California Embraces Nukes At Last

Despite its foresightful resistance to atomic might , the Golden State may soon be building several nuclear ability works – because they are environmentally favorable .

So why is the state where the phrase “ No Nukes ” became a rallying yell possibly allowing a slew of plants to be establish in the Central Valley , the Department of State ’s bone - dry , irrigated breadbasket ? It come down to the state ’s globular warming law , which command California to steeply increase — by 30 pct — in renewable energy by 2020 .

Thenew plancomes from the company Areva SA primarily owned by the government of France , where nuclear fission has been a mainstream power author for decade . They ’re turn with the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group .

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A state wreck by drought , endless budget problems as well as what seems like ceaseless political gridlock may be eager to seek anything . ( Besides increasing taxes , that is . )

“ I do n’t imagine these people are country hick as some citizenry in the medium have portrayed them , or even rabid pro - nuclear people , ” Jim Metropolus of Sierra Club California toldEE News . “ I certainly consider that the Fresno mathematical group is very serious , and maybe they have a prospect regardless of the law in California . ”

Picture of Cattenom Nuclear Power Station in France , via JEAN - CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP / Getty Images .

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