It’s the end of one nuclear era and the beginning of another. That’s the contention of Paul Gunter. He’s the director of Washington-based Beyond Nuclear, a national anti-nuclear non-profit group. Gunter has New Hampshire ties, as an original opponent of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant. Roger Wood spoke to him about a Congressionally mandated study by top scientists and nuclear experts.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study, forwarded to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, warns of dangers associated with the pools of water that contain spent nuclear fuel rods. Nuclear plants use such pools because there is no agreed upon long-term storage location nationally determined.

Now, the decision by Pacific Gas and Electric to close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant in California by 2025, which was announced Tuesday, has convinced Gunter and others that the industry is fading away, but not without consequences for the future. For InDepthNH.org, I’m Roger Wood

Center for Public Integrity article: Scientists say nuclear fuel pools around the country pose safety and health risks

1986 Law Prohibiting Burial of Nuclear Waste in NH Quietly Repealed in 2011