HomeMy WebLinkAbout82-14RESOLDTION NO. S~'~.-14
RESOLUIION O[POSiNG NUCLEAR ?O~,~ER PLAINTS
AND SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF a,,E~EI~Ai~LE,, '"
RE SOU RC E S
~,';:~.,_,,~,~,o, ..acific Gas and Electric Company (?.(.;.&E.) intends to opera l:e
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactors i and ii., the Diablo Canyon ~,;,.iant being
~ocated~ only ~.-:'~ n,.hles £rom an earthquake fault, after' the:ir fa~iure at the
? Humboldt Bay plant which was c].osed ~
., ~o~. safety reasons; and
~ WHEREAS, the operations involved in n'roducing nuclear oower are
9 dangerous to human hea~th and the environment as any major accident at a
10 nuclear plant would result in radioactive contamination' and
11 ~-~-"P::'~o~,,~.~,,,,~, there is presently no safe and reliable method for the
storage of nuclear wastes, ~- -~- ,~
· .,uc.,.ea~. waste produced at tee 'Diablo Canyon
1~ Flant could be transported, across. Northern aoa~.iforn, ia"' to the Hanford,
14 .Nashington Disposa'i site for storage, the cost of which is presently
15 unknown' however, the dangers are known to be the hazards c~ exr~:ure
16 deadly radio active material.
1~ NO¥;, "~h~,~xL~.~'~ ~:;'"P?O.,E, BE ~'"',~, RESOLVED that the City Council o~,~ the City
18 [7kiah ,s opposed to t. he oeeration of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Pm~er
19 and no the trans~q~" ' p~ants, We
} .... at,on of [uel or wastes for nuclear power *
20 are suppor~-ive of peaceful efforts to stou the operation of the
21 Canyon.. N.~uca. c~ar' :~ Power
22 BE iT FURl'HEFt RESOLVED t:hat tl~e City COtlllCJ_] of the City of Ukiah
2~ recommends tha~: the Diablo Canyon N~clear Power plant be converted to a
24 nc, n.-nuc~ear... Dower a~ource' we further re. co~end that the Nuclear,
25 Co~:~ission p~ace~, a moratorium on the const~:'uc,-4on~ and iicena-;,':,...,,g of anv aud
26 ai.J nuclea~ power p].ants, and that the Federal government al locate ,~reseut
~ *:unds for energy u~', the development of renewable resources, :-c'~.4
28 i,,ot limited no solar, conservation, wind, water and geotherm:z].
roil tail vote:
AYES', Coun:ii:nember Feibusch, Snyder, Ri].ey
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u.~.~me~,mer itickey, Myers
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PASSED ,.~q'D )~DOPTED this 16th day of {;eptember, 198]., by the
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