San Onofre Community Engagement Panel to Discuss Dismantlement of Nuclear Plant, Efforts to Transfer Spent Fuel Off-Site
15 November 2019 - 9:22AM
Business Wire
The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel (CEP) will receive an
update from Southern California Edison’s decommissioning general
contractor, SONGS Decommissioning Solutions (SDS), on plans to
begin dismantlement of the major structures at the 85-acre site.
That work is expected to begin early next year. The CEP quarterly
meeting is scheduled for Nov. 21 in Oceanside.
Last month, SCE received a coastal development permit from the
California Coastal Commission, which cleared the way for major
decommissioning work to begin. The 8-to-10-year process will see
roughly 768,000 tons of material removed from the site, either by
truck or by rail. SDS will discuss the process for removing the
material and dismantling the buildings, including the twin
containment domes visible from Interstate 5.
“Ongoing vigilance is vital as it relates to movement of spent
nuclear fuel from wet to dry storage at San Onofre,” said David
Victor, CEP chair. “As that work continues through mid-2020, there
are other important issues that need to be addressed so that the
local communities know what to expect, including dismantlement of
the twin containment domes that are visible from Interstate 5.”
Developing a strategic plan to move the spent nuclear fuel to an
off-site location is also a topic of the meeting. Representatives
from North Wind, Inc., the consultant hired earlier this year by
SCE, will provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities
available to SCE to relocate San Onofre spent fuel, as well as the
legislative landscape to support consolidated interim storage or
movement toward a national permanent repository. The strategic plan
will be finalized and released in late December 2020.
The regular quarterly meeting will be from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the
QLN Conference Center, 1938 Avenida Del Oro, Oceanside. Staffed
information booths will be open from 4:30-5:30 p.m. There will be a
public comment period, and the meeting will be livestreamed via
songscommunity.com.
SCE, majority owner of the San Onofre nuclear plant, announced
in June 2013 that it had retired San Onofre Units 2 and 3 and had
begun the process to decommission the facility. SCE has established
core principles of safety, stewardship and engagement to guide
decommissioning.
For more information about San Onofre, visit songscommunity.com
and follow us on Twitter: @SCE_SONGS and Facebook
(@SONGScommunitypage).
About Southern California Edison
An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California
Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a
population of approximately 15 million via 5 million customer
accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central,
Coastal and Southern California.
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