Decomm Digest

On most days, it's one of the best job locations you can find. The turbine deck at SONGS rises high above the Pacific Ocean and offers tantalizing views of the water and San Onofre State Beach to the north and south.

This week marked the end of an era for SONGS with the final demolition of what was affectionately known as the Queen Mary, the two top levels of the four-story AWS office complex that reminded folks of the famous ship’s upper decks. The AWS housed ...

The containment domes that housed the nuclear reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are robust structures, made of four-foot thick reinforced concrete with a quarter-inch steel plate lining the inside. But what helped give the ...

Seagulls are everywhere in our coastal communities, and that includes the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). But some people might not know that seagulls are a protected species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. What does that mean for ...

Standing on the elevated Unit 2 turbine deck provides a snapshot of the current state of dismantlement work at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). In the foreground, a machine that resembles a mechanical dinosaur munches on the Unit 2 ...

The California State Lands Commission environmental impact report for the dismantlement of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) contains a series of mitigation measures that serve to protect natural and cultural resources on the site. ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission earlier this month turned away the latest 2.206 petition from the San Diego-based group Public Watchdogs. This was the third petition not accepted by the NRC for review because the points raised in the request were ...

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) sits on land leased from the Navy which is part of Marine Corps Base–Camp Pendleton. Next month, a portion of the land on the eastside of Interstate 5 will be returned to the Navy after years of ...

In July 2020, workers removed the last of the spent nuclear fuel assemblies from the Unit 3 pool at SONGS and placed them into a stainless-steel canister that was then welded shut. That canister then began a slow and steady journey to the UMAX dry ...