukefree.org, http://www.everythingnuclear.org.
"It was a pleasure to appear on behalf of the Mother for Peace with my latest band, The Incorrutibles, and bring up such vital issues prior to granting any re-licensing. There is a small press article on Surfwire, at http://www.Surfline.com, that tells a little about my 32 year effort to stop any peaceful uses of nuclear power. When the new 3D seismic studies from P G & E are finished, if they indicate a problem, then we need to go FOR REVOKING the licenses"; said Buddy Princeton. Join us online and do what the mothers, and your mother, tells you to do about nuclear power. They know the dirty secrets!
After the No Nukes! Tour I stayed active and now support the http://www.nirs.org and the http://www.MothersforPeace.org. Musicians for Safe Energy, M.U.S.E., organizers have re-started a series of No Nukes! concerts and I hope to back with them in 2011 to continue this struggle. i think it was too much of a local issue, and more people means more power in polotics, so wee need to use the power of the Internet and make it a widerer issue. I shared a mike with Graham Nash, in the secord row that concert at Camp Roberts in June '79, and I never dreamed I'd be back here 32 years later engaged in the same fight!"
WE MUST ALL ACT TOGETHER OR ME MAY END UP ALL TOGETHER..CLOGGED ON THE ROADWAYS TRYING TO GET OUT! THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER AS THE RESULTING RADIOACTIVE RELEASE WILL FLOW ACCROSS TRHE STATE, EAST, IN THE AIR. ANY HOT WASTE IN THE OCEAN CREATES A DEATH ZONE DOWN THE COAST WHERE ALMOST 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE LIVING. NOT ONE OF THESE PEOPLE, OR YOU OR ME, CAN SEE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT. IT IS INVISIBLE, AND ALMOST ETERNAL, ON THE HUMAN SCALE OF THINGS. PLEASE ACT NOW BY SIGNING AND ONLINE PETETION AND GETTING EDUCATED AT http://www.Mothersfor peace.org, http://www.nirs.org, http://www.nukefree.org, http://www.everythingnuclear.org.
"It was a pleasure to appear on behalf of the Mother for Peace with my latest band, The Incorrutibles, and bring up such vital issues prior to granting any re-licensing. There is a small press article on Surfwire, at http://www.Surfline.com, that tells a little about my 32 year effort to stop any peaceful uses of nuclear power. When the new 3D seismic studies from P G & E are finished, if they indicate a problem, then we need to go FOR REVOKING the licenses"; said Buddy Princeton. Join us online and do what the mothers, and your mother, tells you to do about nuclear power. They know the dirty secrets!
For more information:
http://www.BuddyPrinceton.com
RE: "my 32 year effort to stop any peaceful uses of nuclear power" this is simple anti-worker, Luddhite climate deniers who are feeding the coal industry propaganda. DCPP sits on top of an 80-foot bluff impervious to tsunami. The Fukushima plant survived a 9.0 earthquake, it was only the tsunami that caused problems. A lot of hot air.
Someone is anti-nuke and that makes them pro-coal? Huh?
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