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Public Watchdogs urges California Coastal Commission to delay approval of SONGS demolition.

October 11, 2019October 14, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Today, Public Watchdogs filed documents urging the California Coastal Commission to postpone the approval of Southern California Edison’s plan to demolish the spent fuel pools and other structures at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Get the letter here. Get details for attending the meeting here. Public Watchdogs argues that the vote is premature due to pending litigation, that “special conditions” imposed by Coastal Commission…

SONGS Coastal Commission meeting on Thursday, October 17, 9:00 am, Chula Vista

October 10, 2019October 11, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Mark your calendar to speak out and attend the California Coastal Commission meeting on the planned demolition of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in Chula Vista on Thursday, October 17, 2019. Get a copy of the agenda here. The meeting starts at 9:00 am at the Chula Vista City Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910 (get map) Why this meeting…

Public Watchdogs files 2.206 petition with NRC to halt unsafe storage of spent nuclear fuel at SONGS.

September 30, 2019October 7, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

September 24, 2019 — Today, the nonprofit advocacy group Public Watchdogs announced that it has filed a 2.206 petition with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission requesting an immediate halt to the ongoing transfer and storage of deadly nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The public has the right to ask the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to take enforcement action through Title 10…

Public Watchdogs reply in support of Temporary Restraining Order

September 27, 2019October 7, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

September 27, 2019 – Today, Public Watchdogs filed its formal reply to Southern California Edison‘s, objections to our request that the court order an immediate halt to the burial of spent nuclear fuel on the beach at San Onofre State Beach Park. Get the reply here.

Public Watchdogs files lawsuit to halt burial of nuclear waste

August 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

The nonprofit consumer group Public Watchdogs has filed a lawsuit to halt the transport of nuclear waste into steel-lined silos on the beach at San Onofre State Beach Park. Public Watchdogs is the only advocacy group engaged in litigation against the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump owned and operated by Southern California Edison. Public Watchdogs has retained the services of former Department of Justice prosecutor, Chuck La Bella to coordinate a disciplined team of attorneys and subject matter experts in opposition to the project.

Public Watchdogs seeks court order to stop burial of deadly nuclear waste

August 29, 2019September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

Dateline, August 28, 2019, San Diego — Today, the nonprofit advocacy group Public Watchdogs announced that it is is seeking a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to stop the beachfront burial of nuclear waste at San Onofre State Beach Park. The request for a restraining order is part of a larger legal action against Southern California Edison. This page was updated with conformed copies 09-04-19, 9:24 am….

Nuclear Regulatory Commission “Town Hall,” August 20, 2019, 7PM in San Juan Capistrano – NRC to listen to public

August 17, 2019August 27, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

This is your invitation to join Public Watchdogs and other concerned citizens on Tuesday, August 20, 7:00pm in San Juan Capistrano (get map) for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Town Hall on San Onofre. Here’s the official NRC announcement. NRC “Town Hall” San Juan Capistrano Community Center 25925 Camino Del Avion San Juan Capistrano, CA This may be your only chance to tell NRC what you…

Fullerton Observer: Scandals at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station put public at risk

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Holtec’s thin-walled canisters are lemons. All of them are exposed salt from the Pacific Ocean at San Onofre that will cause the metal cans to fail quickly. “Stainless steel does not really rust when it is exposed to salt, it cracks open. Our experts say that even a minor scratch in one of these cans can pave the way to chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking, and we know that all of the cans have been deeply gouged so far.”

PUBLIC SAFETY THREATENED BY FEAR OF RETALIATION AT SAN ONOFRE NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP

August 9, 2019September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

One year ago today, on August 9th, 2018, everything changed at the San Onofre High-Level nuclear waste dump. A whistleblower stepped forward and changed the course of history with an alarming disclosure that Southern California Edison and the NRC had violated the law …

Nuclear Regulatory Commission has no “Plan B” for a canister failure at San Onofre

August 8, 2019September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Dateline August 8, 2018 — During today’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Webinar, (get the Public Watchdogs Video Capture Here) a top NRC official admitted that the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump, which is owned and operated by Southern California Edison, has no backup plan for repairing or safely storing a damaged nuclear waste container. During the public question-and-answer segment of the Webinar, Donna Gilmore, a…

The Acjachemen’s tribal homeland is San Onofre State Beach Park

August 5, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Adelia Sandoval, Spirutual Leader, Ajchachemen Nation, Jauneno Band of Mission Indians.

That metallic taste? It’s possible you’ve been irradiated.

August 5, 2019September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

That metallic taste in your mouth? It could be brain damage. People who surf near the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are rumored to occasionally report a metallic taste in their mouth while surfing. Southern California Edison (SCE), the owners of the shuttered nuke plant, use a system called “Dilute and Discharge,” to dump radioactive water from its spent nuclear fuel pools into…

SCE to Restart Fuel Transfer Operations at San Onofre Nuclear Plant

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

On July 15, 2019, Southern Califronia Edison announced that it would resume the transfer of spent nuclear fuel (i.e. lethally radioactive waste) at its beachfront nuclear waste dump located at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The movement of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) was stopped for almost a year on August 3, 2018 when a 100,000 pound canister of SNF was nearly dropped 18 feet in what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) calls a “near-miss.” Southern California Edison worked closely with the NRC to keep this harrowing “near-miss” and an additional unreported “near-miss” on July 22, 2018, a secret from the public.

Edison resumes burial of deadly nuclear waste at public beach

July 17, 2019September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

The San Onofre State Beach Park Nuclear Waste dump, known by the Orwellian term “ISFSI” or Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation,” has been portrayed as a safe and clean storage facility for nuclear waste, but critics say that water and nuclear waste don’t mix, and that this particular dump is the most dangerous in the U.S.A.

7.1 Earthquake deepens fears of a nuclear release at failed San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

July 12, 2019September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

San Diego, CA, July 12, 2019 – Last week, Southern California was hit by an earthquake with a 7.1 magnitude. The earthquake shook most of Southern California including the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), where 3.6 million pounds of deadly nuclear waste is in the process of being buried in Holtec canisters 108 ft. from the ocean. It remains unclear if SoCal Edison has an…