> Environmentalists want the plants to remain closed because they use fossil fuels and are cooled using seawater, endangering marine life. They're currently ru

> Environmentalists want the plants to remain closed because they use fossil fuels and are cooled using seawater, endangering marine life. They're currently running, but scheduled (from about a decade ago) to retire at the end of this calendar year. However recently (and prior to the rolling blackouts), several have had their retirement pushed out a year.