ML13094A212

G20130266/LTR-13-0282 - Ltr. Dave Roberts Concerns Issues at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and Requests the 4/3 Meeting to Address Edisons License Amendment Request Take Place in Southern California

ML13094A212
Person / Time
Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	04/02/2013
From:	Darrell Roberts San Diego County, CA, Board of Supervisors
To:	Boxer B, Macfarlane A, Waxman H NRC/Chairman, US HR, Comm on Energy & Commerce, US SEN, Comm on Environment & Public Works
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corr-13-0053, G20130266, LTR-13-0282
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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

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-PI WIN-Originator Name: Dave Roberts Originator Org: State/Local Officials/Groups Date of Incoming: 04/02/2013 Document Received by OEDO Date: 04/04/2013 Addressee: Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Henry Waxman Incoming Task: Letter OEDO POC: Dan Merzke

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Supervisor Dave Roberts (San Diego County)

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Concerns issues at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and requests the 4/3 meeting to address Edison's license amendment request take place in Southern California ACTION:

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04/02/2013 Yes Commission Correspondence Lead office to publicly release 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> after SECY's assignment, via SECY/EDO/DPC.

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DAVE ROBERTS SUPERVISOR, THIRD DISTRICT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Serving the communities Of...

4S Ranch Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Del Dios Del Mar Del Mar Heights Del Mar Mesa Encinitas Escondido Leucadia Mira Mesa Olivenhain Rancho Bernardo Rancho Pefiasquitos Sabre Springs San Pasqual Scripps Ranch Solana Beach Tierrasanta Torrey Hills Torrey Pines University City April 2, 2013 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chairman Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Henry Waxman Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives 2322 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 RE: San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

Dear Chairman Boxer and Ranking Member Waxman:

I would like to express my gratitude to both of you for helping to ensure rigorous oversight of the San Onofre nuclear reactors. I am grateful that Ranking Member Waxman pushed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman to seriously examine the need for a license amendment regarding Southern California Edison's (Edison's) proposed restart of Unit 2 at partial power.

Chairman Boxer also showed exemplary leadership by calling attention to a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MWI) report that reveals new details about the design and fabrication of Edison's now crippled San Onofre replacement steam generators and about the possibility that Edison was trying to avoid a license amendment before the faulty equipment was installed. I appreciate that Congressional pressure has recently resulted in the NRC releasing a redacted form of this report to public. I also applaud Chairman Boxer for urging the NRC to make no decision about restarting San Onofre before completing its ongoing investigation of the many essential issues, including those raised by the report.

I was heartened by Edison's announcement that it may finally request a license amendment regarding its experimental restart plan for San Onofre's Unit 2, except that the utility adds in its press release that it " will submit a 'No Significant Hazards Consideration' analysis demonstrating that the license amendment does not involve any significant safety risks." A No Significant Hazards Consideration (NSHC) would effectively deny the public a meaningful public hearing and critical independent expert review before the license amendment is issued. This is unacceptable. Public trust will not be restored by continued attempts to avoid such a hearing process, and this type of effort to convince the public that minor technical license amendments are sufficient.

County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 335 - San Diego, CA 92101-2470 (619) 531-5533

• Toll Free (800) 852-7334 Email: dave.roberts@sdcounty.ca.gov www.SupervisorDaveRoberts.com Printed on recycled paper

Furthermore, the NRC has scheduled the meeting to discuss Edison's license amendment and probable NSHC request in Rockville, MD. The appropriate place for such a meeting is in Southern California, where it would be accessible to those citizens whose lives will be most impacted by the matters discussed. The agency has said that this unfeasible, but this ought to be reconsidered.

I hope and trust you will continue to exercise your strong leadership and regulatory oversight capacity by urging the NRC to require that Edison undergo the rigors of a thorough license amendment and public adjudicatory hearing on all the San Onofre safety issues before a decision is made on restarting the reactors, and to deny any request from SCE for a NHSC. I also request that you insist the agency hold their April 3 meeting about Edison's license amendment request in the impacted region, namely Southern California. As public officials representing Southern California communities, our constituents risk being seriously harmed in the event of a major nuclear accident at San Onofre, so it is imperative to us that any decisions about restarting the crippled reactors are made with maximum deliberation and meaningful opportunity for input from the public..

Sincerely, DAVE ROBERTS District 3 Supervisor San Diego County Board of Supervisors DR/sk

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Fisher, Brett [Brett. Fisher@sdcounty.ca.gov]

Tuesday, April 02, 2013 6:29 PM barbara boxer@boxer.senate.gov; henry_waxman@henrywaxman.house.gov CHAIRMAN Resource; laura_schiller@boxer.senate.gov; lisa.pinto@mail.house.gov; pat.delgado@mail.house.gov; Howell, Art; Dorman, Dan; Leeds, Eric; bill.borschardt@nrc.gov; Anderson, James San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)

SONGS 04-02-13.pdf

Dear Chairman Boxer and Ranking Member Waxman:

Please see attached letter from County of San Diego Supervisor Dave Roberts thanking you for helping ensure rigorous oversight of the San Onofre nuclear reactors and requesting you ask the NRC hold their April 3 meeting.

Thank you, Brett Fisher I Special Projects Manager 2 (619) 531-5533 County of San Diego Board of Supervisors Third District Supervisor Dave Roberts i600 Pacific Highway, Rm. 335 San Diego, CA 92101-2407 I