ML20118D291
| ML20118D291 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Bodega Bay |
| Issue date: | 05/22/1963 |
| From: | Mccool W US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML093631134 | List:
|
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9210120076 | |
| Download: ML20118D291 (8) | |
Text
...
tl ;
{'
l
- s)t <pe ke J
ggginTemru Refer nce Section e w d ~ VI T
/
orno
,oam wo.io l
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum To Harold L. Price, Director DATE: May 22, 1963 f
Approved i[G of Regulation 4,
H. L. Price FROM W. B. MCCool, Secretary Date st:ajEcT: ACTION SinNARY CF IIGU' ATORY MEETING 181, WCDNESDAY, IP.Y 22, 1963, 11: 25 A.M., RCOM 1113-3, D. C. Oi7!CE SECY:MK Cornission Business 1.
Public Hatrirg on Bodega B2y Reactor The Comission had no objections to your reccmendation that Mr. Evans, subjecc to a review of his financial holdinga, serve on the Bodega Bay atomic safety and licensing board, in the event Dr. Wolman cannot serie.
i 2.
Letter to Secretary Udell re Boder,a Bay The Comission had no objections to your recocxnendation that the AEC requesc a report from the Geological Survey of the possible seismic har.ards.
Cocnissicner Wilson requested that the letter point out the lack of coordination prior to the public release of Secretary Udall's May 20 letter.
(Price)
Comissioner Ramey requested background material for his discussicas with Mr. Carr on Monday, May 27.
(Price) 3.
E :ccutiva S nsion cc:
Comissioners to.......eees,-e E
RELE
; ~HE PDR o
E L-r-f t cm in tais
.......................e h
a s.
-OFFIGIAl-USEONtr C
9210120076 920520 PDR ORG NRCHIST-i
~
_f(r,
%2 ',.
, PDR
,,,. w
_sn..
,, 'I
~
g e,.
\\
g
\\
g
/^
'.h 1 #
p Ys M
p-9 ^
u-t
.[{QQ UNITED STATES
,y/_%_,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
(
N/P OFFICE OF THE SECFWARY WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
MAY 2 01963
Dear Dr. Seaborg:
This letter is in response to requests made by Mr. Robert Lowenstein, Director of your Division of Licensing, and by Mr. Ilarold Price, Director of Regulation, for comment by this Department on the Application and the Preliminary Summary Hazards Report submitted to d
the Atomic Energy Commission by the Pacific Gas and Elcetric Company
- proposing construction and ol.cration of a 325 megawatt (e) nuclear pouer reactor on Bodega Head which _is on-the coast of Sonoma County,-
California. Those requests were made in accordance with an infomal agreed-upon Procedure for Cooperation between our two agencies.
Attachec. for your cons' 'eration are comments by the Director of the Geological Survey, the sirector of the Bureau of Mines, the Research Geologist of the National Park Service, _ and tho Assistant Secretary for Fish and tiildlife. The Assistant Secretary's comments are sup-plemented by a'spocial report by the Director of the Radiobiological Laboratory, Bureat of Commercial Fisheries.
Our three main areas of concern are:
(1) probable adverse effects on coastal fisheries in event of accident, (2) possibilities of adverse effects-on public use of the new Point Reyes National Scashore, and (3) seismic hazards that would be-involved in locating a major nuclear reactor in close proximity to the San Andreas earth-quake fault.
Uith regard to points (1) and (2) -- barring major.scismic event --
with continuous and vigilant monitoring, adverse effects can probably be hold well'below the radiological limits that have been officially established _to safeguard public health and safety.
But with regard to point -(3), I feel there is reason for grave concern.
In the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's " Preliminary Summary Hazards Report" there is a section prepared by Mr. Don Tocher, Consulting Seismologist, and Mr. Ylilliam Quade, Consulting Geologist. One of the several conclusions set forth by these men (Appendix IV, page 12) is as follows:
"The region near Bodega Bay.is remarkably free of small to_ moderate sized earthquakes. The region is
,c, _ subject to infrequent major carthquakes generated O
- @ @ @s4;I g4 6
n.
y
. w..,.. ~
a
-=
I by 4arge fault movements in the San Andreas fault zone. At least one and perhaps two or more major carthquakes can be expected near the site within the next century.
These may be as strong or even somewhat stronger than the California carthquake of April 18, 1906."
No detailed studies of seismic hazards at the proposed reactor site on Bodega Head have been made by this Department.
But on the basis of the general knowledge we have concerning the San Andreas Fault, the above-quoted statement of Messrs. Tocher and Quade appears to be a fair statement of probabilities that should squarely be faced.
The Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, in its April 18, 1963, REPORT ON BODECA BAY PARK--UNIT #1 takes note of the location as an active seismic area, observes that the reactor build-ing and the turbine building are to be anchored in different geolog-ical formations which may introduce stress effects during and subse-quent to violent earth shocks, and suggests the need for design of earthquake-induced. reactor shutdown apparatus along with isolation of the primary system.
It therefore seems to me that very thorough investigation of the seismic hazards of the Bodega Head site should be carried out before any construction permit can safely be granted.
The -Geological Survey is available to undertake such an investigation if dsat should be your desire.
If this matter involved no more than construction of a conventional thermal electric plant, the seismic hazards might be tolerable.. But the proposed nucicar-power installation (planned with ultimate expan-sion to 1,000 megawatt (e) capacity in mind) would multiply those hazards many fold.
The hazards I am most concerned about are to public health and safety, but one cannot completely overlook the Government's further legal obligation to pay " indemnification" up to $500 million per nuclear incident for any casualty damage in excess of $60 million and for any property damage in excess of $60 million that might occur in the event of nuclear power plant accident
+
from whatever cause.
Sincerely y w
l 1
i Secretary of Interior Dr. Glenr. T. Seaborg Chairman, United States Atomic Energy Commission Washington 25, D. C.
Attachments (4) l
. - _i____-- me
w -
s,..w
- -: w 188 REPbV REFEA 70s
/yINN,,
hig;p j
UNITED STATES yfd 2 DEPARTMENT OF THE' INTERIOR
"%d' GEOLOGICAL, SURVEV WASHINGTON 25. D. C.
W Q*6/
M AY 2 01963. 5.. >.
Memorandum To:
Assistant Secretary or' Interior - Mineral Resources From:
Director - Geological Survey
Subject:
Request by Atomic Energy Commission for review and comment on proposed l'ocation of a civilian nuclear power reactor on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California The Preliminary Hazards Summary for the Bodega Bay Atomic Park Unit Number 1, prepared by the Pacific Gas 'and Electric Company, has been reviewed with respect to hydrologic and seismic considerations as requested by your office. We linve also reviewed a letter of April 19 by Dr. Pierre St.-Amand to Mr. Harold Jilliam, Special Assistant to the Secretary. That letter is a report on a recent personal inspection which Dr. St.-Amand mada of the proposed reactor site on Bodega Head.
The Hazards Summary contains evaluations of the earthquake hazards of the site b/ Don Tocher and William Quaide, and George W. Housner.
Their conclusions ngree that, although earthquakes of high intensity have occurred on Bodega Head in the' past and are likely' to recur within the lifetime'of the reactor, no surface faulting has occurred on the site for a period of perhaps several thousand ' years, and that it is unlikely that such faulting will occur in the future. On the other hand Dr. St.-Amand concludes that the site is unsafe for the proposed construction unless exceptional measures are taken to insure safety.
Dr. St.-Amand's statements are based on observations made in April 1963, whereas Housner's report is dated January 1961, and Tocher's and Quaide's observations were made at some~ unknown date. St.-Amand had the advantage of inspecting excavations made since the observations o'f Tocher and Quaide.
. The problem of seismic effects can be divided into two parts, a) What are the maximum accelerations to be expected? b) What is the likelihood of faulting or sovere tilti,ng of the ground at the proposed reactor site?
apj,yg.;s.gx, w, q,,.,,,,,
e
sn.~~
- - - - - - - ~ ~, - -
Housner (Appendix V, p. 7) estimates that the maximum accelerations to be expected would be out 0.3 g, whereas St.-Amand gives " peak acceleration on the order of 1 g'with average acceleration of around 0.4 g for several miaut'es". Housndr points out (p. 4) that
" strong ground motions produced by magnitude 8.2 shocks have never been measured". He then argues fro::i several points of view that
- he accelerations caused by the El Centro carthquake of May 1940 (magnitude 7, maximum acceleration 0.3 g) should be takua as the ma'xinum to be expected at Bodega Head. Although llousner's arguments may be valid, St.-Amand's figures are the more consere.itive and should probably form the basis for the design criteria.
The second question regarding faulting of the ground at the site may bo the more important.
It may be possib1'e to design for h,igh
~
acceleration, but "it is quite-impossible to design a power plant to survive withod damage to the large permanent' ground surface displacements that might occur if the carthquake' fault slippage occurred on the site", (Housner, Appendix V, p. 3).
The question is then whether faulting at the site is likely or not.
(
Tocher and Quaide, although recogni':ing faults in the quart: diorite forming the basement roc'ks of B'odega licad, found no evidence of fault'ing on Bodega Head during th'e past several thousand years.
However, St.-Amand is not so sure and points out that the soil cover may effectively hide evidence of recent movement. This is a critical point and should be very thoroughly investigated.
After reading the material cited we conclude:
1.
Because of the possibility of recent faulting in the area which may now be masked by soil cover, and because o'f the evidence of faulting described by St.-Amand on the bedrock hill on the northern side of the pit, careful examinations should be made for evidence of recent faulting.
2.
If faulting has occurred at the site, a further evaluation should be made as 'to its suitability as a reactor site.
If requested to do so, the Geological Survey is. qualified to make such an investigation. The field ex' amination and preparation of a report would tak'e approximately two weeks.
.wu dcting Director 9
.=.
so...
w-CFF#CC C# THE DIRECT 0ft NN2
$&w5k UNITED STATEL 2
'iI; 'd '# i DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR h,(,$
/p[g,
BUREAU OF MINES c
-'N WASHINGTON 25.D.C.
4 h
Hay 13, 19 Memorandum J. C. Rettie, Senior Economist, Resources Program Staff To
- 'hroaght Assistant Secreary, Mineral.<esources y '(gp putY s-From
- Director, Bureau of Mines
Subject:
The Secretary's memorandum of April 25 regarding comments on the location of a civilian nuclear power plant on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California Tne huecau's Chief Nuclear Engineer, Mr. John E. Crawford, has considered the available data concerning the location of the Bodega Head power reactor. Because of the site!s proximity 2 the San Andreas fault cone the possibility of a natural catastrophe cannot be taken lightly. In case of a major $arth-l quake in the area, it should be determined if damage to the reactor and its components would release radioactivity to the environment with the subsequent contamination of natural resources and recrea;;onal areas. Cround shearing action and shock effects from a significant earth tremor near the site might cause misalignment of critical reactor parts and rupture of coolant l
plumbing with unestimable results. A more thorough evaluation of these possibilities should be made.
Our Chief Nuclear Engineer will be pleased to assist the Depart-l ment in a more thorough review of the problem if such a review is deemed appropriate.
\\
I DiYecYor I
l l
t u- -
4,
.$$&.k
'@'g-%~)
M.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR tig. "y*
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE WASHINGTON 25 D.C.
j m amy apen to, pq g,193 A7015-C;i Memorandum To:
Janca C. Rettie, Senior Economist, Department of the Interior Proms Robert H. Rose, Research Geologist, National Park Service Cabject: Reviev and Com ent on Proposed Civ111e.n Nuclear Power Reactor on Bodega Head, Sonoma County, California Incatiog - The nuclear pover reactor site on Bodega Head is located about 20 miles vest and sli htly south of Santa Rosa and 50 r.iles northwest of C
San Francisco.
Point Reyco National Seashore, a recently catablished unit of the Untional Park System, lies within distance limits of 5 and 35 miles from the reactor site.
The National Seashore is a peninsular triangle of land with its 35 mile-long base running the lengths of Tomales Bay, Olema Valley, and an edge of Bolinas Ingoon. Point Reyes at the scavard vertex of the triangle is approxinately 10 miles vest of this base line.
The broad ceural portion of the triangular area is about 20 miles distant from Bodega Head.
Tyne of Reacar - The Bodega Head nuclear power reactor functions as a lov enrichnent uranium oxide basic fuel unit and is light vater moderated and cooled.
It supplies steam to operate n 325 megavatt turbine g>tnerator.
Uater for cooling purposes is drawn from Bodega Bay and returned to the Pacific Ocean. The water flow rate is 250,000 gallons per minute which approximates 50 acre feet per hour, or 1,100 acre feet per day, based on around-the-clock operation. Under rated load conditions the " radiator" vater leavea the reactor about 180F. varmer than upon entering the system.
Padioactive Wastes - Following are the three types of vastes produced by the plant:
Radioactive liquid vastes.
Radioactive solid vastes.
Padioactive gaseous vastes.
4 4
g 4
,,.n-
s...u.....
~
~
r The radioactive liquid vastes are of plant origin. Disposition may be effccted by:
(a) return to cccoponents of the reactor system, (b) long-term storage on site for eventual off-site disposal, or (c) discharge through
-, a vaste tunnel into the pacific Ocean.
4 n o rad S active solid vastes consist of dcmineralizer resins or cicancro,
. filter rs.,crial, and miscellaneous contaminated trash. A portion of these
. ~* vastes is to be sluiced to special storage tanks. Other solid vastes in
- ;f basis.this cate5ory are to be stored in special vaults at the site on a temporary Final off. site storage, when required, vill be done by a licensed
<*~ contractor.
...y y no radioactivo gaseous vastes are composed of ventilation exhausto, and
' m air and noncom'oustible gasca from around the reactor vessel, condensers, and other major co=ponents of the plant. The gaseous vastes are to be discharced through a stack into the atmosphere. Apparently the height
'Cr Mof the stack, discharge velocities, and pemissible release 2stes are
.. subject to later determination.
Uorthy of note is the statement in the license application to the effect that there vill be no vaste disposal directly into the ground at the site.
Ea ards Analysi:
potential hazards fall into two broad categories. The (a) those connected with normal operation of the plant, and (b) y include:
.those existing because of the close proximity of the nuclear reactor and its r.njor ccuponents to the San Andreas fault zone. The latter, for brevity, are temed " seismic hazards."
The license application recognizes the preacnce of these two classes of hazards and the prevalence of nunerous variablet af undetemined nature and magnitude with regard to them.
In the circumstances, thercfore, there is ample justification for reasonable and sound speculation on just how these hazards could conceivably adversely affect fisheries and other public uses of lands and waters in the vicinity of the reactor power unit including the point Reyes National Seashore.
With respect to nor=al operational hazards vithout adequate and effective controls the following adverse conditions sithin and near point Reyes National Seashore could possibly develop:
The vamed and radioactive liquid vastes discharged into the IEific Oaean through the tunnel at the. plant. site could be deficcted shorevard and tend to concentrate in Vater inlets either northvard or southward from Bodega Head $cpending on the direction of movement of the nearby oceanic currents.
Bodega, To= ales and Drakes Bays and Drakes Estero and Bolinas Iagoon vould be particularly vulnerable.
2 a
~
. ~.,,
Anomi4cs cnd abnormal behavior of both the attosphere and vec.ther generally could spread the radioactive gaseous vastes frc:. the plant stack over the National Sonshore and vicinity in higher than per=iscible or predictable concentrations.
The cc=:ents of the Venther Bureau on the license application iicntifics several factors in this category on vhich considerable, f.
further study is needed.
(',.
- l,.
The locations for the off-sito permanent dispost.1 of tho
/
radiocative solid vastes are not identified. Vore these selected locations to be chosen nearby on innd or in inland or marino t
~vators, the flora and fauna close to the disposal sites could 9-
,i tr.ce=2 contnmfnnted. Containment of these vasten vould have to to effectivo, not for a matter of a few years but for i
I l
centuries, to insure against eventual injury to living things
~
l in tho gencrul area.
.l-i
'.nformation is insufficient upon which to base firm safety guarantees p-th:.t rend entrational hanrds connected with the nuclcar power unit on Bod ca Ecci vill not adversely affcet fisheries and public use of t
knds end vaters in the vicinity including the crea of the Point Beyes
/
National Scachore. In the circu=stancos, hove.3r, it seenis reasonablo I
to depend upon effective sito and off-sito controls and monitoring cystem to ha'd adverst, effects within radiological limits required j '.
for the Je.fccuarding of publi health and the protection of flora and
- r fauna in tho vicinity.-
Scicmic hc=rds, on the other hand, givo rencon for serious if not I
cravo concern. The Bodega Head reactor site is but 1,000 yards from tho great San Andreas fault zone. 2o Sen Andreas fault is recognized i
c.s a major tectonic feature of the vestern margin of North America t.nd as one of the vorld's great continental rifts.
Tomeles B::y and 01cma Valley lie along a portion of the San Andreas fault zona and ove their configuratica to it. During the great scs Francisco carthquake of 1906, a gr'"tna crack vas formed along the full. length of Olema Valley and apparea ',y extending alorg the floor of To=cles Bay for it reappeared ngnin on the sandspit at the opposite end near Bodega Bcy. Lateral movenant of 20 feet was noted. Recent geological studies in 01ema Valley discloso evidences of sfmfim cracks having been instantaneously formad at various times during violent
(
quakes proceding 1906. As stated in On11ovay's geological report on the Point Reyes Peninsula, "the reminn of old cracks are too indistinct to be counted, but it in olent that thero has been a treranduous amount.
of recurrent covement along the zono of voakness." (Underscoring l2 suppliod.) Chese observations and conclusions further corroborate those m:.de earlier by the famed "carthquake geologist." the late lT' -
Be.iley Willis, along the San Andr9as rift zone Just vest of Palo Alto 6'
l and Stenford University.'
/
j,
.l0 4,
3 I
g l
f.:
's 3,e\\ In e
..b
4-1~- L -
- Sud" " '
~ ~ ~
e,. _-
i I
"If borings fail to show quartz-diorite near sea level at the
. site (as suggested by seismic and geologic evidence) the charc.cteristics of the unexpected caterial should be studied carefully to determine if it is suitable foundation material-for r.assive structures so close to the San Andress-fault zone Y particularly pertinent to the frequency and intensity of the earth.
qus%es that might occur in the Bodega Head locality is the follov1ng conclusion from the Tocher-Quade report:
"The region near Bodega B y is remarkably free of small to
.r.oderate-sized earthquakes. The region is subject to infrequent major earthquakes generated by large fault movements in the San Andreas fault zone. At least ona and perhaps two or more major earthqua' es can be expected near the site within the Lent century. These r.sy be as_ strong or even somewhat stronger, than the CtFfornia earthquake of April 18, 1906."
Qualified engineering specialists and nuclena scientists must be given the responsibility for passing judgment on the types and's+mnameda of construction required to meet specified conditions. By the same token, however, seisnologists and engineering geologists must be relied upon to deter =ine and define the origin, nature and magnitude of those conditions.
't The proposed nucicar reactor power unit includes a number of vulnerable compenents such as a reactor vessel; condenser systent;- tanks and vaults containing highly radioactive materials; circulation systems for trans..
fer of radioactive liquids, sluiced fragmental solids, and gases; and
- 1. tacks and other relatively tall structures.
In view of the known history of seismic activity in the immediate 1
vicinity and the considerable number of unknown variablos involved, it i
seems unreasonable on the basis of present information to conclude that the power plant can be constructed in a manner that vou*,d overcome all
' of the seis: tic hazards involved. -
It seems reasonable to concede that normal operational hazards can be overcor.e through continuous, effective monitoring. With respect to the seismic hazards, however, a minimum of caution and prudence vould appear to make it '.a:: perative that a very thorough seismic and' engineering geology study be completed before serious consideration is given to the granting of a license or permit for actual construction.
d' -
Robe '.. Rose Research Ocologist i
6 q
?
6
....n...~.. * - -
- ~ _
- Q~~-~
'**~
1 I
1 References
- Crowell, J. c.,1962, Dioplacement along the San Andreas Fault, i
Cautornia:
Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 71, p.1-61.
Galloway, Alan J.,1961, Geology of the Point R,, es Peninsulas
- p. 30-34, Land Use Survey, Proposed Point Reyes National Seashore, 4
National Park Service.
)
i Hin. Tins, Charles 0., 1961, San Andreas Fault north of San Francisco, 1
California: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 72, p. 51-68.
i 1
a Maphy, Leonard M.,1950, United States Earthquakes 1947: Coast and Geosetic Survey Serial No. 730, P.1-62.
Tocher, Don and Quade, William, /sppendix IV, of the " Pre 14m4= y Su=ary Hazards Report," contained in Pacific Gas and Electric Company license application to the Atomic Energy Commission, dated December 28, 1962.
)
- v. w, No. 6, p. 793-827; and 1936,Californini l
Willis, 3ailey,1938, San Andreas Rift Jour. Geology, San Andreas Rift in southwestern California: Jour. Geology, v. 46, No. 8, p. 1017-1057 Wood, Harry O. and Heck, N. H.,1951, Earthquake History of the United States: Coast and Geodetic Survey Serial No. 609, Part II, p. 1-35 i
(
4
- References for attachment to statement, dated May 14, 1963 under
. Subject title:
" Review and Comment on Proposed Civilian Nucicar Power Reactor on Bode 6a Head, Sonoma County, California."
e I
a
.g
+
-.--n,
.,.v,.
UNITED STATES r
// N Y\\
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSloN I
. *l WASHINGTON 25. D.C.
I
%+,
y o,,n e D_7 D*1963J
Dear Mr. Udall:
Your letter of May 20, 1963 commenting on the application _by Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a construction permit to build a nuclear power reactor on Bodega Head has been received and referred to our RegtlEtory Staff. The letter and its attachments will be helpful in the further evaluation of the application.
Our Regulatory Staff is making a thorough evaluation of the suitability of the proposed Bodega Head site and we appreciate your assurance of the availability of the Geological Survey to assist in this evaluation. As you know, the Geological Survey has made personnel available to the T.atulatory Staff to assist in the geological aspects of this evaluation and those personnel are currently working on a geological report.
Mr. Harold L. Price, Director of Regulation, will be in touch with the Director of the Geological Survey to discuss what further geological studies may be appropriate to assure that the geological conditions of the site are fully understood.
" Sincerely yours,
/s/ Robert E. Wilson Acting Chairman The Honorable Stewart L. Udall Secretary of the Interior i
4 i
^
J 8
i--.ev-ww-w.-
y y
w re.
ym-,-
w-9-,w-s,--
.--p,.y-7-,-v--
,_,9s p,- ~
_s-.,-vw.,,..-py im e-ne-.,
.g g
,ww.
yaw... - - --,= m te hv,
q.*"..".-*."...'"'
H'*."..'.'....'
'W,.."..*.'.....
t MLMO A0911 $ LIP
... a g
ie............
.o...
L. LornMith.
Attactied le a copy of a song, sheet yhtch wse Div. of Compliance. IQ handed out by plcute protesting the Bode 58 l
reactor as the paraded in front of I'G & E i
offices. Sam Casalina, $sf aty Consultant for j
t he International Brotherhood of t'lerett eal m :...... ~.. w. :. 2 :
-,,o
- o...i w o r as : s e e nt me a c epy f er my ameen.ent.
[Mf.Q1[1 A "'L' 'I hymor_is 1njected int o t he Battle g
',3g,,
of Bodegn. what nent!
~
$see*:,A./* ^[ L 4 d
5 j-
~
T4.r o ra
'b
-7 cca R. Southwick T Sik S M I-i Edson case 1.R r..
,jm,, 7' ' Q~ =)
l ~ ft... *... gr,.~..,,, '....
,,,f_
yngn se ru asua 7
i
~..
u--- ny[, b$2-m
.s.n_.n.
..-,,J.L.h[//-
YT#
Lt N 7
l
/
l g,kkh
- Q',
'x L2
/* k
- _f l
y" lIj
.p. A[.
.
- e e i...s...i.
(.
1 R.11. Engelken i
j I
Region V.
i
}
Div of Compliance L,
- = _
r ___.___ _ ___
g,
( ~.,
{
. _ ~ ~ - -
l 1
16/20/O"l gn._f
-- / ' ' / 's
..-, m._ ~..... a.
.., _......... ~. _
l uRc - DdHE5M gg ?.Ay werT to.M
\\
~50s *H W '1 I
S te A -ri s r b
"'30 M Q w. age pew 2sh. 12. li- %
gb Se.eu$ %
G,i..
4_ c.ha,,
1
THE CAFFNES iARM FCSGA B T?.2 !:EA (to tr.e une si - c.U Mr.xnau')
ne is t r.o :.U6y t.w wa J Oh, Tese C:.thay h:.d a farm, 37 th; c,:2,, ty the sen, by tte.eaatthi c.1.e o cht
- sea, And 0 cat him che tr.c a fr. alt, PGUE, K,6E, Ch. how staky you'll to e i.e-t-cht As the Een Andreas Fault starts to rock W!O a CRACF, CRACK here,
.and rou, And a CRACK, CRACK there.
Ecaven help our soul.
Here a crack, there a cmck.
There'll be carthquakes and fish bakes Everywhere a enck,-
and radioactive att, Oh, R0ce Cathey had a farm,
- odite la the kids' milk and t:ees win e - t-e -t-ch i b3 bare.
Ch,1:.t's h:w it will be at Ectega by And on trat is.rm there was a read, the ces if we don't o -i-o -i-c h l Map u 'CSE.
Whh a Icu road here, (John Burtot)
And a high ror.d there, c d-o-l chi etc.
THE PGLE PROM'SF, (to tha tun 2TiU.atana" - to td s."q with y
And ca that farm there was a ph*.1, appropriate Mexican accett) o-1-e-t-ohl With a het spot here, etc.
1.
Tha ::hnt, they say, she wiu be cafo he wiu cct hurt a thing; And on that farm there was a stack,
';nt-ettil that comes out of the stack c 1 a t-cht h fu to h0d a 1:kg.
With some bu-out bere.
'11.
Oracks ::ho is not dirty, Fan-out there,
' '.0 S11-out is C. E.
e-1.ed-cht etc.
Who c:.ns if it sifts right on doua Ca Pst:1ur.u's hay!
And en that farm thoto was a HC2, l';.taca, :r. nana, oh just you wait e - t-e -t-c h t and see...
With a high uns here,
- r. icw line there, P.,
Ch. :.dtoactive todin) one-hundred ete.
thirty-oto I
%'B h:ve enough to spread the And on cr.t farra th0N wa0 a cA 4, stuff Pa ElgWay 101.
c -i-o-i-ch l Aci '.f t'.2.t will not do it, W:th a f!L, fi:c, tccra 163m, it.: Lt:Octium-90 WLU; Erc.r ch, sr.:.:t., rattle, nttb, ici la a big omergency, c;Och, crack EZIC, 7.a c:stura's strongcr stin.
c.1-c -i-c h i c tc.
C:c.na, manana, oh just du wait (Magrita Khsten) and seo....
THE LITTLE RCCEWOOD 5.
Tho pawor poles and ;cwcr lines CA&:ET rise up majesticauy.
'h eac go for a comfy swim: het Tc9n's a mushroom ebud water warms the sea, a-ric hg, Thi: ;Ngress is for nothing, bom a clighuy ftscP :r. v:.uh
'icu'!! get it au scott-free.
WM30 seal we.s not quito up to if you dor.'t think you want advacco, s;:.r C;.: d Ju:: tell the PGaEl F0r ths 01a A? Areas 2 ':.It.
(Magrita C:.::; )
. - -..~ ;,. :.r.
+s Then's a somtor leaden coffia Ghwing softly in ge 3373, And it contains all that is mortal C1 a guect to tha Atomic part, Oh, now tell to gently, trcther, L:. t, h0w can I forg!ve them' II th^.t half life t:w is don 2 Tasso maa cf AEC.
So that may go back to EcdcCa For courting cuch a grca: disaster, 4 0 va ' the cett!ng sun.
To threaton you and me.-
1:n:n,
_ - _ _ = _..
. >. :.,t1 i
w 2
j gg t
a @S Mg
,. t
)
1
,.7 g.,,.o...
y,
..NhN,
hg LN' w%N AP.hjp h;
- 2. N[. n.4 o I
i' c
ig.i i
. nllw. WW.:?4
.A.,
y c
k L.c 4'..%y, s ' '
Q
1
,t p t. - -.~..;
g
- c),a44
- y
'j!
h r
's bs.
- 7;,, %e beor
- %cet e're N
e{toth's"Bedess I
M. reactor ****
' 4A y.
' di u;. W %.*
+ D G p n. W i*g,,+. d..
[eierui;
}'MrN, ek.;
t t.
the b4rla.4,stetepen,4
- stadey, sep
,3 k,.
Q4avee sJ. P,'diptio. le i
ao else' ee
- ough, y
- y, a%'
ha
& h,4 p},e,r e nfg' e tf e r e t,u te.'.t
'yste y;
+
Me T;8. 3eoltmic
'I one"o
.tae,.,g'e Tedotal:Gove rass at e *identene6.et<reeptgesage M The's4&pe#e( 3
' ' dN a4'@
ef' t
'c he r o J o t'i' t lin i
TOerust,.'
M.,jtj; -AeO *. # W cr'e st:ec ' d bit ok.
4 ii W to W
l 1,
7te 3e c re tar / 's state..ent rec.tissa. t v -. t..
.. L st, Ji; 4.:. oratain to te wide at te r tisa -in3 tie ' Bey;prg a preaV,**jZalimbed, it'U t}eo rd.M!%
f,.'
.i f -
4 and sas distritated ti.rou noot toe
.;f.t,Q.-
' ~&.
'N in,sr.a eter w r
d tn d. ~ie' Fedar 1t has turnea l'oor ;the fth11; fErce:of i'W [The Secretory'Ned.
Moveragcat is de eply -ir.volved..eastner.iits washiaf tes Lobpy'to':pring a.;
it lines it or not.sbecause it proviues ~ retraction tracthe Joeretary d =
and
,. a half billion dollar liability co.
'h,
- ,,ff M
4~voeggte',{C&C is. ease-
- ebpat,.,
m.
,,,3 mite r,s wy n
a m^ mp em p
! (caaphtetions hasps;
' ^ \\a&et iter sie no we':nb Y
., Dropith aven de9urt shie),thet a"t.sh 14er19EA Aa D$EDEU IDII:
becciuset at Bodega c416 oortamitase
% rite ' Sc6th
~~ '
~
6441M 'Derarte
[feskiov to tm 300y000* asuare mile n
d 25.QC.^..
,.Fs i' niy.Q N W fT
.v n
- 4J. Mali or
'Ji
' t.. -
a n.
trMahags
^
- CIPEA,
, e the # *
"g,"d fi i Orai,g Mosser of L >ng Pe sch,' a me bb{
y'c'e n es.jhe _ Covern-;
zfor
. e n t.
- f
,,. atat CD ' t}(e j, of t e,e Join. Co Asittge on stat.ig
'I l
da)(p e l d f (lit y..
M er..y s N e fir,e frier.d.of.th.o' 4./.a
- 1%D). pointe.Loutithatyta the event s
W c:1d %'t h di 1 e r.t, ~,"'.
97,,
v,*,,,r y
, p.-4 g, d*dron ant hr%1 Wre"doa C 6
' LOGIJLA?TVE SCElm ? J1 d
' be - tro Eif.c s 'pf(s trphet.
V - 1. ' 7he"'c.1d-if s'st ed s d edr'uc tioni ',
~i J,,, s,
..i,.
y,;j..- z Xs"se e.bly Bill *l10ds c.ovint-the cif I,M 2.
A radi0IO!!Y M di}siter frod l
f
~ of the Costdir.mcor ofdto 1c :oer; " I
'f l '$ allout 'or, to/~et..the : shsle..
f(out"pf, toe : Goy?rn3r'e itific 2, De4eltr.,,nt 'ord Aadiktt:P frotectio R
C '74di/5@sf,1*, I '
se a-s'JM
,y
,g
,.,,,., 4,_tIONf0 'JNI err; we' -
W us ed,,'of pa. sere.4' '511yhtly;ane d,3G JT.E TF..; "IM4GS Q
A s cr "
f i
,(9 or su
.oc as.2 County.
A MN6*."$,3t;5$Q -
7";p,~,
tdw w,
w.w r 3..
,r y
w
.,,5&
!.1.(. > k $
Y' L g;/l. Q $ g, _g I; %
jh 1
tr op t btp4;4t fists'.tt s c gWhi.
y 3e, eeftW.6,.4 q f_th vy
- ;:;. 7 7,c.m ;
s
- 3,et, t.ud.lainQtrut tore g
. -Coert till C M var.e ;;
-) i 1 N. ;.*, p, " '
- 1.,;,,,g.
N'
' c...
' ),
, laso ja f ! th5..s.r i :::a *;L A. :. L,40,,
t U
"", 0iGIT A,t;04 XENN E.7G AL EXPEMES' ARE MI*"'";
. s. 1.. ).e t t s i.. o n 161 n'..'.. f4 4. lan ; di
~~
I 4
2,,.,
,g 33
,y, e
[
Qf n
.<.. id, v4
-(
' ~ ~
~
l.-
.s.--.
- ~ - - - - - - - - - -
-._......._.__4.
_ -. - -. - ~. -
yh
'?f Q' i ne dk.If/4%p ya;b 2,
t^t.% W G er
~
w w ".~ n e
.Fommittee
' 1; The"Aaektis ti'T
- y s 'es is 41rcul'at1t'c a.
- ~
4; t
f }.orta that it is ettering the ffa; pe titi on ' t o 7te si d e r.t ". t.t.a c if w
a4 D.3hase of se.11ecting signatures on the urging that he use s.utever infh ance ;
Recall letitiona. After a a:ca-sp nas upon the AI ::. c..vu at,ac a ;t Mo(cursign.in-Ouers.e.v111e en Saturdaya '4estetary Udall's ;ecerv a o,!
4~._
n f
o
,2, r.
. - n,..tte -. +
to u,.or.,e,e..,,,e m.4em..
.ye...
)
I ww + m:.'*Si-mnm o
c i-eme 1
+ &.. r p v b
t g:;s.gr.at gg J
3% sir +W' n
NyenW y o,sen;,
he,s.1 8-He
% ment is w ei isai_s]ee,& W '
'y wK-W^*
q.4 V:7.,, the,.Safi O
p$ef;.
- k.,
at'a teran Park ricpe),e er.epied.byg 4arervisors h
.a,.pented9psess County,2oare**Tjg 9 M. the Cesnittoef.'.12Vea<
%ste nd e'dpr.f opes to polish de'Q' J 7t ree pinti.r.gs.gt;)'eVd irin' ty !!f f otega.k ad.dere'ive $41uM8%ma, s"..
' ' 8' " ' **
g
' reffled ~ ctf." def s r ey
.I.4ptyort.oi Cot 41,, Virginia: Cra1 yote 'TProparviyy Cour.ty Ooansel. Rt.caey
.fe Se.* isafsel and 1*tWurner of Satraa4:n 'h'ACAdmiai'itrator *2itt, it sa a that I
hkk. w..
' bT' hpultkiof as,$Ter, obt'alstrif a s. 'e MrQ\\ g Y reaeen*
t f7 e
.Cetereb d.6.even H@ L posattleiprlor.
tros.t'.pge atory w[t,Qc iury
.Le.ya,s.y' qgg,.'
4,;; eu.p's1 gec$sion,; osiaag.W:
4
<o.....
m.w 3
,;,,,g,on bo1
.1g 0
- w,q4N N #hdi'sTE yg,"I.F.d ?":Pr ]n_'E3YIMTIC3tg 2.t;7tP,*
'posoitilityafar 'such " conferences" 3
t tyLl:tpgeeqis cfithp'p1afp g
^ ),Aij,9ph; a+iddf '"isi1 ~%R,'M;?nWL ':.n W,
A a
&.. b.7 f
" ' ;, l do,'e r. -Mid,, y I
e
..n a yt ar
. tea tke s
l i sano6*Mak on e
l 1
- 0
,hreA
~~ '
W'e '
.h,'
g l
W i
t h"l_
4t o,
.a.1 "
l' eat.s'ts on.
't % )tto gover
-5&y..e e' people"ca tho' l
- y..',Wp.% w,
- 7 cosetthne
.. e'ry c oncise image i,M.
q.,,
a s,
,as
- Tahe
' day in the ruicatica.
- 5 A'
,h,u.f7 M CIAM 670 Ult @#1(cATOMT0
'of w & v W."h.e'. Test'- % h.
tb dpa**t g Mwq-e W?
% ssw p.-.
l a waeor r.a.M.,5/M7eN,w%.;,.
m ae,ee.ute..d ? r 2.,,.e3,q... W d @ cme.,"-
n<
tt o - tr ais.e rta put u:
i icoue in -
1
...A.-
l I
rinod.
s
,g;c.,;g wm6 m.
i viestrian c.an ts ge M st.tt.
s v
w se tW w r.u y 3.ou.ed'in.ev' eras-tuod,ed.
v.s,,gaggg,,i,,',gg -
t,ct.s of c oncrete, the rentcr la is ' utterly baupipas. I hue the.at g
,, scarcely und af t e r ') year 4 :, f u s e,.,..actt coaf44tnce la F3&I'and stair i
4 e.,ea9 m
m.
m m.eise han';s,pt'-
e-,a
.; *, ' yyVJ[. : sstenge_tquegl';
- u} modeoo. m j
'@h;;; /%'.. ',
. o;
_~
I g,q3.,*:,
s Wa I
' g" ' ' *
~
n
~
\\
+.:
y e~.w W.%
y, luc %.nh4. % K,.., R W -. W @ @l#4.+ W/gm@
G l,.3
.n m?+ P.e e1-w urxsie 1
.m yW@,.
..m o
+
~
s c~
,a I
l_
, @ (,.y p '
^
7.,
v.
a:-
- &;;. w
,ai.se. v : a' &
' ~ " " 4 W.
'n
- _ -, - ~
]
w.t y
1 l
e t.
v-
+
f BWf0 l
v t
i v.
l Ass possheed, amme Sandse Dramek
/.Bume 6, s
~
i L
og,taten as suhau n o -==*a--
at O
e N
3 s
4 C-ts% b.
-d aestmeses es the z l ~)"
manger dear maan ha gg i
,}
A 1 %
ammes amm ammma w-7 nsaks 50 "
)
/
1 M..,
s1 Ape ese emanesed esem she ammes ames aman-ammmeena of June 5,
,q I
P S \\.3. d 1963, en d
0--
i
-,. q-(1) he esses ease by appements of the someter vs.
J _t. 2 the samens conney sensd et supesvtsese:
\\
n, l
6'J e c (2) y11&as by appenemas ei s h al es 3G M ensuer to 1
2 p(3ts-shess peasasen see so evensas eks heestes bedese the-cettssonsa paham atlasses a=-a -*
, wtth a p.edestasm l
the " M " num't be bened6 and l
l (3) nateer es the Seteer.
I I
l tt shouad he noemd thes appeestles 1 betag denummed q thesmehame the any Asas by the senemme eseep toeparsas necesse to the odteer, r
i i
pubasatar esmuse,and seenemmene dessened e seesh pus estamasse, l
and eedeses no ammy puhua sensasane -nenet, sneen and onessas--ee
>JI{I the&r *,asus. 24. engadge As for its latemetey in yg this esen, ametadsas the " ten-the hanhess."
9 9;
=
i.
i g, d by modes she desses ed appeastes bedese Starsa Snab geoups, Seesmos
's
..; y y hee essesad she teaub Ames namessey Suomey (stes est peseth8s 3068 g;
semeeses as uses needses and aseems) es usu. In su espeemameen.
n g
a====== and hee====*= home essented SWE and esemeyend to ease deshe en tem tamagstay of the GAB.
y E
W u
~
s E
5 P
4 as ples to plane a11 m enama amd some sections se esses these so.
estero ese pomposed, or seg he pseyeest, en ear motiang last. Be further Jesammond emakse4=ama4= e
====='a=*= utch omsb steen, i
conney, easy and massamat settatate as may be esmoessed, og8atains to seem eho am's settee poseeduse to seemse pobias beenth and seesty.
he appeett8am "11msP to andage amed As mise botes epseed to soms esses of Southese en118sende chose tuo other seestore ese under
.-a.a are== (m httimensa h and Aas Amentes W and
[
asunt Sept.).
~
ansteousses l
As oested = 3 sheets
/]
es e/easles !".ner'd Fries._tas. at "I
a sn r w anda, se noused shaper, 905, 54 6/6/63 I
/*
/
h,
/
ah
(, v @p ; -
d u.i M
SIERRA CLUB um, To.tr ssn Francisco 4 3-
's i;i ll June 13, 1963 b%
d
.h by Anwl Adams in Na h f Ar Aswiksa lerts To Each Member of the California State Legislature:
This is to request your help in furthering a resolution voted unanim the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club at for the discussion:*
other members of our Board of Directors present seconded by Lewis T. Clark, and unanimously It was moved by Bestor Robinson, th; Legislature pass an appropriate reso-voted that "The Sierra Club requests that lution urging that no further construction on power plant be permitted at Bodegafor Head, and that the matter be referred to cn interim coenittee of the Legisl ide for the study of an amendment to the public Utilities /.ct of California to orev f a certi-consideration of scenic and community values in determining the issuance o ficate of public convenience and necessity."
No Legislators know better than you hou important the scenic coast The way ve use it l
i l energy California is to the nation.
values than the narrov concerns expressed in projected demands fo and costs of generation.
grou and that P.G. 6 E will attempt to supply the market ef ficiently and at r able cost.
provided for exploring the evidence, But it must also be assumed, and a nri-that they are fully as vital that scenic-resource and community values are at stake,Qere is no clear provision of law as kilowatto to California's future, and that inimical to those values is that they be adequately considered before Jew lopment licensed.
For many years we have supported the establishment of a state park at Bo Uc have Head, as well as a marine biological station for unim incompatible with the superior uses of the site.P.G. 6 E. proposed to build a nu u ear by Congressman possible radiation as are now being revealed in the able investigation Chet Holifield's committee.
I.n interim study vill mean delay of development at this site and may even pre-Considering the values at stake, we believe that the delay would be w In this delay the public utility should be neither restless nor restive, clude it.
hing for so considering the irrevocability of the decision the utility has b advised.
hard.
considerations:
Uc know from P.G. 6 E.'s announced plans
- 1) Jie alternative sources of r5over.
be built there are alternatives--other plants on their drawing boards that can that before Bobca, rather than after Bodega.
s
/
2)
Alternate costs. A revist heuule may very well increase costs. Trans-
/ mission from a remote plant--and P.G. t
, is showing great interest in long-distance But as Sierra Club President, Dr. Edgar transmission--may also increase costs.
/
Wayburn has said, "P.G. 6 E. might give some thought to the idea of asking its cus-
/-
tomars whether they would be villing to pay" a trific more per kilowatt hour for elec-tricity if the plant is located elsewhere.
Secretary of the Interior becuart Udall has expressed serious con-3)
Safety.
cern about the safety of a plant so near one of the most active f ault zones on carth.
aspects of safety whenever it holds i
Presumably, the A.E.C. Vill consider some of thecolic concern that P.G. & E. is being its hearing. He can understand the incress:m contemptuous of that agency by rushing alon; eith site excavation at Bodega Head justThe Sierra its findings announced.
as if the hearing had aircady been held andca.si.ers a safe environment for parks and interest in safety is limited to what it recreation and uhat it considers to be unsafe pollution of air, land, and water, and j
attendant destruction of vildlife, and this uould include pollution by radiation.
}
It has been relatively 4)
Future needs for parks, recreatic:.
.o onen space.
easy to obtain funds for long range plans r$lating to the need for commodity resources, It has been entreccly difficult to finance adequate including pouer development.
The budget for studies about long-range needs for parks, ruercation, and open space.
the entire three-year outdoor-recreational-resource study by the Rockefeller Commission, conducted for the entire nation and projecting to the year 2,000, amounted to only two hours of this year's Gross National Product.
For all this disparity among studies, ve forty times the present park acreage have Icarned that the year 2,000 is likely.
- r.. a to meet that need.
The 1 cast we can j
and that there vill be nowhere near enough.cnc are alternatives on scenic shorelines i
do is delay putting power plants for uhich :Pc; for which there are no alternatives.
The cost of delay, af ter all, will be act by power users, not by the utility, which should wish to serve the public, and not push it.
Ue urge your help in giving Hurried construc-the public this further opportunity to have its interest protected.
tion is likely to be infinitely more costly than deliberate preservation of an impor-tant California scenic resource.
Sincerely, David Brover Executive Director
(*Lestor Robinson, Oakland attorney; Levis F. Cicrk, llamedo engineer; Edgar Uayburn, San Francisco physician; Richard !!. Leonard, San Francisco attorney; Randal P. Dickey,Jr.,
/lcmeda attorney; Clifford Heimbucher, San Francisco management consultanti Jules Eichorn, Peninsula teacher; Frederick Eissler, Santa Barbara teacher; Charlotte !buk, Berkeley technical editor.)
.