Category: Diablo Canyon

Reality Hits Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power Now in Favor

April 15, 2023
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With renewable energy sources failing to deliver enough power to supply demand, evolving political narratives have altered plans for nuclear power plants in California and beyond. “Reality happened,” Jacopo Buongiorno, director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems and professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), told The…

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Reality Hits Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power Now in Favor: Experts

April 15, 2023
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With renewable energy sources failing to deliver enough power to supply demand, evolving political narratives have altered plans for nuclear power plants in California and beyond. “Reality happened,” Jacopo Buongiorno, director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems and professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), told The…

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California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Diablo Faces Closure Against Lawsuit

April 12, 2023
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An environmental group on Tuesday sued to block Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from seeking to extend the federal operating licenses for California’s last active nuclear power plant. A complaint filed in the San Francisco Superior Court by advocacy group “Friends of the Earth” asks the court to prohibit the utility from sidestepping its 2016…

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Feds OK Plan to Keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Operating

March 3, 2023
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Federal regulators granted an exemption March 2 to allow California’s last nuclear power plant to continue operating as the state grapples with green energy shortages. Pacific Gas & Electric, operator of the San Luis Obispo plant, asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a temporary extension last year. “After evaluating the company’s exemption request, the [Nuclear…

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Feds Reject California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant’s Request to Stay Open

January 26, 2023
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Federal regulators Jan. 24 rejected Pacific Gas and Electric’s license renewal application to extend the life of California’s last nuclear power plant at Diablo Canyon, saying the utility’s application to stay open, originally submitted in 2009, would need to be updated for consideration. The plant, which is located in San Luis Obispo County midway between…

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Biden Allocates $1.1 Billion to Keep California’s Nuclear Power Plant Operating

November 21, 2022
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California’s last operating nuclear power plant was given another funding boost as operators seek to keep it running for another eight years. The U.S. Energy Department awarded Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant $1.1 billion from the Civil Nuclear Credit Program funded by an infrastructure bill passed by Congress in 2021. “This is a critical step…

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California OK’s $1.4 Billion Loan to Keep Last Nuclear Plant Open

September 2, 2022
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Fearing more rolling blackouts in California as green energy supplies fall short, state lawmakers agreed this week to spend $1.4 billion to keep the state’s last functioning nuclear power plant running. The state Legislature passed a bill Sept. 1, supporting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to reverse plans to close Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant by…

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Rep. Nunes Wants to Keep California’s Last Nuclear Power Plant Running

July 8, 2021
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In midst of the summer heatwave, increased energy demands, and worries about possible rolling blackouts due to power shortages, a California Congressman plans to propose legislation aimed at preserving California’s last operating nuclear power plant. U.S. Rep Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) Nunes is expected to introduce the legislation in the House of Representatives on July 9….

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