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San Onofre High radiation levels endangered employees

Explosive report on radioactive waste handling at San Onofre High radiation levels endangered employees San Diego’s NBC affiliate is unleashing a story on nuclear waste deposited by Southern California Edison Corporation that may explain why the pristine State Beach is referred to in internal memos as
“Jap Mesa.”

Apparently the Geiger counter readings at some locations are so high that the site is reminiscent of Ground Zero at Hiroshima andNagasaki.

Key findings  include…

– Attempts to keep documents on toxic radiation a secret.
  According to the NBC report, SCE is attempting to keep radioactive

pollution a secret by forcing parties who are involved in negotiations

about the future of the property to sign non-disclosure agreements.

– Radioactive debris left on Beach and “Jap Mesa.”
“Hundreds of pieces” of contaminated radioactive equipment was
stored on both sides of the I-5, the heavily traveled freeway that
bisects the San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump that is currently
under construction,

– Radiation levels at the beach-front property so alarming,
that in places inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
refused to to perform routine radiation surveys.

– Southern California Edison controlled NRC radiation inspections

According to a former SCE Safety Officer, Edison’s cozy relationship

with inspectors from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission prevented
proper inspections. The former employee revealed that NRC inspectors
rarely conducted inspections outside areas that were identified by SEC.

– Trailers housing SCE employees had elevated readings

In an apparently rare incident where an NRC inspector conducted
radioactive testing without SCE’s supervision, a trailer housing

security guards had elevated readings.

– Calls for Third-Party Investigations

Former San Onofre employee and Safety Officer Vinod Arora is
calling on an independent third-party to thoroughly inspect the
tainted 25-acre parcel at San Onofre.

Get the full report and the confidential documents here.

September 23, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment, USA