Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Despite renewed concerns, San Onofre nuclear site safe from tsunamis
REGION — Despite scientific research indicating a lower-than-expected risk of tsunami danger to the decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, a recent tsunami event has...
Petition calls for cancer study around San Onofre plant
REGION — A recently circulated petition is calling for federal funding to research possible cancer risks of people living near nuclear power plants like the...
Watchdog group’s petition to halt SONGS demolition rejected
REGION — A local watchdog group’s petition to halt the dismantling of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) did not meet the accepted criteria...
‘Several weeks’ before San Onofre resumes spent-fuel transfer
The NRC has given Southern California Edison the green light to resume dry storage operations at San Onofre nuclear plant in the next few weeks....
Edison gets federal approval to resume fuel-loading operations
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced on May 21 that Southern California Edison can safely resume spent-fuel storage operations at San Onofre....
Edison: ‘We could have done a better job’ handling canister incident
Nearly eight months after a canister incident delayed storage operations at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, the message from Southern California Edison’s management team was...
San Onofre officials: ‘No risk’ of widespread radiological catastrophe
Southern California Edison and a leading nuclear waste expert have called two recently published Samuel Lawrence Foundation reports describing dangerous conditions at a nuclear waste...
Reports: San Onofre nuclear site ‘fatally flawed’
Nuclear waste storage facilities at the decommissioning San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station are “fatally flawed, according to recent reports....
Vista forum discusses public health risks of San Onofre nuclear storage facility
On Nov. 8 at the Vista Public Library, Public Watchdogs and North County Climate Change Alliance played host to a forum about public health concerns...
Nuclear waste takes stage at Belly Up event
The Belly Up was alive with singing, cursing and crusading at a three-hour Oct. 8 rally meant to raise awareness about safe nuclear storage at...
San Onofre: Activist seeks to move spent fuel inland
REGION — El Cajon-based nonprofit Citizens’ Oversight Projects has filed a petition with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to change the way spent nuclear fuel from...
Nuclear waste will remain at San Onofre indefinitely
REGION — There are currently hundreds of thousands of nuclear fuel rods containing radioactive waste being stored at the inoperable San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station...