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“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…

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

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

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…

Public Watchdogs secures $300K from donor who wants to “put to death the lie that nuclear energy is ‘green'”

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Moores Family funds Public Watchdogs with $300,000.00 to stop Nuclear Waste Dump Supports legal action to protect and preserve Southern California’s coastline. For Immediate Release DATELINE: SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Today the Jennifer Moores Family and Change for Justice announced that it has funded $300,000.00 to Public Watchdogs in support of the nonprofit’s work to remove a newly-constructed nuclear waste dump from San…

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 refuses to allow independent observers at San Onofre inspection

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

NRC denies independent public oversight after “near-miss” nuclear disaster at San Onofre Public Watchdogs protests NRC malfeasance at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. For background or more information, contact Charles Langley at (858) 752-4600 Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — the only agency allowed under U.S. law to regulate the safety of deadly nuclear waste — denied the public access to its evaluation of what it calls a “near-miss” at SONGS, the San…

Whistle blower describes near-miss nuclear accident at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

August 10, 2018October 8, 2018 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

Chief Nuclear Officer at San Onofre vows not to fire whistle blower Dateline, Oceanside California, August 10, 2018 Get the whistle blower video here. When San Onofre worker and Orange County Resident David Fritch stepped up to the microphone last night, he dropped a bombshell: his first words were “I may not have a job tomorrow.” The whistle blower went on to explain that he was…

New Legal Documents Expose Attempt by Regulators and Trial Attorneys to Bail out SONGS at Public’s Expense

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

DATELINE, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA, July 13, 2018: The nonprofit public advocacy group Public Watchdogs has just filed a 19-point legal argument against the publicly-funded bailout of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). If the proposed out-of-court settlement is approved it will complete an alleged criminal conspiracy to bail out Southern California Edison (Edison) at ratepayer expense. The proposed settlement delivers a 417-fold return on investment for Southern California Edison, which is paying the…

Aerial Art Event creates “Star Man” visible only from the air near San Onofre nuclear plant

June 11, 2018September 22, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

On Saturday June 9, the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation, conducted a peaceful ceremony and massive Aerial Art display created by internationally renowned Aerial Artist, John Quigley, with video by award-winning director and film maker Kurt Soderling. Watch the documentary by the Museum of Woman Get video from the chopper here and here Scroll down for high resolution photos Get B-Roll Video here The Aerial Art display,…

Public Watchdogs Sponsors Huge Aerial Art Event near Shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Plant

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Hundreds to join indigenous Acjachemen Nation in call for safe containment of nuclear waste DATELINE SAN ONOFRE, CALIFORNIA: At 10:30 AM, this Saturday June 9,th hundreds of concerned citizens will join with the Acjachemen Nation to create a “work of living aerial art” calling for the safe containment and removal of nuclear waste generated by the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The participants will use their bodies to create…

Flower Power vs Nuclear Power, April 26, 2018

April 24, 2018April 25, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Southern California fights nuclear power with one-million flowers on the 32nd anniversary of Chernobyl meltdown Public Safety Advocates will distribute one- million sunflower seeds to be planted to raise awareness of local radiation dangers at San Onofre nuclear plant on April 26th On Thursday, April 26th, on the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the nonprofit Public Watchdogs will publicly announce its drive to distribute one-million sunflower seeds in San Diego and Orange Counties. “Sunflowers have the ability to remove huge amounts of radiation from the soil and…

Public Watchdogs to intervene in San Onofre Bailout settlement

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

Public Watchdogs has been granted party status in protest $2.2 Billion Edison bailout March 23, 2018 At 3:11 PM yesterday, Public Watchdogs received formal notice that its Motion for Party Status in a proposed publicly funded bailout of Southern California Edison before the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has been approved. In an unusual decision, CPUC has ruled that Public Watchdogs may intervene in what public advocates have scorned as unlawfully brokered and publicly…

Public advocates call secretly negotiated utility settlement “A knife in the public’s back …”

February 28, 2018July 25, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs files Motion for Party Status in SONGS bailout hearings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2-29-18 : Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has filed a Motion for Party Status in the proposed ratepayer-funded bailout of Southern California Edison’s failed nuclear reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The motion argues that the California Public Utilities Commission’s pending approval of the bailout, which has cost ratepayers billions of dollars,…

Edison’s San Onofre panel ejects voice of reason, removes Pam Patterson – San Diego Reader

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Company critic seems to impede effort to bury nuclear waste By Don Bauder, Dec. 15, 2017 This story is re-published under the “fair use” provision of the U.S. Copyright Act. Please read the original story at the San Diego Reader by clicking here, and cite the original source when linking to this story. Southern California Edison has a panel in San Juan Capistrano that is supposed to give balanced…

Public’s voice silenced at Edison Community Engagement Panel

December 14, 2017December 20, 2017 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Numerous nuclear safety advocates say Pam Patterson was the only person on the 18-member panel willing to ask tough questions about public safety December 14, Thursday, 2107 — Yesterday, in a three-two vote, the San Juan Capistrano City Council removed Councilmember Pam Patterson, Esq. from Southern California Edison’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Community Engagement Panel (CEP). According to opponents of Edison’s plans to…

Navy warned Coastal Commission it lacks jurisdiction to grant nuke dump permit

December 5, 2017 Nina Babiarz Leave a comment

Navy to Coastal Commission: ” You have no jurisdiction” For interviews contact: Charles Langley (858) 752-4600 San Diego, December 6, 2017 — New research by Public Watchdogs shows that the Navy warned the California Coastal Commission four days prior to its October 6, 2015 vote, that it ‘lacked the jurisdiction’ to grant Southern California Edison (Edison) a permit to bury nuclear waste 108 feet from the…