[kidd]

Unit 2 closed due to a technicality (the license says that the plant must be able to operate at 100% power, but the plant wanted to run at 70% power on a shortened cycle to demonstrate that no new problems would occur). Unit 3 closed due to steam generators that required difficult repairs, or replacement, and the manufacturer (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) did not provide a warranty for replacement power.

[txrefugee]

With plentiful natural gas available in any state that is smart enough to permit fracking, nuclear power plants are obsolete.

[kidd]

The fearmongered version of this information can be found at:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-06-07/calif-dot-utility-says-it-will-retire-nuclear-plant

There was never a safety concern. This is a replacement power cost / uncertainty issue.

[SoCal Pubbie]

I'm shocked to hear this. Do I need the sarcasm tag?

[G Larry]

neighbor states should tell CA to screw off.

Restrictions to produce power in CA have forced them to rely on power generated out of state.

To hell with CA!

[OldNavyVet]

Earth is now in a Nuclear Age, and I’d say that humans will soon come up with more reliable nuclear plants.

[edpc]

If the structures are ever torn down, will it be considered an industrial mastectomy?

[Flycatcher]

The first concern of every good Californian should be on the welfare of the Spotted Owl. So the closing of this plant is a good thing. If ALL forms of modern energy collection could be removed from the state, then the path to paradise is assured.

And in case you're wondering what the SECOND concern of every good Californian should be, the answer is obvious:

MORE TAXPAYER-FUNDED HIGH-SPEED RAIL!!!!!!

[TheDon]

Bad news. Going to be an interesting summer.

[EricT.]

Good luck with those power bills.

[Carry_Okie]

Former SCE chair, founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, and former Commerce Secretary John Bryson set this process in motion. The goal of energy racketeering in California is to make money in carbon offsets.

[Dogbert41]

It’s going to be a long hot summer.

[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Another bonehead move by the liberals. We’ll all be throwing spears soon.

[factoryrat]

This would leave Diablo Canyon as the only nuke plant left in California. I guess California is going to have to get used to paying outrageous prices for electricity, and live with rationing of power and rolling blackouts. I live ten miles away from a hydroelectric dam, and my electric bill is dirt cheap, and I will encourage the locals to make sure it stays that way by supporting the local utility.

[Little Ray]

Isn’t the People’s Democratic Republic of California running a bit short in power generate capability?

[nascarnation]

We need a video with the the Electric Nazi:

“no juice for you!”

[cicero2k]

As long as they can replace with natural gas, combined cycle with 50% thermal efficiency; rate payers should actually save.

But to depend on one primary fuel source, that is not stored at the generating plant; is risky. Pipeline failures do occur and we know what it is like to make improvements on pipelines.

[Trentamj]

So, if I read the article correctly, the San Onofre Reactors were done-in by DC, as in the Washington DC-based Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC did not reject SCE's plan to restart Unit 2 at 70% because rejections can be legally appealed. Instead SCE was placed in legal and financial limbo through the politics of process-paralysis and deliberate bureaucratic slow-walking. As a result, I don't blame SCE for simply saying: "No mas!" '

[TexasTransplant]

California .... Please don’t ask Texas for any help ...

TT