Reactors could produce hydrogen and help relieve state’s chronic water shortage
Delaying the shutdown of the two-unit Diablo Canyon nuclear power station in California by 10 years to 2035 could provide multiple benefits by simultaneously helping to stabilise the state’s electric grid, provide desalinated water to supplement the area’s chronic water shortages, and provide carbon-free hydrogen fuel for transportation, according to a report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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