Apr. 8, 2026
Is California ready to revisit nuclear?
California's 50-year moratorium on new nuclear power plants is facing fresh scrutiny as rising energy demand, climate goals and a conflict-driven oil shock push policymakers to reconsider whether the decades-old ban still makes sense.
A 50-year-old California law effectively banning new nuclear power plants is being reconsidered, as policymakers confront a changing energy landscape that is forcing a reassessment of its role in meeting climate and reliability goals.
The state has effectively barred new nuclear plants since the 1970s law, when lawmakers tied approval to a federally approved solution for nuclear waste disposal -- a condition that has never been met.
A legal challenge to the statute by Pa...
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