Federal Regulators Blame Edison for Near-Drop of 50-Ton Canister at San Onofre

摘要

The supervisors at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on Aug. 3 retreated to the "low dose area," which gave them no line of sight to the work being done on the pad. The guy serving as the spotter - entrusted with ensuring that the 50-ton canister stuffed with highly radioactive nuclear waste descended smoothly into the vault - was new to the job.