Hauv Kev Yeej Loj Rau Nuclear, California Cov Neeg Tsim Cai Lij Choj Pov Npav Kom Txuag Diablo Canyon

Qee lub sij hawm qhov tseeb thiab rationality yeej. Thaum sawv ntxov no, California cov neeg tsim cai lij choj tau tshaj tawm tsab cai lij choj uas yuav ua kom California qhov kawg kev ua haujlwm nuclear fais fab nroj tsuag, Diablo Canyon Power Plant, qhib thiab ua haujlwm kom txog rau thaum 2030. Lub 2,250-megawatt cog, uas tsim tawm. ntau tshaj 16 terawatt-teev hluav taws xob xyoo tas los, lossis ze li ntawm 9% ntawm lub xeev cov kev xav tau hluav taws xob, tau teem sijhawm kaw rau xyoo 2025.

Txoj cai ntawm daim nqi yog qhov loj, thiab xav tau ntau, yeej rau cov neeg siv khoom, cov neeg tawm tswv yim nuclear, thiab kev nyab xeeb. Nws tseem yog ib qho kev ceeb toom ntev ntev rau cov pab pawg tawm tsam nuclear uas tau thawb rau kev kaw ntxov ntxov ntawm cov nroj tsuag.

Daim nqi, uas yuav tsum tau kos npe rau hauv txoj cai lij choj los ntawm Gov. Gavin Newsom, suav nrog $ 1.4 nphom nyiaj qiv nyiaj zam txim rau Diablo Canyon tus tswv, Pacific Gas & Electric. Txoj cai ntawm daim nqi no yog ib qho kev hloov pauv rau lub zog hluav taws xob hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tshaj li 18 lub hlis dhau los los yog li ntawd, ob lub chaw tsim hluav taws xob nuclear - Palisades hauv Michigan thiab Indian Point hauv New York - tau raug kaw ntxov ntxov. Thaum cov chaw tsim hluav taws xob hauv tsev tau raug kaw, cov hluav taws xob uas lawv tsim tau raug hloov los ntawm cov hluav taws xob hluav taws xob hluav taws xob, uas ua rau muaj nqi ntau dua thiab ntau dua emissions.

Qhov ntawd yog qhov tshwm sim hauv New York tom qab Indian Point kaw. Xyoo 2021, qhov nruab nrab cov nqi muag khoom hluav taws xob hauv New York yog $47.59 ib megawatt-teev. Qhov ntawd yog ze li ob npaug ntawm tus nqi ntawm xyoo 2020. Vim li cas tus nqi nce? Cov lus teb yog pom tseeb: lub xeev txoj kab sib chaws tau dhau los ua kev cia siab rau cov pa roj carbon monoxide, uas tau nce siab ntawm tus nqi. Raws li tus neeg saib xyuas kev lag luam ywj pheej uas ua haujlwm rau New York Independent System Operator, lub koom haum uas tswj hwm lub xeev cov phiaj xwm hluav taws xob, cov nqi hluav taws xob "feem ntau nce ntxiv. raws li qhov tshwm sim ntawm cov nyiaj laus ntawm Indian Point.”Emissions kuj dhia. Lub zog-sector emissions hauv New York tag nrho 28.5 lab tons hauv 2021, nce 4.5 lab tons piv rau 2019, ua ntej cov nroj tsuag kaw ntxov ntxov.

Kev txav mus los cawm Diablo Canyon yog qhov yeej loj rau lub zog tiag tiag. Kev pov npav tau tshwm sim nyob rau tib lub sijhawm lub xeev - uas tau muaj teeb meem los ntawm kev tsaus ntuj thiab nce nqi hluav taws xob - yog nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lwm qhov teeb meem hluav taws xob. Hnub Wednesday, California Independent System Operator tau tshaj tawm a "flex alert" hu rau "kev yeem txuag hluav taws xob” CAISO kuj tau hais kom cov neeg siv khoom tsis txhob them lawv lub tsheb hluav taws xob thaum lub sijhawm xav tau siab tshaj.

Hnub ua ntej kev pov npav, Elliot Mainzer, tus thawj tswj hwm thiab CEO ntawm CAISO, xa tsab ntawv mus rau Newsomuas tau hais tias Diablo Canyon yuav tsum qhib vim tias nws muab "kev txhawb nqa tseem ceeb rau daim phiaj thaum yav tsaus ntuj thaum lub hnub ci tsis ua haujlwm ... lub luag haujlwm txhawb kev pabcuam hluav taws xob txhim khu kev qha. "

Txoj cai lij choj ntawm Senate Bill 846 kuj tseem xa tawm qhov tsim nyog spanking rau NGOs - suav nrog Union of Concerned Scientists, Friends of the Earth, thiab Natural Resources Defense Council - uas tau thawb kom kaw Diablo Canyon. Tau ntau xyoo, cov pab pawg thiab lwm tus tau koom nrog qhov tsuas yog hu ua kev tshaj tawm xov xwm tsis tseeb uas tso siab rau kev ntshai thiab cov ntaub ntawv tsis zoo los ua pov thawj qhov kev kaw ntawm Diablo Canyon. Tu siab kawg, qhov kev ntshai ntawd tseem muaj ntxiv mus. Tom qab daim nqi dhau mus, National Public Radio hais txog Juliet Christian-Smith, tus thawj coj hauv cheeb tsam ntawm Union of Concerned Scientists, leej twg tau thov tias av qeeg uas tshwm sim ntawm Diablo Canyon tuaj yeem "ua rau ntau dua $ 100 nphom hauv kev puas tsuaj thiab 10,000 tus neeg mob qog noj ntshav." NPR tom qab ntawd hais rau nws hais tias daim nqi "tsis quav ntsej cov nroj tsuag ib puag ncig cuam tshuam thiab muaj kev cuam tshuam rau av qeeg," thiab hais tias "kev nyab xeeb tsis tuaj yeem nqa lub rooj zaum rov qab hauv peb txoj kev nrhiav kom lub teeb ci thiab txo qis hluav taws xob hauv ntiaj teb."

Thaum kawg, txoj cai ntawm tsab cai lij choj yog qhov kev yeej tseem ceeb rau ntau pab pawg thiab cov neeg txhawb nqa nuclear uas tau tawm tsam ntau xyoo kom Diablo Canyon qhib. Ib feem ntawm cov neeg thiab cov pab pawg uas tsim nyog tau txais kev qhuas suav nrog tus kws sau ntawv thiab yav dhau los tus neeg sib tw California gubernatorial Michael Shellenberger thiab nws cov npoj yaig ntawm Kev Loj Hlob hauv ib puag ncig, Carl Wurtz thiab nws cov npoj yaig ntawm Californians rau Green Nuclear Power, thiab Heather Hoff thiab lwm tus niam ntawm Niam rau Nuclear. Tsis tas li ntawd, ua kev zoo siab rau Ted Nordhaus, Jonah Messinger, Adam Stein, thiab lwm tus neeg ntawm lub koom haum Breakthrough, uas tau tawm tsam los tiv thaiv kev kaw thiab tso tawm blistering kev thuam ntawm tsab ntawv ceeb toom ua los ntawm Cov Phooj Ywg ntawm Lub Ntiaj Teb hauv 2016 uas tau siv los ua pov thawj qhov kev kaw ntawm Diablo Canyon.

Ua ntej ua tiav, ceeb toom: daim nqi tsuas yog ncua lub neej ntawm Diablo Canyon mus txog 2030. Qhov ntawd tsis ntev txaus. Yog tias California tseem ceeb txog kev txo qis nws cov emissions thiab ua kom lub teeb ci, nws yuav tsum ua kom Diablo Canyon qhib rau ntau xyoo lawm. Nws tseem yuav tsum tsim cov nroj tsuag tshiab nuclear. Thiab nws yuav tsum tau pib tam sim no. Tab sis rau hnub no, nws yog lub sij hawm los ua kev zoo siab.