Decomm Digest

Spent nuclear fuel is safely stored. And that’s a good thing. At SONGS, improvements have been implemented to make it even safer, such as using 316L stainless steel (highly corrosion resistant); canisters that are 5/8” thick; and building systems to ...

On a cool and windy evening last week, Ray Romero, SDS wildlife biologist, and Drew Stokes, a bat specialist, manned their posts on the southside of the Unit 3 Turbine Building looking for signs of bat colonies. While individual bats aren’t a protected ...

The undersea Volcano that spawned tsunami waves that devastated the island nation of Tonga and caused damage to various locations along the Pacific Rim, also spawned another round of misinformation from various SONGS activists. One Op-Ed in particular ...

First – our thoughts are with the people of the Tonga Islands and the region following the massive eruption of an undersea volcano that spawned a tsunami that has traveled across the Pacific Rim.The video below is from the Tonga Islands and shows the ...

Southern California Edison in December filed a request for an exemption with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to slightly reduce the Controlled Area Boundary that surrounds the dry fuel storage system at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ...

If you build it, they will come. Truer words have never been spoken if talking about the new railyard being constructed on the site of the old AWS office complex at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). Crews finished demolishing the AWS ...

Crews have begun dismantlement work on the intake structures located between the Unit 2 and Unit 3 turbine buildings. The structures played a key role in San Onofre’s circulating water system. The main steam condensers at SONGS utilized ocean water ...

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 ...