Nuclear Waste Will Pass Through Murrieta

Radioactive waste is scheduled to be trucked past Murrieta in the near future.

The waste -- four steam generators -- will come from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on Interstate 15, exit in Temecula and take back roads to avoid bridges incapable of holding its weight.

The trucks will then get back on I-15 going north.

The parts will be headed toward their ultimate resting place in Utah, according to reports.

Residents have no reason to be worried, officials told a local newspaper.

"If you stay for one hour 6 feet away from it, it equals one dental X-ray," Project Manager Craig Harberts told the Press-Enterprise.

The parts will travel at 15 mph on a 1.5 million-pound, 192-wheel trailer called a "road train" escorted by law enforcement, the newspaper reported.

The vehicles will exit on Temecula Parkway and head east, turn north on Margarita Road and then head east on Winchester Road, according to the Californian.

That would take the trailer and parts right through Murrieta, to I-15 at Murrieta Hot Springs Road.

Officials declined to give times for the transportation, citing safety concerns.