ML16340B675
| ML16340B675 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 12/05/1978 |
| From: | Krejsa R SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| NUDOCS 8105040487 | |
| Download: ML16340B675 (6) | |
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Couamouss Amm r
S~ Luxs Osrspo, C~oam 93408 e
805-N3-1550, Ezr. 321
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December 5, 1978 Atomic Licens ing Board Nuclear Regulatory Commission c/0 San Luis Bay Inn Avila Beach, California 93424 bfembers oj the Board HANS HEII-MANN Steve Mac Elvaine KURT P. KUPPER HOWARO MANKINS OR. RICHARD J. KREJSA Honorable Chairperson and Commissioners:
I am Or. Richard J. Krejsa, twice-elected Supervisor of the Fifth District, San Luis Obispo County.
This will be the fourth or fifth time I have given public testimony on the nuclear problems created by Diablo Canyon.
I previously have spoken at the State Energy Coamission hearings of November 1976, and at the Nuclear Safety and Emergency
Response
Plan hearings of December last year.
d I'd like to have your indulgence to bring.you up-to-date regarding County involvement in the nuclear arena since my last appearances before your honorable Commission.
At the November 4, 1976, hearing before the State Energy Commission, then County Civil Disaster Coordinator George Silva told the Commis-sioners that agreements relative to nuclear emergency and evacuation had not yet been made with incorporated cities, but suggested an accord could be reached.
He further stated that a County exercise to test the effectiveness of the plan was to be implemented soon.
In January 1977, the Disaster Coordinator, in a personal response to my 9 pages of criticism of our new Nuclear Emergency
Response
- Plan, stated that agreements between jurisdictions "are not yet concluded."
On May 24, 1977, the Disaster Coordinator sent a letter to all City Administrators in San Luis Obispo County expressing the concern of the County Disaster Council.: "that more ro ress had not been made
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o In that letter, he also stated that:
"although each city had a
printed emergency pIan, none ~oresent1 addresses in a
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Atomic Licensing Board Page Two December 5, 1978 On August 18, 1977, a mock disaster drill,was held between P.G.5 E.,
County officials and State of California Department of Transportation.
That shakedown, itself, was a partial disaster, the nature of which I have previously documented before your Commission.
For today's pur-
- poses, however, let the record show that the Disaster Coordinator stated publ'ically at.that time that:
"... it will be two or three months before we can have a realistic test Wo the eme~cmeenc
~sstem."
In April 1978, our Civil Disaster Coordinator resigned to accept a
better-paying, similar position in Santa Barbara County.
Because of a hiring freeze and Proposition 13, the position of Disaster Coordinator remained vacant for 5 months.
It was filled in September 1978 by an individual who serves the dual role of Coordinator and Administrative Analyst.
I spoke with Mr. McCrea, our new coordinator, this morning and received an update on what our County has done this past year.
Members of the Commission - ~virtua'l1
~nothin has happened in our county's preparedness for a nuclear emergency, should one ever happen at Diablo Canyon.
-No agreements or joint-powers agreements have been proposed or entered into, between the cities and the county.
-No full-scale disaster drill has occurred or is scheduled to occur which would involve persons, agencies outside of the County Sheriff's and Health Departments!
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-An administrative "exercise" similar to that which occurred in August 1977 is tentatively scheduled for April 1979!.
Our County preparedness is at status 9uo 1977.
At one time, P.G.S E. entered into negotiation with the County to equip and remodel County General Hospital emergency room to accommodate victims, private and public, of a nuclear accident.
In September of 1977. those negotiations were suddenly broken off by P.G.E E., who entered into an agreement with French. Hospital to provide for treatment of P.G.5 E. workers. who might be injured on-site at Diablo Canyon.
v On September 7, 1977, Or. Howard Mitchell, County Health Officer,.
wrote a letter to the P.G.K E. Health Physicist in San Francisco.
In part, it stated as follows:
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Atomic Licensing Board Page Thr ee Oecember 5, 1978 I
"As the County Officer charged in our disaster planning for the health and safety of our citizens in any disaster or emergent situation, I presume that French Hospital is also planning to deal'with other kinds of radioactive emergencies within the County as it would clearly be a
waste to have to develop that capability in addition to that required for P.G.& E. workers."
He further stated:
"Again, may I stress my, concern and my sincere belief that our proposal to P.G.& E. has not been handled with approp-riate dispatch nor with consideration for the broader aspects of the radiaton 'injury issue."
To my knowledge, there still is no medical care available to non-P.G.& E. workers who might exper ience a radiation injury in the Coun y!
I pose the question to your Commission, that in view of'ur overall lack of emergency preparedness, the decision you are about to make on the operation of this plant should weigh as heavily on your collective consciences as it does on mine as an elected representative of this County.
So much for my comments as a public official.
I would now ask your permission to speak as a private citizen.
/s/ Richard J. Krejsa
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