San Onofre Nuclear Plant Not Found Liable in Radiation Lawsuit

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

ALRIGHT!!!!!

San Onofre Nuclear Plant Not Found Liable in Radiation Lawsuit; SCE
and Combustion Engineering, Inc. Not Liable in Cancer Case, Unanimous
Jury Says

SAN DIEGO, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- After 22 days of testimony and 3
1/2 hours of deliberation, a jury of three men and six women
unanimously decided today that radiation exposure from the San Onofre
Nuclear Generating Station did not cause the wife of a former plant
employee to develop chronic myelogenous leukemia. 

The case was brought in San Diego Federal District Court by the estate
and family of the late Ellen M. Kennedy. 

Today's decision is the second consecutive unanimous verdict in favor
of the co-defendants, SCE (majority owner and operator of the plant)
and Combustion Engineering, Inc. (manufacturer of the plant's fuel and
nuclear steam supply system). The same defendants won a favorable
verdict in a similar radiation-related case in 1995. 

``Our deepest sympathies continue to go out to the Kennedy family,''
said SCE Vice President Dwight Nunn. ``But San Onofre did not cause
Mrs. Kennedy's illness. San Onofre is one of the safest nuclear power
plants in the country.'' 

The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station provides electric power to
approximately 3.5 million residents in central, coastal and Southern
California without producing air pollutants or greenhouse gases. The
facility is operated by Southern California Edison, and is co-owned by
Edison (75%), San Diego Gas & Electric (20%) and the cities of
Riverside and Anaheim (5%). 
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Sandy Perle
Technical Director
ICN Dosimetry Division
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Office: (800) 548-5100 x2306 
Fax:    (714) 668-3149
  
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