1. RISK Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response
Nina Babiarz Board Member
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2. OVERVIEW Impact on County Increased risk What’s going wrong now?
Emergency response gutted
Impact on County
Increased risk
What’s going wrong now?

3. Beach Erosion & Nuclear Waste

5. How did we get Here?
1. NRC granted Edison massive Emergency Planning EXEMPTIONS
NRC Exemptions = safety approvals
Edison used safety approvals to change Emergency Plan
Edison then used safety approvals to secure CA Coastal Commission (CCC) permit to bury waste
CCC granted permit against U.S. Navy

6. June 4, 2015: NRC grants EDISON EMERGENCY PLANNING EXEMPTIONS
Edison’s claim: “the plant is closed, the risk is low.”
Nuclear Waste Dump Risk: Never Assessed:
Built on an Earthquake fault
No seismic rating for cans
Tsunami Inundation Zone
Adjacent to Interstate Highway & Rail Corridor
Cut Federal requirement for State planning
Reduced emergency response funds
Eliminated Edison's obligation to inform Public
Endangered an unknowing Public
Exempted Edison of responsibility unnecessarily

7. June 5, 2015: EDISON CHANGED EMERGENCY PLAN
Emergency Plan changed within 24 Hours!
NRC directs FEMA to no longer:
‘Review, monitor, report activities associated with Off-site radiological emergency planning & preparedness.’
FEMA then notified FEMA Region 9
FEMA Region 9 notifies Office Emergency Services (OES)
OES s San Diego & Orange County Emergency Services

8. BURDEN on Backs of County Emergency Services
- Federal/State funding cuts No Siren Alerts
- Control Center Phone Cut
- 1st responders unaware
- County needs ignored
- No public education

9. Coastal Commission grants Nuclear Waste Burial Permit
October 6, 2015: Edison granted permit
Granted under ‘Special Conditions’
Monitoring system required by the NRC
Special Condition #2 of permit
evaluate environmental conditions
inspect cask for structural integrity
perform as designed
allow for safe transport as promised

10. INCREASING RISK
January 5th & 10th: NRC grants Edison Liability Insurance Exemptions
February 1st: Nuke Burial begins
March 10th: Broken Bolts and Shims
March 30th : Nuke Burial resumes
July 22nd: Unreported/unsecured load event
August 3rd : ‘Near-miss’18 foot drop
September 10th -14th: NRC Inspection
November 8th: NRC holds Public Webinar

11. Where are we now? 4 cans buried; broken bolts & damaged cans
25 more cans in the ground – Holtec approved!
No underground monitoring
Very little independent radiation monitoring
EIR conceals 2 ‘Unsecured Load Drops’
NRC took 5 weeks to put boots on ground
Edison honor system for nuke burial resumption
And more cans delivered to SONGS to finish the job, with……

12. STILL NO WAY TO INSPECT What is Edison doing?
Collaborating with industry groups
Who are the industry groups?
The manufacturers of the cans
Where are they with these industry groups?
Still ‘In development’…

14. How can we reduce the Risk?
County could write NRC about canister safety issues
County could sponsor ‘RAIN’; Realtime radiation monitoring
County could pass independent radiation monitoring ordinance
Get San Onofre onto the County’s Board Agenda for public discussion
County commitment to public transparency; no private lobbying & no more secret deals
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