Nuclear’s $6 Billion Bailout Likely to Help Only Diablo Canyon

Sept. 7, 2022, 9:30 AM UTC

A $6 billion credit program was a centerpiece win for the nuclear industry in last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill—a move aimed to prevent the imminent closure of zero-emissions power plants that struggled to compete with low natural gas prices in the 2010s.

Now, the Energy Department is unlikely to find plants to sign up.

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