Video of Public Watchdogs’ NRC 2.206 Petition to Revoke, June 24, 2020
Video of Public Watchdogs 2.206 Petition to Nuclear Regulatory Commission revoke SONGS permit to bury radioactive nuclear waste on the beach.
Events
Today: Nov 25 emergency court hearing on the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump
Court hearing to grant or deny an emergency restraining order requested by Public Watchdogs to halt the burial of deadly radioactive waste on the beach at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, (SONGS), Monday, November 25, Room 4D U.S. District Court
SONGS Coastal Commission meeting on Thursday, October 17, 9:00 am, Chula Vista
Mark your calendar to speak out and attend the California Coastal Commission meeting on the planned demolition of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in Chula Vista on Thursday, October 17, 2019. Get a copy of the agenda here. The meeting starts at 9:00 am at the Chula Vista City Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910 (get map) Why this meeting…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission “Town Hall,” August 20, 2019, 7PM in San Juan Capistrano – NRC to listen to public
This is your invitation to join Public Watchdogs and other concerned citizens on Tuesday, August 20, 7:00pm in San Juan Capistrano (get map) for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Town Hall on San Onofre. Here’s the official NRC announcement. NRC “Town Hall” San Juan Capistrano Community Center 25925 Camino Del Avion San Juan Capistrano, CA This may be your only chance to tell NRC what you…
April 10, 2019, recording of Holtec and NRC Joint Public Relations event
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…
NRC inspection paves the way to additional safety lapses at SONGS
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…
Public Watchdogs’ comments on the 8th anniversary of Fukushima.
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 — …
Public Watchdogs presentation in Laguna Beach, this Sunday, 02-22-19, 10:30 AM
Public Watchdogs Presentation on the status of the beachfront nuclear waste dump at San Onofre State Beach When: Sunday, February 22, 2019, 1030:AM Where: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 429 Cypress Drive (get Map) Laguna Beach, CA, 92651 Order of Service: Welcome to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach! Here, we strive to be a dynamic and growing fellowship… Diverse in age, ethnicity,…
November 8th NRC Webinar on San Onofre Video and Transcript
Finally! The NRC has published the video of its November 8, 2018 Webcast! Sometimes, getting the Federal Government to move takes an Act of Congress. That’s why we invoked the Freedom of Information Act to force the NRC to actually make its public records public for the November 8, 2018 San Onofre Special Inspection Webinar. Below are links to the video of the November 8th Webinar,…
Nuclear Regulatory Commission January 24, 2019 Pre-decisional Enforcement Conference (PEC)
Video Exclusive: The San Onofre Predecisional Enforcement Conference on San Onofre, January 24, 2019. We have published this as a public service because the NRC is actively refusing to publish videos or transcripts of its webinars and webcasts promptly. The sound quality on the first video is poor due to a microphone problem, which we corrected in the second video. To read our commentary on the…
Attend the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Webinar, Jan 24, Noon CA Time!
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….
Details on the January 9th NRC Webcast
The NRC is holding a public webcast on Wednesday, January 9th at 10:00AM California time). HOW TO WATCH The NRC doesn’t want you to attend this webcast, so they aren’t publishing the web address until tomorrow, but our watchdogs sniffed out the page where the webcast hyperlink will appear. To view the webcast on your phone or PC, Go to the NRC video page (at https://video.nrc.gov/) at 10:00 AM Pacific Time…
Please attend the NRC’s Webinar on “near-miss” nuclear disasters at San Onofre, Nov 8 at Noon.
On November 8, 2018, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a webinar in response to what the NRC called the two “near-miss” and “near-hit” radiation disasters that happened in July and August of this year. But instead of alerting the public to these close calls, the NRC participated in a cover-up of the events, which occurred in violation of Federal reporting laws (see our post…
Edison (finally) announces its next Community Engagement Panel Meeting for November 28th
Next SONGS “Community Engagement Panel” slated for November 29th. Get details from Edison here Some wags have called it the “Community EnRagement Panel” for its generally obstinate refusal to answer questions without consulting with upper management … but in theory, its purpose is to engage you. Background: Four times a year, Southern California Edison, the highly profitable owner of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station,…
URGENT Protest today in San Clemente at 6:00 PM at Public Library, Saturday, August 11, 2018
This is a last-minute invitation to join us TODAY in solidarity at a public event in San Clemente to draw attention to the alarming news about the looming threat of a radiation disaster at San Onofre. Have you seen the video describing this near-miss nuclear disaster? This last-minute event is being organized by our friends at San Clemente Green at 6:00 PM today (Get details). We are gathering…