Murray Jennex

San Diego State University

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Associate Professor at San Diego State University, he spent 20 years in the nuclear power industry.

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It's illegal to build any new nuclear plants in California, but two are already in place, generating a huge amount of the state's electricity.

California's Earthquake-Prone Nuclear Reactors

It's illegal to build any new nuclear plants in California, but two are already in place, generating a huge amount of the state's electricity.

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