California closing last nuclear plant after 3 decades

File: Aerial view of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant which sits on the edge of the Pacific Ocean at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California on March 17, 2011. Some of America's nuclear power plants loom near big city populations, or perch perilously close to earthquake fault lines. Others have aged past their expiration dates but keep churning anyway. President Barack Obama has demanded that the 104 nuclear reactors at 65 sites get a second look as scientists warn that current regulatory standards don't protect the US public from the kind of atomic fallout facing quake-hit Japan.
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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and environmental groups said Tuesday that the Diablo Canyon plant will close by 2025. The electricity it generated will come instead from solar and renewable energy.

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