ML19308C768
| ML19308C768 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Berkeley Research Reactor |
| Issue date: | 01/10/1980 |
| From: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Bates T CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
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| NUDOCS 8002010311 | |
| Download: ML19308C768 (1) | |
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- vtiL MARY 1 o 1930 Docket No. 50-224 Mr. Thomas H. Bates Member of the Assembly California Legislature Twelfth Assembly District District Office 3923 Grand Avenue Oakland, California 94610 a
Dear Mr. Bates:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter in support of the December 11, 1979 petition on behalf of the Friends of the Earth request that the Nuclear Regulatory Comission take four steps to restrict the operation of the facility located at Etcheverry Hall on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
The Friends of the Earth petition is being treated under 10 CFR 2.205 of the Comission's regulations, and accordingly, appropriate action will be taken on their petition within a reasonable time.
I enclose, for your information, a copy of the notice that is being filed for publication with the Office of the Federal Register.
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, E.L L sta J Harold R. Denton, Director Office of nuclear Reactor Regulation Encl osure:
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Enclosure UNITED STATES OF AMERICA tOCLEAR REGULATORY COM'4ISSION In the Matter of
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RE0L'EST FOR ACTION UNDER 10 CFR 2.206 Notice is hereby given that by petition dated December ll,1979, the Friends of the Earth requested that an order be issued to the Regents of the University of California at Berkeley to suspend all activities of the TRIGA reactor at Etcheverry Hall, to remove all radioactive materials from the site, to revoke the operating license and to hold public hearings before any reactor operation is resumed.
The bases of the request are alleged deficiencies in the seisr.:ic design of the facility, and allegat.ons that the potential threat to the public health and safety is greater than pre-viously estimated and that current evacuation plans are inadequate. This petition is being treated as a request for action under 10 CFR 2.206 of the Comission's regulatior.s, and accordingly, action will be taken on the petition within a reascnable time.
Copies of the petition are available for inspection in the Commission's Public Document Room at 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.
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Dear Dr. Denton:
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I hereby endorse the Request for Action submitted by Friends of j
the Earth to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission which requests permanent revocation of the Regents of the University of California's Operating License under Docket No.30-224.
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Considering the Etcheverry Hall Reactor's outdated seismic design, its site in a densely populated urban area and the lack of adequate evacua-tion plans in case of a radiation accident, I submit that the Etcheverry 4
!!all reactor poses an unacceptable threat to public healty and safety.
Accordingly, 1 give full support to the Request for Action to the l
N.R.C. filed by Friends cf the Earth.
I concur in the request that all re-actor activities under Decket No. 50-224 be halted, all radioactive materials and wastes be removed f res the Etcheverry llall site, and that the reactor operating license be re=cved by the Nuclear Regulatory Co==ission.
I ask that the Euclear Regulatory acknowledge its responsibility.to the health and safety of the citizens of Berkeley by acting upon this Request I
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Dear Dr. Denton:
The Friends of the Earth,124 Spear Street, San Francisco, California, have requested that your Co::: mission suspend all reactor activity nt Etcheverry ifall, University of California at fierr.eley and recove all plutonium and other radioactive materials.
The City Council of the City of tierkeley wished to :.dvise your Conmission that it gdorses the reque:,t of the l'riends of.he Earth.
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Dear Friends of the Earth:
I trould like to of fer this letter of rupport f--
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of all actielties at Et:heverry llall r-latin; t: the l'aivarsity cf Cali fornia's nuclear ceactor.
Mary on. : r ict; have been taised concerning the loc:. tion of the llayteard f : tit, t - p91ic health 1.a:atd an earthqur.it er accider.t uit;2t r
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full support of the Friende cf the Tars'- reque:t t h:. t the Nuclear ilegulatery Cemnission:
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Suspend all activities at Etcheverry :all re:cting t o t '.i e teactor.
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Penove all plut:n:um and a!! cther rniic:.c. ve materials and
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Suspend the Ur.iversity of Califernia'c ;icer..:: :: opcrrte tne reactor.
4 Ilold pullic hearings in the City of 1eric1>..
in regard! to the Uni"ersity': operaticn of the I a:t c r.
I am thankful that the Friends of the Eart:. has taken the time and the effort to look into th i:, po t e t i a ll; dar gerous sit uation.
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20555 RE: TRIGA Reactor; University of California, Berkeley Docket NO. 50-224
Dear Dr. Denton,
Pursuant to 10 C.F.R.
Section 2.206, Friends of the Earth hereby j
files a Request for Action to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
i Specifically, Friends of the Earth requests thac the Nuclear Regulatory Commission order the folicwing:
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- 1. Suspension of all activities under Docket NO. 50-224 at Etcheverry Hall, University of California, Berkeley; 2.
Removal of all plutonium and all other radioactiva j
materials and wastes from the Etcheverry Hall site; 3.
Permanent revocation of the Regents of the University I
of California's operating license under Cocket No. 50-224;
- 4. Holding of public hearings in the City of Berkeley before any reactor operation is resumed.
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