Diablo Canyon

“It cost sixteen billion dollars to build both reactors. It went online in 1985. It's the state's single largest power station. It generates about eight to nine percent of total energy, about 20% of all the renewable energy in the state, at a cost of about six …”

“In the mid eighties dollars, the plant was built for 5.5 billion. So right around 2.4. Yeah. Unfortunately, in today's dollars, that's 6.4. But 6.4 is still half of 13, which is Vogel.”

“Unit one's current license expires November second of 2024. And it'll be really interesting to look at what's going on November third and fourth with our grid had we taken unit one off. So we're right there, right? unit two's current license expires in August…”

“We're sitting in you know, probably your three wood distance from two nuclear reactors that are banging out two and a half gigs of clean power.”

“Ironically, right, if you decommission Diablo, you know what the state does? It imports more coal-produced power.”

“So it would be utter madness and scientifically wrong. and I say that from 35 years in the industry as a nuclear engineer with confidence.”

“If we're going to build data centers in the state of California, as I was walking around here today, I was thinking to myself, they ought to be building data centers right here. You have plenty of excess land. And plugging them into these incredible, you know,…”

“This, the projects to replace, the renewable projects to replace Diablo have not made the progress that I think the state thought it would back in 2015, 20 16.”

“They built two nuclear reactors here. You know, this site was provisioned for six. For six reactors.”

“Nuclear's capacity factors, you said efficient, you know, their capacity factors, Diablo's, you know, upwards of 90%, right? And, ah, we have had our units run at 93, 94%. You can't mess with those numbers. We're available 24 seven, 365 days a year, rain or sh…”

“Gavin Newsom still has not signed the extension for Diablo Canyon beyond 2029. It's insane. We have to make that happen this year. It's 10% of California's green, clean power.”