San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station won’t reopen
Activists who have fought for the closure of the plant cheer the news that it is being retired. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The plant has been shut down since January 2012 after radioactive steam was released into the atmosphere from a leak in one of its new steam generators. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The plant had been operating for four decades. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
San Onofre, one of only two nuclear power plants in California, had been in limbo for months as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission weighed a proposal by Southern California Edison to restart one of the units at less than full power to see if that alleviated the problems with unexpected wear in a new steam generator. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The decision not to reopen the plant means more than 1,100 workers will lose their jobs and left unanswered some daunting questions: How will the loss of San Onofre’s power be made up and who will ultimately pick up the tab for the costs? (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Lyn Harris Hicks, 85, has fought for three decades for the closure of the plant. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Activists who have fought for the closure of the plant cheer the news that it won’t reopen. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)