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California climate goals easier to reach with Diablo Canyon, says study

June 14, 2022, 3:00PMNuclear News

Extending the operational life of California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant beyond 2025—its scheduled year of retirement—would help the state meet its climate goals more quickly, more reliably, and more cheaply than allowing the facility to close, a new study has found.

According to Retaining Diablo Canyon: Economic, Carbon, and Reliability Implications, keeping the plant on line could not only substantially reduce California’s emissions, natural gas use, and electric power costs, but also help avoid blackouts.

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Diablo Canyon gets key state approval

December 16, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

Pacific Gas & Electric has announced that the California Coastal Commission, the state agency in charge of protecting California’s roughly 840 miles of coastline, unanimously voted to...

V.C. Summer update: MOU signed with Brookfield

December 10, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, recently announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brookfield Asset Management....

Can AI deliver nuclear on time and on budget? These companies think so.

November 20, 2025, 12:31PMNuclear News

AI for energy, and energy for AI: that is the new refrain. But can nuclear power plants be deployed at the pace needed for substantial and timely contributions to the energy infrastructure?...

Sellafield awards $6B ‘high hazard risk reduction’ framework contract

November 3, 2025, 12:01PMRadwaste Solutions

Sellafield Ltd., the site license company overseeing the decommissioning of the United Kingdom’s Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, England, has awarded a 15-year framework contract worth...

Japan looks to support U.S. nuclear projects

November 3, 2025, 7:00AMNuclear News

Following a meeting last week with President Donald Trump, Japan has announced that it would provide up to $332 billion to support critical energy projects in the U.S., including the...

Westinghouse signs $80B contract to meet AI demand

October 28, 2025, 12:00PMNuclear News

The U.S. government has signed an $80 billion deal with Westinghouse Electric Company to build large-scale nuclear reactors to support growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence....

Santee Cooper opts to reboot Summer reactor project

October 24, 2025, 12:01PMNuclear News

The board of directors of South Carolina’s state-owned utility Santee Cooper voted today to approve the proposal from Brookfield Asset Management to complete two new AP1000 power reactors at...

Nuclear momentum continues to grow across Canada

October 22, 2025, 12:04PMNuclear News

The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were the subject of two different announcements yesterday about new nuclear developments....

Researchers use one-of-a-kind expertise and capabilities to test fuels of tomorrow

May 26, 2025, 9:50AMNuclear NewsCory Hatch

At the Idaho National Laboratory Hot Fuel Examination Facility, containment box operator Jake Maupin moves a manipulator arm into position around a pencil-thin nuclear fuel rod. He is...

All-European team leads lead-cooled EAGLES reactor project

September 19, 2025, 9:30AMNuclear News

The nuclear regulators of Belgium, Italy, and Romania signed on this week to the first “prelicensing” project under the IAEA’s Nuclear Harmonization and Standardization Initiative (NHSI)...

California climate goals easier to reach with Diablo Canyon, says study

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