Nuclear Energy & Nuclear Issues
Nuclear Energy In California
In 2010, nuclear provided almost 14 percent of the entire California power mix (which includes out of state imports). As of mid-2012, California had one operating nuclear power plant: Diablo Canyon (2,160 megawatts), near San Luis Obispo. The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) (2,150 megawatts), about midway between Los Angeles and San Diego, went offline in January 2012 and was ordered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to stay offline while tubing wear issues were investigated. Nuclear units at both plants use ocean water for cooling.
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.
- More about Nuclear Energy in California
- General Info About Nuclear Power
- Japan earthquake and nuclear emergency
- Special NRC Oversight at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station: Steam Generator Tube Degradation
Energy Commission Reports
Assembly Bill 1632 Report - Nuclear Power Plant Assessment (Docket # 07-AB-1632). Report was adopted November 20, 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!)
2011 Integrated Energy Policy Report.
Issues
Diablo Canyon - Double Fault: PBS Looks at Nuclear Safety at PGE's Diablo Canyon - Article by California Watch, July 15, 2011
U.S. D.O.E. Shipments of Transuranic Waste to the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico
- Federal Shipments of Transuranic Radioactive Waste in California (July, 2012)
- 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).
- Western Governors' Association
- 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).
- Reports to Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
- 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).
Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Energy Main Page
- Nuclear Energy in California
- Diablo Canyon Safety Committee
- Nuclear Energy: An Overview
- Nuclear Energy in Other Countries
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California Radiation Control Laws and Regulations and Low-Level Radioactive Waste
(Department of Health Services Radiologic Health Branch) -
Nuclear Emergency Response Program
(Department of Health Services Environmental Management Branch) - Nuclear Power in California (California Emergency Management Agency)
