In Popular Culture
- In the James W. Huston novel, Fallout, Pakistani Air Force Pilots attempt to bomb San Onofre using stolen California Air National Guard F-16s.
- In the science fiction novel, Timescape, by Gregory Benford, the nuclear plants at San Onofre raised the water temperature along the adjacent coast, which stimulated aquatic life
- The plant also was featured in the 1983 documentary film, Koyaanisqatsi and the 1988 comedy film, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
- In the 2011 television series The Event, the fuel rods were removed from San Onofre to thwart the aliens' plan to steal the uranium to build a "transportation array"
- In the role-playing game, Shadowrun, San Onofre is destroyed by an earthquake in the year 2028 and sealed similarly to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
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