PG&E has lodged an application with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to extend the licence of the two-unit Diablo Canyon nuclear power station.
The move follows governor Gavin Newsom’s enactment of Senate Bill 846 which allows extended operations at the facility, to the north of Los Angeles near Avila Beach.
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