ML19329D970
| ML19329D970 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Rancho Seco |
| Issue date: | 04/26/1979 |
| From: | Alquist A CALIFORNIA, STATE OF |
| To: | Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| NUDOCS 8004080989 | |
| Download: ML19329D970 (1) | |
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- ITH REGARD TO TmE NUCLEAR GEGULATORY COMMISSIONS CONSIDERATION OF A SPUTD0'N CF THE RANCHO SECO P0aER PLANT, ESTIMATED CAPACITY MARGINS aITHOUT A FACILITY INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS CURTAILMENT OF SERVICE DURING T"E SUMMER MONTHS, aITHOUT ADDITIONAL PURCHASES A MARGIN OF ONLY 0.98 PERCENT IS ESTIMATED FOR JULY, ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, aHICH aE CAN ONLY HOPE aILL BE AVAILABLE, aCULD BRING THE MARGIN UP TO ONLY 3.3 PERCENT.
THESE MARGINS ARE CLEARLY UNACCEPTABLE AND DANGEROUS, THE COST OF TFE DURCHASED CAPACITY COULO RESULT IN SUSSTANTIAL RATE INCREASES, SERVICE DISRUPTIONS *0VLD MAVE SERIOUS ECONOMIC IMPACT UPON TME COMMUNITY, THE NEED FOR A T-ORnUGH EXA*INATION OF RANCH SECO OPERATIONS IS UNGUESTIONAELE. A SHUTDO*N DaEVER aILL IPPOSE A SERIOUS THREAT UPON TWE ECONOMIC
- ELL-BEING OF THE CITIZENS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SENATOR ALFRED E ALQUIST
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