ML12164A196
| ML12164A196 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 05/13/2012 |
| From: | Beach M - No Known Affiliation |
| To: | Jaczko G NRC/Chairman |
| References | |
| G20120406, LTR-12-0255, SECY-2012-0298, EDATS: SECY-2012-0298 | |
| Download: ML12164A196 (6) | |
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EDO Principal Correspondence Control FROM:
DUE: 07/10/12 Miranda Beach Encinitas, California EDO CONTROL: G20120406 DOC DT: 05/13/12 FINAL REPLY:
TO:
Chairman Jaczko FOR SIGNATURE OF :
GRN CRC NO: 12-0255 Collins, RIV DESC:
ROUTING:
Safety Concerns at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
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Borchardt Weber Johnson Ash Mamish OGC/GC Collins, RIV
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Subject:
Safety Concerns at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
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Priority: Medium Sensitivity: None Urgency: NO Originator Name: Miranda Beach Date of Incoming: 5/13/2012 Originating Organization: Citizens Document Received by SECY Date: 6/8/2012 Addressee: Chairman Jaczko Date Response Requested by Originator: NONE Incoming Task Received: Letter Page 1 of I
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Miranda Beach CA CHRM Gregory Jaczko
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Safety concerns at San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant ACTION:
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May 13, 2012 Miranda Beach 1160 San Dieguito Drive Encinitas, CA The Honorable Gregory Jaczko Chairman U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001
Dear Chairman Jaczko:
San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant currently has all reactors shut down. Reactor 3 was shut down because of corrosion and slight radiation leaks in some of the cooling pipes on January 31, 2011.
They have now plugged more than 1,300 of the pipes, and in May will have a hearing to make the case to re-start the reactor. As a concerned citizen from Encinitas CA, which is only about 34 miles south of San Onofre, I am. worried that Southern. California Edison, feels pressured to possibly re-start the reactor to6 quickly in order to provide power during the upcoming summer when it gets hot and there's more energy need s A recent article imi the San Di'go Uion Trib-n6, from Ma*i 8th, 2012, by*Morgan Lee States that "Each. generator was. built.with an. 8 percent design, margin for plugging, according to a recent regulatory filing by mafiufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy: Industriesof Japan.. An Edison spokesman could not say what exceeding that. threshold.would m eanY." They havemow plugged. about 4% of
'the pipes in Reactor 3,'. nd.alimo6t 3% inRe.6tor, 2.,, Reactor. 1. has been decommissioned. Also,.
according to an article in the Qrange County Regi.stergon. May 3, 2012 "Gradual wear is. common in such tubing, but the rate.f decay at San Onofre was startli.ng in some cases because the equipment is relatively new... The generators were installed in 2009 and 2010."
I am concerned that if the plugging keeps going at this rapid rate, we will no longer have any safety margin left. The original plant was built in the early 1980's, and was probably not designed to handle the types of natural disasters like what happened in Japan last year. Even though Southern California won't get.the:same magnitude of tsunami that Japan got last year, theycan get significaht earthquakes... According.to an ariple in theweek.com.. on March 16, 2011
!The good news for California is that, accqrding*to.the USGS forecast, there's5only.a. 4percent chanceof that 8.0 quake. hitting jn th, ext 30Qyqars. The-bad news.isithat~a 6.7;quake or stronger
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"fpugp`ipesannop thYEe-reactorsontinue to supplyenergy, I think we should, try to find altemativye ways sp sq, less.clectricity in Southern California. The main prýblem is the peak c~.ppcith,w en.we using a. lot of electrical* appliances atIthe same.time. This usually, occus duringthe,day duiing he sumhner months when we use a lot of air conditioners. I
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter. I just wanted to voice my concerns about this important issue for myself, my family and fellow citizens of Southern California.
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