ML19254F729
| ML19254F729 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | San Onofre  |
| Issue date: | 11/11/1979 |
| From: | David Lindsay AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7911160500 | |
| Download: ML19254F729 (1) | |
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REDUEST FDR INSTITUTICN OF PROCEEDINGS TO REVCf2 OPERATING LICENSE,10 CFR 2.206
'IO: Director of Nuclear Reactor Pegulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Cm mission As a concerned and interested resident of Southern California, who may be adversely affected by the unit's continued cperating, I W,m v, @,
, request the Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to initiate a proceeding pursuant to 10 CFR 2.202 and 10 CFR 55.40 for the purpose of suspending or revoking the operating license for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit One.
New and relevant information is noa available on potential ground notions at the site in the event of an earthquake, and this information would have warranted the Ccmnission to have refused to grant a li nse on the original application. Furthermore, the plant is located midway betwen Ios Angeles and San Diego, one of the nest densely populated and fastest growing areas in the country.
Unit I is not designed to withstand possible ground notions frcm earthquakes on the Newport-Inglewood and Christianitos faults and their branches which pass close to the reactor. These ground motions could break cooling water pipes, cause a loss of coolant accident, arx1 lead to a meltdown of the fuel rods. The addition of a concrete shell to the reactor dme and other nodifications are inadequate to insure against damages frcn possible ground notions during a maximum possible earthquake. The new and relevant infornation regarding ground notion potential was unavailable when the AT approved the design criteria of Unit I or later when the NBC approved structural changes to the unit. Seismic design criteria for Unit I was based on inadequate data on measurements of ground notions close to the source of the earthquakes. Recent j
California earthquakes near Santa Barbara in August, 1978, near San Jose in August, 1979, i
and in Inperial Valley in October,1979, have revealed new and relevant information about l
ground motions that was not available to the NBC for determining seismic design criteria for Unit I.
Because population growth near the San Onofre plant has been nore rapid and er-tensive than could have been anticipated during the licensing of Unit I, there are no adequate evacuation plans for the area's residents in the event of a loss of coolant I
accident. Approximately nine million people live in the area that could be affected l
by the accidental release of radioactive gases frcm Unit I.
The State and local govern-I ments are not prepared to evacuate the population within the short tine between the accident and the spread of radioactive gases. When the AEC isswd the construction permit in March of 1964, it was inpassible to know the population of the region whould increase so rapidly.
For the above reasons, and the associated risks to the health and safety of the people of Southern California, it is inperative that you take action to suspend or revoke the cperating license for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Unit I.
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