Visiting Cayucos area site of test drilling by state engineers are three members of the Morro Bay-Cayucos Joint Atomic-Seawater Reclamation Committee (left to right) Joe Giannini, Jack Lindemann and chairman Duval Williams.
January 9, 1966
The Atomic Age was on the march. Three years earlier Cal Poly had installed a micro wattage demonstration reactor. In nine months PG&E would announce their choice of Diablo Canyon as the location for their multi-unit nuclear plant.
Why not a nuclear fired electric plant in Cayucos?
Governor Pat Brown was in the midst of an ambitious construction cycle to bring water to southern California. President Lyndon Johnson was spending money on his Great Society programs. In a year one would be out of office and the other would be sinking in the mire of the Vietnam 
War but for a brief time there was a nuclear-fueled gleam in north coast booster’s eyes.
Quoting from the uncredited article:
CAYUCOS — Test drilling began this week near here to determine if this area is a suitable site for an atomic power facility.
Under direction of a state geologist, Cliff Farrell, corings were being taken to see how earthquake-proof and stable a site north of Cayucos is.Cayucos is one of five California sites under consideration for a $100 million joint California-federal nuclear powered electrical station.
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