Category: Nuclear Safety
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San Onofre Liable To Break Down At Full Power
A consultant hired by Edison concludes in a report that it is too “risky” for Edison to bring the plant to full power for more than 11 months, and that...
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San Onofre’s Troubles Deepen
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the repair costs for San Onofre are exploding. Meantime, after years of employee complaints, KPBS reports that federal regulators are now looking into claims...
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SAN ONOFRE: CBG Study Shows Safety of Restarting Either Unit 2 or 3 is Questionable
In a report released today, CBG conducted an exhaustive analysis of data from nuclear plants nationwide. After analyzing the data, it became stunningly clear that San Onofre’s Unit 2 reactor...
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San Onofre nuclear power plant: More dangerous than imagined
There is a new report on the devastating information recently disclosed by the NRC–that approximately 3,400 steam generator tubes have gone bad at San Onofre, a number nearly equal to...
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The Nation: ‘Shut Down San Onofre’: The New Front Line in the Fight Against Nuclear Power
The Nation magazine reports on the efforts to shutter the San Onofre plant. CBG has been working with the community and other nuclear policy organizations to shutter the problem-riddled plant.
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CBS report on San Onofre Plant
CBS 2 ran a story regarding the San Onofre nuclear reactor, with an interview of Dan Hirsch. You may read the story here, and watch the video below.
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CBG’s Dan Hirsch Speaks on Reactor Safety at San Onofre
Hirsch talked about the SONGs safety record, and the dangers presented by the continued operation of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The San Clemente Times reports: The second of...
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Extraordinary AP Series on NRC Lax Regulations of U.S. Nuclear Safety
This series of articles by AP reporters discuss the loosening of safety rules for aging nuclear reactors, the the presence of radioactive tritium leaks at 48 US nuke sites, US...
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New Yucca Rule Would Allow Equivalent of 1700 Chest Xrays Over a Lifetime
Would Produce 1 Cancer Per 125 People Exposed 10/12/2008: EPA has now finalized the radiation protection standards for Yucca at 15 millirem/year for the first 10,000 years and 100 millirem/year...
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NRC’s Lax Dirty Bomb Cleanup Standards
A nuclear Katrina in the Making 1/11/2006 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today issued guidelines for responding to a radiological “dirty” bomb that would permit doses to the public...