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Message 1 San Onofre restart issue growing more contentious and convoluted Fw: Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:05 pm (PST) . Posted by: "susanm" iecologie _____ > >San Onofre restart issue growing more contentious and convoluted >Posted: 09 Feb 2013 08:19 AM PST > >Southern California Edison installed replacement steam generators (RSG) at the >San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), located a mere 62 miles >southeast of Los Angeles, both of which were fabricated by Mitsubishi Heavy >Industries (MHI) in Japan at a $670 million price tag. >This week U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey wrote to >Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Allison Macfarlane and alleged that a >report by Mitsubishi indicates that Southern California Edison (SCE) and MHI >were aware of serious problems with the design of San Onofre nuclear power >plant’s replacement steam generators before they were installed” and “rejected >enhanced safety modifications and avoided triggering a more rigorous license >amendment and safety review process.” >In response, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that on September >28th, 2012, they had launched an “expansive investigation of the completeness >and accuracy of information that Southern California Edison provided to the >NRC regarding the steam generators.” Neither Mitsubishi nor Edison >representatives would immediately comment on the issue, and the report itself >still has not been made public. >Thursday, at a board meeting of the California Independent System Operator, >California’s main grid operator acknowledged that it was unlikely that either >San Onofre reactor would provide any power during the hot summer months. >Also on Thursday, Hitoshi Kaguchi, a nuclear projects director at Mitsubishi >Heavy Industries, gave testimony to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission how >alterations to anti-vibration tube supports had led to the destructive >tube-to-tube wear so bad it had never seen before in the industry before. At >the meeting, Commission Chairman MacFarlane said the reason they were >prevented from conducting a more effective probe into the San Onofre issue was >the current challenges made by Friends of the Earth, which even if taken into >consideration in arguendo does not make the issue any more clear. >Maybe even more harmful to any proposed restart plans, is a new initiative >sponsored by Ben Davis Jr., that was cleared by California Secretary of State >Debra Bowen this week, which would shut down both of California’s nuclear >power plants until the federal government comes to a new waste confidence >decision. >The initiative (pdf) now moves to the signature collection phase. It needs >504,760 signatures to qualify for the 2014 ballot. >Source: LA Times >Source: Bloomberg >Source: UT San Diego >Source: Forbes >The post San Onofre restart issue growing more contentious and convoluted >appeared first on Enformable. >This posting includes an audio/video/ photo media file: Download Now > > > > > > > All Messages (1) . Top ^ > The Yahoo! Groups Product Blog Check it out! > TERMS OF USE > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
