Charles Langley

California is breaking green energy records. Now we need to find better ways to store that energy.

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Yesterday, California achieved the astonishing feat of generating 80% of its daily power from renewable energy sources, but this news is often a mixed blessing that energy advocates need to understand. Here’s why: The problem is that there have been many times in the summer when the California Independent System Operator (ISO) has been overwhelmed with too much green energy production. When the “grid” starts producing too…

Request Letter for Amicus Curiae

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

If you are reading this letter, it is likely that you have been invited to write an amicus brief for our upcoming Supreme Court case, where we intend to seek review of a recent Ninth Circuit decision that essentially shields from judicial review the decommissioning activities of the NRC and its commercial partners. As you may be aware, Public Watchdogs is committed to holding the U.S….

Amicus

April 8, 2021April 9, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Welcome to our Amicus Curiae page! Public Watchdogs is in the process of certifying a case for the U.S. Supreme Court. We are seeking amicus briefs (friend of the court briefs) from credible organizations. Below are the relevant documents in pdf format. Introductory Letter from Public Watchdogs. Opinion by Ninth Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith against Public Watchdogs. 2020-12-29 Opinion Affirming(18844659.1)[2785768] Opening Brief of Public Watchdogs…

Engineer blasts San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Community Engagement Panel as “not credible”

April 2, 2021April 5, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Paul Blanch, a prominent engineer and energy consultant with more than 50 years of experience with nuclear energy issues is questioning the credibility of a citizen panel designed to provide public oversight of the decommissioning at the the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) beachfront nuclear waste dump. The nuclear reactors at SONGS were permanently shut down in 2013 when unlicensed equipment at the facility…

Some people call today’s meeting the “Community Enragement Panel” …

March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

… but whatever you choose to call it, it will be going on as a virtual meeting at 5:30 PM today, March 18 with the usual updates on the latest decommissioning activities at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). For details on how to attend from your phone or computer, ask questions, or to speak publicly, please visit the SONGS Community public relations Web site…

Public NRC Meeting on San Onofre! Tuesday, March 9, 11:00am Pacific Time

March 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Get the VIDEO of this event here. Historic challenge to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Please mark your calendar for next Tuesday, March 9, 11AM California time, when one of the heaviest hitters in the nuclear industry, Paul Blanch, will be joined by myself and Stuart Scott of FacingFuture.TV to argue against the NRC’s absurd claim that a future radiation release at San Onofre is “not-credible” (i.e. impossible): Who: Public Watchdogs vs NRC What: NRC Petition Review Board…

Holtec’s corporate shell game, and why it is unfit to handle nuclear waste at Indian Point

February 23, 2021March 17, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

How Holtec avoids responsibility for nuclear waste disasters with a vast network of dummy shell companies.

Letter of apology to people who were locked out of today’s NRC meeting

February 11, 2021April 15, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Get the video of this event here. Today, Public Watchdogs sent this letter of apology to the hundreds of supporters who tuned in online and on the phone expecting to hear an expert presentation by Public Watchdogs on the dangers of radioactive nuclear waste storage at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (get background here). On Thursday, February 11, 2021, 12:37:17 PM PST, Charles Langley…

CANCELLED! Feb 11: Public Watchdogs to argue Public safety of radioactive Spent Nuclear Fuel before NRC’s Petition Review Board

February 11, 2021April 15, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

THIS MEETING WAS CANCELLED DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ON THE PART OF THE NRC Please read the explanatory letter to our members who were locked out of the meeting here. [UPDATE: Get the video of this event here]. Today, February 11, at 11:00 am PST, (2:00 PM Eastern), Public Watchdogs will argue before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Petition Review Board that the NRC honor the…

Paul Blanch explains why an accident at San Onofre is inevitable

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

This half hour interview of Paul Blanch on Facing the Future Television explains why a radioactive release at the failed beachfront nuclear waste dump at San Onofre is, in his words, “inevitable.” The current location contains 3.6 million pounds of eternally deadly radioactive “spent” nuclear fuel, stored 108 feet from the beach in a tsunami flood zone, on top of earthquake faults, in temporary canisters that…

The NRC is providing inaccurate and false information to public

November 3, 2020November 6, 2020 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

November 3, 2020, San Diego — In a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and to the NRC’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Public Watchdogs argues that the NRC is once again deceiving the public by misrepresenting nuclear safety issues at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). In February of 2020, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Inspector General report blasted the NRC…

Public Watchdogs files NRC petition demanding analysis of public safety threats at beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump

October 15, 2020March 31, 2021 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

Get the 2.206 Petition Here. Get the press release Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has filed a 2.206 Petition with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to compel Southern California Edison to provide an analysis of “non-credible” safety threats at the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump located at San Onofre State Beach Park in San Diego County. Background: The Public Watchdogs petition argues that…

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Radioactive Releases from Nuclear Power Plants: A Cause for Concern

September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

By Roger Johnson, PhD, contributing editor All nuclear power plants regularly discharge radioactivity into the environment. They produce large quantities of radioactive materials and some of it gets discharged into the atmosphere, waterways, and surrounding land. The public needs to know more about these radioactive emissions, especially since they are conducted frequently and in secret. Ionizing radiation is a known carcinogen, and since cancer is becoming the number one…

SONGS Community “Engagement” Panel to hold virtual meeting August 20

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

CLICK HERE to attend the Skype Meeting Thursday, August 20th, ( at 5:30pm SoCal Edison is holding a virtual meeting on the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), via Skype teleconference Southern California Edison needs to know they are accountable to people like you who have financed this nuclear boondoggle. When you attend by phone or via Skype, it sends a powerful message…