California's last nuclear plant, owned by PG&E in Diablo Canyon, is set to be decommissioned by 2025, but Governor Newsom may be going back on that plan.

This comes at a time when public opinion on nuclear energy's role in fighting the climate crisis is shifting, with a recent poll from the L.A. Times and UC Berkeley finding that 44% of Californians actually favor building more nuclear reactors in the state.

For more on the nuclear elephant in the room, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Eric Thomas spoke to Daniel Kammen, professor of energy at UC Berkeley and Science Envoy for the U.S. State Department.