Premature failure of U.S. spent nuclear fuel storage canisters
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should delay funding the new San Onofre dry cask storage system until Southern California Edison provides written substantiation that the major...
View Article10/27/2014 Carlsbad: NRC San Onofre Decommissioning meeting
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Donna Gilmore, SanOnofreSafety.org...
View Article10/21/2015 Laguna Woods City Council approves San Onofre nuclear waste...
Laguna Woods City Council adopted San Onofre Resolution 15-02 regarding concerns about continued storage of 1,609 metric tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel at San Onofre. It states that...
View ArticleTell Energy Commission: Don’t allow cracking nuclear waste canisters
Tell the California Energy Commission (CEC) to change state policy to require nuclear waste storage containers that won’t crack. Some of California’s thin steel storage canisters may already be...
View Article04/26/2016 Sacramento DOE nuclear waste meeting: DOE ignores cracking risk in...
30 years after Chernobyl, Department of Energy meets in Sacramento to discuss storage of hundreds of U.S. “Chernobyls” in a can Over 2000 U.S. thin-walled canisters cannot be inspected, repaired,...
View ArticleSan Onofre defective Holtec nuclear waste storage system is a lemon and must...
The Holtec nuclear waste dry storage system (Hi-STORM UMAX) is a lemon and is putting California’s safety, economy and security at great risk. It must be recalled. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
View ArticleAll Holtec nuclear waste thin-wall canisters likely damaged from inferior...
All Holtec thin-wall stainless steel canisters (only 1/2″ to 5/8″ thick) are likely damaged from Holtec’s inferior canister downloading system. The downloading system lacks precision, resulting in...
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