San Diego County Wades into Nuclear Waste Dilemma

摘要

Concerns over nuclear waste generated by the now-defunct San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station expressed by environmental activists for years took another turn in the spotlight on July 20, as local activist attorney Mike Aguirre called attention to what he terms "SCUD," or Southern California Uranium Dump. County supervisors are considering a $1.6 million agreement with San Onofre operator Southern California Edison to provide offsite emergency planning in the event of an on-site catastrophe. The specter for such an event looms as long as spent nuclear fuel, which remains highly volatile for millions of years, remains stored at the former power-generating facility.