Article 2PSMR Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste Near California Beach

Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste Near California Beach

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Environmental activists in California are fighting plans to store 3.6 million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste on a popular beach in San Diego County. In 2012, a radioactive leak at the San Onofre nuclear power plant forced an emergency shutdown. The plant was fully closed by June 2013. Now residents are fighting the permit issued by the California Coastal Commission to store the millions of pounds of nuclear waste in thin, stainless steel canisters, within 100 feet of the ocean. We speak to Ray Lutz, founder of Citizens' Oversight, which has filed a lawsuit challenging the expansion of the nuclear waste storage facility.

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