Southern California Edison knew the new steam generators
were defective years before then even installed them in
the San Onofre nuclear reactors,
acccording to a report just released. These are the generators
that failed and caused both San Onofre reactors to shut down.
SD Edison wants to restart one of them,
and this document came out in that process.
Southern Company would never do this, right?
We shouldn’t worry about
failed concrete
or
15, no now 19, months delay
while the Georgia legislature
won’t even limit charges to Georgia Power customers for cost overruns.
Nope, no worries.
Friends of the Earth PR 8 March 2013,
San Onofre: Secret Report Confirms Edison Knew of Major Problems;
Friends of the Earth: ‘Bombshell’ for plans to restart crippled reactor
WASHINGTON—March 8—A secret Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
report released today confirms that Southern California Edison knew
about serious problems in the radically redesigned replacement steam
generators for the San Onofre nuclear reactors years before the
defective equipment was installed, yet failed to make changes to fix
the problems. The report was released today by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission after Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and
Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) revealed its existence and
demanded it be made public.The report documents that Edison knew
