Finding a repository for San Onofre plant’s nuclear waste is a difficult task
SAN DIEGO — Earlier this month, Southern California Edison — the operators of the now-shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant — resumed transferring heavy canisters filled with spent fuel assemblies from wet storage pools to a newly constructed dry storage facility on the plant’s premises.
Putting aside the criticism from some advocacy groups about restarting transfers at all, the move brings up a larger question: Where will the waste at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, known as SONGS, eventually go?
Dark Dawning: The Age of Nuclear Waste Begins
“I feel that we got the final wake-up call at Fukushima and that we need to phase out and shut down the 104 reactors in America. I will put it very bluntly: We need to kill them before they kill us. “ – S. David Freeman, ninety-something former TVA head who holds the record for shutting down utility reactors than any other administrator
“The Age of Nuclear Energy is winding down. The Age of Nuclear Waste is just beginning.” – Gordon Edwards, Co-Founder, President Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
'A rip through the desert': photos show how California earthquakes reshaped the land
The biggest earthquakes to hit California in two decades literally broke the desert floor. Newly released satellite images show how the tremors jerked apart slabs of land, permanently altering the landscape.
Transfers of canisters filled with nuclear waste resume at San Onofre
Almost one year after a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste got wedged inside a storage cavity and was left suspended on a metal flange about 18 feet from the ground, the operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, announced the resumption of transfer operations at the now-shuttered plant.
Council supports stronger resolutions for spent fuel storage
At a July 10 meeting, Solana Beach City Council opted to strengthen a resolution regarding the dry storage of spent fuel at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). With a 4-1 vote, the council voiced its support for loading the waste into thick-walled casks
The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim
In the last 100 years, the sea rose less than 9 inches in California. By the end of this century, the surge could be greater than 9 feet.
Halting Holtec – A Challenge for Nuclear Safety Advocates
Once again, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s ever-compliant rubber stamp has come down with a hollow thud in favor of the industry it purportedly regulates. The NRC announced May 21 that it “has determined that fuel loading can be safely resumed at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.“
Near-accident at San Onofre causes concern
Nearly two-and-a-half hours into an Aug. 9 meeting in Oceanside on the decommissioning of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) came the announcement of a near-accident the week prior.