The Diablo Canyon Power Plant, the only operating nuclear powered plant in California, is seen in Avila Beach in 2023. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Sept. 1, 2024 To the editor:Nuclear plants are among the most earthquake-resistant structures on the planet, something that your...
The article informs that Southern California Edison Co., who owns majority of stakes in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California, has decided to permanently close down the nuclear power plant because of increasing cost on its operation and stringent federal regulations.G....
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California officials voted Thursday to approve the closing of the state’s last nuclear power plant. All five members of the California Public Utilities Commission voted to approve Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s request to close the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County by 2025, ...
California's grid operator had already assumed Diablo Canyon would be be retiring because of state restrictions on drawing coastal water to cool turbines, reports the industry publicationRTO Insider. The power plant draws cooling water from the Pacific Ocean. ...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is “conditionally” awarding $1.1 billion from its Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) program to support the extended operation of California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, while rejecting an application from a recently shuttered reactor in Michigan. “This is a cri...
U.S. Energy Department Advances $6 Billion Nuclear Plant Program More Reuters FILE PHOTO: One of the two now closed reactors of the San Onofre nuclear generating station is shown at the nuclear power plant located south of San Clemente, California, U.S., December 5, 2019. REUT...
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When you watch TV, run your AC or charge your phone overnight, a portion of the energy you’re using may have come from the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. The PG&E-run facility — perched on theedge of the Central California coast— runs around the clock, generating elec...