After recent SONGS radioactive release, masses of dead lobsters are washing up on beaches
Saturday morning (Dec.20, 2025) there were hundreds of dead lobsters washed up on the beaches between Trestles Beach in San Clemente and San Onofre Beach near the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant (SONGS). Below are some photos.
R.Johnson
No one knows what caused this but it could be a result of the recent release of low-level radioactive effluents from the nuclear power plant. This batch release started on Dec. 11. See below for a summary of the thousands of radioactive ocean releases San Onofre has conducted in the last 58 years plus atmospheric discharges that blow inland over cities in Southern California. Below is the official posting of the recent release by Southern California Edison. (https://www.songscommunity.com/stewardship/environmental-monitoring-around-san-onofre/liquid-batch-releases )
Release Notification
Notice Date: December 9, 2025
Est. Start Date: December 11, 2025
Volume: 37,802 gallons
Duration: 7 hours
At the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant in the decade between 2005 and 2014 there were 1284 low-level radioactive liquid releases and 389 hours of radioactive gaseous releases. During the plant operation for almost two-thirds of a century the releases were sometimes done daily. If the releases between 2005 and 2014 (just before and after the plant ceased operating) were averaged over the 58 years of operation that would be 8,958 total radioactive releases into the atmosphere and ocean. The radioactive liquid releases are pumped out into the ocean off San Onofre beach through pipes 18 feet in diameter at rates up to a million gallons/minute. Gaseous releases are blown into prevailing winds continuously for sometimes over 1-2 days after which prevailing westerly winds blow them inland over southern California cities. Research in Europe has reported cancer effects for people living near nuclear power plants but the US government has done no research on this since 1991. The nuclear industry continues to block research proposed by the National Academy of Sciences on possible cancer effects in the 50 km radius around San Onofre.
SCE 2022 report:
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