UPDATED 09-25-24: California Public Records Act response with a letter from the NRC explaining the spill.
See also a name-redacted copy of the official San Bernardino Fire Department report, including photos, on the recent spill of radioactive water from a rail shipment headed toward Clive Utah for disposal, and this report to our members.
The spill came from water left inside a 100-ton, 37-foot high steel pressurizer. The pressurizer was used to maintain the hydraulic pressure of extremely radioactive water at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). According to Southern California Edison, the owners of the failed nuclear plant, its contractors drained the 16,000 gallon capacity pressurizer, but failed to check (i.e. did not bother to look) inside the pressurizer to see if it was fully drained.
According to Edison, the radiation coming from the pressurizer and the leaked radioactive fluid is “below background levels.” They have stated hundreds of times that is is perfectly safe.
Do you believe them?
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NRC Report on SONGS Pressurizer Radiation Leak: This is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report on the recent leak of radioactive water from the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services: Hazardous Materials Spill Report to the CalOES Warning Center. The report notes a “damaged valve cap” that is leaking fluid. It also notes that the Bill of Lading indicates the code “UN2913”, which is the code for radiation-contaminated surfaces.
SONGS virtual public meeting, “Community Engagement Panel On September 5, 2024, Southern California Edison gave details to the public about yet another radiation leak. This meeting explains how engineers failed to package, protect, or even look inside a 100-ton radioactive pressurizer to see if it contained water before they chained it to a flatbed rail car and shipped it out.