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NRC: Edison Did Not Violate Policy On San Onofre Generator Replacement

Federal inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conclude in a report released yesterday that Southern California Edison is not guilty of having misled the Commission with regard to the complexity of design changes to the failed steam generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station when they were installed two years ago. The finding disappointed environmental groups and scientists, who have alleged otherwise for several months.

“The bottom line is that the NRC was asleep at the wheel then, and now we've left it up to the same people to justify their mistake,” said Damon Moglen, a spokesperson for Friends of the Earth in a release.

While the Commission admits that “major design changes” were made, under current guidelines the generators still qualified as direct replacements not requiring extensive federal review. At issue now is whether the guidelines themselves should be reviewed as a potential problem.

In other news, the southern Orange County city of San Clemente, just north of San Onofre, voted 5-0 this week to draft a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission offering support for a proposed investigation into the financial effects of the rapid failure of the plant’s four new steam generators, installed at an undetermined cost that could top $780 million.

At issue is whether the customers of plant operator Southern California Edison and partial owner San Diego Gas & Electric should bear the cost of the utilities misfortunes, rather than stockholders of the highly profitable publicly-held utilities.

“We have an obligation to be vocal on this issue on behalf of our community,” Councilwoman Lori Donchak told the Orange County Register.

The council decided not to go as far as suggested by environmental group San Clemente Green, which is seeking to keep the plant shut down until waste storage issues at the plant can be addressed.

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Federal inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conclude in a report released yesterday that Southern California Edison is not guilty of having misled the Commission with regard to the complexity of design changes to the failed steam generators at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station when they were installed two years ago. The finding disappointed environmental groups and scientists, who have alleged otherwise for several months.

“The bottom line is that the NRC was asleep at the wheel then, and now we've left it up to the same people to justify their mistake,” said Damon Moglen, a spokesperson for Friends of the Earth in a release.

While the Commission admits that “major design changes” were made, under current guidelines the generators still qualified as direct replacements not requiring extensive federal review. At issue now is whether the guidelines themselves should be reviewed as a potential problem.

In other news, the southern Orange County city of San Clemente, just north of San Onofre, voted 5-0 this week to draft a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission offering support for a proposed investigation into the financial effects of the rapid failure of the plant’s four new steam generators, installed at an undetermined cost that could top $780 million.

At issue is whether the customers of plant operator Southern California Edison and partial owner San Diego Gas & Electric should bear the cost of the utilities misfortunes, rather than stockholders of the highly profitable publicly-held utilities.

“We have an obligation to be vocal on this issue on behalf of our community,” Councilwoman Lori Donchak told the Orange County Register.

The council decided not to go as far as suggested by environmental group San Clemente Green, which is seeking to keep the plant shut down until waste storage issues at the plant can be addressed.

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