Decommissioning Timeline

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Key Milestones

June 7
2013
SCE announces it will permanently retire San Onofre Units 2 and 3.
June 12
2013
SCE notifies the NRC it has permanently ceased operation of Units 2 and 3.
July
2013
SCE transfers fuel from San Onofre Unit 2 reactor to the spent fuel pool, triggering a federal license change to an NRC possession license from an NRC operating license.
Sept 26
2013
NRC holds Public Meeting on Decommissioning Process.
Sept 23
2014
SCE files Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR), Decommissioning Cost Estimate and Irradiated Fuel Management Plan with the NRC.
Oct 27
2014
NRC conducts public meeting regarding PSDAR in Carlsbad, Calif.
Dec 14
2014
SCE awards Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation contract.
June 15
2015
NRC approves changes to San Onofre emergency planning requirements.
Oct
2015
California Coastal Commission approves Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation expansion.
Dec
2016
SCE selects SONGS Decommissioning Solutions as decommissioning general contractor
Nov
2017
SCE completes expansion of dry cask storage facility
Jan
2018
SCE begins transferring spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry cask storage
Mar
2019
California State Lands Commission approves final Environmental Impact Report.
Oct
2019

California Coastal Commission unanimously approves Coastal Development Permit, clearing the way for dismantlement and decontamination to proceed.

Jan
2020

SCE issues Notice of Deconstruction to 12,000 residents living within a 5-mile radius of SONGS.

Mar
2020

California Department of Public Health - Radiologic Health Branch publishes data from the SONGS ISFSI radiation monitoring system for the first time.

July
2020

California Coastal Commission unanimously approves Inspection and Maintenance Program for the Holtec UMAX spent fuel storage system at SONGS.

Aug
2020

All spent nuclear fuel at San Onofre is placed in dry storage. The site switches to an "ISFSI-only" license that essentially means the nuclear focus is reduced to the spent fuel storage installation. The majority of San Onofre becomes an industrial deconstruction site, with critical functions, including oversight, focused on the safe dismantlement of plant structures.