A Democrat congressman whose district includes the shut-down San Onofre nuclear power station in California has laid out a three-stage plan that he says would solve many of the challenges in spent nuclear fuel disposal and ultimately help identify one or more permanent repositories.

Mike Levin said in The San Diego Union-Tribune that since he took office in 2019, one of his priorities has been moving spent nuclear fuel from the three-unit San Onofre station as quickly and safely as possible.

“Keeping spent fuel at the San Onofre station long term is unacceptable, with its location about 100 feet from the Pacific Ocean, near active fault lines, surrounded by highly populated areas and within the Camp Pendleton military base,” he said.