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The Atomic Energy. Commis- ,
sion's hearings in Santa Rosa on the proposed Bodega Bay nuclear. l-
, fueled power plant will be some - . t
' time after "early September. (
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nat some what . vague. word-but considerably more precise,than .
anything else to date -- is.from 'p
- Rep. Donald H. Clausen (6Ces-l cent City).
It is contained in 's.!etter from JMr. 'Clausen to Cha'rles Goodale, 9 jsouth Sonoma County rancher and. :M M
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< trie Co/ proposal to build the.
$61 million, 3:3.000k11owat plant., O p h!r. Clausen writes that he was N
( told by the AEC that the "Geo- y g logical Survey report on possible N l gearthquake hazard to the plant-qwill delay the AEC hearings be-hyond the early September target y;;
gdate." %
i- " Geological' Survey " he writes, #
"n'ow feels that it requires more , Q time to make the penetrating study, .*
necessary for a firm report.". .
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- dega Head by ,the survey is for-the AEC; a form of study by the %
survey was underway when In- %
terior Secretary Stewart Udall exfe, M
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possible earthquake hazards at the site and offered the survey's ser. - -;
5 vices for detailed examination.
Concern over the Bodega site
- arises in part because the nuclear -
reactor would be sited about 1,000 h,,
feet from the edge of the San An.'
dreas Fault zone, which bisects. !
Bodega Head and harbor..
Wher.ever the AEC hearings are-to be held, AEC rules require att, least 30 days' advance notice to.
, the 'pubhe. The ' Bodega contro.
versy has attracted considerable national interest, and it is reported.
that the hearings by the AEC are;
-- expected to last several weeks. .
AEC approval of the utility's
construction plans is the last ma..
jor hurdle for the plant, ahhough a' recent State~ Public Uti!! ties Commission dental of a petition' for re hearing on its approval of the plans is expected to be ap .
pealed to the state Supreme Court. i 1
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- pased atomic energy plant at .
l Bodega Bay, this person believes 8 .' '
it is quite unfair the issue of : -
posterity should be injected to i '
. , defeat progress. ' '
We people of our beloved Bear {
.Fiag County. should not suffer i \
solely on the plea of aesthetic !
1 vtJues the deprivation of this in. ! ' i';
dustry which is sorely needed to *
' bolsteroureconomy, ". -i j The 250 acree of privately. i ,
. .., .:n owned property at Bodega Bay .
i upon which a plant for peaceful - d l e.;
' purpose wfIl arise is but a drop *?-
in the bucket when compared to e -
the many m!!as of Sonoma Coun-d-
ty coast line. Neither the aero . . i' d3 s F !
age itself nor should the plant, become an object of disdain or ,
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M4.y we forget not, that if '
Q; when or ever these few acres are needed for posterity, like
. W the whale oil lamp, the p!nnt - . " ' ,E :
s -n erected thereon will possibly ba . $$-3 obsolete owing to solar paluo -- - -
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daisical attitude might leave an . p]-.!
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ti, cerning this allimportant project.
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to our cotinty, l ~.,,9 May the readers of tir:s ! tem e /
be admonished that the whole 'gj' r- J Bodega Bay project fostered by ~
elected and appointed officers of l m -i our state and county be apprised ~ ~ ~
of your continued interest either.
by direct contact or through an
'organizatica of your choosing.
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> A strictly over 30-set filled $ l l Earthquake McGoon's as the r4 I e legendary Lu put lip to 3 '
i l trumpet for the first time in g e San Francisco since the old r,. ,
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' ' Lu blew mightily for a
> cause: the battle of conserva-y l tionists against Pacific Gas
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Power plant on Bodega 4.:-1 l ll Hesd. d.j l
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< old Dixieland fans attended _"
ll Lu's comeback and they 9
> brought so many children
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l' noon looked like a Saturday J l i l matinee at the local cowboy l l
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Lu, who now works as a -
f' hospital chef at Cotati, ap- " ,
1 ,, peared with Turk Murphy .4
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> 1asted from 4 p.m. to mid- 11 l night. '
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- All proceeds went to the l l
' Association to Preserve Bo-l
$dega Head and ' Harbor, l l
6 which will use the money to l pay legal costs in its fight i with the PG&E.
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- ALIF0F IA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSICN 63-PUC-132 Ralph Bell, Special Representative State Building, San Francisco Telephone: UNderhill 1.8700, Ext. 2989 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAN FRANCISCO, JULY _--The California Public Utilities Commission today denied a petition to reopen for further hearing the proceeding in which it granted Pacific Cas and Electric Company a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct a nuclear power unit at Bodega Bay.
Today's order was signed by Commissioners Everett C. McKeage, George G. Grover and Frederick B. Holoboff. Commission $rPeterE.
Mitchell wrote a concurring opinion and Commissioner William M. Bennett, president, wrote a 13-page dissent.
, The petition for further hearing was filed on May 6 by the Northern California Association to Preserve Bodega Head and Harbor, Inc., and was based on the contention that Association representatives had not had an opportunity to cross-examine PGkE witnesses concerning Exhibit No. 48, filed after the close of hearings at request of the Coccission staff. The exhibit contained consultants' reports on geologic and seismic conditions at Bodega Head.
Today's order said that although Exhibit No. 48 was filed on July 9, 1962 it was not until 10 months later that the petitioner for the first time asserted that it had been denied due process because it could not cross-examine on the exhibit.
The Commission issued its interim order granting a certificate to FGecE on November 8,1962 The unincorporated predecessor of the Association sought rehearing on Kovember 29, but did not mention
- Exhibit 48 or ask for an opportunity to cross-examine on its contents, the Commission pointed out. Rehearing was denied last January 2.
The decision today pointed out that the interim order was condi-i tiened upon PG&I obtaining every permit and license required by law for construction and operation of the proposed plant, including c con.-
7 struction permit and a license from the Atomic Energy Concission.
l The order also witad the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, which re-serves to the AEC jurisdiction over licensing and regulation of nuclear reactors.
The Concission called attentKon to the AEC public hearings E
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expert testimony might better be considered by the AEC than this Com- je , .] .
mission. AEC rules provide that 'any person whose interest may be affectert by a proceeding may file a petition to intervene, describing 4/l his interest, how it may be affected by AEC action, and the position he k is taking in the matter.'" -
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In his opinion Mitchell said he believes the Commission has the h; ,
8 responsibility to decide public utility matters affecting the safety, [{ ,
health and general well-being of the citizens of California. He de-- '
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and regulate nuclear reactors," the California interest in the Bodega i.
indeed, b i Bay plant is equal to if,/it does not outweigh,.any national interest. ']u j
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To espouse the majority opinion would logically make impotent any p.
l future orders by this Commission in the ' field of power regulation," p-p.
Mitchell wrote. "I am not prepared to adopt such a position."
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He said he had made a complete review of the sworn evidence in the l l
proceeding, and added "This Commission must and does make its decisionu '
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l gations or unsubstantiated'd arguments such as those advanced by the d' ,
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!. i not be granted, and added "If, as the protestants allege, such evidence ,,
l l h'gxists, it has not been submitted to this Commission under oath (or l . l
- even by way of affidavits) to this, date." !
Mitchell said "The speculation and conjecture 2v.ised by the pro- i, j
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testants is of no weight balanced against the expert testimony pre-sented to this Commission." N He said Commission personnel especially trained in the nuclear . l field, experts produced by the applicant, and othe,r disinterested experts have all testified in support of the plant at Sodega Pay.
He. pointed out that there are at least 11 nuclear plants, plus-innumerable nuclear pilot units, operative in the United States and that the Humboldt Bay plant near Eureka "is already successfully ;
3,L furnishing power." He cited the Bodega Bay plant, the Malibu plant of W 2.
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.. a the Los Angeles Department Bf Water and Power in that city, and ths San Clemente plant of Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and .
Electric Company as plants soon to .be built.
In his dissenting opinion Bennett said that from his review of the q record "I am compelled to the conclusion that a nuclear power unit at ,
j Bodega Bay is not compatible with the public convenience and necessity!*
He mentioned the " strong public concern for public safety because of the proximity of this proposed plant to an active' fault 'line; nnd a strong public opposition to this plant'. , . because of its impact upon the natural beauty of the area.u .
Bennett said Bodega Bay possesses. great and rare natural beauty j
- and a nuclear plant in the heart of this area is out of place. Indeed ,
there is an inherent dissonance in the concept of a nuclear plant at Bodega Bay." He added: "I believe that the public wishes to guard and j
to care for its natural heritage . . . Projects so distasteful and so J
offensive to the broad standard of public aesthetics are not, nor can I
argument make them, in the true public convenience and necessity."
The Commission president declared that "The chosen site, in proxi-mity to the San Andreas fault, placed upon PG&E the M burden of satisfying this Commission as to the absolute safety.of its proposal.
This fault has been described as the earth's greatest continental rift
. . . . It is only a matter of common sense that great concern exists and should exist as to this issue in these proceedings."
He discussed the proximity of the fault to the proposed plant- and quoted the opinion of a PGkE expert consultant that the site "is a 1egion of high seismic activity," with a quake such as tis 1906 shock to be expecte.d three or four times per 1000 years." Bennett said the de-
-fect in testimony by PG&E was that "not one of the experts retained by that company came forward upon oath to throw his opinion into the turbulent arena of cross-examination. Their judgments were and remain untested." He said he believes "there has not been a full hearing in l the matter of such public importance as this."
ifennett sai'J he hed read in detail the exhibit filed after sub- ,-
mission of the proceeding by PG&E (Exhibit 48) and that he found many-3
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He added:
"The opinions and reports of the experts are contradictory and confusing.
They do not satisfy my concern as to the future safety of the proposed plant."
r(e said the " enormity of things left untested and unproven. leaves
' ]o s a r-ecord which in my opinion cannot possibly furnish the basis for the l1 authority previously granted." Bennut called for participation of
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, granted to PG&E by the Commission should be rescinded. " Steel con- ,
crete and energy are not a fair exchange for precious ard beautiful I
land, sea and sky. PGLE has in the past shown its concern for public !
opinion. I suggest that it reconsider its decision . . . . withdraw E D
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TIIE PRESS DEMOCRAT FACE 4 TLI5 DAY. .M Y *l. IM ETH YEAR CDITOlliAL A-Plant Discussica l 4
SPEnKING BEFORE a joint meeting of Senate j and Assembly at the Cahfornia Legislature, Interior i Secretary Udall wandered off the subject of Sacra- )
mento's new deepwater port, wh!ch he was in town to help dedicate, to venture the opinion that the pro-jected PG&E nuclear power plant at Bodega Bay "cught to be very thoroughly discussed." .
Makes you wonder what the Secretary thinks has
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been going on for the past three years. '
l If there was some me'thod of harnessing all the energy that has gone into discussing the Bodega Bay ]
project at hearings, meetings, pohtical conventions, 1
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on street corners and in the public prints, the power i plant would be unneeded-the heat generated in just discussing it would be ample.
l THERE IS ONE excellent reason why the plant should be budt. The electricity !! would generate is needed, and from an eng:neermg standpoint Bodega 4 Bay is the logicd place to locate a plant to generate j electricity usmg nuclear fuel at reascnable cost. j The reasons advanced as to why it should not be l built range all the way from fer.r to the opinion that )
j a tall smokestack would profane a setting of a ma-jesuc natural beauty. .
The latest defender of majesue natural beauty is Gov. Edmund " Pat" Brown, who told a press con-l ference that he hated to see a steam plant at that beaut;ful location but there was nothmg he could do about it. ]
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BEAUTY, AS so:ne wise mcn ence observed, Les N in the eye cf the beholder, but one wonders how many of the foes of the proposed power plam have ever taken the trouble to look at Bociega Head.
Under privaie ownership it was forbidden ground.
closed to rr. embers of the pubbc. The University of Cahfornia has not as yet announced a policy regard-ing that portion it has purchased for a marme bi-ology station. PG&E has announced that the portion on whichit seeks Atomic Energy Commission license to build a power plant willfeature a public park.
In the past, Bodega Head, in addition to being posted with "no trespassing" signs was ir. accessible i
by road. One is now in the process of construction.
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' If a function of Bodega Head is supposed to be to give pleasure to people, it would seem that the pledge of the PGLE to make it accessible for the first time would do so.
1 ON THE MATTER of safety, nuclear powe.
plants these days are running everything from sub-Inarines to electric generators all over the world.
I The utility company is prepared to invest more than
$100 milhen on the basis of studies that convince it the plant would be safe.
And none of that means a thing unless the Atomic Energy Commiss:o.1 also is convinced of safety and issues a license.
Isn't it time to take po!!tical heat off the AEC and urge it to make a scientific imding by scienufic methocs?
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