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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by jacobolus on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:46PM (#27054743)
There are 8.5 million people within 50 miles of that plant, and it sits in a geological fault zone that can make large earthquakes. The plant is old, expensive to maintain, and inspections documented various safety concerns. If anything goes dramatically wrong it’s going to be an incredible disaster.

People can read about the closure etc. at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Onofre_Nuclear_Generating_...

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Re:White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help mee... by godelski on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:32PM (#27055355)
The problem is not that it got shut down for being old. The problem is that it didn't get replaced with a clean source of energy, be that nuclear or renewables. In the typical nuclear fashion the plant ran for far longer than it was designed for and people kept putting off replacements. I point this out because we need to think differently going forward.
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