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Jun. 4, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, San Onofre Updates / Tags: San onofre, Shaun burnie
Former Japanese Prime Minister Naota Kan warned today that restarting the damaged San Onofre nuclear reactor is driven by the same industrial and regulatory forces in the United States that are seeking the restart of Japanese nuclear reactors. He ...
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Apr. 12, 2013 / Posted by: Kendra Ulrich / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, San Onofre Updates / Tags: Kendra ulrich, Nuclear regulatory commission, San onofre
To say that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- charged with ensuring the safe operation of the nation’s aging, degraded nuclear fleet -- is a paper tiger would be far too kind. Rather than just de-fanged and flimsy, on Wednesday, they went...
Read More »Mar. 8, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, San Onofre News / Tags: Nuclear reactors, San onofre
The just-released Mitsubishi Heavy Industries report on the San Onofre steam generators conclusively reveals that, as far back as 2005-2006, the joint Southern California Edison/Mitsubishi anti-vibration bar design team had identified worrisome pr...
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Oct. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Kendra Ulrich / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, San Onofre Updates / Tags: Kendra ulrich, Nuclear reactors, San onofre
A dangerous gamble with the safety of Southern California If you have ever been to Las Vegas, you’ve seen it: People so caught up in the excitement of the casino that they just can’t resist the lure of the next bet or the thought that ...
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Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Kendra Ulrich / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Legal, San Onofre Updates / Tags: Kendra ulrich, Nuclear regulatory commission, San onofre, Steam generators
Exposing the truth behind the San Onofre AIT report On July 18, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Augmented Inspection Team released its final report regarding the newly replaced, crippled steam generators in the San Onofre nuclear reactors. Both ...
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Jul. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Kendra Ulrich / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications, San Onofre Updates / Tags: Kendra ulrich, San onofre, Steam generators
Leaked Edison document exposes San Onofre as worst in the nation The crippled steam generators in the San Onofre nuclear reactors have earned the Southern California Edison run plant the dubious distinction as having the most severely defective an...
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Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Tim Freeman / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, San Onofre Updates / Tags: Nuclear reactors, San onofre, Tim freeman
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, located in San Clemente, Calif., between Los Angeles and San Diego, poses a threat to the health and safety of the people of southern California. The reactors have been shut down for nearly five months, f...
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