Why California May Go Nuclear
&gt; Diablo generates 9% of California’s electricity and 20% of its clean, carbon-free electricity.<p>It&#x27;s remarkable that one nuclear plant generates 9% of the electricity for the entire state of California, and that they would have ever considered closing it (unless absolutely necessary).<p>Build a few more of those over time and California has no power concerns for the next 50-60 years combined with the expansion of other renewables. Even being conservative with their current budget they could safely put a few billion dollars per year into building new nuclear power plants.<p>Even better, build to surplus and begin exporting that green nuclear energy to other states.