ML16340C003
| ML16340C003 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 09/02/1981 |
| From: | Eisenhut D Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Kurtz B AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8109170348 | |
| Download: ML16340C003 (16) | |
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Mrs. Blanche Kurtz 1558 madonna Road 829 San Luis Obispo, California 93401 II
Dear tIrs. Kurtz:
Sincerely, Original signed by ymrell G. EiseghQC Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director Division of Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Evacuation of the Area Surrounding Diablo Canyon SEP 2
)9&1 LC Your Hay 28, 1981 letter to the President urging the denial of an operating license for the Diablo Canyon Facility has been referred It'o me for response.
In your letter, you jexpressed concerns about the proximity of the Diablo Canyon Facility to the Hosgri Fault, the adequacy of evacuation plans should an accident occur at this facility, and the exploration for oil and the impact it may have on the sea'life.
With respect to your concern on oil exploration, we understand that a recent decision by the Department of Interior has been made to withdraw four basins off the California coast (Eel River, Point Arena, Bodega and Santa Cruz) from an oil and gas lease sale.
In regard to the other matters that you"..,'raijed.
I trust that our responses provided in enclosures 1 and 2 adequately address your concerns.
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The 'Proximity of the Hosgri Fault to the Diablo Canyon Si te
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Your tip 28 1981 letter to the President urging the denial of an op ating license for the Diabl Canyon Facility has been referred to me for respons In your letter, you exp <ssed concerns about the proximity of the Diablo anyon Facility to the Hosgri ea
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Hith respect to your conc t'n on oil exploration, a r ent decision has been made to delay such exploration. X~Qn regard to matters at you raised, I trust that our responses provided in en'ures 1 and 2 ad ately address your concern.
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ENCLOSURE 1
Conern:
The proximity of the Hosgri Fault to the Diablo Canyon site and the ability of the plant to withstand a severe earthquake.
Response
The Hosgri fault, which is located 3 1/2 miles from the Diablo Canyon plants, was discovered in 1971 and has been the subject of intensive investigation by the Pacific Gas 5 Electric Company (PG8E), the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
As a principal geologic advisor for the Commission, the USGS in 1975 suggested that a magnitude of 7.5 be assigned as a potential seismic value for the Hosgri Fault.
It is important to note that the USGS did not say that the Hosgri Fault would experience a 7.5N earthquake but from a conservative stand-point that magnitude could not be ruled out.
Comprehensive public hearings on this matter were held by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) over about a two-month period (from December 1978 to early 1979).
Some of this nation's and the world's leading authorities testified and were subject to cross-examination.
The experts from the NRC staff and PGSE went on to say that the plant has been designed to withstand the greater seismic event of 7.5.
On September 26, 1979, the ASLB assigned to conduct the licensing hearings, issued its partial initial decision which found that a 7.5 magnitude earthquake is reasonable and meets regulatory requirements.
On June 23, 1980 the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board for this matter issued a decision to reopen the hearing record to obtain testimony related to a major earthquake which occurred in California's Imperial Valley in October 1979 (shortly after the ASLB's favorable partial initial decision in September 1979).
The NRC staff testimony on this issue was submitted to the Appeal Board in August 1980 and the hearing before the Appeal Board was concluded in October, 1980.
The findings of the Appeal Board on thi s matter was issued in its
- Decision, dated June 16, 1981, which concluded that the Diablo Canyon Facility was adequately designed to withstand the effects of the postulated Hosgri earthquake.
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ENCLOSURE 2 Concern:
Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation of the area surrounding Diablo Canyon in view of the accident at THree Mile Island (HAMI )
Response
Following the TMI-2 accident, the NRC has been re-examining the design and operation of all nuclear power plants including emergency evacuation plans needed to cope with potential accidents.
The recomnendations contained in the report by the President's Conmission on the TMI-2 accident (the Kemeny Comnission) as well as other actions recoranended by various task forces within the NRC were considered and requirements have been established and published in NUREG-0694 for Near Term Operating Licenses.
The Pacific Gas 5 Electric Company (PG8E) has met our emergency planning requirements for fuel loading and low power testing.
For a full poser license PGSE's plan must be upgraded to be in compliance with NRC criteria in NUREG-
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Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Poser Plants",
and Commission guidance in the form of the new Appendix E to the Cormission' regulations.
The NRC staff will verify that all the applicable requirements have been met by PG8E before a full power license is granted.
In addition, the issue of the adequacy of emergency planning at Diablo Canyon will be the subject of a hearing expected to take place this fall.
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A later map shbvred. connections between the Hosgri md-San Simeon,.
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- p. 4 Lo R who'uilt Diablo found out about this Hosgz'i fault 1ong
'before it was Comp1eted..
They. should h'ave stopped construction right then and looked elseehere for a ite, 'ecause they'. spent so much money,, they were more intere ted in getting it to pay off..
N~o they say-Oh tVe11-Biablo could. with tand a, 6.4 earthquake, and. it as a one in a million ehqnce a larger one woul4 happen.
)7ell> the San Pernando quake was much larger.
That 'certainly;3mocTYed a lot of knees.
Too bad a lot of P.G.
a E "Big Shots>'eren,'t there at the time.
You know the experts on earthquake studies say wc, ozo due for a re(.lly 'big one,',
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~J'ou still', with me?
Ol:ay nova listen to this<
The "City'Deeds" here have jusI now become,concious we might need.
an evacuation plan'should Diablo get the go-ahead.
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south east of S6nt~.
IJ~<.r'i" because our prevailing winds, very gusty Ones, vrou3.d carzy radiation in that direction.
As for San Xuis Obispo,->>we vrould have;to go north-.',,
north>>east.
'7ell, the only way out of here is the Cuesta Ggade. Xt has only 4 lanesp Two up-'-tvro dovmp Now can't you.im~~ine that bott3.e-neck?
pre uminp of course that the earthquake hasn't already closed. it. Xf Chere
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There is also the matter of the sea lifer Otters, mainly only native to this area -and the prey whales who migrate along here.
Uhy are men li3ce 'LIra )Vatts appointed who knovr nothing of the areas they are assi@~ing for explorations?
He could care 1es f gust to b'8 popu3.ar w th the povter,companiesp He is their fair-haired boy novrp There are other areas without endangering people,.to get fuel that we neecLp Mrs President--~g~
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we made you.our'residents I'm a65 yrp old. ha%ives Please don'0 let us dovtn nowp Xt's our life oz.deathp sn'%thatserious enough?
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Pe love you, an avant to.k ep you.
You are doing a good. job,. and we want to keep you a, long time, Been enouG'h
'id.Mots in our'hite Housep Remember?'
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