ML17083A242

Responds to Encl Requesting Moratorium on Nuclear Power & Expressing Concern Re Seismic Qualification of Facilities.Aslb Issued Favorable Finding on Seismic Design Adequacy of Plants.Forwarding Ltr Encl

ML17083A242
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Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	01/28/1980
From:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Cattoir A AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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C. Buckley R. Nattson I am pleased to respond to your letter of November 2, 1979 to the President which was referred to me for reply.

In your letter you urged that a moratorium, be declared on the issuance of operating 'licenses and construction permits for nuclear power plants; moreover, you state that Dr. Kemeny recommended a moratorium in Section 8 of his report to the President.

You also expressed concern over, the seismic hazards associated with the operation of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Poser Plant in view of its proximity to the Hosgri Fault and the seismic activity in the State of California.

Furthermore, you stated that Coomissioner Hendrie and Commissioner Kennedy should be disqualified from pa'rticipating in the decision to issue an operating license for Diablo Canyon du'e to "their unethical secret meetings with PGBE representatives."

Finally, you expressed concern over the adequacy of emergency evacuation plans for the Diablo Canyon Plant in the event of a nuclear accident.

In regard to a moratorium on nuclear power plants, the following statement was made on page 4 of the Report of the President' Comnission on the Accident at Three Nile Island; "lie did not attempt to reach a conclusion as to whether, as a matter of public policy, the development of'oeoercial nuclear power should be continued or not be continued."

Pe could not find in the above cited report, where Dr. Kemeny recommended a moratorium on nuclear power plants.

However, recommendation A.8 of the above cited report (you referred to this as Section 8) proposed that the NRC review on a case-by-case

basis, the necessity of imple-mentation of recorrmended safety improvements, upgraded operator training, improved licensee management, and emergency planning prior to issuing any new operating 'licenses or construction permits.

The NRC staff is presently develop-ing an Action Plan describing the entire NRC program regarding post-TNI require-ments.

The Plan fs proposing to implement the recommendations of the Keqeny

Report, among other recormrendations.

Rhen the NRC gives final approval to this Plan, the requirements will be transmitted to the affected utilities for their action.

With respect to your concern regarding the adequacy of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plants to withstand a seismic event at the Hosgri Fault, this matter has received extensive consideration.

The Hosgrf Fault, which is located 3 1/2 miles from the Diablo plants, was discovered in 1971 and has been the subject of intensive investigation by the Pacific Gas 5 Electric Company, the U. S.

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advisor for the Comnfssfon, the USGS in 1975 suggested that a magnitude of 7.5 be assigned as a potential seismic value for the Hosgrf Fault, and the Commission adopted this value.

Comprehensive public hearings on this.rrratter were held by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board over about tvro-month period.

These hear-ings were completed on February 15, 1979.

The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board issued a partial initial decision on September 27, 1979, which included a favorable finding on the seismic design adequacy of the Diablo Canyon Plants.

A meeting was held on October 19, 1979 at the request of the Pacific Gas Electric Company, (PG8E) with Coranfssioner Hendrie and Corrmissfoner Kennedy.

Memoranda on these meetings were issued by both Commissioners Hendrie and Kennedy.

The PG&E representatives stated that the purpose of the meeting was to convey PG&E's concerns about the procedural and timing aspects of addressing the Three f<fle Island issues<

Following this introductory state-ment, Corrmfssioner Hendrfe pointed out that Diablo Canyon is in adjudication and attention had to be given to ex parte consideration but expressed his belief that he could discuss, procedural and generic matters.

At the time of the meeting neither Corlrrfssfoner Hendrie nor the General Counsel of the NRC believed that the discussion was relevant t'o the merits of the proceeding because they had not discussed the facts of the case but rather generic issues.

Subsequent to the meeting, the General Counsel researched the matter and reached a different conclusion which Comnfssfoner Hendrie agr eed with.

Consequently, parties to the proceedings on Diablo Canyon were provided with a spermary of the discussion that had taken place with PG&E on October 19, 1979.

A subsequent motion to disqualify Commissioners Hendrfe and Kennedy from further consideration of matters in the Diablo Canyon operating license proceeding is now being considered by the Commission.

)ffth one exception, the conclusions and recommendations of tfre Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) generally agree with those in the the General Accounting Office (GAO) report prepared for the Rancho Seco plant regarding nuclear plant emergency preparedness.

The NRC recommendations will be applied to all nuclear power plants including Diablo Canyon.

Speciffcally, the recoomendatfons of the GAO in its report that an emergency plannfng zone extending 10 miles from nuclear power plants be established, agreed with the findings of an NRC-EPA Task Force Report NUREG-0396 dated December 1978.

The NUREG-0396 report recommended 10 and 50 mile planning zones which have been endorsed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The Diablo Canyon Emergency Response Plan, which is currently being reviewed by the NRC staff, will contain appropriate actions to accorrmodate

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In addition, a Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Review Panel, appointed by Governor Brown has conducted studies to Page I

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In regard to a moratorium nucl r power plants, the following statement was made on page 4 of the Report f e President's'Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island:

"We did no attempt to reach a conclusion as to whether, as a matter of public policy, thy d elopment of commercial nuclear power should be continued or not be contipued."

le could not fjnd in the above cited report, where Dr. Kemeny recommend d a morato um on nuclear power plants.

However, recommendation A.8 of the bove.cited r ort (you referred to this as Section 8) proposed that the NRC re iew on a case-by ase basis, the necessity of imple-mentation of recommend safety improvement upgraded operator training, improved licensee man

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C. Buckley I am p'leased to respond to your letter of November 2, 1979 t the President which was referred to me for reply.

In your letter you ur ed that a moratorium be declared on the issuance of operating licenses and cp struction permits for nuclear ver plants; moreover, you state that Or. Kerry recommended a moratorium in Section of his report to the President.

You a o expressed concern over the seismic h zards associated with the operation f the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in iew of its proximity to the Hos f Fault and the seismic activity in the State of alifornia.

Furthermore, you tated that Commissioner Hendrie and Commissioner Kenn y should be disqualified rom participating in the decision to issue an operat g'icense for Diablo nyon due to "their unethical secret meetings with PGFIE r resentatives."

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Comprehensive public hearings on this matter were held by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board over about two-month period.

These hear-ings were completed on February 15, 1979.

The Atomic S ety and Licensing Board issued a partial initial decision on September 27 1979, which included a favorab'le finding on the seismic design adequacy of e Diablo Canyon Plants.

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The PGSE repr entatives stated that t e purpose of the meeting was to convey PGI4E's conc ms about the procedu al and timing aspects of addressing the Three Nile land issues.

Foll ;>ing this introductory state-ment, Commissioner Hendrie p inted out that Di bio Canyon is in adjudication and attention had to be given o ex parte co ideration but expressed his belief that he could discuss pr edural and

. eneric matters.

At the time of the meeting neither Comissioner ndrie no the General Counsel of the NRC believed that the discussion was re evant o the merits of the proceeding because they had not discussed the f ts f the case but rather generic issues.

Subsequent to the meeting, th eneral Counsel researched the matter and reached a different conclusion whic Commissioner Hendrie agreed with.

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Diablo Canyon wIbre provided with a surrrnary of the discussion that had aken ace with PG8E on October 19, 1979.

Furthermore, the Cosmfssfon fs curre ly cons erfng r<hether proceedfngs should ba fnstftuted to determfne ff Cosmf loner Hen fe and Comafssfoner tennady should be dfsqualfffed from the gf lo Canyon pr eedfng.

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The NRC recomme ations will.be applied to 1 nuclear power plants including Diablo Canyon Specifically, the recorrmend ions of the GAO in its report that an emergen y planning zone extending 10 mil from nuclear power plants be established, greed with the findings of an NRC-A Task Force Report NUREG-0396 dated Dece ber. 1978.

The NUREG-0396 report recott ended 10 and 50 mile planning zones hich have been endorsed by the Nuclear Re latory Commission.

The Diablo C on Emergency Response Plan, which is curren being reviewed by the NRC staff, will contain appropriate actions to acco odate both the 10 and 50 mile emergency zones.

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Your letter to President Carter concerning the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant ha's been referred to this office for reply.

C i Inasmuch as matters pertaining to the licensing, construction, and operation of commercial nuclear power plants are under the cogni-zance of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, we are forwarding your letter to them for appropriate action by copy of this letter.

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Imperial earthquake key to nuclear plant design ByCarl Neiburger Staff Writer The strongest earthquake shocks ever recorded by man willgive scientists a lot to study on how to design structures such as the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.

The shocks were recorded during the Im-perial Valley earthquake and released Tuesday in a report issued by the U.S.

Geological Survey.

Geological Survey seismologist Ron Por-cella said the peak ground acceleration during the quake was 1.74 times gravity.

That's one-third larger than the ptevious maximum, 1.3 g, recorded fn 1976 during the Gazli earthquake in Russia, The peak acceleration predicted by the Geological'Survey for the Hosgri fault, 3 miles offshore of the Dfablo Canyon plant, was1.15 g.

Ground accelerations measure how fast the ground movement changes speed during an earthquake and are proportional'to the force

'ofthe quake.

. Acceleration of 1 g would be measured, for example, if a car accelerated from a dead stop to 22 mph in one second. If the car ac-celerated at 1.74 g, it would be going 38 mph after only one sbcong, Earthquake accelerations involve movements of inches taking place during fractionsofseconds.

Scfentfsts studying Imperial Valley ear-thquake data were puuled because struc-tures near the points where the largest ac-celerations were measured suffered no damage. Most were freeway bridges.

On the other hand, the Imperial County General Services Building, which was heavily

damaged, was subjected to peak ac-celerations of only 0.27 g.

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Paul C. Jennings, a structural engineer at the California Institute of Technology, agreed. He noted that the "strong shaking" of the Oct. 15 quake fasted 7 to 10 second.

The strong shaking durfng the 1940 Imperial Valley quake lasted about twice as long and didfar more damage, Jennhgs said.

Though ground accelerations measured during the 1940 quake weren't as high as those in the 1979 quake, measurements taken at the same sites yeilded similar accelerations, he said.

The difference, said Jennings, was that 1979 many measuring instruments were placed beside the Imperial.Valley fault with the expectation that a repeat of the 1940 quake would occur. These fnstruments, within 0.6, miles of the fault, registered the extremely high accelerations.

Scientists who have reviewed the data say they think such accelerations occur during all earthquakes but instruments aren't near enough tomeasur. them.

Jennings said measurements taken more than 6'miles from the fault and the per-formance of buildings at a 'greater distance agreed withprevious predictions.

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'onstructing a more poQUve rcspons Dr. Howard W. Mitch<<U sharply crfUcfxcd.'. ~

oBice pointed to after emergency Mft<<Mlsatd.

';. county oUI<<bdsfor whathecsUeda fsgure to ~ pcparcdncssdrfUs wcreMdfntbecouutyfn Although lgs Ms respcuslbUlty to "squarely face" the potcnQsfproMcmspcecd lÃdandlasthprQ.

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", by a nuclear emergency. He also sco)dcd his Among concerns Itch<<if xppcesscd wss, Obispo County) Medical Society must al fcUow phys!<<fans for not showing more 'belsckofdecontamfnaUonfacUIU<<sfnthe lcadcrshlp...tbcremustbeafotmoretrsdr

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In a gdcnUe radfus !rem DlsMo canyon, Dr. Davtd crnhardt, chairman o!

'five<<speakers Wednesday In a thrcehour there'S only one unit at French Hospital, county Health Commission, sal4 after

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"., <<'onpuMI<< bca)th. Sponsored bysshe Mid@east

.plant workers, MtcheUsald.

<<stablfshcda committee to study the<<ore Systems Agency and Its advisory.

"Asahcalthofffccr, I'vencvcrbad training emergency plan and "sce bow we Qt fn."

1 -group, the San Ltds OMspo County Health having to do with radiological health of this

'i ~ ~on,thefofumat the Cuesta College 'agnitude," be saM. "f'mnot sure bow we Hsfgwood said be expects a revised p

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would handle dcoetamfneUon o! more Quin wfUbeomtdctcdcarfyncxtyear.

-Much c! the discussion dolt with state stxpcople.",

He suggested that "wbUea potcnUsl has, requfrements, and rccommendatlons, Any emergency plan must" be "corn Isbcfnggcneratcd(by DtaMocanyon),ao rcgerdfngcmcrgcncyrcsfonscphns-what munlcstcd intimately wfth Q>>

pubgc,", 'ax doUars being gcncratoL.(so) ao bGtcbeU caged "future sub)unctivcs." But Mitch<<U ssfd. "Wc have to have straight consfdcraUon sboul4 be given to using th the county health director conontrate4 on informsUon, and Ithas to be@ared candidly taxdoUars" tomltlgetcsomcof thshaxard

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-Ccuycrx Betting, a professor of appf pvcnfug...we don't have any such plan,"

of problems" lf potassfum Iodide tablets,.

pbysfcsatQanfordtlnivcrsfty,wbosald Mitchellsaid.

4 to protect tbe thyroid gland from current normal operation o! nudcar po<<

"Wc're very Ukclyto have a nudear power red!aUon

exposure, are distributed as facfUUcs dcUvcrs a total poputsUou 4'lant fncUonfngla the not too distant future,,

Joseph ward, <<Mcfofthe rsdiologfcal health radistfou of %00 person rema per togae and unless 'attcnUcn fs given

~ to Q>>se unit 0! the state Dcpartn>>nt of Health Sct<<'ear cf electricity produced (QN amoun problems...untU they'e squarely faced, we vfccs,safdfsbcfngconsfdcred.

electricity consumed by abxd un mm are hdcedtotagy unprepared," be said.

'fbe pubUc would need to be warned bow to pcoplc).

James T..Mgwood Jr.,

Los Angeles prevent "more disasters from (tbe tsMcts')

About hsmof onecauccrdcathper gigav regional manager of the state Office ol misuse,"bUtchcUssfd.

year of cfccttfdty fs attrtbutable to I Emergencygcrvfces,sgreedthatl>>clmty Shee the prfnuuy means of prot<<<<Uon radlationexposure,hesal4.

"tsnot glvlngthhtuuetheattcnUonlt shoukf against a nuc)car acddcnt fs cvacusUon, he,

-Jack Kearns)r., assistant director of be given."

conUnucd, "there must be a <<Nnpicte census state OfficeofEmergency Scrvlces, who s Although his office h working with county o!

everyone who might bsve to be the county's emergency P4n 4ocs "addf omdalstodevehpaplan,Hafgwoodsaidthe evacuated...and spedal attention must be bssfccsscnUafcfcmcnts,"butagrccdQu county'sconUngcncy plsnfor dcaUng withan placed on those who have spccfalnccds (Uke hasmenyshortcomfngs.

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A new policy for N-plant locations In August 1978 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission established a special task force to develop anew policy concerning the location of nuclear power plants.

Wednesday the task force made its report to the NRC; The report indicates that PacMic Gas and Electric Co.'s Diablo Canyon phnt is no% in a safe location. That's the ophlon of the NRC staff experts who worked on the new policyfora year.

The experts recommended that fn the future nuclear power phnts should be at least 12% mQes away froman earthquake fault.

The Diablo Canyon plant is three miles from the Hosgri earthquake

fault, The NRC has

-considered the earthquake fault issue in past studieL The new report

however, recommends NRC rules 0 changed "to better reflect the evolving technology h assessing seismic hazards",

4 Editorial The report continues: "The riskto the public froma range ofaccidents, including accidents beyond that for which the plant is

designed, is sufflciently high to 'be a

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sideration insiUng".

PG&E offlcials contend that the Diablo plant can withstand any shock the Hosgrl fault could produce. We could not e'xpect them to say anything else.

The INablo plant is not h operaUon and won' be untQ the NRC issues an operating license.

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IfNRCstaff experts believefuture

'uclear plants should be 12% miles or more from a fault, the same standard should be applied-to the plant at Diablo Canyon.

The Telegram-Tribune strongly supports the contenUon that the hazards of the Hosgrl are ample reason for allowing Diablo to be dormant.

The plant should not be permitted to operate.

Thanks to the Phfladelphla Inquirer, today we learn another disturbing fact concerning the wisdom of aflowing Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to operate.

Apparently the people who wfll operate the Diablo plant are not the best trained in the country.

Before a person can be licensed as a nuclear plant operator, he or she must pass written and oral examinations conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

The wrtttya czandaatton conststs of an essay concerning rcac4r 4hcery,

design, hstruments, standard and emergency operating procedures and radiation control and safety.

The oral examination lasts about six hours.

A candidate must score 70 out of 100 on the written examination and pass the oral.

The nationwide average score on the written examination is 81 percent.

The Phfladelphh Inquirer obtained and pubflshed the examinaUon pet formance during 1975 to 1978 of nuclear control room operators for 30 nuclear plants inthe country.

Those Qcensed for the Diablo plant scored an average of 78.6 on the writ-

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.'ionalaverage.

The Diablo operators'howing ranked them 27th in the 30 plants

'urveyed.

NRC examiners beQeve one of the reasons for the nation's worst nuclear plant accident at Three Mle Island, Pa., were operators whe made at least five maJor crxers when the plsnt'a autematcd system failed.

Those operators whose test scores averaged 85.4, were ranked ninth ln'the 30 plants.

Obviously the people who'l watch the dials and handle the switches at

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Diablo aren't as well trained as those who blew things at Three MQe Island.

How can PG&E ask us to accept a "nuclear plant that is located less than three mlles from an earthquake fault and which wiQ be staffed by people with some of the worst scores h the country on their licensing examina-tlons7 Low marks for Diablo operators

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January 16, 1980 Note to Bart Buckley LETTER TO ALBERT CATTOIR OELD concurs with the letter to Albert Cattoir subject to the following comments:

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.Douglas Stanley

Dear Vir. Stanley:

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Federal Building, 2800 Cottage

'~lay on the evening of February 25, 1980 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Me also would like to use Corference Room M-1140 on Saturday, Harch 1,

1980 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Please con.act me, when this can be confirmed, on (202) 634-1437.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD

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In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nos.

1 and 2)

Docket No 5

50-3 O.L.

NRC STAFF

RESPONSE

TO INTERVENORS'E(VEST THAT ORAL ARGUMENT ON SEISMIC ISSUES BE HELD IN SAN LUIS OBISPO On January 4, 1980, the Chairman of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel announced that argument on the seismic issues on appeal in the above-captioned case would be held in Bethesda, Maryland since the principal lawyer for the Joint Intervenors has his office in Washington, D.

C.

In a motion dated January 10,

1980, Counsel for Joint Intervenors stated that they desired that the seismic oral argument be held in San Luis Obispo for the benefit of the local citizens who are keenly interested in the outcome of the litigation.

The NRC Staff interposes no objection to Intervenors'equest that the seismic oral argument be held in San Luis Obispo, California.

Respectfully submitted, Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 17th day of January, 1980 L.

Dow Davis Counsel for NRC Staff

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Unit Nos.

1 and 2)

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Docket Nos.

50-275 O.LE

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50-323 O.L.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "NRC STAFF

RESPONSE

TO INTERVENORS'E(UEST THAT ORAL ARGUMENT ON SEISMIC ISSUES BE HELD IN SAN LUIS OBISPO", dated January 17, 1980, in the above-captioned proceeding, have been served on the following, by deposit in the United States mail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, this 17th day of Jabuary, 1980:

• Richard S.

Salzman, Esq.,

Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DE C.

20555

• Dr. John H. Buck Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.

20555

• Dr.

W.

Reed Johnson Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555 Board Board Board

• Mr. Glenn 0. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555 Mrs. Elizabeth Apfelberg 1415 Cozadero San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Dr. William E. Martin Senior Ecologist Battelle Memorial Institute

Columbus, Ohio 43201

• Mr. Thomas S.

Moore, Member Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555

• Dr. John H. Buck, Member Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555

• Elizabeth S.

Bowers, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555 Board Board Philip A. Crane, Jr.,

Esq.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company Room 3127 77 Beale Street San Francisco, California 94106 Mr. Frederick Eissler Scenic Shoreline Preservation Conference, Inc.

4623 More Mesa Drive Santa

Barbara, California 93105 Mrs.

Raye Fleming 1920 Mattie Road Shell Beach, California 93449

Mr. Gordon Silver 1760 Alisal Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401 John R. Phillips, Esq.

Simon Klevansky, Esq.

Margaret Blodgett, Esq.

Center for Law in the Public Interest 10203 Santa Monica Drive Los Angeles, California 90067 Arthur C. Gehr, Esq.

Snell 5 Wilmer 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona 85073 Paul C. Valentine, Esq.

321 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, California 94302 Yale I. Jones, Esq.

100 Van Ness Avenue 19th Floor San Francisco, California 94102 Janice E. Kerr, Esq.

Lawrence

g. Garcia, Esq.

350 McAllister Street San Francisco, California 94102 Mr. James

0. Schuyler Nuclear Projects Engineer Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street San Francisco,'alifornia 94106 Bruce Norton, Esq.

3216 North 3rd Street Suite 202 Phoenix, Arizona 85102 David S.

Fleischaker, Esq.

Suite 709 1735 Eye Street, N.W.

Washington, D.

C.

20006 Mrs. Sandra A. Silver 1760 Alisal Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555

• Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C.

20555

• Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.

C.

20555 Richard B. Hubbard MHB Technical Associates 1723 Hamilton Avenue - Suite K

San Jose, California 95125 John Marrs Managing Editor San Luis Obispo County Telegram-Tribune 1321 Johnson Avenue P. 0.

Box 112 San Luis Obispo, California 93406 Andrew Baldwin, Esq.

124 Spear Street San Francisco, California 94105 Herbert H.

Brown Hill, Christopher

& Phillips, P.C.

1900 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.

C.

20036 J.

Anthony Klein Legal Affairs Secretary Governor's Office State Capitol Sacramento, Ca.

95814 Dow Davis Counsel for NRC Staff