Cheaper renewables and natural gas began edging out nuclear generation; the San Onofre nuclear plant near San Diego shut down in 2012, and Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo was slated for retirement ...

APS, which operates Palo Verde, will spearhead the effort. Smaller modular nuclear reactors are among the possibilities, perhaps to be located on the site of an abandoned coal plant. The five ...

The employee was on his way to work at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in ... Before you get to that reactor, you have to get through a whole lot of security," he said.