A nuclear plant shut down by a vote of the people in the 1980s will find new life as a solar project.
Ed Joyce reports that the former site of the Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station, located southeast of Sacramento in California, will be the site of a utility-scale solar project.
According to Joyce, the "Sacramento Municipal Utility District, or SMUD, approved construction of a solar facility and a 20-year agreement with First Solar, which will own the plant." The project is expected to begin sending electricity to the grid in September 2016.
FULL STORY: Solar Project Planned At Former California Nuclear Power Plant Site
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