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Public Watchdogs opposes Assembly Bill 2647, a law that will create “fast-food” delivery for nuclear power plants

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California’s AB 2647 is a roadmap to a fast-food nuclear nightmare …      “I’ll take a grilled patty-meltdown please!” If enacted, California Assembly Bill 2647  will pave the way for the fast food style deployment of so-called “advanced nuclear technology.” On August 28th, 2026, Public Watchdogs joined fourteen other California advocacy groups urging Governor Newsom to veto the bill.  The letter, which was drafted by…

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Public Watchdogs demands California Coastal Commission hold Edison accountable for damaged nuclear waste canisters

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In this video, Public Watchdogs’ Nina Babiarz asks the California Coastal Commission to enforce its Coastal Development Permits. The first thing you have to understand is that standing anywhere near the walls of one of these canisters will give you a lethal radiation dose in a matter of seconds.  Even the robotic inspection cameras, which are designed to transmit photographs and video are destroyed quickly by…

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Infant Mortality, Christi Brinkley, and a Nuclear Lububu?

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In this week’s Nuclear Hotseat, Episode #775, Three-Mile Island Survivor and author, Libbe Halevy features Joseph J. Mangano, an epidemiologist who is working with Christi Brinkley on the Radiation Public Health Project and its latest study, titled Worsening Newborn/Infant Health in San Luis Obispo County and the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactors. In addition, Libbe also features Linda Pentz Gunter and her new book No to Nuclear. …

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The Radiation leak (and the big lie) that shut down Unit 3 at San Onofre on January 31, 2012

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On January 31, 2012, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) lied about a radiation leak that tainted the skies and air above Southern California in this press release.  According to the release: “There has been no release to the atmosphere.” They lied. It was not a “lie of omission.” It was a shameful bald face lie. They lied because they had to.  The operator, Southern…

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Public Watchdogs’ comments to SONGS Community Engagement Panel, and Edison’s response

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At the close of the last 2025 Southern California Edison Community Engagement Panel (CEP) meeting, the Chair, Dan Stetson mentioned that the CEP panel members and Edison were planning to conduct a session to determine the agendas for the upcoming 2026 CEP meetings.  The details would include dates, venues, topics, and issues. Mr. Stetson also indicated that community members and groups could provide Edison with recommendations…

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New Harvard Study Links Cancer to Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants

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Cancer rates are higher for people who live near nuclear power plants. That is the conclusion of a new report from a Harvard research team. According to the study, more than 20,000 cancer victims in Massachusetts contracted the cancers because they were living too close to a nuclear power plant. The study's summary has this blunt conclusion: "Residential proximity to nuclear plants in Massachusetts is associated...

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Welcome KNSJ.  This page is non-public.  Please start with Pilot Episode 1 Episode 1, 12-Steps Radio   March 26, 2026 Episode 2, 12-Steps Radio  March 26, 2026 Episode 3, 12-Steps Radio, March 26,2026 Original  Demonstration Episode, not for publication, 01-16-2026 https://publicwatchdogs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Radio-Anonymous-KNSJ-cut-2.0.m4a

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Earthquake strikes 2.7 miles from San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

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At 12:36 PM yesterday, Sunday,December 7th, the United States Geological Survey(USGS) reported that a 3.3 earthquake occurred only 2.7 miles away from the San Onofre nuclear waste dump.  The facility,  located at the site of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), is home to more than 3.6 million pounds of deadly, radioactive “spent” nuclear fuel, or SNF placed in 73 (seventy-three) ‘scratched and damaged’ canisters. The earthquake at...

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Publication of SONGS Hazardous Waste Event Report No. 58027

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an Event Report involving the improper handling of hazardous waste material at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). SONGS was shuttered in 2013 after it blew hazardous radioactive steam into the atmosphere from a defective Replacement Steam Generator (RSG). The California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC) noted that in violation of the SONGS' permit, and California...

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Edison “Engagement Panel” on SONGS, this Thursday, 5:30pm

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To attend the meeting at 5:30PM on Thursday, November 13, click here. Click here to attend As a Public Watchdogs member, you are probably one of the most informed and educated people in our community regarding our community’s biggest concern: The 73 scratched and gouged canisters that are located 108 feet away from the mighty Pacific. With nowhere for that radioactive waste to go, we are...

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