San Onofre/NRC update 6/18

Design flaws may have led to San Onofre plant shutdown, NRC says Los Angeles Times Federal regulators believe that the unusual equipment problems that have shuttered San Onofre for more than four months stem from a design issue.

NRC: Design flaws caused San Onofre problems OCRegister After months of investigation, federal regulators have determined that design flaws appear to be the cause of excessive wear in tubing that carries radioactive ...

Environmental group demands full San Onofre review Los Angeles Times An environmental group filed a legal petition with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Monday to keep the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant closed ...

NRC: Design Led To Calif. Nuclear Plant Woes Manufacturing.net The twin-reactor plant between Los Angeles and San Diego has been idle since January, and federal regulators say heavily modified generators are to blame.

San Onofre: Federal Investigators Determine That Design Flaws Led ... Huffington Post The group on Monday filed a petition asking the NRC to keep the plant offline ... The NRC is scheduled to discuss its findings Monday evening at a meeting near ... Fuel Fix » Feds: Design led to nuke plant woes By Associated Press The twin reactors at the plant have been idled while investigators determine why tubing carrying radioactive water is eroding at an unusual rate, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman will visit the plant Friday, April 6, 2012, ... Officials Study If Design Flaws Led Edison's San Onofre to Shut Businessweek - ‎1 hour ago‎ By Mark Chediak and Julie Johnsson on June 18, 2012 Federal regulators are focusing on whether design modifications caused excessive wear in steam generator tubes at Edison International (EIX) (EIX)'s San Onofre nuclear plant in California. Fuel Fix Designed for disaster: San Onofre nuclear plant could become California's ... RT - ‎ A nuclear nightmare on par with the Fukushima disaster could have unfolded at a power plant outside of Los Angeles, California, federal regulators reveal to the Associated Press in a just-published report. Following an incident at the San Onofre power ... AP Exclusive: US regulators suspect design caused tube trouble at idled Calif ... CanadianBusiness.com - By Michael R. Blood, AP | June 18, 2012 In this Sunday, June 17, 2012 photo, Elmo Collins, regional administrator of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, speaks during an interview in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The NRC is holding a public meeting to ...