Tag Archives: San Onofre

Lawsuit looks to force nuclear regulator to turn over records from San Onofre ‘near-miss’ incident via San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2022/01/25 by nfield

August 2018 “near-miss” saw a 50-ton canister of nuclear waste left suspended for 45 minutes. BY ROB NIKOLEWSKI […] At issue are 13 pages of records concerning what happened on Aug. 3, 2018, at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, known … Continue reading →

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Opinion: California Tsunami Alert Was Wake-Up Call on San Onofre Flood Risk via Times of San Diego

Posted on 2022/01/21 by nfield

By Paul Blanch The tsunami advisory that woke up the West Coast Jan. 15 should serve as a wake-up call on flooding dangers at the nuclear waste storage facility in San Onofre.  The facility is 100 feet from the beach. During high tides, … Continue reading →

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Opinion: San Onofre didn’t produce nuclear energy for San Diego County, but we’re stuck with the waste　via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2021/09/13 by nfield

BY MIKE AGUIRRE Aguirre is a partner in the Aguirre & Severson law firm and was the San Diego city attorney from 2004-2008. Our political leaders would like us to ignore or forget the fact that San Diego is now the home … Continue reading →

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‘A combination of failures:’ why 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste is buried on a popular California beach　via The Guardian

Posted on 2021/09/08 by nfield

More than 2 million visitors flock each year to California’s San Onofre state beach, a dreamy slice of coastline just north of San Diego. The beach is popular with surfers, lies across one of the largest Marine Corps bases in … Continue reading →

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‘A combination of failures:’ why 3.6m pounds of nuclear waste is buried on a popular California beach　via The Guardian

Posted on 2021/08/24 by nfield

[…] But for all the good vibes and stellar sunsets, beneath the surface hides a potential threat: 3.6m lb of nuclear waste from a group of nuclear reactors shut down nearly a decade ago. Decades of political gridlock have left … Continue reading →

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#478 – San Onofre Beachfront Nuke Waste Dump: Edison Sneaks Deadly Rule Change thru Coastal Commission – Public Watchdogs’ Charles Langley & Nina Babiarz via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2020/08/21 by nfield

San Onofre Beachfront Nuclear Waste Dump – and owner Southern California Edison’s manipulations to abandon the Holtec thin-walled “tin can” canistersto High Tide on the beach.  Can you spot the problems?  HINT:  There are even more!  Listen Here: Audio Player00:0000:00Use … Continue reading →

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Guest Article: Do Emissions from Nuclear Power Plants Cause Cancer? via Irvine Community News & Views

Posted on 2020/05/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Roger Johnson While we agonize over the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps it is also appropriate to consider another medical enigma which kills far more.  Cancer is the number one killer in California.  This year, cancer deaths are expected to exceed 60,000 … Continue reading →

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The 8-year project to dismantle the San Onofre nuclear plant is about to begin via San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2020/01/26 by nfield

Large structures will be removed, but canisters filled with nuclear waste will remain By ROB NIKOLEWSKIJAN. 26, 2020 6 AM Seven years after the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station officially went offline, the eight-year process of physically dismantling the plant and knocking … Continue reading →

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Opinion: California’s San Onofre nuclear plant is a Chernobyl waiting to happen via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2019/11/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By KATE BROWN Nuclear accidents often aren’t surprises. Whistleblowers had warned of the dangers before such disasters occurred in 1986 in Chernobyl, Ukraine, and 25 years later in Fukushima, Japan. As one of the world’s wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Coastal Commission unanimously OKs plan to remove San Onofre nuclear plant domes via abc10news

Posted on 2019/10/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By: Mimi Elkalla (KGTV) – The California Coastal Commission has unanimously approved a plan that includes removing the twin reactor domes at the San Onofre nuclear power plant. In a meeting Thursday, with members of the public in attendance, the commission … Continue reading →

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