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...
Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 was the first successfully relicensed nuclear power plant in America. CEG owns Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (Source: CEG web site.) Its Dry Casks are extremely vulnerable to airplane strikes. Charlie Cruse is the Vice President - Nuclear Energy at Calvert Cliffs. Plant...
EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS - Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USAPararas-Carayannis, GeorgeScience of Tsunami Hazards
The Biden administration said on Nov. 21 it has approved conditional funding of up to $1.1 billion to prevent the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California, as part of its effort to fight climate change. The Pacific Gas & Electric plant, which was set to fully ...
In 1985, the closure of reactors in Tennessee Valley prompted a spike in coal use, while the 2012 shutdown of a plant in California led to an increase in natural gas. In Germany, where nuclear power has almost completely been phased out, coal-fired power increased initially to fill the ...
LOS ANGELES -- The California Legislature signaled its intent on Thursday to cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a longer lifespan for the state's last nuclear power plant, exposing a rift with Gov. Gavin Newsom who says that the power is critical to safeguarding ener...
Restart Sought at Nuclear Power Plant.The article reports that power company Southern California Edison is seeking permission from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reopen a portion of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California, which was shut down on January 31, 2012 after a pipe...
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. (SMT) Assemblyman Cunningham introduced the bill in an effort to save Diablo Canyon and to help battle climate change in California by having a large alternative energy power station remain open. “If PG&E were able to count the power produced at Diablo toward...
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 ...
San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant - California San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station(SONGS) is a 3 unit site located ~10 miles south of San Clemente, California. Unit 1, shutdown in 1992, was a 425 MWe first generation Westinghouse commercial unit (same as Connecticut Yankee) that operated for...