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San Onofre: Edison, regulators at odds over restart plan?
L.A. NOWSouthern California Edison may be at odds with federal regulators over what it means to run the San Onofre nuclear plant at full power. Edison officials met with U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staffers Wednesday to discuss the agency's technical... -
Nuclear commission pushes back decision on San Onofre
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has pushed back the date when it could make a decision on the fate of the San Onofre nuclear plant. The plant has been shut down for nearly a year because of issues with unusual wear on its steam generator tubes,...
Tags: Southern California Edison Company
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Nuclear plant operator accused in carjacking vanishes
The young woman was sitting in her car in a parking lot in Woodridge last May when an elderly-looking man approached and asked her quietly, almost in a whisper, if she needed help. "I thought he was an old drunk homeless guy," said the woman, who told...
Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Theft, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Hydroelectricity, Johns Hopkins University, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Energy Resources
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Environmental group pushes for hearing on San Onofre restart
L.A. NOWThe environmental group Friends of the Earth made its case to federal regulators Wednesday that Southern California Edison should be barred from restarting the San Onofre nuclear plant unless it goes through a trial-like hearing process. The meeting... -
Nuclear power is far from safe or carbon-free
I became frightened when I read the commentary by Norman Meadow ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). I wanted to say so much, but my thoughts were running way beyond the commentary. Just one example: The reactor at Chernobyl still contains enough...Tags: Lung Cancer, Manufacturing and Engineering, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Heavy Engineering
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San Onofre: Mitsubishi told to hand over nuclear plant report
L.A. NOWThe U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has asked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to hand over a redacted version of a proprietary report on equipment issues at the now-shuttered San Onofre nuclear plant. The commission, which has already reviewed the full... -
Letters: How safe is San Onofre?
Re "In the dark on San Onofre," Editorial, Feb. 10 It is no surprise that Southern California Edison and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are keeping safety information about the San Onofre plant secret. One of the main lessons of the Fukushima...Tags: Southern California Edison Company
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Edison manipulated costs at San Onofre, complaint alleges
L.A. NOWAn advocacy group filed a complaint Wednesday with the California Public Utilities Commission alleging that Southern California Edison manipulated inflation calculations to recover more money from ratepayers for defective replacement steam generators at... -
The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Disasters and Accidents
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In the dark on San Onofre
If what two federal lawmakers say is true, there's more to the shutdown at the San Onofre nuclear plant than the public has been told. According to Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a leaked internal report by Mitsubishi Heavy...
Tags: Physiology, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Nuclear Power, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited
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San Onofre design issues probed by regulatory commission
L.A. NOWThe head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that the agency's office of investigations is probing the "completeness and accuracy" of information Southern California Edison has given the agency about equipment at its troubled San...
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