ML13155A049

Comment (439) of Eddy N. Opposing Restart of San Onofre Unit 2 Until NRC Completes Comprehensive Investigation

ML13155A049
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	04/29/2013
From:	Verizon
To:	Rules, Announcements, and Directives Branch
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78FR22576 00439
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Joosten, Sandy From: Eddy.N@verizon.net 16 Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 11:48 AM To: CHAIRMAN Resource -7

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RE: ca We also demand NRC to force Edison to refund the $1 Sbi *'stole from ratepayers From: CHAIRMAN Resource [mailto: CHAIRMAN. Resource@nrc.gov]

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ca E. N)f Dear Allison The American people are outraged and we join the people of California and Los Angeles to demand NRC to conduct extended investigations before any restart at the San Onofre nuclear power plant. The move reflects a deep-rooted public opposition to resumed operations at reactors perched in a tsunami zone near earthquake faults that threaten all of southern California. Meanwhile, yet another top-level insider has told ABC News that San Onofre Units 2 and 3 are not safe to operate. On April 23, LA's eleven City Council members approved a resolution directing NRC to "make no decision about restarting either San Onofre unit" until it conducts a "prudent, transparent and precautionary" investigation. LA wants "ample opportunity" for public comment and confirmation that "mandated repairs, replacements, or other actions" have been completed to guarantee the public safety.

California's largest city joins Del Mar, Encinitas, Irvine, Laguna Beach, Mission Viejo, San Clemente, Santa Monica, Solana Beach, Vista, Berkeley, Fairfax and the San Diego Unified School District board in asking NRC to take all steps necessary to guarantee the public safety. We demand that NRC make utility officials testify under oath in public before San Onofre might be allowed to go back on line. The sentiment has been echoed by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) who chairs the Senate committee that oversees NRC. Boxer has been joined by Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) in questioning whether Southern California Edison knew steam generators being installed at San Onofre were faulty.

The new Mitsubishi generators cost $770 million but critical tubes began banging together and sprang leaks after less than a year of operations. As many as 17% of the plant's 19,400 tubes may have been involved. The reactors were shut in January, 2012 but Edison has since billed ratepayers $1 billion for them, even though SUNSI Review Complete 1 Template = ADM - 013 E-RIDS= ADM-03 Add= B. Benney (bjb)

they've generated no electricity for more than a year. The utility lied and says it needs the reactors' power for the coming southern California summer, even though the region operated just fine last summer without them.

We demand NRC to order Edison to stop gouging customers. ABC News has broadcast warnings from a 25-year insider at San Onofre. "There is something grossly wrong," the whistleblower told a San Diego TV.

Fearing reprisals, the whistleblower appeared in a carefully disguised appearance. Edison wants to operate Unit Two for five months on an experimental basis. But there are 8 million people living within a 50-mile radius. "If an accident like this happens, (an) emergency plan is not geared to handle such a public safety devastation,"

says ABC's inside source. "Those things have never been practiced or demonstrated in a drill scenario."

GAO has recently confirmed the confused state of nuclear evacuation planning nationwide, a warning picked up by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). Such warnings echo those of former NRC Chair Greg Jaczko, who has told the public that none of the 104 reactors currently licensed to operate in the US are safe. The industry, he says, is "just rolling the dice" by continuing to operate these commercial reactors, including San Onofre. Edison has dismissed Jaczko, GAO and the whistleblower's warnings in demanding a June 1 restart. Boxer and Markey want NRC to refuse approval until public hearings can be held, and we are outraged that NRC is rushing ahead with the licensing process.

The unanimous resolution from LA and so many other southern California communities have a very significant impact. Putting Edison, Mitsubishi and the reactors' inside operators under oath, on the stand, in front of the public would answer key questions about some very expensive decisions that have put the health, safety and economy of southern California at serious risk. Despite Edison's fierce opposition, renewables are spreading rapidly throughout the region. With no real need for San Onofre's power, we say to Obama and NRC, a radioactive cloud from a restarted San Onofre could completely contaminate San Diego, Los Angeles and the central valley, carrying all the way across the US within 4 days. Senator Boxer and Los Angeles are right to demand complete transparency and total public access to everything there is to know about this infernal machine. Obama and NRC, this power plant must be shut down forever, and the time is now.

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