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Nuclear waste at San Onofre sits in crumbling bluff as ocean nears
Original: Beside a Marine Corps surf break in San Diego County, 73 canisters of spent nuclear fuel sit buried in a crumbling coastal bluff, and the ocean is closing in
At San Onofre in San Diego County, beside a Marine Corps surf break, 73 canisters of spent nuclear fuel are stored in a coastal bluff that is eroding as the ocean moves closer. The situation has drawn renewed attention to risks of nuclear waste storage near a receding shoreline, with critics questioning why the spent fuel remains stranded at the seaside site.
Why now: Renewed concern that coastal erosion and rising seas could threaten the buried spent nuclear fuel.
San OnofreSan Diego CountyUS Marine CorpsSouthern California Edison
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