San Onofre Community Engagement Panel to Discuss Canister Incident, Decommissioning
November 20 2018 - 07:13PM
Business Wire
The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel will discuss the Aug.
3 canister-loading incident and other nuclear plant decommissioning
topics Nov. 29 in Oceanside during its quarterly meeting.
Fuel transfer operations at San Onofre have been on hold since
the August event. During the loading of a used fuel canister into
the Cavity Enclosure Container on the dry cask storage pad, the
canister became wedged near the top of the container on an inner
ring that helps to guide it into place. Slings that support the
canister were lowered while the canister remained wedged. At no
point during the incident was there a risk to employee or public
safety.
The meeting will focus on the many changes made to strengthen
canister-loading procedures, training and oversight in the
months since the event, as well as the path forward for restarting
fuel transfer operations.
SCE has committed to not restart spent fuel transfer operations
until it is satisfied all corrective actions are in place and
proven effective, the public has been briefed and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission has completed its on-site inspection
actions.
Other topics to be discussed at the meeting include
environmental permitting and radiation monitoring and
reporting.
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
public comment periods, 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.
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