ML100331833
| ML100331833 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 01/22/2010 |
| From: | Layman E - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Jaczko G, Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/Chairman, NRC/SECY |
| Shared Package | |
| ML102020405 | List: |
| References | |
| G20100067, LTR-10-0035, SECY-2010-0078 | |
| Download: ML100331833 (4) | |
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:
DUE: 02/23/10 Erik Layman San Luis Obispo, California EDO CONTROL: G20100067 DOC DT: 01/22/10 FINAL REPLY:
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Chairman Jaczko FOR SIGNATURE OF :
GRN CRC NO: 10-0035
- Leeds, NRR DESC:
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PG&E's Application to Renew Operating License for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (EDATS: SECY-2010-0078)
DATE: 02/02/10 Borchardt Virgilio Mallett.
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EDATS Number: SECY-2010-0078 Source: SECY l~nrI nfraio Assigned To: NRR OEDO Due Date: 2/23/2010 Other Assignees:
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PG&E's Application to Renew Operating License for the Diablo Canyon Power Plant
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IDi In Originator Name: Erik Layman Date of Incoming: 1/22/2010 Originating Organization: Citizens Document Received by SECY Date: 2/1/2010 Addressee: Chairman Jaczko Date Response Requested by Originator: NONE Incoming Task Received: Letter Page 1 of I
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Erik Layman CA Gregory Jaczko PG&E-s application to renew the operating license for the Diablo Canyon power plant Appropriate Chairman, Comrs 01/22/2010 No ADAMS DATE DUE:
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EDO -- G201000671
Chairman Greg Jaczko c/o Annette L. Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dear President Jaczko,
As a ratepayer and citizen of California I would like to bring to your attention the matter of PG&E's application to renew the operating license at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant for an additional 20 years.
Over the past five years, our state regulators and legislators have been conducting in depth research into the costs, risks and benefits of continuing to rely on aging nuclear reactors located in highly seismic areas. The January 9, 2010 M6.5 earthquake off Humboldt County in northern California, and the more devastating quake in Haiti remind us that, in all these issues, "mother nature--bats-last.-The news that none of the nuclear reactors at Kashiwazaka Japan are generating commercial electricity nearly two and a half years after an earthquake at that facility-along with a reported $12 billion in repairs and replacement costs-has left us wary of neglecting seismic concerns.
Our California leaders have another reason to be concerned: the fragile condition of our local, national and personal budgets.
Money is in short supply, and this state has once before been made a laughingstock of the nation during the energy fiasco of 2000. Therefore, we applaud the responsible efforts of this state to ensure reliable and affordable electricity. After carefully studying all issues that might-result in a negative impact on state economics or the reliability of energy supplies, the California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and legislature (Assembly Bill 1632) required that certain studies be completed and reviewed before PG&E filed for a license renewal.
PG&E ignored the state's requirements and filed with the NRC its application to operate Diablo Canyon for an additiotial-20 years in Novemberf2009:
In the spirit of'openness and transparency, we' asks that the NRC put a stay on considering.'any aspects of the PG&E application until these seismic studies required by our state, arecompleted. While the NRC may grant a license renewal to PG&E, it is our California Public Utilities Commission-looking out for our ratepayer interests-that grants PG&E the right to ask for that renewal. And it is clear from the 2007 decision of the CPUC that PG&E was to bring the results of these studies to the CPUC for consideration before applying for license renewal.
We are willing to work with the NRC to help expedite these seismic studies. As was evidenced from the recent example of the GEIS public meetings, when we Californians demanded that meetings be held in our communities, we attended-in numbers that exceeded any other meeting location.
In addition, since budgets are extremely tight in all areas, spending either ratepayer or taxpayer dollars on NRC processes for PG&E's license renewal beyond addressing the seismic concerns, could prove, a huge waste of money. If you do proceed, yet intractable seismic issues later arise, who will reimburse us for the money spent in areas that would then be irrelevant for further study and consideration?
Please try to give us evidence of the NRC's new policy of openness and transparency.
Sending NRC representatives to meet with our local elected officials in private, before first asking the public for our concerns, does not reinforce this policy. Clearly the public's perception that the. NRC will fairly decide whether or not can'safely operate for twenty years beyond 2025 is in jeopardy-This perception problem can be easily and productively remedied. Working with -the local and state representatives and agencies to resolve seismic concerns will go along way to improving the public's perception of the NRC's ability to bb open and fransipare'nt'aiidf6 make'decisions based on current and factual seismic information.
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