ML102240660

Comment (27) of Ace Hoffman, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble in and Around San Onofre Nuclear (Waste) Generating Station

ML102240660
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	09/18/2009
From:	Hoffman A - No Known Affiliation
To:	Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch
References
74FR38239 00027
Download: ML102240660 (3)

Text

UNiMED STATES, NU.CLEAR REGULATORY cOMMIsSSiON WASHINGTON,.. -

RULEc " " L..... S RFQrI\/FD

'~1- ~

/ K6~

Ac*: Hoffman's blog -- mostly about nukes: Trouble,.... http://acehoffman.blogspot.com/2009/09/trouble-tr..

SEARCHoBLOG FLAG BLOG SHARE Next BLog-Create Btog I Sign In Ace Hoffman's blog -- mostly about nukes This blog contains essays written by Ace Hoffman, who has been observing the follies of the nuclear industry since approximately the early 1970s.

Friday, September 18, 2009 Trouble, trouble, trouble in and around San Onofre Nuclear (Waste) Generating Station September 18th, 2009

Dear Readers,

Southern California Edison (SCE), the owner of San Onofre Nuclear Waste Generating Station, is in a heap of trouble. With your help, it might shut them down forever.

First of all, they're actually having trouble with the federal regulators. Imagine that! Even the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is demanding better quality control from these "closet criminals" who try to hide every mistake they make. The NRC even demanded an extra public meeting after six months instead of the normal one year. That occurs on Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 -- not that the public is REALLY welcome, but technically, they're invited as long as they don't try to hand out literature inside the room. This practice was banned entirely effective immediately, as a response to a complaint filed by this author and his spouse earlier this year about Victor Dricks, the local public relations henchman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the San Onofre district. He tried to get my table banned at the last hearing, and has successfully done so this time. It is a clear attempt by the NRC to intimidate not only THIS activist, but all activists who seek to inform the public about nuclear power.

And the funny thing is, SCE had packed that same hearing with employees, who showed up with their badges and pro-nuclear attitudes. Butunfortunately for SCE, I was expecting a lot of activists to show up, but only a handful actually did. Nearly half of the SCE employees took a copy of my book, The Code Killers. Because of the large SCE attendance, I was able to hand out about 80 copies --

every one I had brought.

Doing so resulted in two SCE whistleblowers contacting me. One told me that the book is banned on site at the plant -- but that the management actually use it themselves because it is, after all, accurate! I was told that a post-it with my URL (

www.acehoffman.org ) is attached to one of the monitors in the instructors' area, and they are told NOT TO USE information from 10/06/2009 11:49 AM

Ac,; Hoffman's blog -- mostly about nukes: Trouble,.... http://acehoffman.blogspot.con-i/2009/09/trouble-tr..

Landing on the Moon:

Quickest, Gentlest, least fuel used...

High School Computer Geek 1970s!

Blog Archive 7 2009 (13)

V Sep 2009 (3)

Talley-ho!

Is Thomas Friedman worried about his manhood?

Trouble, trouble, trouble in and around San Onofre...

Aug 2009 (1)

I Mar 2009 (2)

P Feb 2009 (4)

N Jan 2009 (3)

P 2008 (35) t 2007 (43)

About Me Ace Hoffman After 50 or 60 jobs (each!) my wife and I became computer programmers in the 1980s. We have both given hundreds of presentations about computer technology individually, and a few together, over the years. My first published essays were in computer magazines in the 1980s, such as InfoWorld and ComputerWorld. I was called "Russell Hoffman" back then, but was given my permanent name by Bob Nichols 10/06/2009 11:49 AM