Decomm Digest

Southern California Edison is transferring spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage at the San Onofre nuclear plant. In this latest update we talk about the progress so far and the latest Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection report.

Last year, SONGS was a "Fukushima waiting to happen." This year, SONGS is a "Chernobyl waiting to happen." Both comparisons are wildly off-base. Read our full response to the Times.

In 2014, SCE selected the Holtec UMAX dry spent fuel storage system to hold the remaining spent nuclear fuel on site at SONGS. Following a meeting May 29 with Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49), SCE agreed to produce an evaluation of any meaningful, factual, and science-based changes to on-site spent fuel storage systems and technology since 2014. SCE released the document today.

Today, crews successfully downloaded canister #38 into the Holtec dry spent fuel storage system. Continuous improvement of fuel transfer operations is the focus.

Recently released photos from SCE's industry leading canister inspections may not tell the whole story. Read our latest post to understand the analysis that went into reading the high-resolution photos and what it told us and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

A San Clemente activist group recently sent out erroneous information about spent nuclear fuel canisters at SONGS, and across the nation.

Canisters #32 and #33 were safely downloaded. We're providing a brief update on how the work progressed.

As work begins this week to load and transfer spent nuclear fuel canister #32, we take a look back at how the process went for canisters #30 & #31, and the lessons-learned.

The Solana Beach City Council recently passed a resolution that contained multiple errors regarding nuclear energy regulations and spent nuclear fuel storage. We "correct the record" in this post.