California water regulators approve state permits for Diablo Canyon
California officials on Thursday adopted the final two state permits that California’s last operating nuclear power plant needed to continue operating through 2030. The Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board approved a certification that Diablo Canyon’s waste discharges comply with the Clean Water Act and a permit regulating how the plant discharges water from its cooling system back into the Pacific Ocean. Pacific Gas & Electric, which operates the plant, celebrated the decision.
