Just a Scratch? At San Onofre, Marred Nuke Cannister Raises Questions of Trust

Just a scratch? At San Onofre, marred nuke cannister raises questions of trust

A few brows furrowed when Southern California Edison announced that a scratch on a nuclear waste canister at San Onofre was re-assessed — and is actually less than half as deep as originally estimated. How very convenient! Edison skeptics said. How’s that again? Edison, actually, announced this bit of news in March, and has been reiterating its explanation ever since. Doubters, however, remain, so we’ll do what we can here to suss it out — thoug…

San Onofre nuclear plant never should have closed

Re “The Supreme Court just issued a ruling on nuclear waste. What does that mean for San Onofre?” (June 19): The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station was closed down for inappropriate reasons. The problem was not technically difficult to fix. The nuclear power plant provided approximately 9% of California’s electricity and the facility life could have been extended many years for far less than the cost to replace this energy loss. We should rev…