Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Utility Pacific Gas & Electric and partnering organizations do not intend to contest the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) ruling on the closure plan for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Per CPUC guidelines, the parties would have to demonstrate the commission had made a legal error to receive a rehearing. While it disagreed with […]

Utility Pacific Gas & Electric and partnering organizations do not intend to contest the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) ruling on the closure plan for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Per CPUC guidelines, the parties would have to demonstrate that the commission had made a legal error to receive a rehearing. While it disagreed […]

The California Coastal Commission said it has effectively been forced to approve permits for spent fuel storage at three nuclear power plants because the federal government has yet to establish a permanent national repository for the radioactive waste. Coastal Commission Chair Dayna Bochco emphasized the danger presented by coastal storage of radioactive material from the […]

The California Coastal Commission said it has effectively been forced to approve permits for spent fuel storage at three nuclear power plants because the federal government has yet to establish a permanent repository for the radioactive waste. Coastal Commission Chair Dayna Bochco emphasized the danger of coastal storage of radioactive material from the Humboldt Bay, […]

The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to authorize utility Pacific Gas & Electric to close its Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in 2025. The plan approved by the five-member commission does not provide all the ratepayer financing PG&E and partnering nongovernmental groups had proposed in their 2016 “Joint Proposal” on shutting down […]

President Donald Trump plans to nominate consultant Anne M. White of Michigan to head the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management, which oversees cleanup of DOE’s Cold War nuclear complex, the White House announced Wednesday. The intent to nominate declaration was issued nearly a year into Trump’s presidency. The position of assistant energy secretary for […]

President Donald Trump plans to nominate consultant Anne M. White of Michigan to head the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management, which oversees cleanup of DOE’s Cold War complex sites, the White House announced Wednesday. White, founder of Bastet Technical Services LLC, has worked for more than 25 years within the nuclear sector, including a […]

The Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff have both formally affirmed their intention to participate in any renewed adjudication of DOE’s license application for the planned nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The parties’ easily anticipated confirmations were included in responses submitted in recent weeks to an Oct. 27 request for information […]

The California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled on Dec. 14 to vote on the proposal for closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant within a decade. Owner Pacific Gas & Electric in 2016 joined a number of labor and environmental groups in issuing a joint proposal under which the San Luis Obispo County facility’s […]

The California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled on Dec. 14 to vote on the proposal for closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant within a decade. Owner Pacific Gas & Electric in 2016 joined a number of labor and environmental groups in issuing a joint proposal under which the San Luis Obispo County facility’s […]

Community leaders and stakeholders gave final testimony Tuesday that was largely supportive of the California Public Utilities Commission’s plan to close the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Central California. Organizations including Diablo Canyon owner and operator Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and the County of San Luis Obispo, where the plant is located, supported […]

An administrative law judge for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Wednesday recommended approval of Pacific Gas & Electric’s application to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant by 2025. The utility last year announced a joint proposal reached with labor and environmental organizations to shut down Diablo Canyon reactor Unit 1 in 2024 […]

An administrative law judge for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Wednesday recommended approval of Pacific Gas & Electric’s application to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant by 2025. The utility last year announced a joint proposal with labor and environmental organizations to shut down Diablo Canyon reactor Unit 1 in 2024 and […]

By Wayne Barber The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday adopted a cost estimate for decommissioning the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant that is over $1 billion less than the amount sought by owner Pacific Gas & Electric Co. In April, state Administrative Law Judge Darcie Houck issued a proposed decision that would reduce […]

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is scheduled on May 25 to decide whether to approve the latest, disputed cost estimate for decommissioning the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., owner of the two-reactor site in San Luis Obispo County, in 2015 estimated it would cost $3.8 billion to decommission the plant […]

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is scheduled on May 25 to decide whether to approve the latest, disputed cost estimate for decommissioning the Diablo Canyon Power Plant. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., owner of the two-reactor site in San Luis Obispo County, in 2015 estimated it would cost $3.78 billion to decommission the plant following […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that further action is not immediately necessary to ensure safe operations of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts. The finding follows a supplemental inspection that ended this year following three NRC site visits to the nuclear plant. “The NRC determined that programs and processes at PNPS adequately support […]

The California Public Utilities Commission this week began eight days of evidentiary hearings on the request from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant within a decade. The utility announced last June that it would not renew the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses for the plant’s two reactors when they […]

The California Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday conducted the first of eight evidentiary hearings on the request from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant within a decade. The utility announced last June that it would not renew the Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses for the plant’s two reactors when […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Dec. 29 issued a white inspection finding at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, confirming that operator Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) failed to “adequately maintain the (plant’s) emergency core cooling system.” Located about 12 miles southwest of San Luis Obispo, Diablo Canyon is the last operating nuclear plant in California […]

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Dec. 29 issued a white inspection finding at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, confirming that operator Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) failed to “adequately maintain the (plant’s) emergency core cooling system.” Located about 12 miles southwest of San Luis Obispo, Diablo Canyon is the last operating nuclear plant in California […]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday called on the nuclear industry to support multiple solutions for dealing with America’s commercial nuclear waste storage impasse. The Obama administration in 2011 canceled plans for a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, eventually opting for a plan that prioritizes interim nuclear waste storage through a consent-based approach […]