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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,…

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….

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 launches hard-hitting TV ad campaign

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

San Onofre is a ticking time bomb. Learn more here.

Why the California State Lands Commission final report on San Onofre isn’t fair.

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Part III The California State Lands Commission Final Environmental Impact Report is finished. And it isn’t fair. ( C’mon … only six weeks for the public to review a 750 page document? ) February 11, 2019, 4:50 PM — Today, the California State Lands Commission unleashed its “FEIR” (Final Environmental Impact Report) on the decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station with a deadline…

“Poor Planning” resulted in near-miss at San Onofre Nuke Plant

January 24, 2019February 2, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Dateline San Diego: Edison admits that poor planning and lack of management oversight caused “near-miss” at failed nuclear power plant FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 01-24-19 Today’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission Pre-decisional Enforcement Conference (PEC) webinar was the final step in the process of determining what punitive action — if any — will be taken against Southern California Edison’s documented failure to obey Federal law during the transfer of…

Attend the Nuclear Regualtory Commission Webinar, Jan 24, Noon CA Time!

January 22, 2019January 27, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Do you trust the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to do the right thing? If not, we hope you will register for tomorrow’s NRC Webinar on the ongoing near-miss nuclear accidents at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station at 12:00PM Noon PST, Thursday January 24. Even if you can’t give it your full attention, tuning in on your phone, your tablet, or your computer will make a tremendous difference….

Holtec CEO admits to at least 51 loose or broken bolts in its nuclear waste containers

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Public Watchdogs 3 Comments

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Webcast shows collusion between the NRC and Holtec DATELINE: January 9th, 2019, San Diego CA In a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) webcast today, Holtec, the manufacturer of the nuclear waste containers used at the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) admitted in an NRC Enforcement Conference that as many as 51 modified bolts, known as Shim Standoffs (SSOs), have broken in the radioactive waste…

Edison’s Mad Plan

December 27, 2018February 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

On August 3, 2018, a 100,000 pound thin-wall cask filled with deadly irradiated nuclear fuel got caught on a flange while being lowered into the steel-lined concrete vault of the waste storage site, known as an ISFSI (independent spent fuel storage installation). The cask got stuck on a ¼” guide ring for about an hour over an 18-foot drop.

Amended Complaint filed in Federal Court to stop beachfront nuclear waste dump at San onofre

September 28, 2018September 30, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs files Amended Complaint to stop burial of nuclear waste at the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump Today Public Watchdogs announced that is has filed a 65 page amended complaint in its lawsuit to remove the nuclear waste from the beach at the newly contructed San Onofre State Beach Park Nuclear Waste Dump. Southern California Edison, which currently owns the Dump, prefers to refer to it as an “ISFSI,”…

NRC initiates feigned inspection at San Onofre

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs asks “What are we paying them for?” Nuclear Regulatory Commission begins ‘special inspection’ of San Onofre nuclear station Rob Nikolewski, September 10, 2018 4:55 PM A team of five inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday began what is expected to be a five-day review of how a 45-ton canister loaded with spent nuclear fuel ended up getting suspended 18 feet from the floor…