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NRC refuses to allow independent observers at San Onofre inspection

September 7, 2018September 7, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

NRC denies independent public oversight after “near-miss” nuclear disaster at San Onofre Public Watchdogs protests NRC malfeasance at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. For background or more information, contact Charles Langley at (858) 752-4600 Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — the only agency allowed under U.S. law to regulate the safety of deadly nuclear waste — denied the public access to its evaluation of what it calls a “near-miss” at SONGS, the San…

Letter protesting NRC denial of independent public observers

September 7, 2018January 23, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

VIA EMAIL, Fri, 7 Sep 2018 14:51:31 -0700 Subject: NRC Special Inspection of SONGS, initiated August 17, 2018 Dear NRC Deputy Division Manager Linda Howell, Thank you for speaking with me this morning for the purpose of denying my request to observe the NRC’s regulatory activities this coming Monday, September 10. This morning, on or around 9:15 AM Pacific Time, you called to inform me that you…

August Has Been a Cruel Month for San Onofre Nuke Plant

August 29, 2018October 6, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs says the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) “spent fuel casks are not thick enough and could crack.” by MICHAEL STEINBERG / Blackrain Press Republished from the OB Rag under the Fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Get the original story here. Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear power industry in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of…

Orange County Register: Spent nuclear waste burial halted

August 25, 2018August 28, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Spent nuclear waste burial halted at San Onofre until NRC can probe ‘near miss’ with canister. Public Watchdogs “alarmed” that NRC waited more than two weeks to investigate. Vertical Cask Transporter First fuel move Jan. 30-31, 2018 San Onfore (Courtesy of Southern California Edison) This story is reproduced from the Orange County Register under the Fair Use provision of U.S. Copyright law. Get the original story…

WOW!!! We did it!

August 13, 2018August 27, 2018 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

The goal for the first $50,000.00 has been reached! Thank you! Thanks to members like you we managed to raise $50,000.00 in four-and-one-half days toward our legal costs! Thank you for helping us reach our first goal! We will use this money to seek a court-order that stops Southern California Edison from burying nuclear waste on the beach at San Onofre. As of noon yesterday, (August…

URGENT Protest today in San Clemente at 6:00 PM at Public Library, Saturday, August 11, 2018

August 11, 2018August 17, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

This is a last-minute invitation to join us TODAY in solidarity at a public event in San Clemente to draw attention to the alarming news about the looming threat of a radiation disaster at San Onofre. Have you seen the video describing this near-miss nuclear disaster? This last-minute event is being organized by our friends at San Clemente Green at 6:00 PM today (Get details). We are gathering…

Whistle blower describes near-miss nuclear accident at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

August 10, 2018September 4, 2019 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

San Onofre safety worker exposes unreported (and secret) “near-miss” accident at Southern California Edsion’s Community Engagement Panel Dateline, Oceanside California, August 10, 2018 Get the whistle blower video here. When San Onofre worker and Orange County Resident David Fritch stepped up to the microphone last night, he dropped a bombshell: his first words were “I may not have a job tomorrow.” The whistle blower went on…

Watch: Whistleblower Reports Danger at San Onofre

August 10, 2018August 11, 2018 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

Transcript of Whistle Blower David Fritch at San Onofre Community Engagement Panel Meeting, August 9, 2018

August 10, 2018March 15, 2021 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

DAVID FRITCH: Thank you. My name is David Fritch. I am a worker on the ISFSI project.[1] I work on the spent fuel. I work as a – [Get the VIDEO of this event here] PANEL MEMBER: Spell your name. DAVID FRITCH: F-R-I-T-C-H. I do industrial Safety, so OSHA stuff, not nuclear stuff, but I’m out there, and I may not have a job after tomorrow….

Edison admits that it has buried four defective Holtec nuclear waste storage cans

August 3, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Southern California Edison’s Chief Nuclear Officer, Tom Palmisano, explains that the company has buried four canisters filled with hot nuclear waste that have a known defect.

Lands Commission Meeting on Nuclear Waste at SONGS, August 7th and 8th in Oceanside and San Clemente

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

The California State Lands Commission is convening public hearings on Tuesday August 7th and Wednesday August 8th to hear public comments about the final phases of demolition at the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump. Please join Public Watchdogs for public comments. When: Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 6 PM Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 1 PM Where (see attached maps, including public transit options): Oceanside City Hall,…

Cruel Master, or Terrible Servant? Charles Langley addresses the California Public Utilities Commission

August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

This video shows Public Watchdogs’ Executive Director at a July 26 Public Utility Commission hearing in Sacramento. In it, he advises the California Public Utilities Commission to deny the approval of a settlement agreement on the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The Commission opted to approve the dirty deal with minor modifications a few minutes later. It is the opinion of Public Watchdogs that…

Are Holtec’s nuclear waste trash cans “eggshell thin?”

July 31, 2018October 15, 2020 Public Watchdogs 2 Comments

Proportional mathematics shows that Holtec’s nuclear waste trash cans are proportionally not much thicker than an egg shell Last year, we asked Carlsbad computer programmer and nuclear safety advocate, Ace Hoffman to evaluate the “thin-walled” nuclear trash cans that Southern California Edison is using at its beachfront nuclear wast dump at San Onofre using proportional mathematics. Ace is the author of a popular intensively illustrated book…

San Onofre Settlement Deal “Unimpressive” improvement to “Rape of Ratepayers”

July 29, 2018July 24, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

CPUC wipes away Peevey/Edison collusion, criminal investigation Ratepayers get minor relief; law firm gets $5.4 million By Don Bauder, July 27, 2018 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) yesterday (July 26) made an unimpressive adjustment to a rape of the ratepayer that began with a secret meeting between the then-top commissioner, Michael Peevey, and a representative of Southern California Edison in a hotel in Warsaw, Poland. Peevey sketched…

Regulators Okay San Onofre Settlement with modifications

July 29, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

State regulators approve San Onofre nuclear settlement, trimming $750M from original deal This story is reproduced by Public Watchdogs under the fair use provision of U.S. Copyright law. Please read the original story at the San Diego Union Tribune here. The site of the dry cask storage facility that holds the spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. (Photo by Southern California…