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No One Wins In The Nuclear Waste War

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No One Wins In The Nuclear Waste War

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SAN ONOFRE, Generating System is located south of San Clemente, California on the Pacific coast near the water’s edge. Work began on the San Onofre in 1964, and was commissioned in 1968. New steam generators were installed in 1983 and 1984. By the end of their third decade of service, their pipes were getting plugged up, and the units needed replacing. San Onofre had a radiation leak in 2012. It has not been usable since then. Billions of dollars were at stake when the plant failed.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) estimated a meltdown could have resulted in as many as 130,000 immediate deaths, 300,000 cancers and 600,000 genetic defects.

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Painting

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4 x 4

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Conversations of Consequence

Citation

Ruth Westreich, “No One Wins In The Nuclear Waste War,” Conversations of Consequence by Ruth Westreich, accessed May 19, 2025, https://biblio.csusm.edu/context-library-series/westreich/document/204.