If you live or work in San Clemente or the surrounding areas, we want you to have timely, accurate information about the nuclear plant in your community. Here you will find answers to questions about the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, latest news from the plant, plus information about what to do in the unlikely event of an emergency.

Southern California Edison (SCE), San Onofre’s majority owner and operator, is committed to operating San Onofre safely, reliably and in full compliance with all applicable federal, state and local standards. We are proud of the plant’s contribution as the region’s largest single source of clean power generation, its economic contribution including dependable jobs, and San Onofre’s ground-breaking environmental projects. But we value most the fact that the plant continues to operate safely, as it has for 40 years. That is our foremost goal – safeguarding residents and plant workers. To meet this responsibility, SCE actively partners with community, county, state and federal emergency response professionals, continuously exchanging plant information and working to improve emergency readiness. Learn more

San Onofre is jointly owned by Southern California Edison (78.21%), San Diego Gas & Electric (20%), and the city of Riverside (1.79%). Learn more

"I’ve lived in San Clemente for 30 years, having moved from Iowa in 1980, when I started working for Southern California Edison. I have been married to my wife Dorothy, who I met at work, for 23 years and we have three children, Daniel who is 20 and attends Cal State University, Northridge, Cassie, 17, a senior at San Clemente High School and Steven, 14, an 8th grader at Bernice Ayer Middle School. Our family loves the small town atmosphere of the San Clemente community. We will never forget how the community supported our family when Daniel was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 3. The outpouring of love and concern for our family during this ordeal was one of the reasons we were able to manage through that difficult time in our lives. Our kids have been active in local sports activities such as youth soccer and basketball and we have been fortunate to make numerous long time friends as an outcome. We are also very active in San Clemente Presbyterian Church.

My work at SONGS has included a number of different jobs, including Plant Startup Engineer, then a Component Engineer for the Steam Generators, an Outage Manager, and my current position as the Engineering Manager for the Steam Generator Replacement Project. In this role, I am responsible for the fabrication of our new steam generators in Kobe, Japan and for the engineering needed for installation. The Steam Generator Replacement is the largest project ever undertaken at the plant, which is a testimony to the company's investment in SONGS to ensure the plant is able to produce pollution-free energy for the community and Southern California. My job is important to the ongoing production of this safe and reliable source of electricity which will support our children and grandchildren for years to come. "

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