‘Within 500 years, you could hold a spent fuel bundle in your hands without risk to your health,’ said Canadians for Nuclear Energy President Chris Keefer.
Although some environmental groups oppose the extension, the Diablo Canyon Power Plant provides about 17 percent of California’s zero-carbon electricity supply.
Sellafield and the nuclear regulator said there’s no evidence of state-backed hacking as described in a report, but the company is under ’special' watch.
Russia is building nuclear installations in several countries presently torn by Islamic jihadism, raising growing concern in the international community.