Tag Archives: San Onofre

Edison: San Onofre Nuclear Clean-Up Will Cost $4.4 Billion　via KPBS

Posted on 2014/09/24 by norma field

Decommissioning of the idled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in northern San Diego County will cost an estimated $4.4 billion, according to a plan submitted Tuesday by majority owner Southern California Edison. The plan, summed up in three documents submitted … Continue reading →

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Regulator: Alter Nuclear Plant Deal via abc news

Posted on 2014/09/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The state regulator overseeing the closure of Southern California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant said that a proposed settlement outlining who pays for the work needs to be a better deal for consumers. The plant’s operators fashioned the deal with … Continue reading →

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Edison’s San Onofre settlement mirrors bailouts of banks via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2014/06/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Put simply, Edison and SDG&E wanted their customers to pay for everything, as though the transformation of an operating nuclear plant into a nonfunctioning husk were an act of God like a meteor strike, not human error. The settlement, which … Continue reading →

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Fire forces evacuation of San Onofre nuclear plant via LA Times

Posted on 2014/05/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

An out-of-control brush fire at Camp Pendleton was creeping closer to the San Onofre nuclear power plant, prompting evacuations. Southern California Edison said in a tweet that “about a dozen non-essential employees evacuated” from the plant because of the fire. … Continue reading →

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Marine life revival off San Onofre’s shores via San Diego Union-Tribune

Posted on 2014/03/08 by norma field

Before a small radiation leak shut down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in early 2012, ocean pipes drew in 2.4 billion gallons of water a day to cool twin nuclear reactors, sucking in and killing fish, larvae and eggs … Continue reading →

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Plan issued to replace nuclear power via UT San Diego

Posted on 2014/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The early retirement of San Onofre in north San Diego County has touched off a tug-of-war over how to replace its air pollution-free nuclear power without derailing California’s environmental goals or overinflating utility rates. The utilities commission, which has … Continue reading →

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High Burnup Nuclear Fuel Pushing the Safety Envelope via San Onofre Safety

Posted on 2014/01/08 by norma field

As commercial reactor economics have declined, utilities, with the acquiescence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), have burned nuclear fuel longer and crammed more of it into storage containers. This experiment has unresolved serious safety issues for storage, transportation and … Continue reading →

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BOXER SAYS SAN ONOFRE DOCUMENTS MISSING via UT San Diego

Posted on 2013/11/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Senator claims federal regulators might be withholding items sought in probe of plant U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., says federal regulators might be improperly concealing documents on a long-running investigation at the now-closed San Onofre nuclear power plant. In a … Continue reading →

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NRC blames Mitsubishi for damages at San Onofre nuclear via Powergrid International

Posted on 2013/10/06 by norma field

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was responsible for the failures that led to the permanent closure of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The NRC issued a preliminary public notice September 23 that said MHI’s computer … Continue reading →

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Nuclear waste can’t wait via Los Angeles Times

Posted on 2013/08/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

President Obama’s plan for relying on nuclear power as part of the effort to combat climate change is incomplete without a disposal provision. Last week, a federal appeals court ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to move forward on either granting … Continue reading →

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