ML20136F057

Comments That Excuses Given Re SFPs at SONGS Are Weak. Discusses Structural Integrity & Damage Resulting from Seismic Activity

ML20136F057
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	01/31/1997
From:	Blanch P AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Zwolinski J NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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From PAUL-BLANCH <PMBLANCH91x.netcom.com>

To: JZ.<JAZWOLeaol.com>

Date 1/31/97 3:18pm subject: Fwd: Re: TRITIUM IN THE SAND

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Re: TRITIUM IN THE SAND Sent: 1/31/97 7:21 PM Received: 1/31/97 6:34 PM From: stephen dwyer, sadewdc. net To: PAUL BLANCH, PMBLANCH91x.netcom.com CC: GLEN MILLS, MILLSGLEN9msn.com

Dear Paul and Glen,

l I think that-the excuses they have given reguaring the SFP's at 1

, SONGS are pretty weak. Since the pool was cracked, from. seismic l event (s) I. think, the structural integrety is compromised and

greater. damage could be expected next quake. The lack of i monitoring the monitor well(s) is an incredible failure to even care about safety. The plastic has never been tested for.

! resistance to radioactive decay, which could be similar to l -ultraviolet decay. Most plastics fail and 30 years is.long l enough for that to happen..The fact that the groundwater is

higher than the monitor well is only partially safe. The.

l hydraulic gradient may be ok but the osmotic gradient between the

! salty pool water and the fresh ground water is out not in. This

! could explain o the mystery l (Borate) crystals outside the walls. Diffusion is an unstoppable process. )

The fact'that-the sand at the beach was contaminated shows that its leaking substantial amounts of radiation out, even as the water.. levels remain as planned. A part of:and symptom of the enevitable entropy of the entire plant.

l Unfortunately, the entropy seems to have set in the hearts and i

minds of those who are responsible.

I find it an incredible-insult that they seem to think that just because this pollution is not going towards any water wells, but l

only towards our state beach, its somehow ok and of no concern.

! If these SFP's are such great designs for high level waste l disposal,.then why don't they store all the nuclear wastes this l

way? Why, we could have thousands of swimming pools at all the beaches along the coast. We could even bring the fluid wastes from Rocky Flats Arsenal to CA to' cool the rods etc. :-(

I am especially concerned that on the one hand they say the rods, pins,. cladding pellets and racks are stong and safe, and on the other hand, they are so unstable and dangerous they-cannot be handled or moved at all, anywhere.

Have any assemblies been moved to another location anywhere? Can it be done safely, even rod by rod or whatever? If so then they don't have-that excuse for leaving them at San onofre any longer. The risks of leaving them there are greater than the risks of moving them aawy from millions of people and this vital r

environment to the desert at Nevada Test Site etc.

l Sincerely, q')

9703130423 970306 PDR ORG NRRA PDR

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I l Steve Dwyer sad 9wdc. net you can forward this l

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(- Paul M. Blanch Energy Consultant

~135 Hyde Rd.

West Hartford CT 06117 Tel: 860-236-0326 Fax: 860-232-9350 l

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