Dive Summary:

• The drama over Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear plant (SONGS) has deepened.
• U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer on Tuesday called for a federal probe into an equipment swap that eventually led to a radiation leak at SONGS and the possibility of criminal misconduct. But the Senator doubts the utility can fork over the truth.  The state Public Utilities Commission is currently conducting a separate probe into costs tied to the plant's shutdown in January 2012.
• "I don't have confidence in Southern California Edison, given what I now know," the California Democrat said. "They ought to just tell the truth. Start now." Boxer, the chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, accused the utility of sending out "gobbledygook" about a 2004 internal letter that Boxer said reveals criminal misconduct within the company.

From the article:

"Boxer said the 2004 letter, written by a senior SCE executive and obtained by her office, suggests "Edison intentionally misled the public and regulators" to avoid a potentially long and costly review of the generators before they went into service. The contents of the letter were first reported by The Associated Press"