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California's only nuclear power plant will be shut down and replaced with renewable energy, energy storage, and increases in energy efficiency. This is a great victory as it will make California safer by removing the risk of a nuclear accident from rising seas, an earthquake, or terrorism. Also, it was made by organizing cooperation between environmental groups, unions, and workers. Link.

Counterpunch Story Over the years, radioactive waste has spilled at over 1000 sites at the Hanford Plant. Many of the single walled tanks have split, and one double walled tank has volatile substances breaching the inner wall.