Tag Archives: San Onofre

Judge lays out schedule for San Onofre nuclear waste lawsuit via The Sun Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2019/09/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By JEFF MCDONALD The judge hearing a civil complaint against the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and owners of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has rejected a request for an immediate stop-work order at the plant. Instead of granting a temporary … Continue reading →

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‘Serious Near Miss’ Accident at San Onofre Sparks NRC Investigation via 7 San Diego

Posted on 2018/09/27 by nfield

By JW August A “serious near miss” accident at the San Onofre Nuclear power plant could have been catastrophic.  On August 3, a steel canister filled with hot nuclear waste was being lowered twenty feet into underground storage at San Onofre … Continue reading →

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SURFERS TAKING A STAND AGAINST SAN ONOFRE’S NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE via Surfer Magazine

Posted on 2018/08/31 by nfield

If you surf along the coast of Southern California, you’re likely aware that Southern California Edison is working to transport large amounts of spent nuclear fuel from the now-offline San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) into onsite dry-cask storage. The … Continue reading →

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The San Onofre nuclear plant is a ‘Fukushima waiting to happen’ via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2018/08/15 by nfield

By Steve Chappell Southern California Edison is keeping 3.6 million pounds of lethal radioactive waste at the shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant in San Clemente. The waste poses a significant threat to the health, safety and economic vitality of the … Continue reading →

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San Onofre 2050: Tide’s in, nukes out via San Diego Reader

Posted on 2018/01/03 by nfield

Nuclear waste in the sand now will create a toxic ocean later By Dan Bauder Are northern San Diego County and southern Orange County headed for another Fukushima Daiichi–like nuclear disaster? Possibly, but not necessarily in our lifetimes. The economic severity … Continue reading →

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Opinion Editorials San Onofre nuclear waste storage plan better alternative than inaction, barely via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2017/09/20 by nfield

A recent out-of-court settlement in which Edison committed to “commercially reasonable” efforts to move more than 3.5 million pounds of nuclear waste generated by the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station beats the alternative of inaction, barely. Under the settlement with the Citizens’ Oversight group, Edison will upgrade … Continue reading →

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Settlement Reached To Move San Onofre Nuclear Waste via CBS Los Angeles

Posted on 2017/08/30 by nfield

SAN CLEMENTE (CBSLA.com/AP) – Southern California Edison has agreed to make a good faith effort to relocate 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste away from the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, bringing an end to a nearly two-year legal battle … Continue reading →

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1,800 tons of radioactive waste has an ocean view and nowhere to go via the Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2017/07/02 by nfield

The massive, 150-ton turbines have stopped spinning. The mile-long cooling pipes that extend into the Pacific will likely become undersea relics. High voltage that once energized the homes of more than a million Californians is down to zero. But the … Continue reading →

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Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste Near California Beach via Democracy Now!

Posted on 2017/05/21 by nfield

nvironmental activists in California are fighting plans to store 3.6 million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste on a popular beach in San Diego County. In 2012, a radioactive leak at the San Onofre nuclear power plant forced an emergency … Continue reading →

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Focus: Why San Onofre’s nuclear waste stays on the beach via The San Diego Union Tribune

Posted on 2016/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Policy stalemate leaves toxic spent fuel stranded Some 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is all stored up with no place to go. The plant has not produced electricity since January 2012 … Continue reading →

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