Rising Sea Levels at SONGS Need Safer Storage FB1

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Aerial view of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, in California, showing ocean 108 feet from canisters of stored nuclear waste. The text says, “Rising sea levels threaten San Onofre nuclear waste cans.”

Rising sea levels due to climate change threaten the nuclear waste at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Plant (SONGS). Yet NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and Edison say the Holtec International thin-wall cans filled with radioactive waste are safe. #NRC, #NuclearRegulatoryCommission, #NuclearWaste, #RadioactiveWaste #Holtec #Holtec International #climate change