ML11325A263
| ML11325A263 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 11/01/2011 |
| From: | Donchak L City of San Clemente, CA |
| To: | Jaczko G NRC/Chairman |
| References | |
| EDATS: SECY-2011-0608, G20110816, LTR-11-0617, SECY-2011-0608 | |
| Download: ML11325A263 (1) | |
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:
DUE: 12/16/11 Mayor Lori Donchak City of San Clemente, California EDO CONTROL: G20110816 DOC DT: 11/01/11 FINAL REPLY:
TO:
Chairman Jaczko FOR SIGNATURE OF :
GRN CRC NO: 11-0617 Borchardt, EDO DESC:
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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (EDATS: SECY-2011-0608)
DATE: 11/21/11 Borchardt Weber Virgilio Ash Mamish OGC/GC Collins, RIV
- Haney, NMSS
- Satorius, FSME
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Coordinate with NMSS.
EDATS Number: SECY-2011-0608 Source: SECY Genra Ifraio Assigned To: NRR Other Assignees:
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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
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Incoming: NONE OEDO Due Date: 12/16/2011 11:00 PM SECY Due Date: 12/20/2011 11:00 PM Response/Package: NONE Othe Infomaion Cross Reference Number: G20110816, LTR-11-0617 Related Task:
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Priority: Medi unl Sensitivity: None Urgency: NO Originator Name: Mayor Lori Donchak Date of Incoming: I1/1/2011 Originating Organization: City of San Clemente, Document Received by SECY Date: 11/21/2011 California Addressee: Chainnan Jaczko Date Response Requested by Originator: NONE Incoming Task Received: Letter Page 1 of I
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Mayor Lori Donchak CA CHRM Gregory Jaczko San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Signature of EDO RF, SECY to Ack 11/01/2011 No Immediate public release via SECY/EDO/DPC.
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Lori Donchak, Mayor Jim Evert, Mayor Pro Tern Jim Dahl, Councilmember Office of the Mayor and City Councilmembers Bob Baker, Councilmember Phone: (949) 361-8322 Fax: (949) 361-8283 Tim Brown, Councilmember Website: http://san-clemente.org E-mail: CityCouncil@san-clemente.org George Scarborough, City Manager November 1, 2011 The Honorable Gregory Jaczko Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dear Chairman Jaczko:
The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan has generated world-wide concern regarding the safety of nuclear power. The City of San Clemente, home to 63,522 is located entirely within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone for the San *Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The City Council, and our broader community have learned a great ideal about, nuclear. power over the;,past several months as SONGS :has become a focal point for concerns about.the safety of nuclear power.
The Council takes our responsibility to represent our citizenswith utmost seriousness, and have endeavored to educate ourselves, and our community.. We listened to residents strongly opposed to. nuclear power and those who strongly support it. We have held special council meetings to hear presentations and have our,questions, answered by.the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), SONGS, and anti-nuclear power experts. As the final step in this process, on October.18,.2011, the City Council formally considered multiple additional steps the Council could take regarding nuclear power, including supporting a resolution from a community group calling for the immediate shut-down of SONGS.
After careful and informed deliberation, on behalf of the citizens of the City of San Clemente, we would like to specifically express our support for two recent requests from our Senators on relicensing and the findings and recommendations of the Near-term Task Force. We are also makinga direct requyst of the NRC about spent fuel storage.
We are fortunate that, our State's U.S. Senato.rs Barbara Boxer and Dianne,Feinstein.(D-California) are informed and active on this topic. *First, we would like to express support for Senator. Feinstein's April 20, 2011 letter to you requesting that the NRC examine "seismic and tsunami hazards, o.perational issues, ;plant.security,.emergency preparedness, spent fuel storage options and other elements of a nuclear power plant's "design basis" within the scope of the relicensmng process.".
-While we are aware.that SONGS operates safely, and that the NRC used best possible scien.ce of that era during the licensing process, much has been learned and City of San Clemente 100 Avenida Presidio SanClemnente, CA 92672 (949) 361-8200
new technologies have been developed since SONGS was licensed. Should Southern California Edison (SCE) pursue relicensing, this new information may show that SONGS is safe to operate or it may cause the NRC and SCE to reach the conclusion that the plant does not meet modern standards and that it should be decommissioned at the end of its current license period.
Regardless, mall pertinent information should be taken into account.
Second, both Senators have called on the NRC to quickly adopt the "Near-term Task Force Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 2 1 st Century". We support this effort, and are aware that the NRC is working rapidly towards this goal, as demonstrated by the Commission's approval on October 18, 2011, of the staff's recommendations to implement the short and medium term items from the Near-Term Task Force and the Commission's statement from its October 18, 2011, Memorandum that the "NRC should strive to complete and implement the lessons learned. from the Fukushima accident within five years - by 2016." We support the Senators' position that these recommendations carry special urgency and must be executed without delay.
Finally, the NRC should require utilities to move spent fuel rods to dry cask storage as soon as those rods can be safely moved. The storage of spent fuel rods on site at SONGS continues to be of concern to the Council and is an area we believe that the NRC can take more immediate action. Our understanding is that the spent fuel rods stored in dry cask storage at Fukushima Daiichi were unaffected by the tsunami. Although movement of spent fuel away from the community will require many federal agencies to reach agreement, we believe the movement to dry cask storage is an area of regulation within the authority of the NRC.
On behalf of the citizens of San Clemente and my elected colleagues, I respectfully request that your agency implement the above items. As representatives of the people we serve, it is our Council's duty to be informed and to act upon our knowledge. Where we cannot exercise authority, we will advocate for the public's best interest. We greatly appreciate the assistance the NRC has provided to us during this process, and the role of the NRC as the government agency which ensures that commercial nuclear power plants operate safely.
Sincerely, Lori Donchak Mayor cc:
City Councilmembers