Nuclear Power

Letters show rift over San Onofre nuclear repairs

2013-05-19 15:30:00

In a flurry of letters late last year, Southern California Edison and the manufacturer that designed the steam generators at the now-dark San Onofre nuclear power plant appeared to be at odds over a long-term plan to repair the troubled facility. In the...

Edison, Mitsubishi hit roadblock on San Onofre's future

2013-05-15 20:19:00

A flurry of letters that went back and forth between Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries late last year reveal the serious hurdles that stand in the way of the San Onofre nuclear power plant's long-term future. The plant had...

Decision on San Onofre pushed back to June at the earliest

2013-05-14 19:16:00

The head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that the agency will not make a decision on whether to restart the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant until late June at the earliest. The timeline for the plant has been pushed back...

California faces another summer without San Onofre plant

2013-05-07 00:00:00

California energy officials are preparing for another summer without the San Onofre power station while facing the growing possibility that the nuclear plant will never return to service. The nuclear plant, one of only two in the state, was powered down...

The dubious future of the San Onofre nuclear plant

2013-05-06 16:24:00

Southern California Edison officials are saying that if they can’t get permission to reopen one of the shuttered reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, they will consider permanently closing the plant this year, according to a report...

Mike Gray dies at 77; co-wrote 'China Syndrome' screenplay

2013-05-02 20:27:00

Mike Gray, an author, activist and documentarian who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The China Syndrome," the provocative 1979 film about a cover-up at a nuclear power plant, died Tuesday of heart failure at his Hollywood Hills home, his...

Groups continue push for video webcast of San Onofre hearings

2013-05-13 08:30:00

An initial round of hearings was set to begin Monday in a California Public Utilities Commission investigation of the costs to ratepayers from the San Onofre nuclear plant's ongoing outage. Activists were incensed that a CPUC administrative law judge...

Could Iran's presidential politicking open door to nuclear deal?

2013-04-24 04:00:00

�Thirty years of punishing sanctions have failed to curb Iran’s rogue behavior. Perhaps, a growing chorus of diplomats and security experts suggest, it is time for the United States to change tactics. With a presidential election in the Islamic...

Rescue workers in Iran give up search for earthquake survivors

2013-04-10 15:19:00

TEHRAN -- Rescue workers on Wednesday gave up the search for more survivors of an� earthquake that flattened homes and killed dozens of people in southern Iran, according to local news reports. The semiofficial Fars News Agency and other news outlets...

L.A. City Council jumps into San Onofre debate

2013-04-23 15:44:00

Los Angeles became the latest -- and largest -- city to weigh in on the fate of the San Onofre nuclear plant Tuesday, with the City Council unanimously passing a resolution calling on federal regulators to hold off on deciding whether the plant can...

Strong Iran quake leaves conflicting reports on casualties

2013-04-16 08:03:00

TEHRAN — A powerful earthquake hit southeastern Iran near Pakistan on Tuesday, but the extent of damage and casualties was not immediately clear. Iranian state television initially reported at least 40 people had died in the quake, which Iranian...

Push to restart San Onofre gets a boost

2013-04-10 16:26:00

Federal regulators issued a preliminary finding Wednesday that a license amendment requested by Southern California Edison in support of the company's plan to fire up the San Onofre nuclear plant would not create significant new safety hazards,...

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant (WSBT photo)

2013-05-20 16:52:00

Rosemead-based Edison International, parent of San Onofre nuclear power plant operator Southern California Edison, had more than $12 billion in revenue in the last year.

2013-05-14 17:18:41

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which has been shut down since early 2012.

2013-05-06 15:53:51