NBC exposes danger of storing nuke waste in underground casks

In a matter of months (see countdown clock) high-level radioactive waste that's deadly to humans for more than 10,000 human generations will be stored in steel casks on the beach at the site of the now-defunct San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The casks at SONGS are only guaranteed to last 25 years by the manufacturer. The casks at the Hanford site, known as "America's Chernobyl"  are already...

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Southern California Community Engagement Panel Mtg., November 10, 5:30 to 8:30PM

This is your chance to speak out, and we hope to see you there. In 130 days, Southern California Edison, the owners of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), will begin burying millions of pounds of deadly radioactive nuclear waste on the beach at San Onofre State Beach Park.  Edison’s public relations department has spent millions of dollars creating a “Community Engagement Panel” with a…

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Rejected by utilities commission on San Onofre waste, activists turn to a higher power

By Jeff McDonald Contact Reporter  | View the original article While political advocacy and legal intervention have yet to reverse the plan to bury tons of nuclear waste at San Onofre, activists are turning to higher powers, using prayer and meditation in the hopes of meeting their objective. A coalition of Native Americans and community activists began a 30-day virtual meditation and prayer effort on Tuesday. They hope…

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Chief Phil Lane Staking Ceremony, San Onofre State Park Beach, October 29, 2016

At 11:00 AM under a rare “black moon” Chief Phil Lane conducted a Staking Ceremony on the beach at San Onofre within sight of the now defunct nuclear power plant known as SONGS, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.  More than 25 people made the difficult hike to the bottom of the cliffs to forcefully drive  a stake into the ground signifying their intent to stop…

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Native American prayer vigil at San Onofre State Beach, Saturday

Staking Ceremony and prayers for unprecedented, unified action for removal of nuclear waste to be convened at San Onofre State Beach, Saturday, October 29 at 9:30am   For background or to arrange interviews, contact Charles Langley at (858) 752-4600 Native Americans and other Members of the Human Family to gather at San Onofre beach to peacefully and prayerfully stand together for unified action to remove nuclear…

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San Onofre Talking Points

11 reasons why storing nuclear waste 108 feet from San Onofre State Beach is a bad idea To get a copy of this document as a print-friendly pdf, click here Situation Analysis:  Southern California Edison has completed the burial of 73 gigantic cans of deadly radioactive nuclear waste from the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).  The waste is being stored 108 feet from the…

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New documents expose horrific safety lapses at SONGS

Internal memos show FEMA will not respond to a nuclear radiation disaster at San Onofre For Immediate Release, September 30, 2016 Contact: Charles Langley (858) 752-4600 Today, the nonprofit group Public Watchdogs published Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) documents authorizing massive safety planning and response exemptions in the event of a wide-scale radiation disaster at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The documents have been published as…

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Public Watchdogs exposes shocking emergency response plans at SONGS

New documents show Emergency Response Services to a nuclear disaster at San Onofre have been gutted by Southern California Edison.  Watch the NBC video here. September 29, 2016, SAN DIEGO — Today, Public Watchdogs released sensitive and previously unpublished documents from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The documents authorize the elimination of required emergency planning and response to a nuclear accident at the now-failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating…

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Kamala Harris: Allegations of fraud are tainting her U.S. Senate bid

Before her coronation to the United States Senate for California, Kamala Harris allowed the statute of limitations to expire for prosecuting alleged crimes committed by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and top managers at Southern California Edison (SCE) involving the ratepayer-funded bailout of SCE’s failed SONGS nuclear facility.

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Sworn Affidavit of Special Agent on California Public Utilities Commission Corruption

This sworn affidavit documents allegations of criminal activities by top Southern California Edison executives and the president of the California Public Utilities Commission.  Although the alleged criminal activities are well-documented, California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has allowed the statute of limitations to expire. The scandal implicates the Office of Governor Jerry Brown who recently endorsed Harris in her bid for the U.S. Senate.

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4 Arguments for an Emergency Court Injunction against the hot nuclear waste dump at San Onofre

Deployment of the new beach-front Nuclear Waste Dump at San Onofre is imminent. Here are four good reasons why storing high-level radioactive nuclear waste on our public beaches is a bad idea. See the photos below. Holtec casks awaiting spent nuclear fuel at San Onofre. The stainless steel casks are covered in white tarps to prevent the rust from corrosive salt-infused air. Photo taken 01/21/16 Holtec encasements...

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The California Coastal Commission’s betrayal of Californians

Editor’s Note: You may watch the October 6, video of the California Coastal Commission’s phony public hearing on San Onofre Here.  The discussion of San Onofre begins at Minute 39. On October 6, 2015, the Coastal Commission deeply betrayed its own mission statement and the public by holding a secret, nonpublic vote to approve a a radioactive nuclear waste dump at San Onofre State Beach. The public…

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