What is San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station?
[[File:San Onofre NPP.jpg|thumb|220px|San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.]] '''San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station''' ('''SONGS''') is one of the largest [[nuclear power plant|nuclear generating stations]] in the U.S. It is at the north of [[San Diego]] County, [[California]]. It has two active 1,100-megawatt units. It began operation in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edison.com/ourcompany/sce.asp?id=2082 |title=San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) website |access-date=2011-03-26 |archive-date=2011-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302143909/http://www.edison.com/ourcompany/sce.asp?id=2082 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Benefits== SONGS is the region’s largest power source with 2,200 megawatts of output. That is enough power for 1.4 million average [[Southern California]] homes. ==Seismic safety== The station is built to withstand a [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] 7.0 [[earthquake]]. A [[Fault (geology)|geological fault]] that might cause a [[tsunami]] and threaten the plant is about 5 miles offshore.<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/03/san-onofre-nuclear-plant-can-withstand-quakestsunamis-officials-say.html San Onofre nuclear plant can withstand up to 7.0 quake]</ref> {{commonscat|San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station}} ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Nuclear power}} [[Category:Earthquake engineering]] [[Category:Nuclear energy]] [[Category:Nuclear power plants]]