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    Which Way, L.A.?

    After San Onofre, What's Next?

    San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has two nuclear reactors under those big domes you see when you drive south of San Clemente on Interstate 5. Now that the power plant has been shut down , Southern California Edison needs new sources for one-fifth of Southern California's electrical power.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has two nuclear reactors under those big domes you see when you drive south of San Clemente on Interstate 5. Now that the power plant has been shut down, Southern California Edison needs new sources for one-fifth of Southern California's electrical power. It also has to get rid of the plant itself, including components that will be highly radioactive for a very long time.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Morgan Lee

      U-T San Diego

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      Dave Lochbaum

      Union of Concerned Scientists

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