Broadcast journalist David Brancaccio, reports this story for the national PBS television program "NOW. The story will air on January 14. For more information, call (858) 337-2703.

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The NOW program spent the day with Rochelle Becker, formerly a spokesperson for the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace. Rochelle currently serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility.

NOW was intrigued by our community's never-ending efforts to make Diablo Canyon safer and more secure. They were alerted to San Luis Obispo legal cases filed by the Mothers for Peace, the Sierra Club and former Supervisor Peg Pinard by California's Attorney General.

Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed in support of a federal appeal to force the NRC to address security at Diablo Canyon before expanding onsite storage of high-level radioactive waste. The AG's Amicus filing was joined by the Attorneys General of Massachusetts, Utan and Washington. Washington state's Attorney General recently won a narrow victory for Governor.

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