NRC approves less stringent San Onofre emergency plan
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves a lighter emergency plan for San Onofre after its reactors shut in 2012. Spent fuel remains on site, with 2,668 assemblies in pools and 1,200 in dry storage. Edison will bury fuel underground until federal disposal is decided. Public safety still deemed unlikely to be affected, but activists criticize the change given the large amount of high level waste on site.
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Emergency plan must guard San Onofre nuclear waste risks
A reader warns that after a 2012 radiation leak at San Onofre Edison Station, the plant halted generating power but kept unsafe emergency planning. With 89 times Chernobyl radioactive waste stored in aging, partly seawater-exposed pools and casks nearing expiry, authorities should strengthen safety, not reduce it, and demand proper dry cask storage and enhanced security and response measures.
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