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National Anti-Nuclear Group Blasts Edison in Ad

The Friends of the Earth group purchased a spot on local cable systems calling the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's restart plan a gamble.

The National Environmental Group Friends of the Earth is slamming San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station's re-start plan in an ad on CNN.

The group purchased a similar ad last year, after the earthquake, tsunami and subsquent nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan refocused attention on the anti-nuclear movement.

The ad asserts that Southern California Edison is gambling with residents' safety. It begins running today on cable TV systems in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties

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The plan to restart one of two shuttered reactors is still under review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and no decision is expected for months.


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