Public Watchdogs says commission’s permit for storage site invalid By Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union Tribune December 8, 2017 This story is reproduced under the Fair Use provision of U.S. copyright law. Please get the original story as it appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune here. A San Diego activist group that wants to block nuclear waste from being stored at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating…
By Mary Carreon / OCWeekly / November 21, 2017 Nearly 80 people gathered in Laguna Beach on Saturday to protest Southern California Edison’s (SCE) plan to bury 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste at San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente. According to Public Watchdogs, SCE has supposedly obtained a permit from the California Coastal Commission that not only authorizes them to bury the deadly waste, but also permits…
By Deborah Sullivan Brennan Contact Reporter September 29, 2017 Public Watchdogs, a La Mesa-based nonprofit group that has been dogging the California Public Utilities Commission on topics from energy rates to the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, is seeking a new ally: the commission’s own employees. The organization dispatched more than 1,000 letters to employees of the regulatory agency inviting them to become whistleblowers. The letter referenced…
Radiation would be 40 times worse By Don Bauder, June 14, 2017 A terrorist attack that could endanger 8.5 million people. Who cares? A tsunami or earthquake that could spread even wider damage. Yawn. A potentially disastrous meltdown. Fuhgeddaboudit. A utility stock that zooms upward, paying fat dividends. Bingo! Finally, you are talking about something important. Wall Street has that view: the only thing important about utilities is…
It was an honor and a privilege for Public Watchdogs to participate in a recent radio interview with Larry Smith of KPFK with American Indian Airwaves by the invitation of Adelia Sandoval, a leader of the Acjachemen NATION Juaneno Band. The Acjachemen were the indigenous peoples who occupied the land for 4,000 plus years in which the San Onofre Generating Station was built.
On January 13, 2018, Southern California Edison will bury the radioactive equivalent of 700 nuclear warheads on the beach at San Onofre State Beach Park within 108 feet of the water. Each of the 75 waste containers holds more radiation than what was released at Chernobyl. When it is completed, it will be the world’s largest beachfront nuclear waste dump.
RAIN: RadioActivity Indication Network San Clemente Real Time Radiation Monitoring Now Active! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SENSOR MAP CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION ON WHAT IS BEING MEASURED This info via Solarcast SafeCast.org With The Support of PublicWatchdogs.orgPLEASE CONSIDER A DONATION TO HELP FUND & GROW THIS ONGOING PROJECT! image from http://www.gavinshoebridge.com/news/basic-guide-to-radiation-levels-in-%C2%B5svh-and-msvh/ How much radiation does San Onofre put into the environment every day? In 2010 there…
Nuclear expert says it’s a “witches brew of radioactivity” Please view the original NBC story here. Published for archival purposes under the fair use provision of U.S. Copyright law. Please view the original NBC story here.
Host Eric Rankin and cohost Michelle Anderson at KX 93.5 discuss how nuclear power is generated, why all nuclear power plants are located adjacent to large bodies of water, and the limited options for safe nuclear waste disposal with guests Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz.
