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In memory of Phil Maxwell, Public Watchdogs Board Member
Phillip Quinten Moskal Maxwell has passed away peacefully.
Click here for a pdf version of Nina Babiarz’s presentation to the Coalition for Nuclear Safety on October 15, 2021 https://publicwatchdogs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Public-Watchdogs-CNS-10-15-21.pdf
Opinion: Why nuclear power is NOT clean energy, by Tim Forkes, Los Angeles Post Examiner
Let’s be clear: nuclear power is not clean energy. If it was it wouldn’t need to be stored in stainless steel containers encased in several feet of cement. Cleaning up our nuclear messes has to be part of our efforts to slow down the climate crisis. It is part of the problem.
Los Angeles Judge issues final decision on San Onofre lawsuit
A final decision has been made on a lawsuit to save the spent fuel pools at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) by the Samuel Lawrence Foundation
Public Watchdogs Answer to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s August 30, 2021 Letter on “Credible” risk
More than a year ago, our consultant, Paul Blanch, asked the NRC a very simple question: How does NRC define a risk when it says it is “not credible”? After almost eleven months the NRC finally responded, but utterly failed to answer the question. Now, Southern California Edison has triumphantly published the NRC’s ridiculous reply on its web site under the pretense that it is been…
Supreme Court orders Department of Justice and Edison to respond to Public Watchdogs’ petition on San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
Public Watchdogs’ Supreme Court lawsuit moves forward.
Public Watchdogs’ Supreme Court case featured in SCOTUSBlog
The highly respected SCOTUSBlog, which covers significant legal actions before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), has singled out Public Watchdogs’ as a “Featured Case” for the Public Watchdogs’ lawsuit against Southern California Edison. At issue is whether or not current laws give federal courts jurisdiction over the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Get the Public Watchdogs petition here. On August 2, the Supreme…
A Controversial Nuclear Waste Cleanup Could Put a Critical Legal Question Before the U.S. Supreme Court
A California public advocacy group says private parties should be able to make claims against a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license holder in federal district court, especially when deadly radioactive waste is at stake. Get the Petition at https://bit.ly/3xlXWXf Get this advisory as a printable pdf. San Diego, Calif. (June 15, 2021) – A California public advocacy group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to…
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Public Watchdogs files Petition for Certiorari with U.S. Supreme Court
Today, public Watchdogs filed legal documents with the United States Supreme Court, requesting that the highest court in the land reverse a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the radioactive nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). SONGS was shuttered due to a radiation leak on January 31, 2012. The hot nuclear waste, which is radioactive and deadly for at…
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.
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….