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

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

Today, Public Watchdogs joined scores of other prominent advocacy groups, nuclear safety experts, and concerned citizens in urging the New York Public Service Commission to reject a bid by Holtec to gain ownership of roughly three million pounds of eternally lethal nuclear waste. If it all goes as Holtec plans, the sizzling hot “spent” nuclear fuel assemblies at Indian Point will be offloaded into thin-walled (1/2″)…

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

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

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 wrote: “FUBAR!” (that’s our government’s special word…

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

February 11, 2021February 11, 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. 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 non-profit’s request to make “Demands for Information” (DFIs)…

The NRC is providing inaccurate and false information to public

November 3, 2020November 6, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a 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, 2020October 19, 2020 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

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. Get the 2.206 Petition Here. Get the press release Background: The Public Watchdogs petition argues that under…

Public Watchdogs’ commentary in the San Diego Union Tribune on the California Coastal Commission’s vote to approve the maintenance plan for the USA’s largest beachfront nuclear waste dump

August 7, 2020August 10, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

What could possibly go wrong with the beachfront nuclear waste dump at San Onofre State Beach park? Plenty. Like a knight in shining armor made of tinfoil, the walls on these radioactive stainless steel canisters are only 5/8-inch thick.

New Mexico Governor tells Trump that Consolidated Interim Storage of nuclear waste is “economic malpractice”

July 31, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

July 31, New Mexico — New Mexico State Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has accused president Trump of committing “economic malpractice.” In a letter to Mr. Trump dated July 28, 2020, governor Grisham expresses her opposition to a “Consolidated Interim Storage Facility, or “High-Level Nuclear Waste Dump” in New Mexico on the grounds that it is “An unnecessary risk to our citizens and our communities, our first responders,…

California Coastal Commission sings sad “SONGS” about Southern California Edison’s Inspection and Maintenance Program (IMP) for nuclear waste

July 18, 2020July 21, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

In a vote tinged with boos, and what one Commissioner described as “fear and loathing” the California Coastal Commission voted “yes” today to a Southern California Edison plan for the beachfront nuclear waste dump at San Onofre State Beach Park.

Video of Public Watchdogs’ NRC 2.206 Petition to Revoke, June 24, 2020

June 25, 2020June 30, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Video of Public Watchdogs 2.206 Petition to Nuclear Regulatory Commission revoke SONGS permit to bury radioactive nuclear waste on the beach.

Nine State Attorneys General file legal documents with NRC protesting Holtec as a nuclear waste vendor.

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

In an unprecedented act of unity, nine attorneys general from nine separate states have intervened in a case involving nuclear safety and Holtec International. The brief, known as an Amici Curiae or “friend of the court” is in support of legal action against the NRC by Massachusetts’ Attorney General, Maura Healey. In September of 2019, Ms. Healey filed a lawsuit alleging that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…

Recording of May 8, 2020 NRC Teleconference on COVID-19 infections at Nuclear Power Plants

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

Today at 6:00 am California time, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) convened a teleconference/webinar on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nuclear facilities in the United States. During the teleconference, NRC representatives stated that they do not know what the rate of infection is at America’s 104 operating and decommissioning nuclear reactors. The conference lasted one hour and was recorded for publication by Public Watchdogs….

Public advocates request a complete halt of nuclear waste burials on the beach at SONGS during COVID19 crisis

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Update, March 26, 2020 – Southern California Edison’s response to County Supervisor Desmond Two days ago, Public Watchdogs sent San Diego County Supervisor, Jim Desmond, a letter requesting a halt to the ongoing movement of deadly nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Mr. Desmond, is a volunteer member of the SONGS Community Engagement Panel. Today’s public meeting of the Community Engagement Panel …

District Attorney Summer Stephan is calling out price gougers during COVID19 scare

March 20, 2020March 27, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Did you know that price-gouging during an emergency is a crime? Today, San Diego district attorney, Summer Stephan, announced that price gouging during the COVID19 outbreak will not be tolerated. California’s tough anti-price gouging statute, Penal Code Section 396, makes raising the price of many consumer goods and services by more than 10% during an emergency unlawful. Get the California Attorney General’s Price Gouging FAQ here….

Downloading and handling of deadly spent nuclear fuel will continue at SONGS during COVID-19 outbreak

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

NRC allows nuclear facilities to self-regulate Today at a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC teleconference on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nuclear safety, Donna Gilmore of San Onofre Safety ( https://sanonofresafety.org/ ) asked the NRC if it required testing of nuclear workers for the COVID-19 virus at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The NRC spokesperson replied that the NRC does not require virus…

Expert warns that lethal radiation geysers are possible at San Onofre

February 4, 2020February 19, 2020 Public Watchdogs 7 Comments

Public Watchdogs has warned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that deadly radioactive geysers could erupt from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, much like the “Old Faithful” geyser at Yellowstone National Park. According to the report, such an accident could rival Chernobyl, Fukushima, or Bhopal in scope.