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CoopersDad

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6. Thanks for the detailed information!
Tue Apr 2, 2024, 06:09 PM
Apr 2024

Last July my wife and I had lunch with Congressman Panetta, a silent auction prize but we connect frequently.
He asked my opinion about nuclear energy, Diablo is just outside of his district, but he still asked if I thought SMRs were a good idea and ready for prime time. I said SMRs make sense, small and distributed, lower risk, etc., and are a maturing technology but couldn't name any operational sites.
I'm friends with Assemblymember Addis and live in her district and Diablo is in her district as well as a planned grid-scale battery facility to coordinate, eventually, with a Morro Bay offshore wind project, for better or worse.

Here in Santa Cruz County nuclear is still a shocking concept but becoming less so, I think.

Thanks again for your high quality discussions.

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