Letter from manufacturer of steam generators at San Onofre shows SCE believed systems were safe

SAN DIEGO - A letter from the manufacturer of steam generators at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shows that Southern California Edison believed the systems were safe before they were installed, refuting claims from anti-nuclear activists, the utility announced today.

SCE, the plant's majority owner and operator, released a statement concerning a letter from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Opponents of plans to restart a reactor at the plant, which has been shut down for more than a year, contend that the Mitsubishi information reveals that...