Diablo Canyon’s Fate: California’s Nuclear Fight, Grid Reliability, and China’s Energy Strategy | The Nemeth Report Interview with Dr. Gene Nelson

Dr. Gene Nelson, longtime advocate for keeping Diablo Canyon Power Plant open, joins Dr. Tammy Nemeth on The Nemeth Report podcast to discuss the high-stakes battle over California’s last nuclear plant. With the NRC having approved operation into the mid-2040s and Governor Newsom leaving further extension to the next administration, what happens if Diablo Canyon closes in 2030? We examine California’s reliability challenges, net-zero timelines, and the strategic contrast with China—drawing on insights from Michael Pillsbury’s Hundred-Year Marathon, Joseph Fournier’s analysis of coal as sovereign power, Patricia Adams on China’s climate diplomacy, and critiques of net-zero policies by Robert Bryce and others. Essential listening on energy security, nuclear power, and national competitiveness.

You can find out more about Dr. Nelson, Diablo Canyon, and his work here:

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Michael Pillsbury, The 100 Year Marathon

Joseph Fournier: "North American LNG Won't Displace Asia's Coal," July 31, 2026 https://josephfournier.substack.com/p/north-american-lng-wont-displace?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web  

"Beijing’s Excalibur: Coal as China’s Weapon of Sovereign Power" https://josephfournier.substack.com/p/beijings-excalibur-coal-as-chinas?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web  

Patricia Adams: “China’s Energy Dream,” https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2021/12/Adams-Chinas-Energy-Dream.pdf

“The Red and the Green: China’s Useful Idiots,”

https://www.thegwpf.org/content/uploads/2020/12/Green-reds.pdf