The nuclear plant sited near a popular Pacific Ocean beach might melt down the way the Fukushima plant did after the March 2011 tsunami in Japan, activists fear.

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City Councilwoman Debbie Cook says most folks in Huntington Beach aren't convinced their city needs the plant.

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The San Onofre nuclear power plant is perched right on the San Diego beach and the reactor is cooled by ocean water.

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