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San Onofre: Is nuclear waste being stored safely?

Season 3 Episode 7 | 24m 23sVideo has Closed Captions

San Onofre stopped producing electricity in 2012, but the nuclear waste remains.

San Onofre stopped producing electricity in 2012, but the nuclear waste remains, and it is in the process of being stored on the beach there in hundreds of buried concrete canisters. Critics are worried about earthquakes and erosion and believe the canisters can leak deadly radiation before it can be discovered.

09/15/2016 | Rating NR

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Studio SoCal is a local public television program presented by PBS SoCal

Studio SoCal

San Onofre: Is nuclear waste being stored safely?

Season 3 Episode 7 | 24m 23sVideo has Closed Captions

San Onofre stopped producing electricity in 2012, but the nuclear waste remains, and it is in the process of being stored on the beach there in hundreds of buried concrete canisters. Critics are worried about earthquakes and erosion and believe the canisters can leak deadly radiation before it can be discovered.

09/15/2016 | Rating NR

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