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OPPICE OF THE co m m oNEn November 23, 1981 MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN PALLADINO COMMISSIONER BRADFORD COMMISSIONER AHEARNE COMMISSIONER ROBERTS
SUBJECT:
DIABLO CANYON CLIPPINGS I was sent this package of articles from Region V.
I thought you might want to see them as well.
(Some obviously come from PG&E.)
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Anti-Diab o charges:
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Editor. Newt.Pren: Opponents of the Diablo Canyun nveleer power plant insht that engineers, geclegists, physt.
now brannt their campaign to a new cists. ced other respected pretessieu in attading the integrity of aJs hired as consultsats byindustry cre Iow PCendE enginetrs and the indepead.
untrustworthy.
It ent auditor it has retained to review should be obvious to all that the pl:nt's dhlgo feutures. Their accu.
PCandE's own self interest dictates t
that '=e be satisfsed that the Diablo satlor.t rest cet two false ch.stges.
Can' yon plant is correctly designed and First, they charge that the auditor, constructed before we commecce op.
Acbvrt !.. Cloud Assmates, acted im.
erotion.- The design error that l'roperly by tuhmitting preliminary draf ts of its uudat report fur PGandE's triggered t?w tercent lavestigation was review f*ar frc.m improper, such re.*
found by PG2ndE and made public by viencs are standard audit procedure, PUancE. PCandE promp!!y and volun.
ie;ummended by the Standards fut tarily began rechecking the plant's Audit ** bt the comptruller generel of carthquake cafety system and nr.
the Linited States and by the Nuclear rangcd for an independent audit rif that Rtgulatory Commission's Offire of in.
system. We have offered the Nuclear kpectot und Auditus, to help ehminate Regulatory Commit. tion unlimited op.
factual and analytkut ctrots in audit portunity to observe the audit and to reports. Audinnrs retain complete edi.
consult with the auditors at ar*y time.
tunut toetrol and rney reject any or all No one has Cuestioned the compe.
enNnenth m the reviews.
fence of Robert L Cload Atectates.
Second. Distle Carpn's cppor4rnts 'Instead. Gov. Brown aa.d other cppo.
nents of nuclear power Asve inisled the charge that Dr. Cload car.tivt be truly pubile abeut ethical nWt prveedures intependent because he was retNned and have bv PCandE once trtere. If >He enatea.
gecundlently accused tiran w ere true, no CPA firm could k DGaa4s.no one cloud firm of im.
h! red by a tem;any fer more than one ptcptjerles. They hav e chusen to yliti.
le without the tim's twersuca..
elce technical issues at Diatlo Canvun best.g er.mprombed *1he f:et is thst m rurther teeir own purseses of pre.
treht.iq*at auditnr8 are ChcWn for ccm.
ve'tting the plant from cperaurt Tnts rettence tr.d enpenente from emung does not serve the pubbc intertSt, Frederich W. Miene Jr.
cualihed htms in their particutst !teig, Chairman and Chief Executive Bertute there are etten few such Officer
.htms, iney fre;uenuy are hired mere P0aneE than oof e. The key point fer Independ.
eme is that Dr. Cloud wvs eot retained to resMe any Cf his tren previous work hat wurk done Q others.
M r# &n these false charges, 8C:ndii and Rtbert L Cluud Anncl.
re< have. In effect. been aceunto of u"usies. inat ateusatien is shnehing, Santa Barbara News Press It aswmes that cuent cf protestwnsJ Jr.tf ary 8,1932 penWe involveJ -in bnth PUnndT. And tre Clend i:rgenintiun - have no Fu-s...w ig t persnr.a! Integrity. This ut cNunded tssumf tien is fettered by t :V anti nuclear greaps, whleh eften I
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