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San Onofre (SONGS)

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California, retired in 2013 and now undergoing decommissioning, with spent nuclear fuel stored on site pending a federal repository.

  • Two large concrete cooling towers standing at a nuclear plant site ahead of planned demolition.
    Decommissioning

    Watchdog Group Sues to Freeze SONGS Decommissioning

    The San Diego advocacy group Public Watchdogs is suing a California state agency to prevent decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) until a new environmental review of the project is conducted. At issue is the California State Lands Commission’s approval on March 21 of an agency staff environmental impact report (EIR) on […]

  • A cooling tower collapsing in a cloud of dust during the controlled demolition of a nuclear power plant.
    Commercial Decommissioning

    Wildfires Again Dominate Edison Int’l Earnings

    By John Stang As has been the case in previous quarterly earnings reports, California’s wildfires dominated the first-quarter financial picture for Edison International’s and subsidiary Southern California Edison. Executives made no mention of the retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in Tuesday’s quarterly earnings announcement and accompanying teleconference call with analysts. Edison’s latest filing […]

  • A cooling tower collapsing in a cloud of dust during the controlled demolition of a nuclear power plant.
    Commercial Decommissioning

    Wildfires Again Dominate Edison Int’l Earnings Report

    As has been the case in previous quarterly earnings reports, California’s wildfires dominated the first-quarter financial picture for public utility company Edison International and subsidiary Southern California Edison. Executives made no mention of the retired San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in Tuesday’s quarterly earnings announcement and accompanying earnings teleconference with analysts. Edison’s latest filing […]