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In May 2023, PG&E estimated it might cost $5.2 billion to operate Diablo Canyon from roughly 2025 through 2030, the first five years of the extended operations at the nuclear complex.
As recently as 2022, PG&E was moving forward with plans to shut down the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Its current licenses set to expire in 2024 for Unit 1 and 2025 for Unit 2, California's last ...
FILE – The Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Avila Beach, Calif. The power plant was scheduled to close by 2025.
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant on June 1, 2023. If the NRC approves the license renewals, Units 1 and 2 would have the option to operate until 2044 and 2045, respectively.
NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - PG&E Corp's <PCG.N> 1,118-megawatt Unit 2 at Diablo Canyon nuclear power station in California exited a refueling outage over the weekend and by Monday had ramped up ...
The 2,174 MW Diablo Canyon station is located in Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County, about 195 miles northwest of Los Angeles. There are two 1,087 MW units numbered 1 and 2 at the station ...
PG&E believes that long-term, customers could save $6.46 a month with Diablo Canyon operating through 2030 instead of ceasing electricity generation next year as originally planned.
Should Diablo Canyon continue to operate another 20 years, there’s a 2.8% probability of a “severe accident,” according to an analysis conducted by Peter Bird, a professor emeritus of ...
Awarding PG&E with a 20-year operating license for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in San Luis Obispo County, California, would have minor environmental impacts a new report found.
A 3.2 magnitude earthquake shook part of San Luis Obispo County near Diablo Canyon Power Plant on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at 12:05 p.m.
Diablo Canyon was scheduled to shut down completely by 2025 but three years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom made an about-face, fearing that closing the plant could jeopardize electric reliability and make ...
Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, shown here on Oct. 25, is the last of its kind in California. (Laura Dickinson/San Luis Obsipo Tribune/TNS) ...