A newly formed “coalition of stakeholders” is calling on the federal government to get serious about removing millions of pounds of radioactive waste from a closed nuclear power plant on Southern California’s coast. Doug Bauder, vice president and chief nuclear officer for Southern California Edison (SCE), told The Epoch Times that the coalition wants to see real action—including funds appropriated in next year’s federal budget—to expedite the nuclear waste removal process from the closed San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). “We think that a separate nuclear waste program should be formed under the federal government because simply what’s happening now under the DOE [Department of Energy] umbrella has not worked,” Bauder said March 16. “I can tell you already the coalition formation has been substantial.” The Action for Spent Fuel Solutions Now coalition consists of local government officials and business leaders in Orange and San Diego counties who want to …