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@bascule@mas.toPG&E officially files for an extension with the NRC for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant
KSBY News · PG&E files application with the NRC to extend operations at Diablo Canyon Power Plant PG&E has filed a License Renewal Application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking to extend operations at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant.
There are many pros and cons to keeping Diablo Canyon running, especially cost for the latter.
Diablo Canyon has already tapped into a $1.1 billion grant from the Biden Administration to keep it from shuttering, however it still needs billions in repairs/retrofits to even continue running.
A report by the Environmental Working Group estimates the cost of keeping Diablo Canyon running through 2045 at between $20 and $45 billion:
https://www.ewg.org/research/outrageous-costs-deadly-dangers-real-risks-keeping-diablo-canyon-open
Environmental Working GroupOutrageous costs, deadly dangers: The real risks of keeping Diablo Canyon openIf something costs tens of billions to keep, without any clear financial benefits to ratepayers but with the risk of nuclear catastrophe, prolonging it would be folly. But that’s what supporters of California’s aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant are pursuing by fighting to keep it open.