Probe finds no cover-up at San Onofre

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http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/03/san-onofre-investigation-clears-edison/



Probe finds no cover-up at San Onofre
By Morgan Lee
6 a.m.Sept. 3, 2014

An investigation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has concluded that Southern California Edison did not conceal information from agency inspectors looking into the 2012 breakdown of the San Onofre nuclear plant, according to documents made public Tuesday.

Edison retired the twin-reactor plant last year after struggling with the rapid degradation of newly installed steam generators. The Rosemead-based utility made public a four-paragraph letter from the nuclear commission summarizing the agency's conclusions and declaring its investigation closed.

"Based on the evidence developed during this investigation, the allegation a senior engineer or other Southern California Edison Company employees at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station willfully failed to provide complete and accurate information to NRC inspectors was not substantiated," said the letter signed by Vivian Campbell, chief of the agency's allegation and enforcement branch, in a letter to an Edison executive dated July 28. "The NRC plans no further action related to the alleged wrongdoing and considers this investigation closed."

Edison forwarded the letter Tuesday to the five members of the California Public Utilities Commission who are considering a settlement proposal to resolve outstanding plant cost and investments that would charge utility customers $3.3 billion. Edison spokeswoman Maureen Brown said the company has not received a copy of the final investigation results.

[madokie]

1. Follow the money

NRC, sorta like the fox guarding the hen house