Keeping California’s Last Nuclear Plant Can Save Money, Climate: MIT-Stanford Study
- PG&E’s Diablo Canyon nuclear plant scheduled to close in 2025
- Researchers say keeping it open could cut emissions and costs
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California’s last nuclear power plant, scheduled to close in 2025, could aid the fight against climate change, cut energy costs and provide water to the parched state if allowed to stay open, according to a new study.
The findings won the support of former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who in a web presentation said countries prematurely shutting down nuclear plants ended up using more fossil fuels instead.