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….
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.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
DATELINE, SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA, July 13, 2018: The nonprofit public advocacy group Public Watchdogs has just filed a 19-point legal argument against the publicly-funded bailout of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). If the proposed out-of-court settlement is approved it will complete an alleged criminal conspiracy to bail out Southern California Edison (Edison) at ratepayer expense. The proposed settlement delivers a 417-fold return on investment for Southern California Edison, which is paying…
Dr. Roger Johnson, Ph.D, is a concerned citizen and Southern California Resident. At his request we have published this Q & A about nuclear waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generatings Station (SONGS). 16 Q & A about Living Near a Nuclear Waste Dump Q: What city has the most stranded nuclear waste in the entire country? A: San Clemente has by far the most….
Public Watchdogs researchers have uncovered confidential internal documents by Holtec, the manufacturer of the defective “HiStorm” nuclear waste trash cans that are being deployed at Southern California Edison’s newly constructed Beachfront Nuclear Waste Dump. We expect Edison employees to use the talking points at tonight’s (June 27) Community Engagement Panel Meeting on nuclear waste in San Clemente (click here for details). The secret documents represent what…
On Saturday June 9, the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen Nation, conducted a peaceful ceremony and massive Aerial Art display created by internationally renowned Aerial Artist, John Quigley, with video by award-winning director and film maker Kurt Soderling. Watch the documentary by the Museum of Woman Get video from the chopper here and here Scroll down for high resolution photos Get B-Roll Video here The Aerial Art display,…
ACJACHEMEN WISDOM DAY: HONORING OUR ANCESTORS TIME ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION NOTES 6:30AM Park opens 7:00AM Load-in with Lifeguard 7:00am Gary Christmas; Event invocation w/Inside team TBD Canopies, PA, generator 7:15AM Relief Team for Drawing Star Man 8:30AM Load-in Sound System/tents etc w/Lifeguard Lance, sound equipment (PA, generator, cordless mic), generator Load-in water to beach 9:00AM Set-up volunteers arrive Lance + volunteers: Christo Pellani, Marco Zermeno Sound system…
By Eric Heinz, June 7, 2018 Aerial photographer John Quigley and members of the Acjachemen Nation will join together on Saturday, June 9 at Trail 6, just south of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) to take a photo that will depict one of the native people’s symbols, a “star man,” using people to outline the figure, Quigley said. Quigley, who goes by the art…
Climate-Changed The Hippie Ways Californians Fight Energy Projects By Lynn Doan, Bloomberg News, Get the original story here. June 8, 2018, 1:54 PM PDT Californians are drawing art with their bodies in protest They’re also planting sunflowers — a lot of sunflowers Climate-Changed Edison International is working on relocating the nuclear waste at its San Onofre power plant north of San Diego, now that the complex…