Basic Facts:
- Location: Avila Beach, California
- Owner: PG&E Corporation
- Operator: Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Construction Cost: $14B (2018$)
- Plant Output: 2,250 MW
- Property Size: 1,000 acres
- Scheduled Shut Down: Unit 1 (2024) and Unit 2 (2025)
- Employees: 1,300
- Current DTF Balance: $2.9B (2018$)
- DTF Balance Prior to Decommissioning: $4.5B (2018$)
- Decommissioning Cost Estimate: $1.0B (2018$)
- Spent Nuclear Fuel On Site: 1,388 tons
Background
Diablo Canyon 1 and 2 are both pressurized water reactors coming online in 1985 and 1986 respectively. In 2016, PG&E announced that the operating licenses would not be renewed when they expire in 2024 (for Unit 1) and in 2025 (for Unit 2). Additional information on Diablo Canyon’s decommissioning planning efforts may be found here.
Socioeconomics
Diablo Canyon is located within San Luis Obispo County, California. As of 2016:
- Population: 280,000
- Per Capita Annual Income: $51,400
- Unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted): 3.6%
Annual tax payments (approximately $15M) from Diablo Canyon account for approximately 6% of the county’s annual budget.
Contact Information
Economic Development Administration Representative:
- Wilfred Marshall, Los Angeles Regional Office, t: (310) 348-5386, e: wmarshall@eda.gov
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Victor Dricks, Sr. Public Affairs Officer, t: (817) 200-1128, e: victor.dricks@nrc.gov
- Diablo Canyon 1, Diablo Canyon 2
Unless specific costing information has been provided, decommissioning costs were derived from 2017 Decommissioning Funding Status Report.
Information herein obtained from public sources. Corrections are welcome and may be directed to info@decommissioningcollaborative.org.
Additional Information
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Opinion: An open letter regarding the future of Diablo Canyon
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NRC meeting in SLO to cover new nuclear plant decommissioning rules
NRC meeting in SLO to cover new nuclear plant decommissioning rules Apr. 22-Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will hold an in-person public meeting May 4 in San Luis Obispo to present the agency’s proposed regulations for nuclear power plants moving from operating status to decommissioning. The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.
Diablo Canyon will go offline in 3 years — here’s what will happen to its recent spent fuel Read more at: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article260179535.html#storylink=cpy
Diablo Canyon will go offline in 3 years – here’s what will happen to its recent spent fuel Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is roughly three years away from its scheduled closure, and decommissioning activities are ongoing – including deciding how the most recent nuclear waste will be dealt with once the plant goes offline […]
Diablo Canyon supporters rally in SLO to keep nuclear power plant open
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Stanford/MIT Study: Keeping Diablo Nuclear Plant Open Would Save Billions, Help Meet Emissions Goals
Stanford/MIT Study: Keeping Diablo Nuclear Plant Open Would Save Billions, Help Meet Emissions Goals – California Globe A new Stanford University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study released on Monday found that an extending the life of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant past it’s planned 2025 closure date would help the state greatly reduce carbon emissions […]
Devin Nunes wants to keep Diablo Canyon open. PG&E says its plans haven’t changed
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