ML19289G007
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 04/11/1979 |
| From: | Margalith J CBS, INC./CBS NEWS |
| To: | Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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Dear Mr. Hendrie:
April 11, 1979
. Enclosed is a copy of a recent KCBS editorial dealing with nuclear power in California.
We invite you to prepare a statement far broadcast en KCBS which would describe your views on this matter.
The total time for the reply shculd be about one and a nalf minutes reading time aloud.
As other KCBb listeners have also requested thic informaticn, we encourage you to contact us at your earliest convenience to discuss your prepared response.
We shall select respcnses which we determine to be mcst representative of divergent viewpcints.
Thank you for your interest in our editorial ccmments.
Cordially,
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De-Nucleari:ing California 79-15 April 10, 1979 i;C 22 CC 12:20a, 2:50a, 5:20a, 8:19a, 12:19p, 3:20p, 6:18p.
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4/14-9:17a, 5:27p; 4/15-11:17a.
(HERE IS GENERAI. MANAGER PETER MCCOY WITH AN EDITORIAL OPINION. )
Last time we told you the lesson we learned from the accident at Three Mile Island...that it's time to phase out nuclear pcwer in the United States because of the tremendous risks it poses to our health, cur econcmy, and possibly our lives.
New we'll tell you what California can do to make the transition away frem nuclear pcwer.
California has an advantage over other states with nuclear reactors.
We only have two of them.
And, they supply us with only about three percent of our electricity.
That's ten percent below the dependency of the nation as a whole.
A move away from nuc33ar power presents much less of a shock to California than to other states.
And, California has reason to make that transition quickly.
Because Rancho Seco, a near twin to the crippled reactor at Three Mile Island, sits 25 miles frem our state capitol.
While investigators try to determine whether a similar disaster could occur there, the plant is courting disaster by operating at ene hundred percent.
That's because the Nuclear Regulatory Ccemissicn and the utility that operates Rancho Seco have refused to take action until the results of an investigation are in.
Inaction of that kind is dangerous and irresponsible.
We think Rancho Seco's board should turn back the plant's power production to fifty percent.
That will reduce the possibility of an accident significantly.
And, as alternative energy suppliers are found, the plant should be phased out entirely.
Next, the legislature should enact a bill by Assemblyman Terry Goggin.
Goggin dcesn't think California should have to leave matters of nuclear safety up to the NRC or the boards of utility companiec.
Gcggin's bill would give the state the power to set stricter safety standards than these set by the NRC.
And, it would give our energy commission the power to enforce these standards.
California ought to have more control over its nuclear destiny.
It will, with passage of Goggin's prcpcsal.
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P-.ge Goggin's bill also calls for a state-wide power pooling system.
Under the plan, utilities would serve the electricity needs of whole regions of the state.
Right new, they concern themselves mainly with the needs of their individual districts.
Poolinc agreements do exist, but they're only in effect under limited conditions.
If all cur utilities pool their electricity, econcmic questions will surely arise, but we'll have a better picture of the state's energy needs tad where the deficiencies are.
The accident at Three Mile Island has been an important catalyst in teaching us what we dcn't knew about nuclear pcwer.
It's clear we don't knew encugh to consider it a safe energy source.
But California car correct matters by taki ng control of its energy future--by taking immediate steps to phase cut nuclear pcwer--and by reorganizing the distribution of electricity with state-wide pcwer pccling.
Next time, we'll tell you how we as individuals can help while we "de-nucleari:e" California.
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EDITORIAL REPLY d cATE AIRDATE INTROCCCTICN IN A RECENT EDITORIAL, KCBS SPEAKING in response is CLOSE
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~ o KCBS provides reply opportunities as a matter of policy.
Your ccm-ments are always welccmo.
YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPLIES KCBS recommends recording your reply in cur studios to achieve the best quality.
If a personal visit is impossible, two alternatives are available:
A)
Recording ycur statement by telephcne.
3)
Recording your statement en tape and relaying tape to KCBS.
In either 2A or 23, certain cautions are in order.
1)
We prefer to confine telephone recording to long distance responses beycnd 50 miles frcm San Francisco.
2)
Taping en your cwn recorder must.e done CNLY with new or
" clean" tape, free of any previous recorded material.
Our studio machines can cnly accommcdate recordings at 7h IPS speed -- full track.
3)
CO NOT bother to restate the topic of the KCPS editorial or to identify yourself in your opening paragraph.
The standard introduction at the tcp of this sheet will be made by a staff anncuncer.
4)
Try to limit your total statement to abcut ih minutes READING TIME ALOUD.
Combined with the intrcducticn and closing, tnis will keep statements within cur time limitations and will help avoid alienating your~ audience with a lengthy monologue.
If the respcnse MUST be long, then try to divide it into TWO parts to be alred on successive days.
5)
PLEASE SEND US A WRITTEN COPY OF YOUR STATEMENT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE CCMING IN TO RECCRD YOUR REPLY.
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