2019 News Releases

ROSEMEAD, Calif., June 13, 2019 — Southern California Edison today awarded a consulting contract to North Wind, Inc. to develop a strategic plan that will assess the feasibility of relocating spent nuclear fuel at the San Onofre nuclear plant to a commercially reasonable, off-site facility.

The Environment subcommittee of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Harley Rouda (CA-48), held a field hearing today in Laguna Niguel, Calif. According to the committee website: “The hearing will examine the role of the Nuclear...

ROSEMEAD, Calif., June 3, 2019 — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) re-affirmed during a webinar today that Southern California Edison has satisfied all the requirements necessary to safely re-start transferring spent nuclear fuel from wet to dry...

ROSEMEAD, Calif., May 31, 2019 — Southern California Edison this week welcomed Congressman Mike Levin (CA-49), staff members from the offices of Rep. Harley Rouda and Rep. Scott Peters, and members of Rep. Levin’s recently formed task force to the San...

ROSEMEAD, Calif., May 30, 2019 -- The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel (CEP) will receive an update from Southern California Edison regarding the status of spent fuel transfer operations and discuss the process for resuming fuel loading at the San Onofre nuclear plant. Fuel transfers have been on hold since the Aug. 3 canister-loading incident. The CEP quarterly meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Oceanside.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) announcement today supporting the re-start of fuel transfer operations at San Onofre nuclear plant is an important milestone in the ultimate journey to permanent offsite storage of the spent nuclear fuel. We look...

Southern California Edison accepts the civil penalty assessed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) related to the Aug. 3, 2018, canister downloading incident at San Onofre nuclear plant. The event should not have happened and as the licensee we...

ROSEMEAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel will discuss improvements made to fuel transfer operations at the San Onofre nuclear plant since the Aug. 3 canister-downloading incident during its quarterly meeting March 28...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has announced a public webinar to be held on March 25 focused on the Aug. 3, 2018 canister downloading incident at San Onofre nuclear plant. Since Aug. 3, Southern California Edison has worked methodically to...

The cartoonish Public Watchdogs video reveals the group is not a serious, nor credible, participant in the effort to move spent nuclear fuel away from the San Onofre nuclear plant (SONGS). Spent nuclear fuel has been safely and securely stored at SONGS...