2019 News Releases

ROSEMEAD, Calif., Aug. 15, 2019 — The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel (CEP) will take a closer look at various aspects of the spent nuclear fuel storage system deployed at the San Onofre nuclear plant at its quarterly meeting Aug. 22 in Laguna...

ROSEMEAD, Calif., July 15, 2019 — Southern California Edison, after rigorous regulatory, internal and third-party readiness and operational reviews, will recommence spent nuclear fuel transfer operations at the San Onofre nuclear plant. SCE halted the...

ROSEMEAD, Calif., July 6, 2019 — Last night at 8:19 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 7.1 earthquake in the vicinity of Ridgecrest, Calif., located in Kern County (the epicenter was about 165 miles from the plant). The shaking could be felt...

ROSEMEAD, Calif., June 26, 2019 — Utility crews will begin Monday depowering the 50 community alert sirens once required for operation of the San Onofre nuclear plant. The sirens are located within a 10-mile radius of the plant in the communities of San...

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...