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San Clemente, CA and Toledo, OH -- Southern California Edison announced Friday it would permanently shutdown the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant.
The move comes 17 months after the San Onofre plant was idled because of problems in steam generator systems.
Read MoreSan Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was permanently closed today, Southern California Edison announced. “I didn’t think Edison would throw in the towel so early,” Arnie Gunderson, a 40-year former nuclear industry engineer and co-founder of the anti-nuclear nonprofit Fairewinds Energy Education Corp, said Friday at an impromptu press conference held on the frontage road at San Onofre where the two nuclear power generating domes loomed in the background.
Read MoreUpdate 10 a.m. Edison International Chairman Ted Craver told reporters Friday that closing the troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station would take decades, cost a lot, leave hundreds unemployed and result in spent nuclear fuel that would be stored "for a very long time" directly on the plant's current site.
Read MoreThe San Onofre nuclear plant will be closing down for good, its operator Southern California Edison announced Friday. The decision comes 16 months after a small radiation leak at the plant, which later spawned allegations that Edison misled regulators about equipment in order to avoid safety regulations.
Read MoreI think Edison deserves credit for making a wise decision to permanently close the San Onofre nuclear plant.
Read MoreArnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates is a nuclear expert hired by activists as part of their campaign to shut down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
Read MoreOn today's podcast, host Nathaniel White-Joyal and Fairewinds Chief Engineer Arnie Gundersen talk with renowned diplomat Akio Matsumura and Fairewinds board member Chiho Kaneko about nuclear power and the effects of the Fukushima disaster on the Japanese people today.
Read MoreAs Southern California weighs the fate of the crippled San Onofre nuclear plant, the former prime minister who led Japan through the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered a warning Tuesday in San Diego that the true dangers and costs of nuclear power have not been addressed. Since stepping down as prime minister in August 2011, Naoto Kan has evolved into an advocate for renewable energy.
Read MoreFairewinds Energy Education is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to furthering public understanding of nuclear power and nuclear safety related issues.
