Plan to restart San Onofre nuclear plant submitted to regulatory commission

SAN ONOFRE (Wire Service) - A plan to restart the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County has been submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for approval, the plant's operator announced today, Thurs., Oct. 4.

The plan, which cites no specific restart date, calls for one of two units at the facility to be restarted at 70 percent power for a five-month trial period, according to Southern California Edison, which runs the plant and co-owns it with San Diego Gas & Electric and the city of Riverside.

The commission, which must sign off on the restart plan,...