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Water Hogs, Nuclear Power Struggles, Black Market in Cheese: The Top Local Journalism of 2015 via Voice of San Diego

Posted on 2016/01/01 by norma field

[…] Nuclear Power Struggles In a series of damning stories for the Union-Tribune, reporter Jeff McDonald took a long look at the state’s powerful Public Utilities Commission. Some of the reporting began back in 2014 and has been aided by … Continue reading →

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Documents Detail How Nuclear Material Was Handled at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station via NBCSanDiego

Posted on 2015/09/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Expert tells NBC 7 Investigates handling of nuclear material was “sloppy” Documents newly obtained by NBC 7 Investigates during secret talks about the condition of the land where the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) sits detail how nuclear material … Continue reading →

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Mitsubishi Heavy Says Edison Claims $7.57 Billion in Damages via Bloomberg

Posted on 2015/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said the operator of the San Onofre nuclear plant is claiming $7.57 billion in damages related to the shutdown of the Californian facility. The Tokyo-based company said in a filing that U.S. power generator Edison International … Continue reading →

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Less-stringent plan for San Onofre’s nuclear waste approved via The Orange County Register

Posted on 2015/06/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A year ago, San Onofre’s operators argued that with the nuclear power plant shut down, and with nuclear fuel no longer in the reactors, its emergency plan should be less stringent. On Thursday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued exemptions for … Continue reading →

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PUC president opposes reconsidering San Onofre cost agreement via Los Angels Times

Posted on 2015/04/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The president of the scandal-rocked Public Utilities Commission has rejected a call from a powerful lawmaker to reopen a financial settlement that apportioned nearly $5 billion in costs for the June 2013 permanent closure of the damaged San Onofre nuclear … Continue reading →

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Should Laguna worry about Onofre’s stored nuclear fuel rods? via The Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot

Posted on 2015/01/16 by norma field

First in a two-part series on the storage of used radioactive fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Concerns about the safety of spent fuel rods being stored at the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station have inspired action … Continue reading →

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Activists Permanently Shut Down Vermont Yankee Nuke Plant Today via Eco Watch

Posted on 2014/12/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Harvey Wasserman The Vermont Yankee atomic reactor goes permanently off-line today, Dec. 29, 2014. Citizen activists have made it happen. The number of licensed U.S. commercial reactors is now under 100 where once it was to be 1,000. Decades of … Continue reading →

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California consumers, shareholders to foot bill to shut down nuclear power plant via fayobserver

Posted on 2014/12/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LOS ANGELES – Consumers will pay about $3.3 billion and shareholders will pay about $1.4billion under a settlement approved Thursday on costs stemming from the premature closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The vote by the California Public … Continue reading →

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City to feds: Get nuclear waste out of San Onofre via Orange County Register

Posted on 2014/11/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

An August decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to let spent radioactive fuel remain in storage at the defunct San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station indefinitely does not sit well with elected leaders in San Clemente, the plant’s closest neighbor. The … Continue reading →

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Utility scandal may impact nuke settlement via U-T San Diego

Posted on 2014/10/25 by norma field

A San Diego-based consumer coalition wants placed on hold a multibillion-dollar settlement proposal for nuclear plant costs at San Onofre, in response to revelations of cozy relations between a utility and two state utility commissioners in a separate case. The … Continue reading →

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