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Dear Mr. Cohelan:
I have aummitmed the material which you received from the Northern California Assoaistian to preeerre Bodega Mead and Earbor and eich you transmitted to the Ceemaissian for eeumont by your letter of Angust 17, 1964. Much of the information presented has previ.ously.been brought.to our attention by the Assoaistice or by other individuals or orgmaisa-tions interested in the proposed Bodega moelear poser remeter.
The safety of the proposed plant is under study by the regulatory technical staff, and is the issue eiuk will be before the Atomie Safety and Licensing Board at a publie hearing, regaired by las, ukioh will be held at a future date. The Commission has====ameed that h hearing wi.11 be held at Santa Rosa, California. I en enclosing a copy of a penphlet which describes the Commission's procedures relating to the licensing of power. reactors.
A critical revies of all inforenation relating to the safety of this reactor, inc1wiing the material forwarded by you, is presently underway as part of W wealatory staff study. The campisted study will be in the form of the staff's hasards analysis which will be presented at the public hes.riv. We sill send you a copy of the hasards analysis when it is placed a the Publie Doomment Race prior to the hearing.
In comoeotion with the geologie and seimmie aspeets of the proposed site, the services of the U. S. Geological Survey and the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey as well as those of other experts are being utilised by the Commission. Itosh inforsesties on these subjects and others relating to safety is alrea(y a part of the publie record in this matter, and is available for inspoettom by interested persons at the AEC Public Doeusent Room at 1717 I Street, N. W., umaMarten, D. C. and at its office at 2111 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California.
"The Dissenting Opimies" by the Monorable William M. Dennett, Pawsident, California Pablie Utilities Commission, raises ptions regarding the effect which operattom of the proposed remotor would have en the public Of71CE >
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I Ecmarable Astfrey Cohelem health ama safety. As mentioned above, these questions are aos under study by the regulatory staff. The questions of "publie centesionee and necessity", and the effect which the reestor might have se the aestheties of the proposed site, are considerations withis state and local jurisdiction, and are not within the puririew of the Atomie Energy Ccamission.
Emelmsed is the material furnished you by the Association.
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T. gp g h;r - stroube gins no Inung of PG&E Expert s what changes he refers to, we Letter Disputed snust rely on the company's EDITOR: How can we trust ' sworn testimony: that is, the anything wid by representa-exclusion area at the Bodega tives of n :ific Gas and Elec-
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. expected to be approximately in his letter in your colamn l2:3 acres, end. a period of j of Sept. 3, Hal Stroube, I PG&E's atomic information ' labout five years of operation l specialist, disparaged sworn ! lis expected to be equired be-r testimony of the company's ex. I ore the pubile would be al< f perts regarding the propowd ' lowed access to the area. stomid plant on Bodega Ifcad Ile leads us to belleve one of j Truly I feel Mr. Stroube has
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1-Testimony given under ; l company and his co-workers oath by PGLE representatives by attempting to discredit tes-at Public Utilities hearings in timony PG&E experts gave 1962 is not reliable, or 2-Mr. Stroube is not now under oath. giving correct data. Opponents to construction of Since your paper and other the atomic plant at Bodega northern California p a p e r s Bay h a y e contended that have carried no record of PG&E never should have changes in requirements by planned constnaction of this the Atomic Energy Commis-plant, and Mr. Stroube con-sion relative to exclusion area firms that we've been right or length of time required be-all along. U plans of 1962 fore free access will be per-have been advanced consider-j mitted to the area surrounding ably in the past two years, the " plant, and since Mr, e one' wonders what they might I be in 1966. It is interesting that he ad-mitted advances in the past two years, since the company expected the plant to be under construction and nearly com- ) pleted by now. What if oppo-l nents had not been able to de-l lay constriction? Would the company have proceeded with 1 l incomplete and faulty plans? Mr. Stroube confirms'that they j would have done so. MARION RUEBEL Bodega Bay l
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we g ~N* K '* / ( -"*? i AEC Probe Bodega Decision c 1 Delayed Ag/7;ain L ,$1 n Im M a c (JlW w.4 7 'l J Dy I) arid Perlmun n un Sonoma county'.s scenic \\ v,cne, curme,mden, coastal landscape. They aho, I l Enec;y! challenge the react ('r's safe-The Atomie ty, citing scientists wno evo-Commission's final decl~ tend that a-seveee-sion on the controversial earthquake could send ra. P,odega Ifend n u c1 e a r dioactive material raining cn - power reactor has been de.! the Bay Area. l layed once again, and can ! Most of the testiroony by not possibly come before! eminent geologists nas insisi i m t year. I ed, however, that althoughi A fuu 3cale public hearingIthe reactor site is near theI by the AEC will not bel an Andreas fault, there isI S schedMed b e f o r e January,1,no likelihood of dangerous' and it rr.ay be held even later! earth movement. than that. The Chronicle hasi Icarnei i UNDERGROUND Tne celavs have come be.l The reactor, which wotdd' cause of continued scrutiny!be bt:ilt tedenround on al irta the project's safety as-{ signed to w.thstand any com s a n d cusnan..s also de- ,s+ ov J.e AEC's staff en.: ceer Three times since;ceivable earthquake hazara '. 4 grmg the3 have qumediand to contain ali radioactre P..cu.e Gas & Electric Ca 'Ity m case c' a shou, ae-oitc:als alsout desgn details; cording to PG1E. for the reactor. The AEC's Comi..ittee M PROTECflONS C6"CIOT.F"IW"
- The questions have ecn posed o: leadinq acientisti protecuve meacr** and engineers has been con cerned siclering the prpfcet's safety dengned to prevent rad:oac~ asocets for some time. It wd; twe rnaterials from burstmg meet next in waslungton t.n-
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