Ending Dangerous Nuclear Power

Friends of the Earth details its 40-year campaign to phase out nuclear power in the United States, citing the dangers of 60-year-old technology and the availability of clean renewables. The organization highlights its role in the scheduled 2024-2025 shutdown of the Diablo Canyon reactors in California—which were found to be on a major fault line—and the mid-construction abandonment of the V.C. Summer plant in South Carolina due to cost overruns and competition from cheap renewables.

• Friends of the Earth has campaigned against nuclear energy in the United States for 40 years, contributing to the closure of reactors at Diablo Canyon and San Onofre, and the cancellation of the V.C. Summer and MidAmerican Energy projects.
• The Diablo Canyon reactors are scheduled for formal shutdown in 2024 and 2025. This follows a landmark report by Friends of the Earth identifying that the plant was constructed on a major fault line, and an agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric to replace the reactors with energy storage, efficiency, and renewable energy.
• In September 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation providing economic assistance to communities near Diablo Canyon in Central California to support them as the state transitions away from nuclear energy.
• The V.C. Summer power plant project in South Carolina was abandoned mid-construction due to stagnant electricity demand, competition from inexpensive renewables, billions of dollars in cost overruns, and pressure from Friends of the Earth.

APA

Fox, A. (2018). Ending Dangerous Nuclear Power. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/victory-stories/impact-story-3/

Chicago

Fox, Audrey. Ending Dangerous Nuclear Power. Friends of the Earth, 2018. https://foe.org/victory-stories/impact-story-3/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fox2018ending, author = {Fox, Audrey}, title = {{Ending Dangerous Nuclear Power}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2018}, month = sep, url = {https://foe.org/victory-stories/impact-story-3/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }