{"id":2901,"date":"2025-02-08T21:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seanvwork.com\/blog\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2025-02-08T21:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T21:28:11","slug":"why-california-needs-more-nuclear-power-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seanvwork.com\/blog\/why-california-needs-more-nuclear-power-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Why California Needs More Nuclear Power Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California has the highest population of any state in the United States. It even has a higher population than most countries. At 39 million people, California uses A LOT of energy.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, California is on a solid trajectory of electrification. Meaning, it&#8217;s looking like the plan is to get everyone to switch to electric appliances as well as build infrastructure for more electric cars.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lucky for California, it&#8217;s a pretty sunny state and it generates a good amount of solar power every day. <strong>But it&#8217;s not enough<\/strong>. Here are some videos showing what I mean:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California Electric Power Generation &amp; Supply 9\/4\/2024 - Burning Lots of Natural Gas!\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dOks8G9eJJk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/seanvwork.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California Electrical Supply June 22 2024. Renewables can&#039;t beat this summer heat.\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mY_eBmUJn7Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/seanvwork.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"California Electric Power Generation May 1st Through May 5th - How Are Renewables Doing?\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAYpSUVxvn8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/seanvwork.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If we really want to power California with clean energy and make sure we have enough of it to power EVERYTHING we need (homes, vehicles, industry), then we&#8217;re going to need some help from nuclear power. BUT hold on!. Nuclear power solves a couple of other problems the state is facing at the moment..<\/p>\n<h2>1. Battery Storage Problems<\/h2>\n<p>Unfortunately, the planet as a whole are noobs at battery storage. We just started implementing this technology and it&#8217;s far from perfect. Just this month a battery storage facility in Moss Landing, California erupted in flames and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-01-29\/heavy-metals-found-in-monterey-estuary-after-moss-landing-lithium-battery-fire\">caused a huge environmental disaster<\/a>. Yikes.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been screaming the solution to this specific problem: Iron-Air batteries. We don&#8217;t need lithium-ion batteries for energy storage. <a href=\"https:\/\/formenergy.com\/technology\/battery-technology\/\">Check out Form Energy for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How does nuclear power help here<\/u><\/strong>: Until we figure out how to do energy storage well, it would be a good idea to have a lot of clean base load energy. Nuclear power can provide 24-7 CO2-free electric power. And lots of it.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting thing nuclear can do here is keep batteries charged when it&#8217;s not sunny. I suppose it would be a good idea to keep your batteries always topped off?<\/p>\n<h2>2. Lack of Water Problems<\/h2>\n<p>California is notorious for suffering from droughts. Half the state is a desert. And over the past ten years, we just haven&#8217;t had enough water on hand. We did have one good rainy season a couple years back and that helped. But the norm for California is to be water deficient.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to have all reservoirs filled up and topped off 365 days a year? <strong><em>Especially during fire season?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How does nuclear power help here<\/u><\/strong>: Nuclear power can run desalination plants during off-peak hours to provide water for reservoirs and provide the power to pump the water to where it&#8217;s needed. It&#8217;s really dumb that we don&#8217;t do this already.<\/p>\n<h3>Side Note: What Do We Do With All The Salt?<\/h3>\n<p>A byproduct of desalination is salt. And if you&#8217;re desalinating a lot of water, you&#8217;re going to be creating a lot of salt. What do you do with it? I suppose you can sell it to salt or chemical companies. Or you could use it to make sodium-ion batteries for energy storage ;).<\/p>\n<h2>Wait! Isn&#8217;t Nuclear Power Dangerous?<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Death per TWh by energy source: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HA5w0IBA6q\">http:\/\/t.co\/HA5w0IBA6q<\/a> ( <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/science?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#science<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/data?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#data<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nuclear?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nuclear<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/thorium?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#thorium<\/a> ) <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/AxN8qr1YEe\">pic.twitter.com\/AxN8qr1YEe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Work (@seanvwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanvwork\/status\/543503935697203200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Not only is nuclear one of the safest energy sources, it&#8217;s also getting safer. Recent nuclear technology is WAY different than the reactors of the 1960s. They&#8217;re smaller and have better safety systems. It&#8217;s time we use this technology instead of ramping it down like we have been in California.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_Station_2014-07-09.jpg\">San O<\/a><\/p>\n<b><i>Share This Content:<\/i><\/b><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" 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