cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51735893
The Diablo Canyon Power Plant, which sits on a cliff on California’s Central Coast, has been the subject of ceaseless protests and political battles since it was proposed in 1963.
Now, the plant is at the center of yet another major debate. After shuttering all the state’s other nuclear power plants in recent decades, California is considering extending Diablo’s life and lifting a moratorium on new reactors.
That these decisions are even on the table in California is a testament to the substantial change in public views of nuclear energy, which for decades has been reviled by the liberal lawmakers and environmental groups that wield tremendous power and influence in the state.
Many of its leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, have expressed support for nuclear energy. The California Legislature last month passed a bill to commission a study on partly lifting the ban on new reactors.
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lettruthout@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
No we’re not. It makes no sense financially.
sartalon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
San Onofre was fully functioning and still got shut down. Why? Because the plant itself discovered something was wrong BEFORE it became an issue and took steps to prevent it from becoming one. But it gave morons the narrative they needed to claim it was unsafe. They rallied the other morons and got it shut down.
Then they all cried because their bills went up.
The NiMBY's in California will cut off their nose to spite their face.