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June 22, 2016

California's last nuclear plant to close by 2025

  • Electrical production at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant will be replaced by solar and other green sources.
    • By ELLEN KNICKMEYER
    Associated Press

    California's last nuclear power plant will close by 2025 under an accord announced Tuesday, ending three decades of safety debates that helped fuel the national anti-nuclear power movement.

    The state's largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and environmental groups reached an agreement to replace production at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant with solar power and other energy sources that do not produce climate-changing greenhouse gases.


     
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