On June 22 , 1980 , in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident , about 15,000 people attended a protest rally against the San Onofre nuclear plant that was organized by the Southern California Alliance For Survival . Among the speakers was physicist Michio Kaku , who noted that one of the reactor pressure vessels had been installed backwards and called on California governor Jerry Brown ( then considered an environmentalist ) to shut them down
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station