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Is nuclear power really the answer?

How can new nuclear power plants be considered when there is still no solution for radioactive waste but to store it on-site? The 1976 California law putting a moratorium on new nuclear power until the federal government devises a solution for the disposal of radioactive waste was passed 49 years ago, and we are no closer to a solution. Dawn Ortiz-Legg says the county shouldn't sit idly by while solutions are being considered. Forty-nine years is a long time to consider a problem that is still unsolved. Patti Everett Templeton Opinion Regarding the April 18 article, 'Big tech is going nuclear': I checked a database showing data centers in San Luis Obispo. There are at least three here already. They were likely installed because there are undersea internet cables that arrive at shore in San Luis Obispo. David Middlecamp's 'From the Vault' photos show one of those subterranean locations near Los Osos. As president of the nonprofit Californians for Green Nuclear Power (CGNP), I have been advocating for science-based energy policies as an intervenor in the public interest. I was also a professor at Cal Poly and Cuesta College. CGNP has published a number of articles regarding Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) at our GreenNUKE Substack, which is open to the public. (Search for 'GreenNUKE Substack' to learn more.) We also operate a booth at the downtown Farmers Market at the intersection of Garden and Higuera. CGNP has published an op-ed and a number of letters to the editor in The Tribune. While the article cites opponents to nuclear power, the reporters did not reach out to me. By the way, CGNP is featured in a chapter of a new book about DCPP advocates, 'Atomic Dreams - The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy,' by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow. The CGNP chapter is titled, 'The Guy in the Headband.' My trademark is a green headband. I also have a ponytail. Gene Nelson San Luis Obispo Regarding the April 22 column, 'Are SLO's 'condemned trees getting a fair shake': Go look at the 43 mature trees SLO is going to be allowed to be slaughtered at California and Monterey streets and say again, with a straight face, that SLO's and Fitzgerald Kelly's goals appear to be the same, i.e. to protect trees. This city, which just last week slaughtered a healthy ficus at Mill and Toro streets, long ago sold out to developers for their 'permit bucks' and is not a tree city. Example 2: the ficus slaughter in front of Smith Volvo. Please don't be a corporatist shill and pretend like SLO cares about trees. It doesn't. Will Powers San Luis Obispo Democrats face what seems like an impossible dilemma. Should they become an uncompromising resistance to increasingly authoritarian behavior, or should they be the adults in the room who try to collaborate and compromise to keep the government running? The best answer is neither: If Democrats can come together to articulate a concrete, common sense vision for America, then the political talent who can best communicate and advocate for that vision will become the principled, electable candidates the left seems to be searching for. By fighting for a positive plan rather than continuing to scream into the wind, Democrats can credibly preserve and empower our democracy without making everything about Donald J. Trump. And if they find common ground with Republicans, they can collaborate in good faith to make that vision a reality.— Whatever that vision is, it needs to be something every American would vote for. It's up to us to email and call our representatives to tell them what is important to us and our families so that our vision can become a reality in America. Thony Mintz San Luis Obispo