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Amended Complaint filed in Federal Court to stop beachfront nuclear waste dump at San onofre

September 28, 2018September 30, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs files Amended Complaint to stop burial of nuclear waste at the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump Today Public Watchdogs announced that is has filed a 65 page amended complaint in its lawsuit to remove the nuclear waste from the beach at the newly contructed San Onofre State Beach Park Nuclear Waste Dump. Southern California Edison, which currently owns the Dump, prefers to refer to it as an “ISFSI,”…

Near-Miss Accident at San Onofre

September 25, 2018October 6, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

https://publicwatchdogs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NBC_Near-Miss-Accident_Broadcast_09-24-2018.mp4 This low-quality capture of NBC San Diego video from September 24, 2018, is reposted to the Public Watchdogs Web site under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law and is for internal use by Public Watchdogs only. Please view the original video HERE. Text of story as of 09-25-18: ‘Serious Near Miss’ Accident at San Onofre Sparks NRC Investigation Expert warns of the potential…

Edison (finally) announces its next Community Engagement Panel Meeting for November 28th

September 21, 2018September 23, 2018 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Next SONGS “Community Engagement Panel” slated for November 29th. Get details from Edison here Some wags have called it the “Community EnRagement Panel” for its generally obstinate refusal to answer questions without consulting with upper management … but in theory, its purpose is to engage you. Background: Four times a year, Southern California Edison, the highly profitable owner of the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station,…

NRC initiates feigned inspection at San Onofre

September 12, 2018October 6, 2020 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

Public Watchdogs asks “What are we paying them for?” Nuclear Regulatory Commission begins ‘special inspection’ of San Onofre nuclear station Rob Nikolewski, September 10, 2018 4:55 PM A team of five inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday began what is expected to be a five-day review of how a 45-ton canister loaded with spent nuclear fuel ended up getting suspended 18 feet from the floor…

Red Flags

September 10, 2018March 31, 2019 Public Watchdogs 1 Comment

13 Red Flags at San Onofre: Thirteen alarming reasons why the NRC Inspection of the San Onofre nuclear waste dump is probably a sham In the wake of a near-miss nuclear disaster at San Onofre, and public admissions that the canisters being used to store deadly nuclear waste have defective components, an embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is refusing to allow independent observers at SONGS, the…

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.