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How can nuclear waste be safely stored longterm?
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Jun 11, 2013
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How can nuclear waste be safely stored longterm?
Last week, Southern California Edison announced it had shut down the San Onofre nuclear power plant for good. That raises the question of what will be done with the radioactive material there.
A public workshop Tuesday about safety and the storage of radioactive nuclear waste at the closed San Onofre nuclear plant is not as public as some activists would like it to be. (Photo: The sun sets behind the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County).
Southern California Edison announced Friday that is plans to permanently shut down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The nuclear plant has been offline since a radioactive steam leak in January 2012.
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Last week, Southern California Edison announced it had shut down the San Onofre nuclear power plant for good. That raises the question of what will be done with the radioactive material there.

Last week, Southern California Edison announced it had shut down the San Onofre nuclear power plant for good. That raises the question of what will be done with the radioactive material there. 

For now, the spent fuel will be stored on site, but there are no current longterm plans for storage of nuclear waste. James Acton, senior associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment, joins the show with more.