PG&E got one of the certifications it needed to release wastewater from the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant for the next 20 years — but three nonprofit organizations are fighting to shorten that window. … On Feb. 26, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Board issued a five-year permit that allows the power plant to release that wastewater back into the Pacific Ocean. Also at that meeting, the board certified that the 20-year operating license PG&E requested from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission would comply with the Clean Water Act. But a group of nonprofit organizations said the 20-year certification violates state law.

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