In the last weeks, the nation has learned:

• Yucca documents were falsified;
• The National Academy of Sciences issued a report that questions safety of onsite spent fuel pools;
• Utah officials are gathing support to prevent Skull Valley from opening.

Yet renewable energy provides hope for California's energy future.

The government is finally beginning to admit that its program to store high-level radioactive waste is a debacle. The question for California residents - should our state allow continued operation of nuclear plants sited on vulnerable earthquake active coastal zones?

Nuclear plants that daily produce lethal radioactive waste which is stored on coast bluffs is not in our state's best interest. Planning to replace this radioactive generation must begin now. We can save multi-billion dollar investments in steam generators and other failing components at California's nuclear plants. We can use these ratepayers dollars to create electric generation that will benefit our state with new jobs, new property taxes, and clean energy.

Phasing out aging and dilapidating nuclear plants is possible and we invite California residents to work with us towards an energy legacy we can proudly leave our children.

Rochelle Becker
Executive Director
Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility