A community meeting set for next week is to focus on strategies for handling the radioactive nuclear waste stored onsite at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Southern California Edison announced Jan. 21. The Jan. 27 meeting to be held in San Juan Capistrano by the San Onofre Community Engagement Panel and Bipartisan Policy Center seeks public input of the long-term disposal of the onsite waste as part of decommissioning San Onofre.<!--more--> “We hope this joint meeting with national policy leaders will help amplify the voice of Southern California residents who want the federal government to do its job and establish a storage facility for used nuclear fuel,” said Chris Thompson, Edison decommissioning vice president. After a radioactive leak was discovered in January 2012, the plant was shut. It was permanently closed in June 2013 after abnormal tube wear in the new steam generating units tubes was discovered. There are 2,776 fuel assemblies in spent fuel pools in units 2 and 3 and 800 of unit 2 and 3 assemblies in dry storage. In addition, there are about 400 unit 1 used fuel assemblies in dry storage, according to Edison. <a href="mailto:e2mccarthy@gmail.com"><i>Elizabeth McCarthy</i></a>