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informa tion that the Pacific Gas and alectric Company Wa'dir* "o"n'.'E*E had announced that it intended to procsed with the jaMas C. CHAnttswearH Philadelphia. Pa.
Gaaw r CONWa y Construction of a &Dlant at Bodega Bay; it would aopear 8
RosT/F"CMd from such announcement that a license must have been H5ftUl'o"iScE' obtain2d fro:n the Atomic 0:nargy Commission.
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Josuua Evaws ja.
Washinston. D. C.
S Hansen t E'visoN Cordially yours, Putsburgh. Pa.
B. Ftovo FLacuencga Baltirrore. Md.
laa N. GasarrLeow Wa shington, D. C.
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Mastin Lttrow Menlo Park Calif.
'Faawa E. Mastamo Carlisle, Pa.
'Dowato A. McCoaMacu 7 7O / f Washington. D. C.
OLaus J Meant Moose. Wyo.
M. CaaMaM NETTING Pittsburrh. Pa.
Secono F. OLson Ely. Minn.
Jonw Ossewano Seattle. Wash.
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Dear Mr. Busiek:
b r 25,1961, con-This is in reply to your letter of septem ebe erected by carning a proposed nuclear power plant to d California.
J Pacific Cas & Electric Company at Bodega Bea,Commaission h You state that you presume the Atomic Energy On the contrary, l t granted permission for this proposed p an.for the necessary AEC to the present time no application l
power plant at authority to construct and operate a nuc earalthough the Rodega Read has been recatved by the comunission
& Electric Commission staff is aware that the Pacific G l nt, is granted by Before a license for such a nuclear power plantforth detailed in the Couzaission an application setting rocedures must be on the plant location, design, and operating p ake a thorough j
and independent evaluation of the safety oand d compiled in a forinal In the course of this public hearing, that the nuciaar plant can f
undue risk to the pubite health and sa ety.
d the other en-review the meteorology, geology and hydrolo h proposed. design and operating procedures for the facility, areds that have been pro The Commission would, of course, co termining the adequacy of the safeguar to protect the public.
h an accident, particularly the possibility that an earthquake coul to the facility and the consequences of sucits f the inhabitants of the surrounding area.
i l te AEC You also ask *%,hy the AEC allowed a contractor to v o a s in Massachusetts regulations by dumping containers of nuclear wasteYour in Boston, Mass-May in ' shallow water?"
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contractor of the Atomic. Energy Commission but a licensee au-thorised, in 1952, to dispose of low level radioactive wasta in Massachusetts Bay approximately twenty-two miles from Boston in an eres designated by the Corps of Enginr+rs, U. 9. Army, for the disposal of explosives and toxic material.
Obviously its disposal of westes at that loestion pursuant to its license did not vielste AEC regulations. At that time Crossroads Marine Disposal Corporation was the only licensee authorised to engage in such sea disposal operations and the types and quantities s
of weste authorized for disposal were such that it could be safely disposed La the M*==ahaatts Bay area. However, wbss, in late 1958 and early 1959, several additional applications for authority to sagage la such sea disposal operations were filed and it appeared ILkaly that the quantity of westa disposal at see would increase substantially, the Caunission determined to require that auch dis-posals be made in water met less then 1,000 fathans deep. Aeoordingly, Crossroads Marine Disposal Corporation was notified that it would also have to seek a new disposal site off the continental shelf in at least 1,000 fathoms of water and its license was so==aad=d effective Angmat 15, 1959.
You aise meat. ion the current Ca===taaion investigation of the in-tagrity of cost.atanes used for sea disposal of radioactive materials.
This survey is a part of the Comed.asion's contimutas efforts to l
protect the publis health med safety, which is the overriding com-l sideration in the managemaet and administration of the Atamic taergy operations, including the disposal of radioactive westes at ses.
ilhile serveys conducted in October,1957 of both Atlantic and pacific ocean disposal areas indiosted no build-up of radioactivity of public health significance in the disposal. areas, and thus supported the Commission's belief in the safety of the AEC's ses disposal operations, the Ceamission nevertheless undertook this study to obtain additional information which might provide a basis for further refime===t of the sea disposal sentainer criteria established for such operations.
nie trust that the above provides the information you desire.
Simmerely yours, orena# sang ey R. Lcwennein.
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Dear Str.'Cederborg:
This is in respones to your letter of October 9,1961, con-aernias Pacific gas & Electric Company's efforts to acquire 64.9 acree belongias to Mrs. Rose S. Gaffney on Bodega Road.
Pacifie Gas & Elsetric Company has not ' filed an appliestion with the <*-8 maine for authority to construct an atomic power plant sa Bodega Bead although the cometission's staff is susre that the Pacific Gas & Electric Company is considering construction of such a plant at that loestion. h Atomic Energy Commaissian's itsensing authority over nuclear reactors deala prunrily with protection of the public health and safety.
It.' dees not beoems involved - therefore, in such matters as property rights, land requisition and seeing considerations.
These matters are normally resolved with local and state offi-cials prior to the submission of an appliestion to the comunission.
If Fasific Gas & Electric company files such an application with the Commission a detailed safety review will be undertaken by the e-f amien's taahnf mal staff and by the Advisory Committee os Reactor Safeguards. The review, among other things, will include an examination of the sevironmental charasteristice of the site, such as smetogical, hydrological, meteorological and seismologloal features, the nature and use of the surrounding area and the design features incorporated in the facility for the pre-taction of the public.
La eddition, a formal public hearing will be held before a coer-struction pannit is isseed for a aselear power facility. Amy perona obese ietsresta may be affected may file a petition to es.=*"
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,s~ Gas PacifTe and that a conventu r:1 tue: plant.demn for its plant site.
Doctrie Company arv of ident: cal me at B dega, Ced rborg said the plant t
W p rday that h Bay would pmduce electric 'would ruinwne of the last 1
try for 5 9 mills per kilowatt scer.ic recisation a r e a s in proposed 564 rnil!!on hour, operating at the rame > Northern California; would a.tornic power plant at rate.
' endanger the entire commu.
hodega Pay would give The Bodega Bay plant.mty; lower the water level of g g gg;p, gh, initially stil be fuefed with Bodega Bay: deflate property a 78-ton core of uranium.
hPeet owlear ger.erated
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A procession of witnesses si-htly.
$tatek. s. !.-the. -Unlited repreeersting pubhc g r o u p s j But Stuart hizoc, repre-AWQ,7 JR eed privatelandowners,teau senting the ninecounty Red-l Th said the sta. Oed that Sonoma county aad I
e o m p a n y's a ppbcs tion to l' wood E m p I r e Association, Don, 30 venthatbete its entizes a supported the said the pient could become p the Scuouse cedsty eesst, a major visitor attraction.
would predges electricity br build the power plant.
t.5 mins:pse kilowatt hour, pigstyy 5 kept la operation 90 per
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power by atomic energy will from the ocean.
soon be economically feasible Deputy State Attorney Gen-J.' pean Worthington, the firm's chief civ!! engineer, in. northern California a Pa-eral Ralph Scott urged the told a California Pubbe Util.
cific Gas and Elcetric Corn-PUC to impone restrictions for the protection of fish and lties Comminion hearing pany engineer testified at a wild life, if the PG&E appli-State Pubhc Utilitics Com. cation is granted. Scott ap-mission hearing > csterday, peared for the State Depart-J. D. Worthington, chief ment of Fish and Game.
De hearing will continue PG&E cini enpncer, pre. today before PUC Examiner.
dicted that the cost of gener. Leonard S. Patterson.
atinc electric power at the company's prnjected 361.000,-
000 atomie ener:;y plant at Bodega Ray Sonoma County, will be less than with other fuels.
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Date: March 12,1962 R. J. Pajalich, Secretar File No.
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Utilities Commission bLate filed Exhibit c
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,a c Company forrequest to the Public ega Head a certificate Utilities Commission'Ibe statement of March was made Exhibit (22 maiof the Departmen pursuant to e Mr. Morrissey,n understanding between M was amended Marchnd Gam Mr. Harold Bissell representatives
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construction of the propo conditions of any certifiand Game asks that th(
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cate issued by the PUC for th plant which P08E propossh and Game has a great i e
improvement of publicconcern with this es to build on Bodega Headnterest in the nu Our matter purposes accese. has*to do primarily with the ret and with the preservation of effects'o,f construction s i to public lands for fi h ention and operation of the plant., the marine resource fros in We should like to a
fish upon and from theof the State Constitutiocall your' att m adverse public landsn utiicti states '"the peoplepart of excepting upon inada absolute rigt to f1Wthestate shall ever be sold or tr
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access frem the on the south of h intake structure for the pur ure'to the tidelands mitting public access to the outer je, tty and the publi pose of per-s[.
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to the Department of Fish and Game the follLi G
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An assessment of the =4ving characterisit m.
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A qualitative ani reasonsble quantitative s i
ecology of the area potentially' influenced by th urvey of the marine of the plant.
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Collections ami radio-analyses of marine years prior to the operation of the plantorganisms for two d.
A continuing radioactivity monitoring pro and vi3d. life resources during operation of th gram of the fish 5.
Licensee shall maintain liaison with the Dep e plant.
and one or more recognized authorities in Mariartment of Fish and several universities ami installations in Califne Science project influences on the marine environment a dornia, regarding 6.
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should results of the studies provided in Item 4 indicat
=1 ring, dilution ami dispersion of radionuclides a d interested parties or the Commission'can request a insufficient n
revision of these conditions.,
vanin veter then rehearing reg,arding tion of the marine resource mai for access tCondition zc now appear adequate for preserva-additional power units are installed at this sit o fiahina, may.in fact change as o,
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a Atomic Energy Commission, the Department callng conditions of t$1s pla of public accesa and movement in Bodega Hartrors attention to poss y the and Doran Park.
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Mr.' Mn. Shackleton, WPCB Dr. J. M. Heslep, DPH Mr. Daniel Slater, USFWSMr. Jack Prather, Sonoma Co. P on Mr. William E. WarneMr. Rodney Southwick, AEC, Berkeley Mr. Ralph Scott Deputy Director i
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