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San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Still Offline as Summer Nears
With San Onofre nuclear power plant shut down until "a serious issue" of leaking tubes has been resolved, how likely are rolling blackouts? Is the plant earthquake safe?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe San Onofre nuclear power plant is shut down and likely to remain so, at least until what's officially called "a serious issue" of leaking tubes has been resolved. If there's a summer heat wave, will some big power users have to shut down? How likely are rolling blackouts? Is San Onofre earthquake safe, with a location resembling Fukushima Daichi? Also, stars of the past meet the new owners at Dodger Stadium. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, public education and private profit.
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Three men walked to a platform in center field at Dodger Stadium today and broadcaster Vin Scully announced, "It's time now to meet the group that will take the Dodgers higher than the Sistine Chapel.
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At San Onofre , on the coast near the boundary of Orange and San Diego Counties, both nuclear generators have been shut down since January.
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