California’s last operating nuclear power plant sits above the Pacific Ocean at Diablo Canyon, surrounded by 12,000 acres of wild land. It is traditional territory of the Yak Titʸu Titʸu Yak Tiłhini also known as the YTT home to former villages, burial grounds, and sacred sites. The YTT want it back. California’s last operating nuclear power plant sits above the Pacific Ocean at Diablo Canyon, surrounded by 12,000 acres of wild land. It is traditional territory of the Yak Titʸu Titʸu Yak Tiłhini also known as the YTT home to former villages, burial grounds, and sacred sites. The YTT want it back.
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The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant sits on land that once belonged to a local indigenous tribe. That land is currently owned by PG&E. But in August, when the state legislature was debating whether to extend the life of the power plant, the tribe sent Governor Gavin Newsom and President Biden a letter asking for the property to be returned to them as their ancestral land.
The California legislature is considering whether to try to extend the operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant by another 5 to 10 years. The YTT Northern Chumash Tribe say they want the governor's support in reclaiming the land where the plant sits.