Feds to decide whether state’s last nuclear plant stays or goes
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Federal regulators have restarted the process of deciding whether Californias last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, will remain open for decades.
And like most everything else in Diablos long, contentious history, the move is sure to provoke a fight.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reported that it would once again begin processing a request from plant owner Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to renew Diablos operating licenses, set to expire in 2024 and 2025. That request has been on hold since shortly after Japans 2011 Fukushima disaster rekindled fears of nuclear danger.
PG&E applied in 2009 to renew Diablos licenses for 20 years, arguing that California would need the plant near San Luis Obispo to combat climate change. The commissions license extension process takes years to complete hence, PG&Es early application.
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Hekate
(90,927 posts)At least this is an opportune moment to have this battle, with Fukushima still causing trouble and periodically in the news.
cstanleytech
(26,342 posts)humans imo.
emsimon33
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Go, Bernie.
I hope that Californians are allowed to weigh in on this and not just PG&E.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)Which of course was only "discovered" after it was built.