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Topic	Description	Status	Parents
Nuclear Waste	How to deal with ever-increasing deadly nuclear waste.	Active	Nuclear Energy
Settlement To Move San Onofre Waste	Citizens Oversight sued the Coastal Commission regarding approval of the permit to allow the Nuclear Waste Storage on the Beach and a Settlement Resulted. This Project tracks and follows that settlement.	Active	Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste, Stop Nuke Dump
Shut San Onofre	Objective is permanent decommissioning of SONGS	Active	Nuclear Energy
Shutdown Diablo	Goal is permanent shut down of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant	Active	Nuclear Energy

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Myths and Concerns

San Onofre is not on the coast and would not be affected by a Tsunami like the plant in Japan.

San Onofre:

From: http://ranchosantamargarita.patch.com/articles/nuke-plant-chief-san-onofre-could-have-withstood-the-japanese-quake

One of the major problems with the Japanese plant was that the 23-foot tsunami wiped out backup diesel generators that run the cooling system at the plant. Dietrich said that wouldn’t happen at San Onofre; not only is the plant protected by a 30-foot reinforced seawall—seven feet higher than the crest of the tsunami that struck Japan—but also, the generators are in water-tight, missile-resistant bunkers that sit at an elevation of 30 feet above sea level.

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Fukushima Power Plant:

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From http://www.theoildrum.com/node/7637

I recall reading the elevation was some 45 feet above sea level.

I recall hearing 15meters, which is the same thing. The pictures I saw showed the buildings on a coastal bluff. Most likely the cooling water intakes got fouled by tsunami debris. I heard the diesel gen sets were running when the tsunami hit. On hindsight, it would have been prudent to have diesel gen shutdown during tsunami. I think the reactor buildings themselves were designed for the 15M event, but obviously the emergency cooling system wasn't.

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Background

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• (M1420) 2014-04-03 CPUC I.12-10-013 - Motion for approval of settlement agreement -- , Southern California Edison, Edison and SDG&E propose that ratepayers pay $3.3 billion to cover their losses in the project; claimed to be a $1.4 billion 'savings' by proponents.
• (M1419) 2014-03-27 Proposed Settlement Agreement for San Onofre Outage -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1425) 2014-03-03 REPORT ON HEALTH STATUS OF RESIDENTS IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES LIVING NEAR THE DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR REACTORS -- Joseph Mangano, World Business Academy,
• (M1396) 2013-12-16 CDSO Opening Brief on the Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding, A.12-12-012/013 -- Ray Lutz, Martha Sullivan, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1410) 2013-12-09 CDSO Protest of SCE Advice Letter 2968E -- Ray Lutz, Coalition To Decommission San Onofre,
• (M1390) 2013-11-22 CDSO Opening Brief for Phase 2 of San Onofre OII (I.12-10-013) -- Raymond Lutz, Coalition To Decommission San Onofre, Martha Sullivan assisted with review of this submission.
• (M1426) 2013-11-13 Economic Considerations Guiding Shutdown of San Onofre -- , Southern California Edison,
• (M1436) 2013-11-05 Closing of nuke helps Edison to higher earnings -- Eric Wolff, SNL Generation Markets Week,
• (M1402) 2013-10-21 CPUC Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Proceeding 2012 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Overisight, CPUC:A.12-12-012/013
• (M1388) 2013-10-01 CPUC Public Participation meeting in San Diego, 2013-10-01 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1387) 2013-09-26 NRC Public Meeting on Decommissioning, 2013-09-26 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1386) 2013-09-20 CDSO Reply Testimony for CPUC Nuclear Decommissioning Cost Triennial Review A.12-12-013 -- Raymond Lutz, Main.Martha Sullivan, Coalition To Decommission San Onofre,
• (M1405) 2013-09-20 SONGS - NRC Confirmatory Action Letter Response -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
• (M1384) 2013-09-16 CPUC A12-12-013 CDSO Motion for Party Status, Decom Fund Triennial Review -- Main.Martha Sullivan, Citizens Oversight, Includes amended motion and responses by ALJ Darling
• (M1383) 2013-09-10 CDSO Testimony for Phase 2 of CPUC OII on San Onofre -- Martha Sullivan, Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1382) 2013-09-06 Comments on NRC project on foreign ownership of nuclear reactors -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1381) 2013-09-05 NRC Culture Biased Toward Profits and Against Safety -- Raymond Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1379) 2013-08-19 CITIZENS OVERSIGHT'S ANSWER TO MOTION VACATE RULING OF ASLB ON PETITION TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST A HEARING AND THE SUBSEQUENT APPEAL OF THAT RULING -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, This submittal includes a description of why the NRC has a systemic bias toward allowing the industry to increase profits at the expense of safety.
• (M1461) 2013-08-13 Shutdown Diablo - California's Last Nuke Standing -- Linda Seeley, Mothers For Peace Ecological Options Network,
• (M1466) 2013-07-29 Meeting California’s Electricity Needs Without San Onofre or Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plants -- Bill Powers, Sierra Club San Diego, Concludes that California can withstand the loss of both San Onofre and Diablo Canyon Plants.
• (M1370) 2013-07-12 CPUC Bullies Cameraman -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1366) 2013-06-25 Storage of nuclear waste from spent fuel at San Onofre -- Robert Alvarez, Friends Of The Earth, An excellent overview of the current situation at San Onofre and concerns about the safety of nuclear waste.
• (M1359) 2013-06-04 Fukushima Lessons for California Panel -- , Citizens Oversight,
• (M1349) 2013-04-22 COALITION TO DECOMMISSION SAN ONOFRE REBUTTAL TESTIMONY, PHASE 1 SAN ONOFRE OUTAGE INVESTIGATION -- Main.Martha Sullivan, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1350) 2013-04-18 Reid Appoints Besieged Regulator to Nuclear-Weapons Panel -- Amy Harder, National Journal,
• (M1802) 2013-04-05 Trends in the cost of Energy -- Zoltan Kiss, Seeking Alpha, Includes startling energy cost chart
• (M1347) 2013-02-21 CPUC Public Participation Hearing on San Onofre (Costa Mesa) -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, Transcripts Included.
• (M1345) 2013-02-12 Shut San Onofre Rally prior to NRC meeting in Capistrano Beach, 2013-02-12 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1342) 2013-01-22 San Diego School Board Demands Public Hearing before San Onofre Restart -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1530) 2013-01 STRATEGY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- , Dept Of Energy,
• (M1792) 2013 Too Hot to Touch -- The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste -- William Alley and Rosemarie Alley, Cambridge University Press,
• (M1339) 2012-12-11 COPS Objection to use of NDAs in FOE petition -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1337) 2012-12-08 So Cal Edison's efforts to restart generator at San Onofre nuclear plant run into snag -- Atomic Safety & Licensing Board demands documents -- John Carroll, Abc News San Diego,
• (M1336) 2012-12-06 Citizen Activist Challenges License Amendment For San Onofre -- Alison St John, Kpbs News,
• (M1335) 2012-12-05 Citizen activist makes his case about San Onofre to Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- , Southern California Public Radio,
• (M1332) 2012-11-30 Edison Proposes Restart to NRC -- Rally, Event, Comments -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1331) 2012-11-21 Press Rel: COPS Oral Arguments to be heard by the NRC regarding San Onofre License Amendment -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1327) 2012-11-16 CITIZENS OVERSIGHT'S ANSWER TO SUBMISSIONS BY NRC STAFF AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON OPPOSING THE PETITION TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR A HEARING BY CITIZENS OVERSIGHT -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1328) 2012-10-17 PETITION TO INTERVENE AND REQUEST FOR HEARING BY CITIZENS OVERSIGHT -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1288) 2012-07-30 GE Chief: Nuclear 'hard to justify' -- Pilita Clark, CNN,
• (M1287) 2012-07-29 Japan Workers 'Told to Lie About Radiation' -- , Common Dreams,
• (M1286) 2012-07-27 Concerns of Fukushima parallel in Calif. -- Erin Burnett Out Front, CNN,
• (M1338) 2012-07-24 Nuclear Hotseat #58 – Ray Lutz Shreds the NRC’s Whitewash of SCE/San Onofre Steam Generator Redesign -- Libbe Ha Levy, Nuclear Hotseat, Features Ray Lutz
• (M1284) 2012-07-23 Nuclear Power Struggle: San Onofre's big promises and big failure -- Rob Davis, San Diego Magazine,
• (M1282) 2012-07-22 Calif. energy officials plan for longer San Onofre nuclear plant shutdown -- Ed Joyce, Scpr.org,
• (M1285) 2012-07-18 San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station -- NRC Augmented Inspection Team Report -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission, S:DRS\REPORTS\SONGS 2012007 AIT-GEW, ADAMS Accession No.: ML 12188 A 748
• (M1633) 2012-07-10 How Is Uranium Mining Conducted in the United States? -- , Nuclear Energy Institute, Reducing weapons grade uranium inventory is a good thing but the waste nuclear plants create is more toxic than the uranium itself.
• (M1308) 2012-07-05 'Shut Down San Onofre': The New Front Line in the Fight Against Nuclear Power -- Jon Wiener, The Nation,
• (M1279) 2012-07-04 Could economics doom ailing Calif. nuke plant? -- MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Boston.com,
• (M1277) 2012-06-30 200,000 Surround Prime Minister's Office in Japan opposing Nuke Restarts -- , International Labor Solidarity Committee of Doro-Chiba,
• (M1275) 2012-06-28 San Onofre Workers Lack State Whistleblower Protections -- Amita Sharma, Kbps,
• (M1274) 2012-06-27 Residents speak to Oceanside leaders about San Onofre nuclear power plant -- Nathan Scharn, Union Tribune,
• (M1270) 2012-06-18 Friends of the Earth Press Conference regarding Petition on San Onofre -- Friends of the Earth, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1271) 2012-06-18 Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing by Friends of the Earth -- Friends Of The Earth, Friends Of The Earth,
• (NRCMeetingTranscript2012-06-18) 2012-06-18 NRC Meeting Transcript for 2012-06-18 -- , , Mentions Michael Aguirre, Ray Lutz
• (M1309) 2012-05-14 Previously Classified Documents Unveil Potential Fire Dangers At San Onofre -- Randy Paige, Cbs News, Features Daniel Hirsch
• (M1259) 2012-04-29 Shut San Onofre Rally -- April 29 -- Full Video -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, A 29 San Onofre Protest And Rally; Features Daniel Hirsch
• (M1253) 2012-04-25 Citizens Submit Requests on San Onofre to NRC Chairman Jaczko; Momentum Building for "Shut Down San Onofre" Rally April 29th; Earthquake and Plant Fire add to Safety Concerns following Radioactivity Release -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1254) 2012-04-25 Letter to NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko Requesting Specific Steps before restarting the San Onofre reactors -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight,
• (M1463) 2012-04-23 Worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident -- John E. Ten Hoeve and Mark Z. Jacobson, Energy & Environmental Science,
• (M1265) 2012-04-06 NRC chair: No timeline for restarting San Onofre nuclear plant as protesters demand its closure (photos) -- Ed Joyce, Southern California Public Radio,
• (M1355) 2012-04-02 Root Cause Evaluation of San Onofre Steam Generator Failures -- , Southern California Edison,
• (M1250) 2012-03-27 Steam Generator Failures at San Onofre -- Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Associates,
• (M1247) 2012-03-11 Fukushima Remembered Rally at San Onofre -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally
• (M1245) 2012-03-06 'Midnight in Paris' Actress Mimi Kennedy to Join Other Distinguished Speakers at Remember Fukushima Rally in San Onofre, March 11 -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally
• (M1243) 2012-03-01 Two Speakers from Fukushima Area to Address 3/11 Rally at San Onofre -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally
• (M1242) 2012-02-23 Scientists: Nuclear power isn’t viable without corporate welfare -- David Worthington, Smart Planet, M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally
• (M1240) 2012-02-20 Press Release: Fukushima Remembered - San Onofre Protest and Rally -- Ray Lutz, Citizens Oversight, M 11 San Onofre Protest And Rally
• (M1255) 2012-01-05 Powering up: Nuclear plant to boost output -- Pat Brennan, Orange County Register,
• (M1529) 2012-01 Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future -- , Dept Of Energy,
• (M1278) 2011-07-12 Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The near-term task force review of insights from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Accident -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima Daiichi
• (M1310) 2010-07-23 Renewable energy would create more jobs than nuclear power -- Elliot Negin, Statesman.com,
• (M1251) 2009-02-04 Nuclear station to get new towers of power -- M Icheal Burge, Union Tribune, Shows how new steam Generators were transported to the plant
• (M1586) 2008-09-24 Nuclear energy: assessing the emissions -- Kurt Kleiner, Nature.com,
• (M1424) 2008 AB 1632 ASSESSMENT OF CALIFORNIA’S OPERATING NUCLEAR PLANTS -- , California Energy Commission, Shutdown Diablo
• (M1791) 2008 America's Nuclear Wastelands -- Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup -- Max Power, Washington State University Press,
• (M1800) 2007-03 NUREG-1864 A Pilot Probabilistic Risk Assessment Of a Dry Cask Storage System At a Nuclear Power Plant -- , Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
• (M1422) 2005-12-15 CPUC Approval of SONGS SGRP (D.05-12-040) -- , California Public Utilities Commission,
• (M1468) 2004-02-04 Edison abandons plan to ship nuclear reactor vessel around Cape -- Associated Press, Augusta Chronicle,
• (M1922) 2000-04-05 Probabilistic Risk Assessment: What Is It And Why Is It Worth Performing It? -- Dr. Michael Stamatelatos, NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance,
• (M1239) Dr. John Gofman comments on nuclear energy -- , Citizens Oversight,
• (M1464) Plan to Track Quake Threat Is Questioned -- John Upton, New York Times,
• (M1904) Nuclear Engineering Disasters -- , ,

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