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Last California plant to close as nuclear power struggles

June 21, 2016/

Rooftop solar panels and churning wind turbines are hastening the demise of U.S. nuclear power plants and the safety fears and high operating costs they bring.

The latest example is California’s Diablo Canyon twin-reactor facility.

By ellen knickmeyer, associated press

Full Story: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/california-closing-nuclear-plant-decades-40014195

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It’s the first new U.S. nuclear reactor in decades. And climate change has made that a very big deal. http://www.matr.net/article-72088.html

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