The San Onofre Site & Decommissioning

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On this site you will find a broad range of information related to the decommissioning of the
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the safe storage of used nuclear fuel.

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More about Decommissioning San Onofre

Community Engagement in Decommissioning Process

Safe Storage of San Onofre's Nuclear Fuel

• Fred Bailly, vice president of Decommissioning is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. See bio
• Ron Pontes is manager of Environmental Strategy.
• Mark Morgan is our Regulatory Affairs manager.
• Liese Mosher is our communications and community outreach manager.
• Manuel Camargo works on strategic planning and is SCE's liaison with the Community Engagement Panel.

FACT #1: Units 2 and 3 of the San Onofre nuclear plant, located near San Clemente, Calif., were capable of generating 2,200 megawatts of electricity, enough power to serve 1.4 million average homes at any point in time.

FACT #2: Commercial operation of San Onofre Unit 2 began in 1983, followed by Unit 3 in 1984. Unit 1 went into service Jan. 1, 1968 and was retired in 1992.

FACT #3: San Onofre is jointly owned by SCE (78.21%), San Diego Gas & Electric (20%) and the city of Riverside (1.79%).