A radiation leak inside California's San Onofre Nuclear Plant may have leaked into the surrounding areas on Tuesday night exposing 7 million residents to radiation.
Plant operators say that their workers and the public were never in any danger, however a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says that it s possible that some small traces of radiation may have been released into the air.
The leaked came from the steam tubes of one of the reactors. What failed was a part that was replaced in December 2010, plant management says. San Onofre is just 45 miles north of San Diego.
Plant operators say that their workers and the public were never in any danger, however a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says that it s possible that some small traces of radiation may have been released into the air.
The leaked came from the steam tubes of one of the reactors. What failed was a part that was replaced in December 2010, plant management says. San Onofre is just 45 miles north of San Diego.
