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Nuclear Waste in California: A Timeline
California's Nuclear Waste Legacy
California's history of nuclear waste and the political battle on how and where it should be stored.
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954
President Eisenhower signs The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 giving the civilian nuclear power program more access to nuclear technology
Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant
PG&E constructs the first commercial nuclear plant in California. The unit generates 65 megawatts.
PG&E completes Humboldt Bay’s dry cask storage
160 metric tons of spent fuel at Humboldt Bay Nuclear Reactor’s is transferred to the dry cask storage site.
Rancho Seco Nuclear Reactor goes online
Sacramento Municipal Utility District brings the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant online. The plant generates 900 Megawatts of power
SMUD completes Rancho Seco’s dry cask storage
202 metric tons of spent fuel at Rancho Seco were placed in dry storage at the onsite Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI)
“...The Yucca Mountain Project Must Go Forward”
Yucca Mountain Development Act
President Bush and Congress approve of Yucca Mountain as a viable repository site for high-level nuclear waste and spent fuel. The DOE spent $8.5 billion in its study of Yucca Mountain, including transportation and defense logistics.
San Onofre Nuclear Reactor, Unit One, goes online
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, located on the coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, starts producing energy commercially from a single reactor. Southern California Edison jointly owns this reactor with San Diego Gas & Electric. This unit produces 436 megawatts
Nuclear Regulatory Commission is created
The Energy Reogranization Act of 1974 splinters tasks from the Atomic Energy Commission and establishes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the primary federal agency regulating commercial nuclear power plants
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
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