Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Energy & Nuclear Issues

Nuclear Energy In California

Nuclear power plants in California produced 35,692 gigawatt hours of electricity in 2007. Additionally, 9,164 GWh of nuclear-generated electricity was imported into California. The total of 44,856 GWh, represents 14.8 percent of electricity from all sources in 2007.

The total dependable capacity of California's nuclear-supplied power is more than 5,300 megawatts, including the two operating nuclear power facilities in California and portions of nuclear facilities in other states owned by California electricity companies.

Oversight for nuclear energy rests with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which regulates U.S. commercial nuclear power plants and the civilian use of nuclear materials.

Energy Commission Reports

Assembly Bill 1632 Report - Nuclear Power Plant Assessment (Docket # 07-AB-1632). Report is slated for adoption in November 2008.

Nuclear Power in California: 2007 Status Report - Final Consultant Report, publication No. CEC-100-2007-005-F. Posted October 17, 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 332 pages, 4.4 megabytes - note size!)

Nuclear Power In California: Status Report - Final Consultant Report, publication No. CEC-150-2006-001-F. Posted March 7, 2006. (Acrobat PDF, 198 pages, 2.7 megabytes - note size!)

2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report.

Issues

U.S. D.O.E. Shipments of Transuranic Waste to the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico

Fact Sheet on Proposal (Updated 12/1/2004)
Letter to Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management from James D. Boyd, California Energy Commissioner, and D.O. Helmick, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol. Dated December 23, 2003. (Posted: January 7, 2004, Acrobat PDF file, 3 pages, 20 kilobytes).
Link to Western Governors' Association and letters it has sent.
U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein's News Release on Postponement of Shipments July 9, 2003.
Letter to Ms. Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management from James D. Boyd, California Energy Commissioner, and D.O. Helmick, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol. Dated July 2, 2003. (Posted: July 10, 2003, Acrobat PDF file, 4 pages, 18 kilobytes).
U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein's Comments on Shipments July 3, 2003.
Western Governors Association Letter dated July 8, 2003. (Links to WGA website: www.westgov.org/wga/testim/abraham7-8-03.pdf, Acrobat PDF file)
Letter to Ms. Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management from James D. Boyd, California Energy Commissioner, and D.O. Helmick, Commissioner, California Highway Patrol. Dated June 13, 2003. (Posted: July 10, 2003, Acrobat PDF file, 2 pages, 12 kilobytes).

Shipments of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Through California

Fact Sheet on Proposal (Updated 12/29/98)
Position Paper by former Energy Commission Chairman William J. Keese (May 1997)
Statement by Former Governor Pete Wilson - May 14, 1996 - "Wilson Criticizes Clinton Administration's Decision to Use Concord Naval Weapons Station As Port of Entry For Nuclear Waste"
News Release - Former State Attorney General Dan Lungren Issues Independent Review of Clinton Administration Plan to Ship Nuclear Fuel Rods - July 6, 1998