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NRC June 3 2019 Webinar now available at PublicWatchdogs.org

June 3, 2019 Public Watchdogs Leave a comment

The June 3, 2019 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Webinar is now available at the Public Watchdogs YouTube Channel. The NRC has promised that it will publish a video of today’s deeply disturbing Webinar, but we doubt they”ll get around to publishing it for several weeks, so we have published it here. The webinar was is supposed to reassure the public that the NRC is actually doing…

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NRC June 3 2019 Webinar now available at PublicWatchdogs.org

June 3, 2019 2:40 pm | By Public Watchdogs

NRC refuses to fine Holtec for violating Federal nuclear safety laws, underscoring its complete failure to protect the public

May 5, 2019 2:32 pm | By Public Watchdogs

Holtec had two violations, the NRC said: failure to establish adequate design control measures of components important to safety, and failure to perform evaluations before making changes. A base civil penalty of $36,250 was considered and rejected due to Holtec’s “prompt and comprehensive” corrective actions, which outraged some critics. “The failure by the NRC to fine Holtec for breaking the law shows that it isn’t serious about protecting the public’s safety,” said Charles Langley, executive director of Public Watchdogs, in a statement. Read more →

NRC “enforcement decision” represents a miserable failure to regulate.

April 26, 2019 2:43 pm | By Public Watchdogs

Today, the nonprofit public safety advocacy group, Public Watchdogs, reacted to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission email touting an “enforcement decision,” at the failed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s beachfront nuclear waste dump, by calling the agency a “miserable failure.” Breaking news: April 26, 2019, 3:50PM NRC “Enforcement Action” against Holtec shows a complete failure to regulate USA’s nuclear waste stockpile. Today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced... Read more →

Public Watchdogs sues State Lands Commission to stop destruction of Spent Fuel Pools

April 25, 2019 7:15 pm | By Public Watchdogs

Dateline San Diego, April 26, 2019 —Today, Public Watchdogs announced that it has filed a second legal action against the beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump owned by Southern California Edison (Edison). Get the lawsuit here. The lawsuit aims to prevent the tear-down of the spent nuclear fuel pools, which currently hold more than two-million pounds of nuclear waste that is lethal to human life for... Read more →

April 10, 2019, recording of Holtec and NRC Joint Public Relations event

April 19, 2019 1:08 pm | By Public Watchdogs

Is the NRC embarrassed, or just secretive? Every lowered canister containing nuclear waste at San Onofre has been gouged during the loading process. This is a problem, because even small scratches can create a toe-hold for stress corrosion cracking, which has the potential to destroy the integrity of a canister in a matter of years. The NRC has refused to publish a transcript, or this... Read more →

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