San Onofre Community Engagement Panel to Discuss Used Nuclear Fuel Storage
The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel will discuss dry cask storage of used nuclear fuel during its quarterly meeting Thursday in Oceanside. The panel advises the owners of the
retired San Onofre nuclear plant on decommissioning.
Speakers will include Lisa Edwards, a senior program manager at the Electric Power Research Institute, who will address industry
efforts to advance inspection methods and aging management guidance for passive dry cask storage of used nuclear fuel.
In addition, Tom Palmisano, vice president and chief nuclear officer for Southern California Edison, the decommissioning agent
on behalf of the San Onofre owners, will provide an overview of dry cask storage at San Onofre, as well as plans for inspections in
the coming years.
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 a public comment period and the meeting will be livestreamed via
songscommunity.com.
SCE announced in June 2013 that it would retire 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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serving a population of nearly 15 million via 5 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central,
Coastal and Southern California.
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