San Onofre Community Action Kit

Imagine being able to get real-time radiation readings from YOUR community in the event of a nuclear disaster at San Onofre! WHO:       Fellow citizens who are concerned about radiation in our communities. WHAT:    We want you to request Real-Time Radiation Monitoring (Click here for LIVE SAFECAST RADIATION READINGS one mile from the beachfront nuclear waste dump at San Onofre) WHEN:    Now. WHERE: …

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San Onofre nuclear waste moved closer to beach

CBS Update on radioactive waste at failed San Onofre nuclear reactors  Experts disagree on safety of nuclear waste storage at SONGS. Public Watchdogs vs. David G. Victor The burial of millions of pounds of nuclear waste is now underway at San Onofre.  The radioactive waste, which is deadly to all human life for at least 250,000 years, is being stored 108 feet from the beach.  Yet…

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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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Assembly Bill 305 is all wrong for Californians who don’t want nuclear power expanded

Let your elected officials in the Assembly know that you are watching! Get our list of Talking Points on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) AB 305 is the very first item on the Committee on Natural Resources Hearing Agenda at 2:30pm Monday, April 21 (don’t be late to this virtual meeting!) California’s nuclear industry has influenced a legislative change that provides an “exemption” to that allows “Small…

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Why Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are a BIG Problem for California

Talking Points on SMRs and AB 305 Click HERE to get this document as a one-page pdf. Situation Analysis:  After the Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima disasters, no nuclear power plants have been built in the USA.  In 1976, California also banned all new nuclear reactors until the federal government delivers a safe storage solution for radioactive nuclear waste, also known as “Spent Nuclear Fuel…

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URGENT! CA Assembly to vote for MORE nuclear power plants, Monday, 2:30 PM

On Monday, April 21, 2025, the California Assembly is slated to vote on AB 305, a “stealth exemption” that will enable the nuclear industry to begin building build small nuclear power plants in California by exempting “Small Modular Reactors” or “SMRs” from existing law. The vote on Assembly Bill 305 will occur at the Committee on Natural Resources Hearing at 2:30pm on Monday, April 21st.  AB…

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Radioactive Releases from Nuclear Power Plants: A Cause for Concern

By Roger Johnson, PhD, contributing editor  All nuclear power plants regularly discharge radioactivity into the environment.  They produce large quantities of radioactive materials and some of it gets discharged into the atmosphere, waterways, and surrounding land.  The public needs to know more about these radioactive emissions, especially since they are conducted frequently and in secret.  Ionizing radiation is a known carcinogen, and since cancer is becoming the number one…

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Whistleblower exposes Corruption at Hanford nuclear waste dump

Documentation of corruption at Hanford nuclear waste dump Thank goodness for the courage and sacrifice of Whistleblowers! Public Watchdogs’ Director of Development, Nina Babiarz, was talking with one of our Board members who resides in Washington state.  Familiar with our situation at San Onofre, he described to her the daily news coverage in Washington focused on a series of horrific taxpayer overcharges and safety lapses at…

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SDG&E’s electric rates are the highest in the nation

Are we customers or “victims?” It’s Official: According to a new study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  SDG&E customers are paying the highest rates for electricity in the entire USA.  These rates are even higher than “outlier” states such as Hawaii, and Alaska.    A significant portion of the higher costs are due to a lax regulatory environment, increased expenditures on deferred-maintenance fire prevention, and…

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CHIEF BLACK FOX SPEAKS: Nuclear Waste and Native American Prophecy

Editor’s Note:  Delbert Everett Pomani Jr, who we all knew as Black Fox, passed away at the age of 63 on May 17, 2024.  He gave generously of his time and spirit when he was in San Diego helping us fight the construction of a high-level radioactive nuclear waste dump at San Onofre State Beach Park.  That park, with its rolling and gentle surf, is located…

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What is Holtec Smoking? $70 million lost to cannabis-loving employees?

New Jersey Monitor, an independent news organization is reporting that Holtec, the company that made the nuclear waste storage canisters for the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) has admitted that its employees have embezzled money and duped its CEO, Krishna "Kris" Singh, into a $70 million loss from questionable investments in the cannabis industry. Top Holtec executives have admitted to investing in the dope...

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Partial list of Holtec shell companies

In February of 2021, Public Watchdogs researched Holtec shell companies in New Jersey, Delaware, and Florida.  We located more than 30 corporations operated by Holtec, but this list is by no means complete. Multiple holding companies and subsidiaries are a useful way to hide and launder money, or to limit legal liability. Holtec Shell Company Name ID Number City Type State 1 HOLTEC DECOMMISSIONING INTERNATIONAL, LLC…

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Federalist article exposes Kamala Harris’s involvement in the criminal cover-up at the failed San Onofre nuclear power plant

Public Watchdogs is cited as a source for documents in this Federalist article on the involvement of Kamala Harris in the cover-up of criminal activity at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).  The Federalist pulled its punches on this story by not releasing it until Election Day, November 5, 2024. The gist of the story, which ran on November 5, 2024, is that Harris…

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