Stop Nuke Dump
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On August 28, 2017, a historic settlement agreement was announced to MOVE THE WASTE TO A SAFER PLACE
Navigational Aids
Our primary focus will be on the PendletonOption -- i.e. leaving the waste on federal land but moving it inland about 5 miles and turning over responsibility to the DOE.
Settlement Agreement and FAQS on the settlement
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M1784 2017-08-28 Settlement Agreement On Nuclear Waste Filed with Court, Press Conf -- RayLutz CitizensOversight -
M1786 2017-09-04 San Onofre Settlement To Move the Waste FAQs -- RayLutz CitizensOversight -
SettlementOversightPanel -- panel to oversee deployment of the settlement -- Accepting applications
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1000-Year Dry Storage Challenge -- how can we safely store nuclear waste for 1000 years? -- Accepting applications
Details on the lawsuit and 12,000 page release:
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NukeWasteLawsuit 2015-11-03 Lawsuit to stop nuclear waste dump at San Onofre -- AguirreSeversonLLP CitizensOversight -
M1756 2017-04-25 Documents of Record in Citizens Oversight vs. Calif Coastal Commission -- CitizensOversight -

M1745 2017-03-23 Open Letter to California Officials and Concerned Citizens -- Stop the Beach-Front Nuclear Waste Dump -- RayLutz CitizensOversight -
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M1748 2017-04-07 Settlement Talks Announced in Suit Challenging Nuclear Fuel Storage at San Onofre -- SouthernCaliforniaEdison SouthernCaliforniaEdison
M1749 2017-04-07 Edison agrees to negotiate new home for nuclear waste from San Onofre -- JeffMcDonald UnionTribune
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Background
Southern California Edison has proposed a new ISFSI (Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, AKA "Dry Cask Storage") to be built only 100 feet from the seawall on the San Onofre nuclear generation Station (SONGS) site, to store high-level nuclear waste. A total of 3.6 million pounds of waste is to be stored there for an indefinite period.
Legal documents and details of the legal case against the Coastal Commission is included at these topics:

NukeWasteLawsuit 2015-11-03 Lawsuit to stop nuclear waste dump at San Onofre -- AguirreSeversonLLP CitizensOversight
M1756 2017-04-25 Documents of Record in Citizens Oversight vs. Calif Coastal Commission -- CitizensOversight
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CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2019 2020-04-13 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2019 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1934 2019-11-21 San Onofre CEP Meeting -- CitizensOversight
M1932 2019-11-20 Ray Lutz presents 'Beauty and the Beast: San Onofre Waste on the Beach' -- RayLutz Citizens Oversight and The Laguna Beach Beautification Council- M1930 2019-10-17 California Coastal Commission San Onofre Decommissioning Application -- RayLutz CitizensOversight

M1929 2019-10-07 Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement -- Aguirre & Severson LLP CitizensOversight
M1920 2019-08-29 NRC meeting on Decommissioning CABs -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1912 2019-08-20 Nuclear Regulatory Commission hosting a town hall on San Onofre operations -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1905 2019-08-05 Earth Summit Series presents "Emergency at San Onofre: From Shutdown to Nuclear Waste on the Beach" -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1908 2019-07-24 Move the waste off San Onofre beach and inland within Camp Pendleton -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1909 2019-06-07 Nuclear Waste Congressional Hearing In Laguna Niguel -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1902 2019-04-16 NRC Meeting on Andrews County TX CIS Proposal -- CitizensOversight
M1901 2019-04-10 NRC Meeting on Holtec Canister Gouging -- NuclearRegulatoryCommission
M1897 2019-03-25 NRC Webinar on Canister Drop Incident -- CitizensOversight
M1891 2019-03-12 Citizens' Oversight requests status from San Onofre Expert team as anniversary approaches. -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2018 2019-02-09 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2018 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1889 2019-01-24 San Onofre Special Inspection Predecisional Enforcement Conference -- NuclearRegulatoryCommission
M1886 2018-11-08 NRC Webinar on Canister Mishap of Aug 3, 2018 at San Onofre -- NRC
M1910 2018-10-02 CD49 Debate -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
RadiationMonitoring 2018-09-01 Radiation Monitoring -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1877 2018-08-30 Letter to NRC Regarding Inspection of Near-Miss Incident -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1871 2018-08-12 Citizens Oversight Calls Full-Stop and Thorough Safety Review at San Onofre after Near-Miss Incident -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1870 2018-08-09 Whistle-Blower David Fritch describes canister nearly falling 18 ft at CEP meeting -- CitizensOversight
M1869 2018-08-07 State Lands Commission meeting on EIR for San Onofre -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1866 2018-07-26 CPUC Commission Meeting on 2018 San Onofre Settlement -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1861 2018-06-27 San Onofre Update Livestream -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1855 2018-06-13 Presentation on HELMS at Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1852 2018-06-04 Press Release: Citizens' Oversight's NRC filing 'HELMS' Public Comment Period Ends June 5 at Midnight -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1906 2018-05-30 Letter to San Onofre Expert Team regarding Eagle Mountain -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1844 2018-05-28 COPS Comment on Eddy-Lea Holtec Facility -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1831 2018-03-22 San Onofre CEP Meeting -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1833 2018-03-15 Panel of nuclear experts assembled to get waste out of San Onofre -- RobNikolewski UnionTribune
M1834 2018-03-15 List of experts for !SoCal Edison’s San Onofre nuclear waste panel is out and reactions are mixed -- TeriSforza OrangeCountyRegister
M1832 2018-03-15 Edison Names Panel Of San Onofre Nuclear Waste Advisors -- AlisonStJohn KpbsNews- M1826 2018-02-07 S. 2388: Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Act of 2018 -- Bernie Sanders United States Senate
M1828 2018-02-07 S. 2396: Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2018 -- Kamala Harris United States Senate
M1820 2018-01-30 CITIZENS OVERSIGHT SIGNS $873 MILLION SAN ONOFRE SHUTDOWN SETTLEMENT WITH SCE, SDG&E AND OTHER PARTIES -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1818 2018-01-24 Yucca Mountain Update and Transportation Impacts -- Robert J. Halstead Office of the Governor
M1815 2018-01-11 San Onofre: Activist seeks to move spent fuel inland -- Ken Silverstein TheCoastNews
M1810 2018-01-10 New San Onofre deal reached between utilities, consumer groups -- JeffMcDonald UnionTribune
M1822 2018-01-02 Pr Rel: Citizens' Oversight Files Legal Action with NRC to Improve Nuclear Waste Storage Safety -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1823 2018-01-02 Submission to NRC on HELMS -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
CitizensOversightStatusUpdate2017 2017-12-20 Citizens Oversight Status Update 2017 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1803 2017-12-11 Email to Community Engagement Panel re: Risk of Cracking Canisters and Emergency Response -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1857 2017-12 Management and Disposal of U.S. Department of Energy Spent Nuclear Fuel -- A Report to the United States Congress and the Secretary of Energy -- NuclearWasteTechnicalReviewBoard
M1816 2017-11-17 2017 11 17 San Onofre Waste and HELMS at Ocean Hills (Ray Lutz) -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1795 2017-11-02 HELMS Proposal -- Community Draft for Comment -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1821 2017-11-02 Pr Rel - HELMS Proposal to be announced at CEP Meeting today -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
HelmsPetition 2017-11-01 HELMS Public Support Petition -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1854 2017-10-24 UPDATE REPORT ON SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT AND CLOSURE DATE COST COMPARISON AT THE COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION -- RobertAlvarez InstituteForPolicyStudies
M1848 2017-10-19 2017-10-19 Dry Cask Risks Not Known When Design Approved by NRC -- Diablo Canyon Ind. Safety Committee -- DiabloCanyonIndependentSafetyCommittee EcologicalOptionsNetwork
M1794 2017-10-11 Coastal Commission Meeting w/ San Onofre Waste on the Agenda -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1797 2017-10 NUREG-2214 Managing Aging Process In Storage MAPS (draft) -- NuclearRegulatoryCommission
M1796 2017-09-30 Preliminary Evaluation of Removing Used Nuclear Fuel from Shutdown Sites -- Maheras et al DeptOfEnergy
M1788 2017-09-24 San Onofre Settlement Celebration -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1789 2017-09-20 Nuclear Waste at San Onofre -- Presentation by Ray Lutz -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1786 2017-09-04 San Onofre Settlement To Move the Waste FAQs -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1784 2017-08-28 Settlement Agreement On Nuclear Waste Filed with Court, Press Conf -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1783 2017-08-18 Group Asks 9th Circuit to say who pays for San Onofre -- Malcolm Maclachlan San Francisco Daily Journal
M1780 2017-07-06 Pr Rel: Nuke Dump Hearing Continued to Sept 8, 2017 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1774 2017-06-30 Email Regarding Questions to Tom Palmisano on San Onofre -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1841 2017-06-26 H.R.3053 - Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 -- Rep John Shimkus UnitedStatesHouseOfRepresentatives
M1773 2017-06-24 No Nuke Dump Presentation in Carlsbad, 6/24 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1772 2017-06-22 No Nuke Dump Presentation in Dana Point -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1765 2017-06-08 No Nuke Dump Presentation in Vista -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1770 2017-06-07 Spent Fuel Storage Mfr Holtec Shows Alarming Imprudence -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1769 2017-05-26 SCE STUNG WITH NRC VIOLATION NOTICE ON CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITY STIRS MEMORIES OF FAILED STEAM GENERATORS DUE TO ENGINEERING ERRORS -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1763 2017-05-25 No Nuke Dump Presentation in Encinitas -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1768 2017-05-23 Letter Writing Campaign to Coastal Commission Chair -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1766 2017-05-21 Aussie Surfer Leads the Charge to Protect Californian Coast from Nuclear Waste -- 9 News Australia
M1764 2017-05-17 Activists Sue to Block Plans to Bury 3.6 Million Pounds of Nuclear Waste Near California Beach -- DemocracyNow
M1762 2017-05-11 California Coastal Commission Meeting in San Diego -- CaliforniaCoastalCommission
M1755 2017-05-04 Oceanside Public Meeting on Beach Nuclear Waste Facility -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1760 2017-05-02 San Clemente Resolution on Nuke Waste Dump at San Onofre -- SanClementeCityCouncil
M1757 2017-05-01 Presentation at on Nuke Waste Dump at San Onofre -- RayLutz Democratic Women of South Orange County
M1759 2017-04-28 Letter Writing Campaign to Oppose Nuke Dump -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1756 2017-04-25 Documents of Record in Citizens Oversight vs. Calif Coastal Commission -- CitizensOversight
M1758 2017-04-21 Politically Speaking: Dealing with San Onofre Waste -- GeneCubbison SanDiegoNBC7
M1761 2017-04-18 Citizens' Oversight Explains the Settlement Phase of Nuclear Waste Lawsuit -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1751 2017-04-14 Stop Nuke Dump Event 2017-04-14 -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1748 2017-04-07 Settlement Talks Announced in Suit Challenging Nuclear Fuel Storage at San Onofre -- SouthernCaliforniaEdison SouthernCaliforniaEdison
M1749 2017-04-07 Edison agrees to negotiate new home for nuclear waste from San Onofre -- JeffMcDonald UnionTribune
M1747 2017-04-03 Press Rel: Trial to revoke nuclear waste dump permit, April 14 events -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1745 2017-03-23 Open Letter to California Officials and Concerned Citizens -- Stop the Beach-Front Nuclear Waste Dump -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1767 2017-03-19 Why SCE keeps making bad decisions: No Nuke Dump! -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1734 2017-03-08 Scripps study finds two faults linked -- Newport-Inglewood, Rose Canyon part of single quake system -- Gary Robbins UnionTribune
M1750 2017-03-07 Attorney General Xavier Becerra Sides With Edison And Coastal Commission To Store Nuclear Waste At San Onofre -- AmitaSharma KpbsNews
M1744 2017-03-02 2017 03 02 San Onofre Waste Lawsuit and Seismic Risks -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1731 2017-03-01 A PRUDENT VIEW OF EARTHQUAKE RISKS, NUCLEAR PLANTS AND NUCLEAR WASTE ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1739 2017-02-02 Nuclear waste storage moves ahead as Issa, others, seek to relocate it -- JeffMcDonald UnionTribune
M1740 2016-11-29 Coastal Commission wants $6,500 from San Onofre critics -- RobNikolewski UnionTribune
M1737 2016-11-19 Judge Says Lawsuit About San Onofre Nuclear Waste Storage Plans Can Move Forward -- JwAugust SanDiegoNBC7
M1738 2016-09-23 Critics Question Plans For Nuclear Waste Storage At San Onofre -- Nuclear expert says it’s a 'witches brew of radioactivity' -- JwAugust SanDiegoNBC7
M1799 2016-08-31 A Historical Review of the Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- Connolly & Pope DeptOfEnergy
M1741 2016-08-19 Group calls for moving San Onofre waste to Arizona -- RobNikolewski UnionTribune
M1754 2016-07-29 NRDC Response to Invitation for Public Comment to Inform the Design of a Consent-Based Siting Process for Nuclear Waste Storage and Disposal Facilities -- Geoffrey Fettus Natural Resources Defense Council
M1660 2016-06-23 Lies, damned lies and the nuclear industry strikes out again. -- AceHoffman CitizensOversight
M1635 2016-01-28 Encinitas supports bill to move spent nuclear fuel -- Jared Whitlock Encinitas Advocate
M1742 2015-11-30 Lawsuit Seeks Removal of Nuclear Waste -- Rita Robinson Laguna Beach Indy
NukeWasteLawsuit 2015-11-03 Lawsuit to stop nuclear waste dump at San Onofre -- AguirreSeversonLLP CitizensOversight
M1743 2015-10-06 2015 10 06 Coastal Commission Hearing on Nuclear Waste Dump at San Onofre -- CitizensOversight
M1617 2015-09-29 Issa Seeks Temporary Storage for San Onofre Nuclear Waste -- Chris Jennewein TimesOfSanDiego
M1732 2015-08-24 EXERCISE TO FIND OFFSITE ISFSI LOCATION IN CALIFORNIA -- CitizensOversight
M1616 2015-06-19 Draft House bill would direct millions to fund interim storage facilities -- Hannah Northey E&EReporter
M1573 2015-04-24 Citizens' Oversight's contribution to 2015-04-27 Calif. Energy Commission on Nuclear Waste -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1567 2015-04-06 MOTION BY CITIZENS OVERSIGHT TO ORDER A HALT TO NONESSENTIAL ONGOING WORK AND ORDER MANDATORY WATER REDUCTIONS IN DECOMMISSIONING PLANS -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1531 2015-01-15 Citizens' Oversight Files Legal Protest on San Onofre Decommissioning Spending Plans -- RayLutz CitizensOversight
M1798 2014-09 NUREG-2157 Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel -- NuclearRegulatoryCommission
M1753 2014-06-11 NUHOMS Used Nuclear Fuel Loading -- Areva Transnuclear
M1385 2013-09-20 COPS Comment on NRC project to evaluate the expedited transfer of nuclear waste from fuel pools to dry cask storage. -- RaymondLutz CitizensOversight
M1802 2013-04-05 Trends in the cost of Energy -- Zoltan Kiss Seeking Alpha
M1467 2013-01-13 NRC rushing spent-fuel study, groups say -- David Mc Cumber Sf Gate
M1530 2013-01 STRATEGY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE -- DeptOfEnergy
M1792 2013 Too Hot to Touch -- The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste -- William Alley and Rosemarie Alley CambridgeUniversityPress
M1801 2012-11-14 NRC NOTICE 2012-20: POTENTIAL CHLORIDE-INDUCED STRESS CORROSION CRACKING OF AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND MAINTENANCE OF DRY CASK STORAGE SYSTEM CANISTERS -- NuclearRegulatoryCommission
M1529 2012-01 Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future -- DeptOfEnergy
M1752 2011-02-07 Holtec International on Discovery Science Channel - Description of Canisters -- Discovery Channel
M1791 2008 America's Nuclear Wastelands -- Politics, Accountability, and Cleanup -- Max Power WashingtonStateUniversityPress
M1800 2007-03 NUREG-1864 A Pilot Probabilistic Risk Assessment Of a Dry Cask Storage System At a Nuclear Power Plant -- NuclearRegulatoryCommission

M1819 2006 Going the Distance? -- The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States -- Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Transportation Research Board NationalAcademiesPress
M1876 1981-07-09 Friends Say They Have That Certain Glow -- Neal Matthews SanDiegoReader
M1904 Nuclear Engineering Disasters --
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