Dive Summary:

• Letters revealing Southern California Edison's (SCE) prior knowledge of a radiation leak at San Onofre Generating Station, or SONGS, threaten to doom the utility's reputation.
• But the utility contends that the radiation leak blind-sided executives.
• However, the discrepancy in information is turning out to be quite the “PR debacle” for the utility and “the dumbest of all management strategies,” writes Forbes Magazine global energy reporter Ken Silverstein. “Both Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy knew before the actual leaks that vibrations could be disastrous,” Silverstein maintains.

From the article:
“The fiasco has thus far cost close to $700 million… The facility needs a fresh start with a management and PR team who have the public’s trust. The California utility commission is expressing out loud what the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is quietly discussing: Why weren’t those two vital letters handed over on Day One?”