WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2011 (ENS) - Citing the nuclear emergency in Japan, California's two U.S. Senators today called on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to perform a thorough inspection to evaluate the safety and emergency preparedness of the state's two nuclear power plants, both located on the Pacific Ocean and near earthquake faults.
Senator Barbara Boxer, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Dianne Feinstein sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dr. Gregory Jaczko asking for evaluations of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Clemente and the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near San Luis Obispo.
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