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g y .21 Attached are asserted clips on the reactors proposed by Pacific Gas & Riectric Company, Southern California Edison and los Angeles
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Attachments l As stated
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F. K. Pittuna, DRD, BQ, w/attachs.
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- g. CALIFORNIA PUBLI OTILITIES C0itiISS ION ' 205111263 Lyman C. Anderson, 'Inf ormation Officer
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-- William h. Bennett, president of the I California Public Utilities Commission, announced today that the PUC will petition to intervene at an Atomic Energy Commission ;
hearing on a ' proposal to cons truct a nuclear power plant at '
. San Onofre in Camp Pendleton.
.,. .. a The hearing .has been set by the AEC for 10 a.m. on Nov.19 in the Santa Ana City Hall.
"It is certain that nuclear power development will have an immens e impact on our society," Bennett. s aid. "Our. purpose-in intervening ic to make sure that the vital interests of the people of California are fully protected."
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Southern California Elison and San DieBo Gas and Electric Companies have jointly applied to construct the $82 million plant--designed to Benerate enough power to supply the"olectrical
, ., needs of a city of half a million population.
Construction of the atomic powered plant on a beach site south of San Clemente requires approval by the Public Utilities Commission as well as the Atomic Energy Commission.
The joint application is now pending before the PUC. Five days of public hea51ngs were held by Commissioner Bennett in San Clemente,and Los Angeles and the request was taken under submission / ast Aug. 29.
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Re: Increased Assessed Value, Bodes Bay Arca Gentic e n: l The fellowing study has been inade to determine the i= pact on taros that the cons tructed. of the P.G.6E. Plant at Bodega Bay would have if it were now construction
' caly the prope:cd P.G.TE. Rlant but also the related facilities th constructed by privcte capital as a result of the P.G.62. develop =ent. In making thiseffected.
be study we hue cc:sidered separately the various taxing jurisdictions that o w uld i Utility Dietrict and for this reason the study has includcd this jt .
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Assessed Value Tax Pe.tes After Taxine. Jurisdiction Now After Construction Kov Construction Bcdega Bay Ele =entary School 2,491,930 Tomales liigh School '32,491,930 1.26 0.10 4,902,400 34,902,400 1.36 l
Scuta Rosa Junict College 0.19 (Tuition) 7,401,030 37,401,030 Co .ta t . of Senc :a - Basic Rate 0.39 0.08 (Ge. nd and Plood) 299,507,055 329,507 lote.1 Tax Dodege Day Area (Outside Utility District),055 M 2.56 5.82 2.93 7.edera Bay Public Utility 651,065 30,651,065 2,65 _0.05 Totcl Tra Bodega Bay b'cet (Insido Utility Dis ri:t) S.47 2.99' If the ta ns in the Bodegt Bay Area on a piece of property (cutside the utility vould be t.pprnHmtely $100.00 per year. district) are rarr $200.00 per yea If the taxes in the Bodega Bsy Area on a piece of property (inside the utility district) vo'.:ld beare now $200.00 apprndmtely $70.00per peryear, year. af ter construction of the P,0.63. Plant th::7 Countyvide the taxps.yerfs there vould be a saving of $0.25 per hundred dollars ascesced value in bill.
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TIIC!!E'S A QUIFT Dita ordered public hqarings on ma now awaitin:: the final every phase of the public ,,
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who has need to snap on ha he:d by the PUC in San Cle- SANTA ANA - A pre-hear.'dures for conducting the formall electric light. mente and Los Angeles.
ing co,derence on N M8 m1. hearing at 10 a.m. Nov 10 in:
At stake is the scientific This week the Atom!c En : lion nuclear power pl:nt pro Santa Ana City Council question of whether the in- crgy Commission announced credibic power of the atom a pre-hcaring at 10 a.m. to- posed for San Onofre, crupted The conference, held before
(:.n safely be put to work day ni the county court-l into a series of charges and~a panel of three officers of the!
making c cetric power, house, and a ful: fledgedi courter-charges here this mornJAEC. involved protest statcy Dehind this arc the politi. pubhc hearm on issuance: b- 'ments from the National CoaU cal cnd philosophical ques- of ? construction perrnit at d Md ssneistion A and n representaJ P
tior:s of whether private 10 a.m. m Santa Ana coun-mpnal and incentive will be cil chambers on Tucsday, Caiifornia Edison Co., San D;c '.t ye of an unofficial co turned loose on the job or NoV 10. go Ga s and E!cetric Co..J s has.
i se whether it will remain to be. The AEC's Ditision of Li- 3 Corp. net u ti AEC officers refused a Wes-enme anMher business for censing and Regulation has members of the Atomic Encigy;tinAouse request to order the the government to enter. this week made pubhc a ., Commission to discuss proce.:Nctional Coal Associst on to 3 p q page report based on every ' submit a statement outhn,mg IT EECAME T11E DCSI. aspect of safety in the new !,ther reasons for opposition be-ifo e the Nov.10 hearing.
ne.o of everyonc in the operation, including extra s o u t h I a n d hst February protection a g a i n s t carth-Westinghouse also made a re-q u a k e s, and radio-act vc quest to disqualify the associa.
when Southern California tien as having an " invalid ar-Edi'.on Co., San Dic<.co Gas waste handbng-
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I mission to build a nuclear the companics have the fii !
.! general... "AEC also refuse power pknt nn a 90. acre nancial and techm.eal capa- I parect inside Camp Pendle- ,this request.
bility to build the atomic A E. Gacde of San Clemente, tnn.
The proposal would gen, plant and operate it' safely l ho said he represented a jw
,craic 3'75,000 net c!cetrical from the standpoint of ra. Q:would enterpetition a prote allowatts, by nut! car power dio active hazards-and the on ,the site whose northern new AEC report concludes lat iheir convenience.
hm:!t are just across the the companics have demon- l if approved, the nuc! car pow.
countyline, two miles south strated they can do this, c::st of San Clemente. But it is improper for any ler 33.6plant acre site willatbe the located northwest on th About 20 per cent of the federal or state agency to', er.d of Camp Pendicton, south power generated would be : deny private' enterprise the! -
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sold in San Diego by San right to develop or prodtice Diego Gas and Eicetric, with any legal product from elec-the remaining 80 per cent tric powcr to popcorn, availnble to Southern Cah- I hope the PUC quick!y form,a Edison Co. In the lo issues its approval, and that -
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- A a Yri t o APPlica- p tions, legal forms, engineer getsI moving knoyr,this soon.-is a dirty I '
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of safe operations was pr* word I hope in some quarters, that they makebut a '
vided both to the Public profit, too. .
Ut!!itics Commission of the It is the best incentive I.
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Protest I, MALIBU--The Regional.,
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ducted. at 9 a.m. Monday,.c l Nov. 4, at the County Hall .
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'is proposing the plant, will present their cases at the hearing.
A DWP :pokesman said hia grnup would " basically cover the same ground'as we covered before."
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Nirst IIcaring . nucle'a'r reactors per se but ,
The riist hearing for the we dh think they should be .i plant was held last summer placed in a much less dense-but a second hearing?.was ly populated area. ,
subsequently. granted when lie said the , oppoAttion the opposition said it had not would' . 'be represented by had an opportunity to pre- Mbert J. Day, an auorney of sent its case properly. the legal firm of Hill, Sarrer r
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been scheduling husses to 'Our studies show there la, carry the Mallhu residents to , considerable danger 'of ac-the hearing and their
, . spokesman, Carl May, pre, ons:Ident and that
. .f proposed the area is geological dicted *'00 to .Ws persons fauk /
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. Ile said bl.< group' would.- mentioned the fault at the-gl ia represented by.: ocean > first hearing and said that it graphers, nuclear physicist 2 did not present any. real !
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Among them were singer . 'WE OBJECT'-Singer Frankie'Loine and octress Frankie Laine, actress An. Angelo Lonsbury who joined opponents to proposed l gela Lansbury and attorneys ,1.596 million' nuclear. power plant,in the Malpu creo. . !
for Bob Hope w)1o has size- The department seeks a Nelson satil' nuclear power -
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- able real estate holdings ad. zoning variance'of 45 acres is needed as a safe, economi- .
jacent to the plant site. now zoned for light manu" cal energy source anr1 will i
- ; Samuel B. Nelson, Depart- facturing light agriculture not contribute to air.pollu.
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t on. j general manager and chief use.s. i ' Bul.' Miss Lansbur'y,' of i engineer, explained that the The remainm, g 260. acres -
24818. Pacific Coast High- I power facilitywould be built bave been offered to Los . way, said the thought of an s at Corral Cany'on on a site Angeles County for a liuffet . atomic plant there "makes
, fmnting' on Pacific Coast park and recreational area. < my hair stand on end? '
Highway three miles north- 1 Under Sulimission . "The. two,3vords,Va, tom {q west, of Malibu Pier.
The planning coinmissiod The first unit would have .
a capacity of 400,000 k#o. took..the. . matter un.d.er ,sub,.
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-- Wifer 'ailos's of 'valhable k'efp' ne w arethemestho+or beds. s redectien in the-packed words in the English diversity and am6unt ' of' Janguage," the actress said. fishes and will probably
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- for grror 'I d'on't think the gerous - marine j animals',' 3 few in Malibu should be sac- such as the sting ray which -
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PA57E ;, Laine,for the many," seeks out warmer waters for
, of 73 Malibu Colony breeding. .
BEYOND :Dr., echoed.hcr sentiments I TH15 'and added the plant would . Besides the Malibu Colony . .
UNE (bring jn heavy.indystry and Assn., Malibu Board of Real- ,
- depreciate residential values. tors and Malibu Cove Colony .'
He said a leaking tmck Property O w n e r s' Assn., g /
carrying residue from a sim- protestants appeared from
{flar plant in Idaho contami- Big Rock . Mesa, Sycamore nated the streets which had Park, Escondido Beach. Las to be torn up and the ma. Flores Mesa and Sea Vista
,terial buried. " People say it drive areas. l can't happen here but it To allay the fears, the
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. ;the actor and his wife are Nehemently opposed to the Fred Thevenin of Eureka.
Mayor William J. Burke of
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v.. Terry Waters, chairman Hunt, president of a bank in,' i gf the Malibu Citizens for Shelburne. Falls, Mass. .:
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? Architects, charged that the These three. empha; sized' iplant' .wotild change the that nuclear power. plants in! 1 O fentire character of lialibu, their areas had increased
' frightening away/ potential property valuca, created ex--
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. residents and forcing pre- tra job, b o o a t e d toupsd f X, ent home owners to move. trade, sumuisted'populauon, growth and proved to be a. ,
[(. Cites Landslides community' asset. '
, ' Frank A. Morgaa, past Hunt said that trout fish-l president of the American ing is better than ever in a;-
- Assn. of Petroleum Geolo. popular : 8tream near the igists, said the plint site at Yankee Atomic Electric Co;
- the ' mouth of Corral Canyon plant in northwestern Mass ,
.'js in a massive landslide'arca sachusetts. .
.which will cause worrics Others said that schools,
'and co'ncern. hospitals and, convalescent Dr. Arthur H. Muir, nu. homes . haie ' beeni b u i11
,clear physicist, submitted across the street and near
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- warning that radio-ac- Dr. ' Warren F. Witzig, Stive gases will be released technical director of the f during normal
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[ that . large-scale reactors Inc., Washington, D.C., said ishould not be built in the Los it is : impossible for the ,
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' :cd tr/ the Company, as per.r.itted by re.gintionn of the U. S. Atomic Energy Oy niceton, to canblo es.uult: .tc
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plcat vill bc loc ted, cc u 11 cm the ov=1 yin;; ccdice:.tc.
Cur'c':nt :eter in currently paving the rond clon,'the t et cide of the hay. .brther ucr'.c ct the cite, other th::n selcat!!! otudies ned :n=:1 r.ninten=0c :='c, will not 60 per1*c=2d eatil cf:cr the pas 11c Pt=1:2, on '
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4 ' cv. tracts;n per:1c iscued. .L*c don't k=u when ths pub'Je hc= int vill b;
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'l Or c tensivo investigatitcas and preparcrorf vork hcyo uncovered nothing thich, in our opinica, could r.111tato etinct cur recclpt of a cocetructica scroi t.' liscover, the issucneo or dcn'c1 of a construction percit ic, n
. e.ctter to be decided by the M::, if the MC chould deny our requent for n -
conatructS on pcmit it v111 he neccscarf, eo undertche atodies to detemins citernMo ;>over sources, including instalistNa of ccaventionally fuc190 .,
picnte, the U2 cations or ' dates o.! completfoc hef:vhich c:=nst be deters'.ned ct thic time.- o
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7 i t'o will, of csurso, hoes you fully inforeted na to the status of the t,se.c cad vill furnish you estiosted completion dr.tes t/. ten the infoxw!,1;u n.pra chich they cro ba.ted becocca availabic,, /
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- 'a ' hoicly the safety factor g;gg..py. b .t proposes in ::ive)3tterr:nnn ses:. mon n:taaliin W cx S v.tn:he v. W
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' a n; wa : n'. , . . rs ' <w of niew na posuble carth. ltn the county the acrea:e notjthe proposcri ins:allauon asl
- : Y Rap,.w: :/:j quakes structural failurcs incedt'd for the reactor for being comp;c:c!y "niit of char.
! van Sc'<1 a ! r.) and the Ilmite.d release of juse Pt recreational facilitics acter" with the nat.ure of the
, m e,e exec . : e-' rmilation into the atmos.1 The italibu residents hart area.
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Kanouse.the department'3de g los).qt!:sHeraMhtninef H* ih W et W e.
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' Nue:va r-powect- there is no possibility of a
- encrnting pqm lnmb-like explosion of the safety of a proposed nuclear power phnt at Malibu
. hat pn.pued m: '. actor, was introduced today as the Ecgional Planning Com.
. - W said the APCD has i mission held a final hearing on a zone exception) ai a!r o <
in;; to Smith G: <co; :. i ' r.if tre.ined in the radiologli request.
pol;ution conirs n: c. : cal Geld tnd that the agenef About 500 persons were onl In :m addreu p;,m.crd i.- -; conducts daily monitoring ' hand to hear the testimony deliver; to.!ay in 'qf'a.: :. ' por airborne rr.d!oactivity. 'in the highly controversial Rc;;iol.1, ?hma a , i nr case. The plant is planned
, s;on, Crawob n* . .' .by the City Department of natural ,qas " .cce? 4. t'
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Water and Power on a Gacre snw; than inci oM rn;. '.bt site in Corral Canyon at a nudear pir.nt'. W.; p - e no er pollutMn nd . - ' cost of $06 million.
- non desirable The witnesses called by The Departmen . o; ' . the city department stressed
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s exception to cl ow cc:w. rue.l from such diver;cnt points -
of view as posWe cath-tion plant on of the thecoast nucicar at Corral tiowerl. quakes, structural failures, Car: yon.
, Criswold o!so said thel, and the limited releasc of
', proposed plant would notj radiation into the atmos.
we any ~ radioactive conta.! phm.
in;nedon threat and that Among the witnesses, E. L I
p ,c, L. .A. Herald-Ex- . Kanouse,the department's de.
- sign engineer, pointed out 11 4 63 that 10 smaller nuclear re-D^"
- actors are already operating A. Power Plants Cut Smog Nn'aiite aut-aue shut.
off featurcs, to be included County Air Pollution C & pollution a"nd are the most . in the department's project trol chic! Smith Orisw .:d desirabic. . c.(ceed any others thus far ctated today nuclearanwcred The ! os Angeles Depart" built.
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' generating plants :!ke the ment of Water and Power is The Department of Water one proposed for the stalmu applyin:: for a zone variance and Power owns a 305acrc arca v 111 aid in th- b3 nlc to a!!ow construction of the site fronting on Pacific Coast a.. c !nn smog.
nuclear power plant on the Highway, but proposes to give in a speech prep. mi ar coast at Corral Canyon. to the county thc acreage not (i.very to the Co.. .y c- Griswold said the proposed needed for the reactor for
.ana: P:an' Sng Ccm .tw .n. generating plant wou1(1 no. use as recreadonal fac!!1 tics.
. chwo:d sli t h a t :rt o!, pose any racicactive contami-
.s produces less sn m' nation thicot, and that there ed o!!, but tha* rjis no po:.sibutty of a bomb-
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NOVEMB ER 4,1963 '
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1@ ed JCT)Y M.6neGrmg cy L6CISC Lt.'tSO.\ i ana.c c.,nm sgu wae. Fm the Los Angeles Departdwho said that a nuclear.gener.
Scientists were pitttd n:c.in : .mnt rif Water and seier..it.ts today et the r.uMi'
.hich i.* requesting a zone ex.,fdesirablePower in the Los Angeles
- ated power plant is "especially rehearine for the Lu k ' basm because it will not con.
Cou.u) EU:iona! Plannins cption. for 43 acres
. re site in Corral Canynn. , of a 305] tribute to the local smog prob rnis&n on n $M rni:hori n Orvilt Chri .tiansen of 'the!!cm."
pwer phrt in Ma!ibu. anning staff, said the commis-t Nuclear power will be " safe, Some C per>ow, the t- -r . u imd received El telegram 4cconomical and more abundant ty of n.e t Malibu ter.h. . ad !etters and 650 postcards.jthan gas." Nelson said, wn of them opposing were pre.cnt in the coun(. roject. the; details of the project re de. weSafety features and technical t
- pervisors' hcarin room . ti-
.Ha!! of Acimir.i.,tration. Tirst to testify for the DWPl scribed by E. L. Kanouse ensi. ,
was n!so a large represer etiv nanager and chief engineer,land trenior Eugen Ko!fmann,%,rr<.
nur! car ensincer. for the DWP.
"There i:: no possibility that this type r,T renetor can explode
' like en atomic bomb because the chain reaction which pro.
duces heat to create steam is a controned reaction," Kanouse said.
Construction Told He said the reactor will be contained in a struefure con.
sisting o! two steel shields sur.
rounded by reinforced concrete six feet thick; Koffmann said the amount of radiation for people living ad.
jacent to the site would be only 1 per cent of the amount con.
sidered permissib!c by the Attorney Robert Nib!cy was Atomic Energy Commission.
to introduce their witnesses.
Ger.e Blanc, state coordina. They will include consulting tor for the Atomic Energy geologist Frank A. Morg:n. Dr.
Commission, testified that the Arthur H. Muir, nuclear physi.
state is " vitally interested in cist: Dr. Donald L. Drukey, the safety control of nuclear physicist: Dr. Rimmon C. Fay, plants," and that numerous marine biologist, and Terry state agencies were involved Waters, architect and chairman in the regulations. of MCC.
He said the state had met County Action Unr. ceded with the DWP, and that the At the first hearing and on
" applicants had cooperated occasions since, some commis.
very niecly with the state." sioners have pointed out that Mayors Await Call the DWP is not required to In addition to the .:lentists, come to the county for the zone the DWP planned to call may. exception.
ors of two cities which now. Under a section of the govern.
have nuclear power plants. ment code of the State of Cali.
, They were Fred Thevenin, . fornia, .a city is not subject to mayor of Eureka, Calif., and county zoning or vice versa.
William .T. Burke, mayor of When asked specifically by the Duchanan N.Y. The president commissioners about the DWP of a b a n k. P. B. Hump, in matter, the county counsel
,Shelburne Falls. Mass., was ruled that the city was not re.
'also to testify. quered to come to the county Opposition testimony, to fot. . #or the exception.
Iow the DWP presentation, was . DW sp&stna F.an cm to be presented by scientists. p amed they are going through experts on the advisory com. ' the normal enannels m, order I
mittee of the Malibu ' Citizens for Conservation (MCC). I* CCSP Y *** d COUUIY P#{
cedures.
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through the Malibu area. It is one which would closely parallel the present SANTA P.m A OUT100K ' coast highway in the vicinity of Corral '
pat *cm . Canyon and beach. His recommendat tion, while it may not be accepted in
. mvr s R 1, 1963 all part!culars by the. State I!!ghway Date ..
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- . Co nmission, provides another reason why the proposal of the Los Angc!cs Reheering Set Department of Water and Power to bulId
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.MDMV/. . D6[h-(dhb3 of Corral Canyon close to the present highway should be carefully reviewed
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Lb ,ll i 2. 9.u. [ The recommended route would take P. . l x U.i 61 4 i[ t, ny I ocist I.ARs0N perma enmpain. ..
- . out at least part of the site of the pro.
posed complex. Even if it did not inter-
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n.>. transpnrtatinn will be Tere with the plans for the compicx as i;A h.n - at.d memy . jt - ..rovided. with buses leaving the -
presently drawn, it would put the two
,rchearing on pe pr<.p.> ..
f.Minir Mmet parkmg lot at facilities close together and greatly in-wr!.ar pnau pbt in .g 4,
.!s exwed Nn:ulay at < -a , g;us Reservations ,
crease the difficulty of concealing this t
,'Irfore ; !.c .Rc;;ional Ir . " Ti>1ek will be manned in the-industrial complex with any kind of-
,C<,n.mir "n. ... thir. weekend by MCC me n.
' landscaping. ,
! De twion will he ! e il - hers who wili necept bus reser.g' - We have,scen the architects' draw-
-l:he lyarinn romn nf the onm . vations. !
ing of this proposed reactor complcX, Terry Wat e'r. chairman of,
$Dnard ; n! Superv, . ors. [at! e 'and we don't blame residents of Malibu
' MCC. ssid that persons as far for asking that it be hidden or located
Adm.mstra: ton, f,00 %. am, ISt,. 1.0i . Anr,eles, becc+ c "i.cnway !;;;15' andas theSaa:a Monica.
west San Fernan.'Beverly tlsewhere. It seems doubtful that it lthe tarre attendance expeti.:d.The Los An;:eles. Depemy tould bedo hidden Valley by anythin;;!
shouldcss bethan a concerned lof Water and Power is r.gce r4nce a nuelcar necident at thel Redwood forest or a poa. soup fog. And
' fina n zone exce; don fw 4 proposed plant could endange- 'no one could claim that its tall stacks.
> acre h in corral i k. t hem.
l and dome will resemble the " stately where $ eit hopa in build t'- - . . - - - .
' pleasure dome" decreed by Kubla Khan
' 'in the Coleridge poem.
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v Last July 10. at the fir- i.ca ing,there was liule oppi.itios . Yet this is not the only reason far to the tr timnny offered by n ifoubting that the reactor site is wc!!
battery of DWP expert- and chosen. A leading geologist, Frank .
sciemis:s. Morgan, declares that the site is on a
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. fault bne susceptible to serious eart,- l b... Citirens for conservati m. ar.
quakes and/or carth movements. If this !
- .ani7ed immerbaiety afi r the "
hearin;. .urong communny re is true. It is not farfetched to conceive position developed which led to of earthquake damage to the nuc! car i J
the ;: ranting of a rehearing be- reactor' complex which would involve'.
fore the er,mmmmn. . .
serious hazards.
The fact that the state highway cn- !
$r t iIs ca e i 1! ' gineer .is apparently litt!c afraid of
- of Albert J. Day, t.on Ange!c4 earthquakes in this ' area is not wholly
' attorney, accordini: to Ciri V. ,
, May, spokesrtan inr the MCC.
.rcassuring. A . freeway can withstand . ,
May also . said that " hun- an earthquake with only minor damage, i drer of cards and leuer* have but what about an atomic p!!c, if its ibeen sent by Midibu,re.ide"" protective shield suffered cracks or dis- 4 to the commission urgmg denol location?
cf the tone excep: ion.
- We feel the quest!cns ra! sed are valid The MCC will work intensive. and worthy of serious c:camination. Tne ;
ly n!! weekend to see that there Los Angeles Department of Water and i
!s a lar;;e turnw' 'nr the bear.
. 1 , May asscro d. There will Power should answer thcsc questions to ]
.- % a hwe to haue, person to the satisfaction of the public 'oefore i enin : chend with this nrniec j
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