California’s last nuclear plant to stave off extinction

Still relevant: An employee vacuums the turbine deck inside the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Avila Beach, California. The plant is primed for a 20-year extension, coinciding with the age of AI. — Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: California’s last-running nuclear plant barely escaped extinction in 2022.

The cost of operating it has become a source of tension amid a worsening affordability crisis. And the state has a moratorium on new nuclear power.