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[[File:Coastal-resilience.jpg|300px|thumb|left]] '''[[Coastal Resilience]]''' - Rising sea levels, coastal storms, and erosion threaten our coastlines. Ideally, coastal communities and infrastructure would be built far enough back from the coast to be protected from these threats. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people and a tremendous amount of coastal infrastructure currently in harm’s way. [http://coastalresilience.org/ Coastal resilience] is part of the answer. Coastal resilience means building the ability of natural and human communities to "bounce back" after hazardous events such as hurricanes, coastal storms, and flooding – rather than simply reacting to impacts. A community that is more informed and prepared will have a greater opportunity to rebound quickly from weather and climate-related events, including adapting to [[Sea Level Rise|sea level rise]]. Additionally, the ability to rebound more quickly can reduce negative human health, environmental, and economic impacts.
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[[File:Isfsi-licensed-operating.png|300px|thumb|left]] '''[[Coastal ISFSI for Nuclear Waste]]'''- Nuclear waste storage is a complex and controversial issue, with severe ramifications to human and environmental health if managed improperly. As of September 2017, there are 31 independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSI) storing 33,892 radioactive spent fuel assemblies on the US coastline. With increasing rates of coastal erosion, sea level rise, and likelihood for more frequent and severe storms due to climate change, the storage of nuclear waste on the coastline is understandably concerning. Surfrider is opposed to permanent or long-term storage of radioactive waste at areas with close proximity to the coastline, and is [https://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/decommissioning-san-onofre-nuclear-generating-station-what-happens-now actively advocating] to remove waste from one such site, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as quickly as possible to a federally approved, geologically secure, consent based permanent repository within a specific timeline.

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Coastal ISFSI for Nuclear Waste- Nuclear waste storage is a complex and controversial issue, with severe ramifications to human and environmental health if managed improperly. As of September 2017, there are 31 independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSI) storing 33,892 radioactive spent fuel assemblies on the US coastline. With increasing rates of coastal erosion, sea level rise, and likelihood for more frequent and severe storms due to climate change, the storage of nuclear waste on the coastline is understandably concerning. Surfrider is opposed to permanent or long-term storage of radioactive waste at areas with close proximity to the coastline, and is actively advocating to remove waste from one such site, San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, as quickly as possible to a federally approved, geologically secure, consent based permanent repository within a specific timeline.