Charles Langley

NRC “enforcement decision” represents a miserable failure to regulate.

April 26, 2019May 9, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Today, the nonprofit public safety advocacy group, Public Watchdogs, reacted to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission email touting an “enforcement decision,” at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s beachfront nuclear waste dump, by calling the agency a “miserable failure.” Breaking news: April 26, 2019, 3:50PM NRC “Enforcement Action” against Holtec shows a complete failure to regulate USA’s nuclear waste stockpile. Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced…

Public Watchdogs sues State Lands Commission to stop destruction of Spent Fuel Pools

April 25, 2019May 9, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Dateline San Diego, April 26, 2019 —Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has filed a second legal action against the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump owned by Southern California Edison (Edison). Get the lawsuit here. The lawsuit aims to prevent the tear-down of the spent nuclear fuel pools, which currently hold more than two-million pounds of nuclear waste that is lethal to human life for…

April 10, 2019, recording of Holtec and NRC Joint Public Relations event

April 19, 2019May 9, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Is the NRC embarrassed, or just secretive? Every lowered canister containing nuclear waste at San Onofre has been gouged during the loading process. This is a problem, because even small scratches can create a toe-hold for stress corrosion cracking, which has the potential to destroy the integrity of a canister in a matter of years. The NRC has refused to publish a transcript, or this…

Public Watchdogs PSA aims to put Southern California Edison on the ropes

April 11, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Press Advisory: 9-Year-Old Girl Strikes blow for justice in “hard-hitting” nuclear awareness PSA Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has launched a hard hitting television and social media campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of deadly radioactive waste being stored at San Onofre State Beach Park in San Diego California. Get the official press release. The public service announcement, which stars a ferociously cute nine-year-old girl,…

Public Watchdogs launches “Fighting for our Future” PSA

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

For immediate Release, April 12, 2019 Ad alerts public to threat of nuclear waste for generations to come DATELINE San Diego, California — After launching the first public service announcement video of their “Ticking Time Bomb” public awareness campaign in late February, local nonprofit Public Watchdogs has unleashed a second PSA this week. “Fighting for our…

Non-Public Video Upload Page – Edison publicly humiliated

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Ironically, Edison’s March 28th Community Engagement panel Meeting took place on the 40th Anniversary of the Three-Mile-Island (TMI) nuclear meltdown. Two NRC representatives attended the meeting: Scott Morris, and Linda Howell. The video excerpts below are from that meeting, which can be viewed in its entirety on the Public Watchdogs YouTube Channel here. On August 3, 2018, a delicate thin-walled steel canister filled with a 100,000…

NRC inspection paves the way to additional safety lapses at SONGS

March 31, 2019April 3, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

On March 25, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced that it was fining the utility giant Southern California Edison (SCE) $116,000.00 for violations of Federal Nuclear Safety Law. The decision comes as a disappointment to public safety advocates on the grounds that the comparatively paltry fine will pave the way to additional safety lapses in the future at SCE’s controversial beachfront Nuclear Wast Dump, which is located…

Southern California Edison gets wrist-slap from NRC for nuclear waste safety violations

March 26, 2019April 8, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Owners of the failed SONGS nuclear plant have been fined for violating Federal radiation safety laws. The fine is a wrist-slap which proves the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is incapable of enforcing the laws protecting the public from future nuclear radiation accidents. The failure of the Nuclear regulatory Commission to enforce Federal safety laws, and its history of weakening existing laws portray an NRC that is a victim of regulatory capture, where formerly powerful regulators are required to kow-tow to the whims of mid-level managers at Southern California Edison.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) safety inspection at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station fails to impress critics

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs criticizes the NRC for not “putting boots on the ground” in its recent report, and for conducting a sham inspection. Get our letter of protest explaining why it is a sham here. Preliminary NRC report finds a host of ‘deficiencies’ after incident at San Onofre nuclear plant By ROB NIKOLEWSKI OCT 20, 2018 | 11:20 AM | SAN DIEGO – republished under the Fair Use provision of U.S….

SONGS Public Meeting! March 21, State Lands Commission, 9:00 AM Oceanside CA

March 20, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Thursday, March 21, 9AM, Oceanside (Get Map) CA State Lands Commission vote on SONGS QLN Conference Center 1938 Avenida del Oro, in Oceanside Key Documents: State Lands Commission Agenda NRC Agenda for March 25, Enforcement Meeting Message: Arrive at 8:00 AM and ask to sign up to speak….

Public Watchdogs’ comments on the 8th anniversary of Fukushima.

March 11, 2019April 7, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Nina Babiarz and Charles Langley of Public Watchdogs interview on KUSI news with Lauren Phinney about the eighth anniversary of the Fukushima radiation disaster that displaced 100,000 people in one of the largest evacuations in world history. Could a similar nuclear disaster happen in San Diego at the site of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, where millions of pounds of deadly nuclear waste — …

SIGN THE PETITION!

March 11, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Please sign our petition to stop the burial of deadly nuclear waste on the beach at San Onofre. Your personal information will not be sold or traded, and we promise to never send you spam.

KUSI Report: Ticking Time Bomb video commercial warns public about radioactive danger at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

February 26, 2019March 6, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs’ TV Commercial warns public of radiation danger DATELINE, February 25, 2019: SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A nuclear safety watchdog group has released a new television ad that says the nuclear waste stored near the beach at San Onofre is a disaster waiting to happen. Public Watchdogs based in San Diego has a 15 second TV ad that features shots of the…

Public Watchdogs behind “Ticking Time Bomb” Public Service Announcements – San Diego Union Tribune

February 26, 2019February 28, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Advocacy group buys airtime to oppose San Onofre nuclear waste Jeff McDonald February 25, 2019, 4:55 PM A San Diego advocacy nonprofit began airing new TV commercials Monday to warn about the potential dangers of storing nuclear waste from the San Onofre plant at the beach. The spot opens with traffic zooming along Interstate 5, north of Oceanside, past…

Public Watchdogs launches hard-hitting TV ad campaign

February 25, 2019April 7, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

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