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Public Watchdogs Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

FOIA REQUEST: Under the Freedom of Information Act, please provide a copy of all referenced attachments and meeting notes contained within the NRC’s recent response to FOIA 2022–000142 previously submitted by Mr. Paul Blanch (see the original Blanch FOIA request at this NRC page: https://bit.ly/3TO5Swu ). A fee waiver and expedited processing are requested. Details: Please provide copies of all calendar attachments and notes for The…

These Leaders Deserve Your Vote of Thanks

September 1, 2022September 2, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Your utility bills are going to increase because of a reckless vote cast by your elected officials to keep Diablo Canyon open. Last night your representatives under cloak of darkness, in a secret midnight vote, opted to put their political aspirations above the public safety. How? By voting to keep the dangerously decrepit Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open for business past its prime. Even if…

Letter in opposition to keeping Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant open

August 19, 2022August 24, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Today, the LA Times published this letter from Public Watchdogs’ Board Member and Director of Development, Nina Babiarz. Photo: Tracy Adams, Wikimedia While it’s somewhat surprising that Newsom would hang his political aspirations on the coattails of PG&E, which just emerged from a criminal probation during which it pleaded guilty to 85 counts of manslaughter, at least he’s revealing his true colors. It’s also…

Keeping Diablo Canyon Open – The Devil is in the details

August 18, 2022August 23, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Governor Newsom is actively pressuring your elected officials to keep the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open. Newsom has promised Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) a $1.4 billion “forgivable loan” to keep it running, plus, the Senate is expected to vote on to keep Diablo open in the next few days! Call or email these State Senators to avert this disaster! (Scroll down for…

Oil price down, Gas prices up: Why increasing the supply of oil won’t lower gas prices in the short term

June 16, 2022July 6, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Why are gas prices going up when the price of oil is going down? Get the KUSI interview on this story with Public Watchdogs’ Executive Director, Charles Langley There is a schism in the scheme of things. According to the “Laws of Supply and Demand,” the price of a commodity will increase when it is scarce, and decrease when it is abundant. As of this…

That metallic taste? It’s possible you’ve been irradiated.

June 10, 2022May 18, 2023 Public Watchdogs 6 Comments

That metallic taste in your mouth? It could be brain damage. Click here to register for our free presentation on San Onofre this Tuesday, May 23, 2023. People who surf near the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are rumored to occasionally report a metallic taste in their mouth while surfing. Southern California Edison (SCE), the owners of the shuttered nuke plant, use a system…

Letter to Japanese Government on Fukushima radiation dumping

June 5, 2022June 13, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Today, Public Watchdogs joined as a signatory to An Open Letter to the Government of Japan from Concerned Groups, Elected Officials, and Scholars of the World. The letter which will be hand-delivered to the Japaneses Consulate on August 1, 2022, condemns the government of Japan for its dumping radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. As of this writing, more than 130 organizations and scholars have signed…

Public Watchdogs to intervene in San Onofre nuclear cost hearing at California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

June 3, 2022June 10, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs to Question San Onofre Cost to public Public Watchdogs has filed a formal Notice Of Intent (NOI) with the California Public Utilities Commission to intervene on behalf of ratepayers in hearings involving the decommissioning of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) by Southern California Edison (Edison). According to Public Watchdogs’ Executive Director, Charles Langley, “We will use forensic analyses to investigate and…

Why nuclear energy is insane (and why regulators from four nuclear nations have denounced it as an energy source)

May 12, 2022May 15, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Former Chair of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejects nuclear energy as “not safe” and “not smart” Dateline May 12, 2022 — E, the Environmental Magazine, has published a compelling article by journalist Sara Mosko titled the Insanity of Expanding Nuclear Energy. The story explains how four of the world’s top nuclear regulators have issued a joint statement rejecting nuclear energy as a clean, green solution to…

Workers urge Holtec International to “Stop hiring Homer Simpson”

April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Trained workers at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant in Massachusetts are claiming that skilled nuclear technicians are being replaced by unqualified “Homer Simpsons” as a way of cutting labor costs for the plant’s new owner, Holtec International. Holtec’s legal record includes criminal activities such as bribery and outright lying to elected officials, so it is no surprise that the company has serious management problems that have…

How to locate and contact County and City of San Diego elected officials, plus California State Assembly and State Senate

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

This page contains hard-to-get phone numbers and email addresses of your elected representatives in San Diego County by zip code and District. Let your elected leaders know what you are upset about and that it is their job to try and fix the problem. If you have ideas about what to do, let them know. CA Senate District Map California State Senator Phone Number Email Address…

Public Watchdogs calls on California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta to take action on gasoline price gouging

March 10, 2022April 25, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

2022-03-10-AG-Let-Bonta: Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has sent a written request for an investigation into gasoline price gouging by California oil refineries. The letter is reproduced as text below, and is also available as a pdf here. Read the reply from Attorney General Bonta’s office here. The Honorable Rob Bonta Attorney General of California 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Thursday,…

Recording of the February 10, 2022 Community Engagement Panel for the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

February 11, 2022 – As a public service, public Watchdogs has published this independently recorded copy of the Southern California Edison Community Engagement Panel presentation, yesterday, February 10, 2022. Edison hosted Dr. Kim Petry, the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Department of Energy (DOE). Dr. Petry discussed consent-based siting for federally approved temporary radioactive nuclear waste dumps. These facilities are known as Consolidated Interim Storage…

NRC sued in U.S. District Court for failing to respond to FOIA requests

January 24, 2022January 25, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Complaint documents “reckless and feckless” regulation by the NRC Whistleblower at SONGS (get video) GET THE COMPLAINT GET THE ACCOMPANYING PHOTOS A new District Court complaint portrays an agency that is either dangerously incompetent or a brazen liar that is working at the behest of the utilities is is supposed to regulate. On Thursday, January 20, San Diego attorney Michael J. Aguirre sued the United States…

Expert issues dire warning about flood risks at the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump

January 21, 2022April 28, 2022 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

If the ocean were to swamp the so-called Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, we could have an unsurpassed disaster on our hands, an uncontrolled criticality, one that has never occurred in the U.S. commercial power industry.