California governor warms up to nuclear reactors
Posted: 5th May 2022
By Dawn Stover | May 4, 2022
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, on the California coast. Photo courtesy of Pacific Gas & Electric, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
California’s governor has launched an eleventh-hour effort to keep his state’s last two nuclear reactors operating. Gov. Gavin Newsom hopes the reactors will qualify for credits under a new $6 billion federal program designed to prevent the “premature” retirement of reactors facing economic headwinds.