ML19289C170
| ML19289C170 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vallecitos, 07000754 File:GEH Hitachi icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/15/1978 |
| From: | Wolch H AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| NUDOCS 7812140302 | |
| Download: ML19289C170 (1) | |
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dh 18313 Pepper Street Castro Valley, CA 94546 October 15, 1978 Joseph Hendrie, Chairman United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Re:
Vallecitos Nuclear Center (Docket Nos. 50-70 and 70-754)
Dear Mr. Hendrie:
Operation of the General Electric Test Reactor at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center near Pleasanton, California, has been shut down by order of the Commission.
We contend this order should be made permanent unless it can be shown that the present reactor and all its operating f acilities are, or can be made, proof against the maximum seismic activity expected for the area.
In the absence of evidence acceptable to the general public, seismic safety experts and seismologists, we urge - we demand - that the GETR be permanently shut down.
Regardless of the outcome of proceedings to close GETR permanently, it is imperative that G.E.
be prohibited from further discharging tritium gas, triticated water or any other racioactive isotope into the environment.
There is mounting evidence that there is no threshold, in humans, for tolerance of ionizing radiation.
Tritium is objectionable since it readily exchanges with hydrogen of water and organic materials.
We are at a loss to know why Vallecitos has a License (No. SNM-960) to store up to 150 kg. of plutonium.
We, the residents of this part of California, have a right to know what is being done with plutonium at the Nuclear Materials Laboratory, and if this activity is in the national interest or solely of commercial interest to G.E.
Please advise us of all Hearings te be held regarding the Vallecites Nuclear Center.
Sincensiv, p-i 781214G3oZ L
"L Dr. 6 Mrs. Hiram Wolch cc:
Senator Alan Cransten Senator S.I. Hayakawa Congressman Fortney P. Stark Calif. Assemblyman Wm. Lockyer Calif. Assemblyman S.
Floyd Mori Senator John Holmdahl Concressman Don Edwards