Holtec brags at Chernobyl 35th Anniversary that its product is 7 orders of magnitude better than what USA regulators require
Holtec celebrates years of money-making opportunities as mourners mark the tragedy that is Chernobyl.
Author: Public Watchdogs
10 AM Saturday! Zoom presentation on San Onofre Nuclear Waste and Federal Litigation
This Zoom teleconference event is free, but you must register here in advance. This coming Saturday, April 24, at 10AM, Public Watchdogs will be presenting a status report and update on the ongoing legal and regulatory battle to safely store eternally deadly nuclear waste at the site of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Click here to register. This event is hosted by the…
California is breaking green energy records. Now we need to find better ways to store that energy.
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
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
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”
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” …
… 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…
Shocking disclosures on Nuclear Safety Exposed in NRC Petition Review Board with Public Watchdogs, Stuart Scott, and Paul Blanch
On March 9, 2021, Public Watchdogs was granted a Petition Review Board meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in response to safety allegations levied by our consultant Paul Blanch. Public Watchdogs has formally asserted that the beachfront Nuclear Waste Dump, or “Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation” (ISFSI) at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), is operating in a flood plain and tsunami inundation…
Public NRC Meeting on San Onofre! Tuesday, March 9, 11:00am Pacific Time
This event ended March 9, 2021, but you can get the video here Get Edited Video, Part One, here: https://youtu.be/lZPTklqZ9DU Get Edited Video, Part Two, here: https://youtu.be/H_msZL5jSXs Get the unedited VIDEO of this event here: https://bit.ly/3avCVAv (This version is unabridged, with dead air, etc.) Announcement Please mark your calendar for next Tuesday, March 9, 11AM California time, when one of the heaviest hitters in the…
Holtec’s corporate shell game, and why it is unfit to handle nuclear waste at Indian Point
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
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
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
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, 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
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…