San Onofre Gate (by CaptD)

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This is a major coverup by the NRC to not only hide its own mistakes but also the $5 Billion Debacle caused by SCE when they tried to use their in-house Engineers to design the replacement steam generators at San Onofre. That would be bad enough, but now what is knows as #SanOnofreGate * has expanded to include secret behind the scenes Ex parte meetings between SCE and the very Regulators and Judges charged with this investigation. 

Money aside, since what happened at San Onofre has never  happened in the history of the US Nuclear fleet, it is vitally important that the “Root Cause” of the replacement steam generator failures be determined, since without that information many other steam generators may be at risk.  Even though the operator (SCE) has begun the decommissioning process they still refuse to release their operational records, saying that the information they submitted to the NRC and others is not correct, since it illustrates that SCE was operating Unit 3  outside its NRC mandated limitations, which put 5 million people at risk of a nuclear incident and/or a nuclear accident.  It is imperative that the Root Cause investigation proceed since ending it now only further insulates US Nuclear Operators from public scrutiny at the very time that Nuclear Safety is being called into question.

More background about what ever more people are calling San Onofre Gate*:

Video: http://www.dianuke.org/5-billion-cover-up-at-san-onofre-mia-severson/ 

Extra Info:

1. Gov. Brown (a long time friend of Peevey) has to date taken a hands off role regarding San Onofre, other than appointing Peevey’s replacement (since Peevey chose not to seek “reappointment”) who has insured that the CPUC maintains the status quo.

2. Governor Brown’s sister is on the Board of Sempra Energy as are others that are familiar names to many in San Diego. www.sempra.com/about/governance/board-of-directors.shtml

3. Peevey’s wife is also an elected CA State Official.

4. Peevey (who is a graduate from UCB) made giving them $5 million a year for a number of years a key component of his San Onofre Settlement Deal. This money will fund Climate Change Research by UCB. This Research will then be used to justify Utility Energy Production instead of Residential Energy Production, much like Big Milk and/or Big Meat funds Research to then justify the consumption of ever more Milk and Meat in our diets because it has been shown to be healthful in University scientific studies.

5. SDG&E which is owned by Sempra Energy, has done a great job of staying out of the public spotlight regarding San Onofre Gate despite being a 20% Owner of San Onofre. SDG&E had to have knowledge of all Utility settlement discussions before agreeing to any settlement as proposed by the CPUC. Look for Freedom of Information (FOI) requests being filed with SDG&E in order to find out how much they knew, who knew it and when they knew it as San Onofre Gate expands.

6. Senator Boxer received notarized documents regarding replacement steam generators (RSG) Design Problems long before she started asking the NRC pointed questions about the replacement steam generators in Public, despite being the Chair of the US Committee on Environmental and Public Works, which has oversight of the NRC. 

7. Since SoCal ratepayers will EACH be liable for more than $1000 per Utility account if the CPUC “settlement” stands, expect the rate paying public to increase its demand for more information, regarding anything that might reduce or better yet transfer that $5 billion dollar debt to the Utility shareholders, which is why San Onofre Gate will continue to grow.

Part of the above was posted before:

http://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/may/25/ticker-power-companys-darling/

http://m.sandiegoreader.com/news/2015/jun/02/ticker-can-sdge-be-forced-do-anything/

This hashtag that will allow you to keep up to date on the ongoing investigation into the $5 to $7.6 Billion ratepayer ripoff by SCE and their regulators the CPUC.