Nuclear Plant Springs A Leak

There could be trouble brewing at the San Onofre nuclear power plant in California.

Earlier this year – a tube broke in one of the plant's steam generators leading to a release of radiation and endangering the 7.4 million Californians who live within 50 miles of San Onofre. Now – a team of federal investigators has concluded the cause of the leak was a major design flaw within the reactors – causing its parts to malfunction. The plant has been shut down since the leak in January, but its operators want the plant restarted. Meanwhile – the environmental group "Friends of the Earth" has filed a legal petition with the NRC to keep the reactors at San Onofre shut down until the design flaws can be fixed.

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