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Diablo Canyon / California ‘At Risk Of Emissions Increase After Reactor Shutdowns’

By David Dalton
25 February 2021

California ‘At Risk Of Emissions Increase After Reactor Shutdowns’
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power station in the US state of California. Image courtesy PG&E.
California is at risk of a 15.5-million-tonne increase in cumulative global warming emissions between now and 2030 if the state’s regulator, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), does not aggressively plan to replace Diablo Canyon’s nuclear generation with clean energy resources, according to a Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) study.

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