"Southern California Edison’s request to restart its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will be decided by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission only after a formal license amendment proceeding with full public participation, an adjudicatory panel has ruled."
"San Onofre is located on the Pacific coast in San Clemente, in a seismic and tsunami zone. The power plant has been shut down since January 2012 after a leak of radioactive material led to the discovery of unexpected deterioration of tubes in the plant’s new steam generators.
A three-judge panel of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board today granted Friends of the Earth’s petition for a hearing on the NRC’s Confirmatory Action Letter process covering steam generator issues at the San Onofre nuclear power plant.
Southern California Edison had asked the NRC for permission to restart the Unit 2 reactor by this summer and run it at partial power – a request the agency had indicated it would grant with no prior public hearing."
Environment News Service had the story May 14, 2013.
SEE ALSO:
"Fred Upton: Palisades Nuclear Plant Leak Being Repaired" (AP)
