Southern California Edison said it will start burying spent nuclear fuel from the now-closed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station by the end of this year.
Opponents of the decision, at a Sept. 14 meeting of the San Onofre Community Engagement Panel, said Edison should wait till after a strategic plan for the waste is done.
A legal settlement adopted in August requires Edison to develop a strategic plan for how and where to store the nuclear waste from San Onofre.
Ray Lutz, of the group “Citizens Oversight,” was a plaintiff in the lawsuit. He said Edison should delay its plans to bury tons of spent nuclear fuel to canisters 100 feet from the ocean.
“The settlement calls for them to hire experts and come up with a strategic plan for how they’re going to develop another offsite location,” Lutz said. “We want to have that settlement done before they start mindlessly moving the fuel.”
Alison St John – KPBS – September 18, 2017.
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