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Lawsuit looks to force nuclear regulator to turn over records from San Onofre ‘near-miss’ incident

Lawsuit looks to force nuclear regulator to turn over records from San Onofre ‘near-miss’ incident,  August 2018 “near-miss” saw a 50-ton canister of nuclear waste left suspended for 45 minutes. San Diego Union TribuneBY ROB NIKOLEWSKIJAN. 24, 2022  A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court seeks to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to hand over unredacted documents regarding an incident in August 2018 when a 50-ton canister filled with nuclear waste from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was left suspended for about 45 minutes.

“The information sought will show the extent to which the NRC has colluded with the utilities it is supposed to regulate so as to prevent the disclosure of on-going safety violations and whether the NRC failed to take the necessary steps to enforce safety regulations at the nuclear site,” said the complaint filed by San Diego attorney Michael Aguirre.

An NRC spokesman said the agency does not comment on pending legalmatters.

At issue are 13 pages of records concerning what happened on Aug. 3, 2018, at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, known as SONGS for short, operated by Southern California Edison……………………………..ore https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2022-01-24/lawsuit-looks-to-force-nuclear-regulator-to-turn-over-redactions-from-san-onofre-incident#:~:text=A%20lawsuit%20filed%20in%20U.S

January 27, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA