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[[Pacific Gas & Electric]] planned to build the first commercially viable [[nuclear power plant]] in the USA at [[Bodega Bay]], a fishing village fifty miles north of [[San Francisco]]. The proposal was controversial and conflict with local citizens began in 1958.<ref name=well>Paula Garb. [http://jpe.library.arizona.edu/volume_6/wellockvol6.htm Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978 (book review)] ''Journal of Political Ecology'', Vol 6, 1999.</ref> |
[[Pacific Gas & Electric]] planned to build the first commercially viable [[nuclear power plant]] in the USA at [[Bodega Bay]], a fishing village fifty miles north of [[San Francisco]]. The proposal was controversial and conflict with local citizens began in 1958.<ref name=well>Paula Garb. [http://jpe.library.arizona.edu/volume_6/wellockvol6.htm Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978 (book review)] ''Journal of Political Ecology'', Vol 6, 1999.</ref> |
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The proposed plant site was close to the [[San Andreas fault]] and close to the region's environmentally sensitive fishing and dairy industries. Fishermen feared that the "plant's location and thermal discharge would interfere with their livelihood". Other citizens did not want their "simple isolated lifestyle" disturbed. The [[Sierra Club]] became actively involved.<ref>Thomas Raymond Wellock (1998). [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4zigZvQ1wm8C&dq=bodega+bay+nuclear&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=oRUqSu_BE9iOkAXoj_H4Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12#PPP1,M1 Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978], The University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 27-28.</ref> |
The proposed plant site was close to the [[San Andreas fault]] and close to the region's environmentally sensitive fishing and dairy industries. Fishermen feared that the "plant's location and thermal discharge would interfere with their livelihood". Other citizens did not want their "simple isolated lifestyle" disturbed. The [[Sierra Club]] became actively involved and opposed the choice of the site.<ref>Thomas Raymond Wellock (1998). [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4zigZvQ1wm8C&dq=bodega+bay+nuclear&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=oRUqSu_BE9iOkAXoj_H4Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12#PPP1,M1 Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978], The University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 27-28.</ref> The Secretary of the Interior, [[Stewart Udall]], said he was "gravely concerned" about the Bodega site.<ref>Wolfgang Rudig (1990). ''Anti-nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy'', Longman, pp. 110-111.</ref> |
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The conflict ended in 1964, with the forced abandonment of plans for the power plant. [[Thomas Wellock]] traces the birth of the [[Anti-nuclear movement in the United States|anti-nuclear movement]] to the controversy over Bodega Bay.<ref name=well/> |
The conflict ended in 1964, with the forced abandonment of plans for the power plant. [[Thomas Wellock]] traces the birth of the [[Anti-nuclear movement in the United States|anti-nuclear movement]] to the controversy over Bodega Bay.<ref name=well/> |
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Revision as of 18:44, 6 February 2010
The Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant was proposed but never built.
Pacific Gas & Electric planned to build the first commercially viable nuclear power plant in the USA at Bodega Bay, a fishing village fifty miles north of San Francisco. The proposal was controversial and conflict with local citizens began in 1958.[1]
The proposed plant site was close to the San Andreas fault and close to the region's environmentally sensitive fishing and dairy industries. Fishermen feared that the "plant's location and thermal discharge would interfere with their livelihood". Other citizens did not want their "simple isolated lifestyle" disturbed. The Sierra Club became actively involved and opposed the choice of the site.[2] The Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall, said he was "gravely concerned" about the Bodega site.[3]
The conflict ended in 1964, with the forced abandonment of plans for the power plant. Thomas Wellock traces the birth of the anti-nuclear movement to the controversy over Bodega Bay.[1]
Attempts to build a nuclear power plant in Malibu were similar to those at Bodega Bay and were also abandoned.[1]
See also
- Anti-nuclear movement in California
- Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978
- Energy use in California
- Nuclear power in the United States
- Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant
- Stanislaus Nuclear Power Plant
- Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant
- List of canceled nuclear plants in the United States
References
- ^ a b c Paula Garb. Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978 (book review) Journal of Political Ecology, Vol 6, 1999.
- ^ Thomas Raymond Wellock (1998). Critical Masses: Opposition to Nuclear Power in California, 1958-1978, The University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 27-28.
- ^ Wolfgang Rudig (1990). Anti-nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy, Longman, pp. 110-111.