ML13162A449

E-mail Multiple Citizens and Organizations San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Shutdown

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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	06/07/2013
From:	Green S C Public Commenter, San Clemente Green
To:	Macfarlane A M NRC/Chairman
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San Clemente Green <gary@sanclementegreen.org>

Friday, June 07, 2013 10:15 AM CHAIRMAN Resource It is all over now. Citizen advocates for safety rejoice! [II Like San Clemente Green THIS IS ALL WE HAVE TO GO ON FOR NOW ... Southern California Utility Says It Will Close Troubled San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Associated Press ---------------------------------------

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It's Official!!!

San Clemente Green <gary@sanclementegreen.org>

Friday, June 07, 2013 11:53 AM CHAIRMAN Resource It is all over now. Citizen advocates for safety rejoice! San Clemente Green Southern California Utility Says It Will Close Troubled San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant For anyone interested in a big celebration and press conference, please join us down in front of the nuclear power plant at 11:00 this morning, (may have to shift to south side of plant if too crowded).

Media-Press Conference at 11:30 Contact: Annie Eddey 1 Senior Account Executive Olive PR Solutions, Inc. m. 973.449.0921 I o. 619.955.5285 x102 Take Basilone off ramp and head south until you see people dancing in the street! Edison International

Southern California Edison Announces Plans to Retire San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Company Will Continue Its Work with State Agencies on Electric Grid Reliability Southern California Edison (SCE) has decided to permanently retire Units 2 and 3 of its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). "SONGS has served this region for over 40 years," said Ted Craver, Chairman and CEO of Edison International, parent company of SCE, "but we have concluded that the continuing uncertainty about when or if SONGS might return to service was not good for our customers, our investors, or the need to plan for our region's long-term electricity needs." Both SONGS units have been shut down safely since January 2012. Unit 2 was taken out of service January 9, 2012, for a planned routine outage. Unit 3 was 1

• safely taken offline January 31, 2012, after station operators detected a small leak in a tube inside a steam generator manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Two steam generators manufactured by MHI were installed in Unit 2 in 2009 and two more were installed in Unit 3 in 2010, one of which developed the leak. In connection with the decision, SCE estimates that it will record a charge in the second quarter of between $450 million and $650 million before taxes ($300 million -$425 million after tax), in accordance with accounting requirements.

After months of analysis and tests, SCE submitted a restart plan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in October 2012. SCE proposed to safely restart Unit 2 at a reduced power level (70 %) for an initial period of approximately five months. That plan was based on work done by engineering groups from three independent firms with expertise in steam generator design and manufacturing.

The NRC has been reviewing SCE's plans for restart of Unit 2 for the last eight months, during which several public meetings have been held. A recent ruling by an adjudicatory arm of the NRC, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, creates further uncertainty regarding when a final decision might be made on restarting Unit 2. Additional administrative processes and appeals could result in delay of more than a year. During this period, the costs of maintaining SONGS in a state of readiness to restart and the costs to replace the power SONGS previously provided would continue.

Moreover, it is uneconomic for SCE and its customers to bear the long-term repair costs for returning SONGS to full power operation without restart of Unit 2. SCE has concluded that efforts are better focused on planning for the replacement generation and transmission resources which will be required for grid reliability. "Looking ahead," said Ron Litzinger, SCE's President, "we think that our decision to retire the units will eliminate uncertainty and facilitate orderly planning for California's energy future." Litzinger noted that the company has worked with the California Independent System Operator, the California Energy Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission in planning for Southern California's energy needs and will continue to do so. "The company is already well into a summer reliability program and has completed numerous transmission upgrades in addition to those completed last year," Litzinger said. "Thanks to consumer conservation, energy efficiency programs and a moderate summer, the region was able to get through last summer without electricity shortages.

We hope for the same positive result again this year," Litzinger added, "although generation outages, soaring temperatures or wildfires impacting transmission lines would test the system." In connection with the retirement of Units 2 and 3, San Onofre anticipates reducing staff over the next year from approximately 1,500 to approximately 400 employees, subject to applicable regulatory approvals.

The majority of such reductions are expected to occur in 2013. "This situation is very unfortunate," said Pete Dietrich, SCE's Chief Nuclear Officer, noting that "this is an extraordinary team of men and women. We will treat them fairly." SCE will work to ensure a fair process for this transition, and will work with the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) and the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) on transition plans for the employees they represent.

SCE also recognizes its continuing safety responsibilities as it moves toward decommissioning of the units. SCE's top priority will be to ensure a safe, orderly, and compliant retirement of these units. Full retirement of the units prior to decommissioning will take some years in accordance with customary practices.

Actual decommissioning will take many years until completion.

Such activities will remain subject to the continued oversight of the NRC. SCE intends to pursue recovery of damages from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the supplier of the replacement steam generators, as well as recovery of amounts under applicable insurance policies.

For updates, please visitwww.SONGScommunity.com, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SCE_SONGS and on www.facebook.com/SCE.

San Onofre is jointly owned by SCE (78.21 percent}, San Diego Gas & Electric (20 percent) and the city of Riverside ( 1. 79 percent).

About Southern California Edison 2 An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California Edison is one of the nation's largest electric utilities, serving a population of nearly 14 million via 4.9 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California.

Southern California Edison Media Contact: Media Relations 626-302-2255 or Investor Relations Contact: Scott Cunningham 626-302-2540 James P. Avery Senior Vice President San Diego Gas & Electric 858-650-6102

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Bye Bye San Onofre .. Victory at last, Victory at last, Capt.D <captddd@gmail.com>

Friday, June 07, 2013 10:34 AM Capt D FLASH===>

Victory===>

San Onofre to be Decommissioned!

Great God Almighty, Victory at last! -CaptD http://decommission.sanonofre.com/2013/06/southern-california-edison-announces.html#comment-form

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Dear Mr NRC Chairman SD <stexied@gmail.com>

Friday, June 07, 2013 10:50 AM CHAIRMAN Resource; president@whitehouse.gov Re: Quake in CA today, another Warning for SONGS RE SONGS CLOSURE http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/calif-utility-retire-nuclear-plant-19347186#.UbHpFPmsiSo Its been a long time coming, a very close call indeed, as the San ANdreas Fault looms more dangerous every day. a very long hard fought 30 year battle. But Edison Int. has finally surrendered SONGS ! ! ! They made a very wise decision.

We need more such wisdom & leadership Of course, it is our hope and prayer that other antique reactors can be shut down and cleaned up before its too late. But this was the most dangerous situation outside of Japan that I knew of. With the kinds of calculations of not only structural, engineering, safety and especially geologic and financial that have been done here, those will help clarify the parameters for other plants around the country ! We also believe that the details of this decision RING LOUD AND CLEAR across the world that Nuclear Power, as it has been practiced so far is OBSOLETE ! Its time we set ALL NEW STANDARDS, and REAL LEADERSHIP going forward. Phasing out of all these old designs seems the proper course now globally.

If you would like to discuss any of this please do, perhaps over a nice lunch here? 1 I'm buying! Sincerely, Steve Dwyer Consulting Geologist

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previous letters On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:26 AM, SD <stexied@gmail.com>

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Dear NRC Chairman,

RE Quakes in CA today and SONGS Disaster Situation Update We experienced another strong quake here today in Coachella Valley Sir. A double quake actually (2) M5.1's one minute apart, at San Jacinto CA "Unusal Event Status" to say the least ! San Jacinto Fault is a dangerous zone, sub parrallel to the Mega Quake Zone of Southern San Andreas Fault. in Caochalla Valley just 75 miles from SONGS. (Northridge quake was serious destruction, with 2.4G's, 4ft offsets, 80 miles from SONGS and it sent "G" forces equal to the obsolete Plant's Design Criteria of 0.66g's, so one can barely imagine how many G's would be sent to SONGS from a quake out here !) Recently we have seen a small relentless mini quake progression from the big quake in Guadalupe Baja up into these SOCAL fault zones a nasty dusted in Brawley last year, a real warning Fracturing Is Progressing up these zones. then acroos the Southern Salton Sea towards the Geothermal Fields near Niland and San Andreas Fault beginnings at Salvation Mountain, where Leonard Knight's Religious Painting Shrine and deep Faith is all that is holding it back ! We are looking for ONE MORE GOOD PERSON, to prevent the Wrath of God far worse than Sodom & Gommorah on the Dead Sea .. Will you be the Second Good Person ? 2 https:l lwww.google.comlsearch?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=

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... 0.0 ... 1ac. 1.5.img.-ztVtPbZ7yi and now a string of small quakes outlining all these zones. Its breaking loose again,and today's quake is real evidence of this Sir ! Not only are the SONGS Reactors totally underdesigned, its the Spent Fuel Storage problem that is of even greater concern Sir ! It really needs to be removed asap to NV Test Site, and placed in similar, but upgraded, New Spent Fuel Pools IMMEDIATELY!

Since its ofhighest level ofNational Security, the President can order it and override all previous problems to storage out there. Its that critical ! It needs to be taken OFF OUR BEACH in Order to Save America. If you wish to discuss just how serious the San Andreas Fault is out here, please just let me know, or better yet, come out and take the real tour, play some golf ! You need to require Edison to completely revise the Old Seismic Risk Anaysis Reports and of course, when one adds in the new data from Japan, well its quite clear Sir, we are in the gravest of danger and threat to America. NRC is jokingly referred to as Nobody Really Cares or Not Responsible Callelsewhere I dont think you believe that, but what are people to think when this just continues on and on like this? We hope you see NRC as meaning something different, something positive, protective.

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