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A workhorse failure  Regarding your cover story about Diablo Canyon ("Changed habitat," Dec. 17), and without diminishing the marine impacts of once-through cooling, what is also being flushed "down the drain" by PG&E is nearly $100 million in ratepayer funds for their failed repair of Diablo's Unit 2 main generator. As ratepayer advocates, the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility opposed this as too costly considering the barely five years of life left in the plant. It took 60 days of down time for the initial work in the fourth quarter of 2019. In 2020, the rebuilt generator was shut do...

“The indigenous UK supply chain that supports defence nuclear programmes requires significant ongoing support to retain talent and develop and maintain capability between major programmes. Opportunities for the supply chain to invest in new capability are restricted by the limited size and scope of the defence nuclear programme. A UK SMR programme would increase the security, size and scope of opportunities for the UK supply chain significantly, enabling long-term sustainable investment in people, technology and capability. “Expanding the talent pool from which defence nuclear programmes ...