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| Issue date: | 08/12/1981 |
| From: | Adams H, Amaral L, Amaval L, Annis W, Bennett H, Berck W, Bissell D, Black W, Bros J, Buckley R, Collins, Cope R, Dittrich F, Fairfield T, Gooden D, James Heck, Hess E, Hirst B, Kinney E, Laurado J, Loken M, Lusby P, Manlio F, Marguth G, Marty R, Morrissey J, Mourer D, Parker J, Philcox R, Pogue W, Powers T, James Shepherd, Steibel J, Svets D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Grossman H Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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As a Nuclear Medicine physician, dealing with the administrations of radionuclides to patients, the re-opening of the General Electric reactor would insure a ready supply of radionuclides.
Of course, no one would want the reactor to be re-opened if there was a danger to the population in the area of the reactor, but once proper precautions have been made to the reactor and the building housing reactor, then there should be no further delay in the restartirg of this facility.
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It is my understanding the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will be holding hearings near the end of May regarding the re-opening of the General Electric Test Reactor at Vallecitos in Alameda County, California.
Several years ago, the reactor was ordered shut dt.wn due to suspected earthquake fault hazard in close proximity to the reactor site.
It is further my understanding the recent safety evaluation report issued by the NRC represents agreement now between G.E., its geological consul-tants, independent geology experts, and NRC's advisory committee on reac-tor safeguards, that the reactor, with modifications, can safely withstand a strong earthquake on the suspected fault.
Based on that conclusion, I respectfully request your support and strongly urge the Commission to rule in favor of the re-opening of the General Electric Test Reactor.
It is a facility which has served the country and mankind as one of the world's largest producers of radioactive medical products.
With your favorable ruling, G.E. can re-establish itself as a leading producer of medical radioisotope and at very minimal risk to the populace.
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The Nuclear Medicine Service at the Long Beach VA Medical Center is in full support of the recu=ption of the General Electric Test Reactor for the production of radioisotopes. We have received diagnostic radio-isotopes for medical use from this facility in the past and eagerly look forward to having this source returned to our supply lines.
'Je use radioactive materials daily in the diagnosis and treatment of patients and the availability of these substances for the perfor=ance of safe and noninvasive tests are instrumental in the care of thousands of patients per year including the direct saving of patients' lives by early diagnosis of life-threatening illneases.
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In January of 1981 three and one quarter years later, the NKC finally issued a report that the G.E. Reactor, with certain nodifications, could safely withstand a strong earth-g quake.
This report was very well received by many people in the Liver-I.
more Valley. Many of us have watched your procedure with great interest.
Not only was G.E. one of the world's largest producers of radioactive medical products, but it was an employer of many valley residents.
I was very pleased that the NRC was again going to allow G.E. to become a viable part of our conmunity.
Now I read by the media you have grantec yet another hearing which has no bearing on your closure of G.E.
In 1977 and has nothing to do with the earthquake question.
I am surprised that your Commission allows this type of maneuver to take place - to add more red tape to be placed in front of the G.E. Company.
This new hearing will only rehash the emotional pleas to stop any and all nuclear development - no matter how the technology progresses. We do not need the Berkeley-based Congress-man and the Friends of the darth to speak for or against our valley interests, if this were such an important problem to our' area, I'm sure our own Congressman would have requested the hearing.
No matter how many hearings are granted, or how much time and money are given to these procedures, no one will change his mind relating to use of nuclear power.
They use your organization, and others, to get media attention and at the same time spend tax dollars in order to gain support for their own purposes.
Therefore,I strongly disagree with this hearing and with the method by which public Commissions are imposed' upon to promote media coverage as a stage for politicians and organizations on a subject that has no bear-Ing on:the origina e of closing G.E. Vallecitos in 1977 M
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International Nutronics, Inc., (INI) has been a buyer of Cobalt 60 from General Electric. GE1x, since 1969 until the facility was closed, furnished all of our isotope requirements at a very competitive price with excellent service.
INI owns and operates three radiation facilities that do contract radiation sterilization of medical disposable products, and radiation testing of component parts for nuclear reactors.
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For approximately four years the General Electric test reactor has been shut down, af ter a long tenure safe operation and substanial contributions to the research of nuclear power and energy.
While I cannot testify to geological considerations I do believe myself to be typic.al of local residents and business-people.
Our f amily has resided in Pleasanton almost 14 years.
We moved there fully aware of the test reactor's presence.
Never, including the mcst recent four years, have we been' concerned about danger from an accident or event at the reactor.
We are fully aware of the several earthquake f aul t traces that traverse the Anador Valley, Neither do the latter concern us.
You are certainly aware of the many f acilities both public and private which have been constructed near these traces.
No damage or evidence there of has occured to schools, freeways, hospitals or other structures.
As a business person I have significant investments in the Plessanton area, and plan more, - again fully aware but completely unafraid of the reactor's presence.
It would seem to me to ba good location for such c test f acility, reasonably near transportation and other test facilities.
More important however is the proximity of qualified research and technical personnel, who have demonstrated a desire to work at Vallecitos and more importantly live in Pleasanton, Dublin, and Livermore.
Mr. Grossman you may be assured of. side soread public support forthe test reactor's presence in the valley and an even stronger concern for public agencies who appear to be intimidated by minority special interest groups.
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In addition, a lot of sales have been lost to foreign competitors.
The continued competitive flow of radioisotopes for use in nuclear medicine is essential.
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Dear Sir:
The intent of this letter is to make a limited appearsneein writing and to provide written testimony relative to the show cause proceeding as referenced above.
As background materiai, I am the President and General Manager of J.L.
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J. L. Shepherd & Associates is the major manufacturer in the United States of research equipment and calibration equipnient which incor-porates Cobalt-60 sources. We are, in fact, the sole competition m the United States of the major foreign corporation which also services this market. For the past 15 years, we have depended upon General Electric Vallecitos Lab ano the General Electric Test Reactor to provide us with the Cobalt-60 which is incor-porated in our equipment. This Cobalt-60 supplied by GE has been used in devices of our manufacture for major successful programs in combating leukemia, for radiation hardness testing of all interplanetary vehicles developed for NASA by Jet Propulsion Laboratories, for radi tion hardness testing of military hardware and for general radiobiological and chemical research at many labs throughout the country.
Since the temporary closure of GETR and the inability of General Electric to meet our requirements for Cobalt-60 sources, we have been unable to effectively compete vith the foreign organization which is our only competitor in this area because of the necessity of purchasing Cobalt-60 from this organization. Over an extended period of time, we have found General Electric to be a most co-operative and competitive organization in meeting our specific requirements for Cobalt-60 The return of GETR to operation will result in major benefits for the research and development organizations in the United States who require the use of Cobalt-60 in devices such as we manufacture to continue their research
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A long time has gone by since the General Electric Test Reactor at Vallecitos was shut down.
I'm certain that large sums of money have been spent on all. sides of the issue to determine whether or not the site and the reactor are safe from a seismic standpoint. Hopefully. that has been deter-iained in the affirmative.
I would like to express my feelings as a citizen, businessman and elected official who lives in the valley where the reactor,is located, about the current nuclear remonstrance.
Let me begin by saying that the General Electric Vallecitos Plant has been a great asset to our area in terms of its contribution of quality personnel who have Decome involved and respected citizens of our towns.
It has contributed to our economit. well being by providing employment, payrolls and taxes to the area.
I have never heard any comments about the plant, its operation or its employees that was in anyway negative. The entire operation enjoys a most respected reputation.
I have been following with interest tne anti-nuclear actions of some of our more liberal congressmen and their affiliated organizaticns. I have concluded that the entire question of nuclear energy and its det.iments or benefits to man will never be resolved to everyones satisfaction.
People who are intent on seeing only the negative aspects of nuclear power would have us continue to burn coal, gas and oil,and further pollute our atmosphere. They would turn their backs on the many wonderful contributions nuclear energy has made and can continue to make to medicine, travel, engineering and space sciences. Only by lifting our consciousness above the level of rejective commentary can we progress forward in this most vital area of nuclear technology. It is unfortunate that our peoples first experience with this tremendous resource was a bomb. We seen to hold on to that intage with an almost calamitous obsession.
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I, and I believe I speak for many others, have concluded that we are not in any -
grave danger from progress. Appropriate safeguards are essential in every under-taking and particularly in the nuclear industry. With these safeguards in place j
we must go forward and enrich our lives by using the intelligence that God has j
given us to discover and enjoy the world in which we live.
l I urge you to allow General Electric to restore its operation and provide important radioisotopes t.o the medical community.
I urge you further to take an aggressive stance for the well controlled expansion of nuclear energy for the benefit of all of us.
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Although it is lengthy, its content establishes reference to the negative impact probacility and in fact on our business.
Now, some thirty six months later, we strongly petition you to accelerate a favorable decision for GETR to restart the reactor at the most immediate practicable date. May we relate the injury that the Radx Corp, has sus-tained because of the shut down of the GETR unit.
As a "small business concern" we have had to accept much higher xenon gas costs as a result of the higher raw material cost incurred by General Electric having to buy from a competing reactor operator. This operator has become larger as a consequence and has taken accounts away from Radx and GETR as a direct result of their price advantage.
We have been obliged to ship on a restricted availability schedule (e.g.
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.24 cents per millicurie; thus, this availability problem for Radx resulting from the GETR shut down has cost us significant business and has graphically increased the cost of medical examinations throughout the country.
We have been compelled to accepc and to forecast a continuing decline in our xenon gas business - absolutely due to the GETR shut down - and for a small business" the proven advantage this gives to the principal competitor referenced is to foretell our demise as a participant in the xenon gas business.
The competitor has grown, and has recently been purchased by a foreign corporation, and has increased promotional pressures; thus, has taken l
accounts from us that we confidently predict would not have been lost had the GETR reactor been supplying our needs on a competitive lower cost and when needed basis.
The evidence accumulated by us during the past 36 months indicates that you can be a mejor factor in our success (or failure) as major participant in the l
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I am writing you in support of the proposed restart of the General Electric Test Reactor located in California.
Prior to its shutdown in 1977 this reactor provided a great deal of the radioisotopes used by the Nuclear Medicine community i
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As a user of radioisotopes in a health care facility located in the rural western United States the impending restart of the General Electric Test Reactor located in California is of prime importance to me.
Delivery of radioisotope on a demand basis is presently a two-day wait at thic institution.
Due to this lag time of delivery of radioisotopes patient quality care suffers.
If General Electric is granted permission to restart their test reactor in California this will allow for delivery of radioisotopes to this institution in one !ay or less.
This single fact would allow the Nuclear Medicine Department at this institution to respond much more quickly to the physicians' and patients' needs as required. This will also allow us to decrease our stock on hand and therefore decrease our inventory cost.
In this day and age of consideration and concern for health care costs this fact seems worth mentioning.
In conclusion I strongly support the reopening and restart of the General Electric Test Reactor in California.
I appreciate this opportunity to express my positive support.
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I would like to corrrnent in favor of the need for General Electric Company's Test Reactor at Fleasanton, California.
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Our firm has used this facility in the past and found it a valuable resource.
It is vitally needed in this region for the production of medical and f adustrial isotopes, and has played a significant role in the expansion of the knowledge of industrial materials during its years of operation. We support the restart of th'is facility and wish to go on record as doing so.
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It has now been approx-imately three and one-half years since that reactor was shut down
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I understand that appropriate studies have been carried out by General Electric which have satisfied the NRC and its advisory commi, tee on reactor safeguards.
The matter is now set for a pub-lic hearing on May 27, 1981.
The shut down of the GETR has been very costly, not only to General Electric which was required to carry out the appropriate ctudies, but also costly to the medical care of patients who re-ceit ad radioactive materials for a variety of diagnostic and thera-pentic procedures.
As one involved full time in the practice of nuclear medicine, 1 am indeed hopeful that the public hearings will permit the GETR t6 become fully functionally in the very near future.
If so, I fully expect its operation to have a f avorable impact not only in a lower cost for many radionuclides, but also having them more readily available when needed for the practice of nuclear medicine.
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Public Hearing.Concerning Restart of the General Electric Test Reactor Mr. Grossman:
What fools we Americans are.
Every natirn in the world, many with people starving to death in the streets, is spending incomprehensible amounts of money on nuclear power.
In the meantime, the United States allows a handful of uninformed, uneducated bleeding hearts to bring our " peaceful use" programs to a halt.
Not our weapons program, but the programs that help save lives and energy!!
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should have never been shut down to begin with, and anyone with the most remote expertise knows that.
Some exploratory investigation to the charges perhaps, but not shut down!
All that has been accomplished is the loss of millions of dollars of tax base.
My qualifications include being a full member of the Health Physics Society, 24 years involved in surface device testing, nuclear powered vessels,
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I have been associated w.2.th certain operational areas of G.E.T.R.
from my first visit to the facility in 1965 tc present.
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facility is a model showcase for the proper, safe and professional handling of radio-active materials.
Our industry has problems, but they damn sure aren't and never have been at G.E.T.R.
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Dear Mr. Grossman:
As a user of radioactive isotopes for medical applications, I can attest to the fact that the shutdown of the General Electric Test Reactor has resulted in sionifican inconvenience i
in the medical arena.
I would like to lind my support to a has ty res o l ve o f the G E Tes t Rea c to r q u es t i o n a n~d7Tp'e f u l l y an early res_ tart of the unit.
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to gear up for production.
The test reactor would allow for additional competition in the marketplace, as well as providing an additional source for radiopharmaceuticals.
This is very importart, since there are too few reactors presently engaged in production of radiepharmaceuticals.
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Dear Mr. Grossman:
I understand that another hearing will be held in the very near future re-garding GE Test Reactor at Vallecitos. As a businessman with a large investment and over a hundred employees who have lived and worked with-in a few miles of the Test Reactor at Vallecitos over the past eighteea years without accident or incident, I feel that it is vitally important to this community and to the Nation to restart that facility as soon as possible.
They have been outstanding neighbors and contributed greatly to this community and the surrounding areas. It is time, in my opinion, that we get on with Nuclear progress in this country and the sooner, the better.
Any favorable consideration that you might give to the restart of this General Electric Test Reactor would be sincerely appreciated.
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With reference to the above matter, I wish to advise you that I have been a resident of Pleasanton long before General Electric built their Atomic Facility on Vallecitos Rd.
I have always felt that the Installation was a credit to the Community and a welcome industry.
It seems a shame that the Company has been out to such extraordinary expenses to satisfy the whims of a few environmentalists.
Since the General Electric Company has met your Seismic Safety Standards, I see no reason for further delay and solicit your support in reissuing the licensa to General Electric.
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Dear fir. Grossman:
Ithas been my privilege as a member of the Piaasanton, California, community and the Superintendent of the community schools to become aware of the program conducted at the General Electric test reactor at Vallecitos.
I have been highly interested in the Vallecitos project for a number of years, having visited the reactor site for the first time almost twenty years ago, as a part of a tour that brought business men and professionals from the city of Stockton, California, to the site for an orientation visit.
I am very much aware of the significance of the operations at the Vallecitossite,andthethesignificantrolethytithesiteplaysinthepro-duction of radioactive medical products.
I encourage the licensing board to act favorably in behalf of the re-activation of activities.
I believe that I share a widely felt general confidence that the General Electric reactor at Vallecitosisatotallysafeoperationthat/canonlyenhangethequalityof life in our community, state, and nation.
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Herbert Grossman, Esq., Chairman Gentlemen:
I am writing to advise you of my support for the return to operation of the General Electric Test Reactor at Vallecitos.
It is my understanding that this facility provides a signif-icant benefit to society by reason of production of medical grade radioisotopes.
I am advised that early this year it had been determined that the plant can be safely operated, and after modifications have been made, can safely withstand a strong earthquake on a i
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I am persuaded that if the above findings can be made, the benefit to society far outweighs the risks incurred and, therefore, strongly support its return to operation.
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Dear Sir:
The test reactor at Vallecitos was ordered to shut down in October, 1977 by NRC pending investigation of a suspected earthquake fault in the area.
After many months of disagreement, it was concluded (NRC Safety Report) in 1981 that the reactor can be made safe to withstand strong seismic activity.
Since then certain interests have asked for public hearings continuing f rom May 27, 1981.
I would like to go on record as favoring re-opening the fac'ility and believe that ance the safety or the structures is reasonably demonstrated, the reactor will be a valuable medical and experimental asset to the na tion.
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On May 27 of this year, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will commence hearings on the re-opening of the General Electric Test Reactor at Vallecitos.
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Yv turnose in writing you is to support the efforts to re-open this vital facility for the continuance of -its research to find the sources of power for the future.
Throughout the previous decade, I served as a public official in the area of Vallecitos.
From 1972 through 1976 I served-l on the Pleacanton City Council as both a member and as mayor.
From 1976 until 1980 I served as a Director of Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Zone 7.
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As you know, the General Electric Test Reactor at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center was shut down in October of 1977.
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Vallecitos (near Pleasanton), California.
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withstand a strong earthqilake on the suspected Mult.
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I'd like you to know that as a resident and taxpayer in Pleasanton, California, I'm convinced it is time to resume operations at G.E.'s Vallecitos Nuclear Center. All prudent steps have been taken (and more!) to conclusively show its safety. Now it appears to be essentially a political decision; I hope the demagoguery of groups like " Friends of the Earth" can be resisted.
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Dear Mr. Grossman:
My family has resided in the Sunol-Livermore-Pleasanton area of Alameda County, California for more than 100 years.
My family have been landowners, businessmen, and professional people.
I am totally familiar with the geographical area where the General Electric Test Reactor at Vallecitos is loca ted.
I believe I am well informed as to the current situation concerning suspected earthquake faults near the GE Tes t Reactor at Vallecitos, Sunol, Cal.ifornia.
I am familiar with information made available to the public through local newspapers.
I have friends and clients who are large landowners in the immediate vicinity of the GE Test Reactor.
I am totally convinced that the Test Reac-tor's positive benefits to this community greatly outweigh any possible risk to the people or the environment and s trongly support a teturn to the operation of the General..
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Dear Sir:
With this letter I wish to voice my and my wife's support of General Electric in its request to be allowed to return to operation of its TEST Reactor here in Pleasanton.
We ara long time residents of Pleasanton.
Never have we, in times past, nor are we now, so concerned about the reactor operation that we feel it should be shut down even temporarily.
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Dear Mr. Grossman,
In January 1981 the NRC issued its Safety Evaluation Report on the l
above facility. That report represents agreement with GE, its geolociagal consultants, independent geology experts, and the NRC's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, that the Test Reactor with certain modifications i
l can safely withstand a strong earthquake on the suspected fault.
l Further hearings concerning the Vallecitos are serving only political grandstanding purposes of several California politicians seeking l
approval from radical, stop progress, political faction groups.
In light of the new spirit brought forth with the election of President Reagan, aad his resolve to get this country going again afte,r two decades of a congress run by dcmocrates, the continuation of further hearings at the requests of Demo. Congressman Ron Dellums, demonstrates mostly that your committee is more interested in playing politics than dealing with the needs of the country.
"Getting government off the backs of people" as our President is determined to do, includes amoung other things, breaking up red-taped, block progress, political games playing l
hearings as you are continuing to conduct on the Vallecitos faciting.
Now that the s1fety issue has been resolved, you breach the trust of agreement with Gener.d Electric, by forcing them back through more and more hearings.
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The best interests of the welfare of our citizens was re ched in good faith when initial safaguards were agreed to in January of 1981.
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