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<div class="moz-forward-container">Here is some important, breaking
information on San Onofre showing they put expediency over safety-
something whistle blowers have been witnessing for years, but this
time they got caught.<br>
<br>
Now, if we can make it stick, and stick it to those responsible
for their own cost overruns. <br>
<br>
Another nail,<br>
<br>
Don<br>
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<td>FW: BREAKING NEWS: SAN ONOFRE: Secret report confirms
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long awaited MHI report has been publicly released. And yes,
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me if you have any questions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Friday, March 08, 2013 3:18 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> BREAKING NEWS: SAN ONOFRE: Secret report
confirms Edison knew of major problems with steam
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<b><span
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lang="EN-GB">SAN ONOFRE: Secret report confirms Edison
knew of major problems
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<i><span
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lang="EN-GB">Friends of the Earth: ‘Bombshell’ for plans
to restart crippled reactor
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">WASHINGTON, March 8 –</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB"> A secret Mitsubishi Heavy Industries report
released today confirms that Southern California Edison knew
about serious problems in the radically redesigned
replacement steam generators for the San Onofre nuclear
reactors years before the defective equipment was installed,
yet failed to make changes to fix the problems. The report
was released today by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
after Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Representative
Edward Markey (D-Mass.) revealed its existence and demanded
it be made public. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">The report documents that Edison knew of
specific safety concerns with the replacement steam
generator design as early as 2005, and failed to incorporate
changes proposed to fix it because they would trigger a more
lengthy and public review by the NRC. It fatally undermines
Edison’s case for restarting one of the plant’s crippled
reactors and for receiving any compensation from the
California Public Utility Commission. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">“This is a bombshell,” said Damon Moglen,
energy and climate director for Friends of the Earth.
“Edison clearly knew about design problems with the San
Onofre replacement steam generators yet failed to take
corrective action. Instead Edison gambled with the safety of
millions of Southern Californians. It is inconceivable that
the NRC would now give approval to restart these damaged
reactors without the thorough, public review of a license
amendment proceeding.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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lang="EN-GB"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">David Freeman, former head of the Los Angeles
Department of Water and Power and a senior advisor to
Friends of the Earth, said the Mitsubishi report could prove
pivotal with the California Public Utility Commission, which
is considering whether Edison can pass on to its customers
the $671 million cost of the faulty generators, plus the
cost of repairs and replacement power during the plant’s
shutdown, now in its 14<sup>th</sup> month. Said Freeman:
“It’s clear that ratepayers in Southern California can not
be expected to pay for Edison’s defective equipment if
Edison acted imprudently. At nuclear reactors,
prioritizing construction speed over safety is the height of
imprudence.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">Since Sen. Boxer and Rep. Markey revealed the
existence of the report, Friends of the Earth has demanded
that the NRC Petition Review Board consider it in
proceedings currently underway. The Petition Review Board,
in response to a petition from Friends of the Earth, is
determining whether Edison improperly failed to apply for a
license amendment before installing replacement steam
generators of a radically different design than was
permitted under the reactors’ operating license.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""
lang="EN-GB">Nuclear engineers Arnie Gunderson of
Burlington, Vt., and John Large of London, consultants to
Friends of the Earth, are reviewing the Mitsubishi report
and will provide expert analysis.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com/93/92/5/2795/MHI_Root_Cause.pdf"
target="_blank">Click here for the MHI document</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.foe.org/news/blog/2013-03-san-onofre-quotes-and-conclusions%20%20">Click
here for Friends of the Earth's annotation of selected
quotes from the MHI report and related documents. </a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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href="http://www.fairewinds.org/sites/fairewinds.org/files/reports/2013-1-16_foe_2-206_fairewinds_presentation_sano.pdf%20%20%20%20%20%20">Click
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