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Decommissioned: Commission date: April 17, 1975: Decommission date: June 23, 1989: Construction cost: $375 million in 1974 dollars [1] ($1.8 billion in 2023 dollars [2]) Operator: SMUD 1974-present: Nuclear power station ; Reactor type: Pressurized water reactor [3] Reactor supplier: Babcock & Wilcox [3] Thermal capacity: 1 x 2772 MW th [3 ...
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) is a permanently closed nuclear power plant located south of San Clemente, California, on the Pacific coast, in Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV. The plant was shut down in 2013 after defects were found in replacement steam generators; it is currently in the process of being decommissioned.
Diablo Canyon Power Plant. The Diablo Canyon Power Plant has been the only nuclear power station in California since the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013. Due to the changing dynamics of electricity generation in California, Diablo Canyon is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2025.
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the United States. By 1976, however, many nuclear plant proposals were no longer viable due to a slower rate of growth in electricity demand, significant cost and time overruns, and more complex regulatory requirements.
With a push from Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 846 in September, allowing up to $1.4 billion to be allocated to PG&E to fund the nuclear power plant’s ...
The plant supplies 6% of California's power, but carries a 1 in 37,000 chance of experiencing a Chernobyl-style nuclear meltdown within five years. Earthquake risks and rising costs: The price of ...
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant is a nuclear power plant near Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California. Following the permanent shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in 2013, Diablo Canyon is now the only operational nuclear plant in California, as well as the state's largest single power station. It was the subject of ...
California's only remaining nuclear power plant plans to use artificial intelligence tools to help it comply with new licensing requirements to keep the decades-old facility running. Atomic Canyon ...