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Six. Four of them are decommissioned and not producing power:
* Vallecitos Nuclear Power Plant (Pleasanton) - decommissioned in 1967. The plant is in SAFSTOR mode and all nuclear fuel has been removed from the site. Owned by Pacific Gas & Electric and General Electric (PG&E/GE).
* Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant (Eureka) - decommissioned in 1976 because a seismic retrofit was prohibitively expensive and could not be justified. The plant is in SAFSTOR mode but still has nuclear fuel rods in water pools on site. It is scheduled for dismantling (DECON) in 2015. Owned by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
* Santa Susana Sodium Nuclear Power Experimental (Ventura County) - damaged in a partial core meltdown accident in 1959 and subsequently dismantled by DECON protocol in 1964. This was an experimental reactor design that used sodium instead of water to cool the reactor. Owned by Southern California Edison (SCE).
* Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant (Sacramento area) - closed down in 1989 as a result of public referendum. DECON dismantling scheduled to begin in 2008. Owned by Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
Two are actively producing power. They are:
* San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS, between LA and San Diego) - owned and operated by San Diego Gas & Electric (PG&E)
* Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (San Luis Obispo) - owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).
SAFSTOR:
A method of decommissioning in which a nuclear facility is placed and maintained in a condition that allows the facility to be safely stored and subsequently decontaminated (deferred decontamination) to levels that permit release for unrestricted use. Often considered "delayed DECON," a nuclear facility is maintained and monitored in a condition that allows the radioactivity to decay; afterward, it is dismantled.
DECON:
Under DECON (immediate dismantlement), soon after the nuclear facility closes, equipment, structures, and portions of the facility containing radioactive contaminants are removed or decontaminated to a level that permits release of the property and termination of the NRC license.
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Approx. 18 % of the total electric energy obtained.
What type of energy does California use?
Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal, Hydro-electric, Wind, Solar, Biomass
How much of nuclear energy can you use?
Enough to end all life as we know it...
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All material uses nuclear energy.
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The use of nuclear reactors to generate electricity is?
The use of nuclear energy
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we use nuclear because it helps save energy
What nuclear reaction is currently used to produce nuclear energy in nuclear reactors?
We use nuclear fission in nuclear reactors to tap nuclear energy.
Where do you use nuclear energy?
In nuclear fission reactors
Describe the energy of nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fusion has not yet been achieved on Earth but it is the process by which the un and stars are believed to gain their energy. At the moment nuclear reactors use nuclear fission, which is the splitting of radioactive nucleii. Nuclear fussion is the combining, or the fusion, of atoms which would release much much more energy. Many scientists believe that this is the way we need to go to solve the energy crisis.
Is the use of nuclear energy to conserve energy feasible?
If you use nuclear energy in place of fossil fuels, you are conserving the fossil fuel, that is reducing the amount you use.
