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"We're not going to be able to achieve our climate goals if our nuclear power plants shut down," Granholm said. A 'lack of urgency' in California When nuclear plants do shut down, climate advocates agree that replacing them with clean energy sources is crucial. That's the problem in Cal...
The San Onofre nuclear plant was shut down in 2013. More than 1,700 tons of radioactive waste are stored at San Onofre,[305] and sit on the coast where there is a record of past tsunamis.[306] Voters banned the approval of new nuclear power plants since the late 1970s because of ...
The state's crude oil and natural gas deposits are located in the Central Valley and along the coast, including the large Midway-Sunset Oil Field. Natural gas-fired power plants typically account for more than one-half of state electricity generation. As a result of the state's strong enviro...
Nuclear Power Plants - California Moratorium on Construction Not Preempted by Atomic Energy Act - Pacific Gas and Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Co... of the AEC licensees for the manifold health, safety, and economic pur- poses other than radiationprotection." In 1965, in Pacific ...
They sit on oceanfront property in Southern California, a fleet of aging gas-fired power plants that not only pollute the air but also kill sea lions and other marine life. They're also capable of powering up to 2.8 million ...
Tom Jones, a senior director at PG&E, talks on Aug. 9 about how the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant operates. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Advertisement Earthquakes remain the key risk for the plant. They make up about 65% of the assessed risk for the worst possible...
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“It makes no sense to shut it down, at least not this way,” noted Dr. Zachary Lang, an energy expert in Washington, D.C. “California should have a more gradual letting go in balance with the number of new wind or solar plants. Or expand nuclear. Not just cut it off all at on...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Friday intended to open the way for the state’s last operating nuclear power plant to run an additional five years, a move that he said was needed to ward off possible blacko