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…
Getting to Know Your Elected Officials The first in a series on how to put your elected officials to work for you. Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board of Directors This is your jumping off point – This series of three short articles to show you how to take one bite at a time out of the “elected official elephant.” The first step in kicking butt is taking names…
THE FACE-TO-FACE MEETING By Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board Member If you want a face-to-face meeting with an elected official then I highly recommend that you read the previous articles in this series and implement at least some of the suggestions about developing a relationship with their office, staff and the elected official first. If you haven’t then I can pretty much guarantee that you will…
How to initiate communication. Nina Babiarz, Public Watchdogs Board Member In our first article I showed you how to identify and contact your elected officials. Depending on where you live you can Google your District for a link to your various elected officials to identify their websites. If you save the websites for your convenience as a ‘Favorites’ in your browser, it will increase your accessibility and get you into the…
Internal memos show FEMA will not respond to a nuclear radiation disaster at San Onofre For Immediate Release, September 30, 2016 Contact: Charles Langley (858) 752-4600 Today, the nonprofit group Public Watchdogs published Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) documents authorizing massive safety planning and response exemptions in the event of a wide-scale radiation disaster at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The documents have been published as…
New documents show Emergency Response Services to a nuclear disaster at San Onofre have been gutted by Southern California Edison. Watch the NBC video here. September 29, 2016, SAN DIEGO — Today, Public Watchdogs released sensitive and previously unpublished documents from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The documents authorize the elimination of required emergency planning and response to a nuclear accident at the now-failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating…
Nuclear expert says it’s a “witches brew of radioactivity” Please view the original NBC story here. Published for archival purposes under the fair use provision of U.S. Copyright law. Please view the original NBC story here.
Decommissioned Nuclear Power Plants in USA Sorted by Mwe – Megawatts of Energy from largest to smallest Updated 9-29-16 This table shows that as of this writing, SONGS, the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is the largest privately owned beachfront nuclear waste dump in the USA. The power plant had three nuclear generators with a total capacity of 2,800 MWe, creating many millions of pounds of radioactive waste…
Host Eric Rankin and cohost Michelle Anderson at KX 93.5 discuss how nuclear power is generated, why all nuclear power plants are located adjacent to large bodies of water, and the limited options for safe nuclear waste disposal with guests Charles Langley and Nina Babiarz.
Before her coronation to the United States Senate for California, Kamala Harris allowed the statute of limitations to expire for prosecuting alleged crimes committed by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and top managers at Southern California Edison (SCE) involving the ratepayer-funded bailout of SCE’s failed SONGS nuclear facility.
This sworn affidavit documents allegations of criminal activities by top Southern California Edison executives and the president of the California Public Utilities Commission. Although the alleged criminal activities are well-documented, California’s Attorney General, Kamala Harris, has allowed the statute of limitations to expire. The scandal implicates the Office of Governor Jerry Brown who recently endorsed Harris in her bid for the U.S. Senate.
You’d think after all the time and suffering the folks of San Bruno have endured, that if Justice was not to be served there would be a darned good explanation. Not so. The judge, who shamefully exonerated PG&E from its fiduciary responsibility for its criminal acts, refused to provide an explanation for his decision. The prosecutors, who were expected to expedite restitution on behalf of the…
My name is Charles Langley, and I’m a whistle blower, too. I’ve had the honor of working with a brave whistleblower at Edison. I’d like to tell you what every whistle blower must know, and explode a few myths. My recommendation: Blow the whistle, but stay anonymous. I call this the “silent whistle.” By staying anonymous you will protect your reputation. Even better, it makes…
