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San Onofre shutdown costs now over $400 million
To this $402 million for repairs and replacement power, one has to add the $739 million which Edison collected for SONGS as part of its CPUC-authorized 2012 "revenue requirement" for SONGS, as well as the $253 million collected by SDG&E as part of its CPUC-authorized 2012 "revenue requirement." $1.396 billion for one year's worth of an inoperable plant starts to make it clear why Southern California electricity bills are so high.— February 27, 2013 1:54 p.m.
Edison Reports Increased Damage, Backs Off Restart Proposal at San Onofre
In Unit 3, the plugged tube count is a little over halfway to the 8% design threshold that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries previously announced. What happens when/if that threshold is crossed? The SONGS license calls for plugging at 35% degradation. In the NRC's reports in early February, there were 10 times more tubes with 10-20% degradation than there were with more than 20% degradation. Over the past three months we seem to have lost count of the degraded tubes that haven't yet hit the 35% threshold. Neither Edison nor the NRC reports this number. Why not?— May 9, 2012 9:45 a.m.
More Danger Signs From San Onofre's "Other" Reactor
Why did it take so long for this tube-on-tube degradation in Unit 2 to become public? And only after NRC Chairman Jaczko and Congressman Issa had been put in the embarrassing position of suggesting that Unit 2 could be on a fast track for restart? Unit 2 was down for maintenance when Unit 3's leak caused it to shut down on January 31, and the media reported on February 2: But the OC Register reported on February 2 the following: “ 'They have inspected 80 percent of the tubes in one of the steam generators at unit 2,' said Victor Dricks, spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 'Two of the tubes have thinning so extensive that they need to be plugged and taken out of service. Sixty nine other tubes have thinning greater than 20 percent of the wall thickness, and a larger number have thinning greater than 10 percent of wall thickness.' The tubes with 10 percent thinning number more than 800, he said." After more than 10 weeks, when do we get the scorecard for each of the two SG's in Unit 2 and each of the two SG's in Unit 3? Certainly Edison International CEO Ted Craver knows the first rule of crisis management is get the information out there quickly and accurately, then live with the consequences. Very bad form, Ted.— April 13, 2012 11:10 a.m.
More Concerns Over San Onofre Safety
This article contains a remarkable admission: "Edison spokesman Gil Alexander disagreed, countering that 'It’s not unprecedented in the industry for there to be accelerated wear in small sections of tubes in early years of usage.'” What did SCE's management know when they persuaded the CPUC to authorize up to $782 million for this contraption, and what did the CPUC know when it rubber stamped the request?— February 15, 2012 8:23 a.m.
Proposition 16 False Fact: No Right to Vote?
It's important to note that the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce voted 79-2 to oppose Prop. 16, leading to similar action by the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, the South Orange County Chamber of Commerce and the Orange County Association of Realtors. Abraham Lincoln had it right about not being able to fool all of the people all of the time, even if a utility chooses to divert $46 million collected from its customers into a ballot measure the Union Tribune said uses "one of the most deceptive political advertising slogans of all time." http://pgandeballotinitiativefactsheet.blogspot.c…— May 27, 2010 1:02 p.m.