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l ~. l .( g l1lY Joe Feuchard, News Service Branch November 7, 19 Division of Public Information, HQ //[/ t - Dale J. Cook, Assistant Information Officer, SAN l I I CALIFORNIA NDCLEAR IWER PIANT PROPOSALS l PI DJC Attached are clips relating to the three active nuclear power plant I proposals here in California. The los Anzeles Times account covering the November 4 hearing before the Regional Planning Commission for a soning variance for the Malibts unit notes more than 300 persons wished to stand up and be counted. The names of Bob Hope and Frankie Lane will probably add stature to j the controversy developing, since they oppose the project. The initial clips covering the San Onofre proposal are " routine" accounts. You may recall that last month the Sonoma County supervisors asked PCM what plans it had in mind for Bodega Head should an AEC permit not be forthcoming. The County received its answer Tuesday. An' account of the response is attached. Of note is the quote: " extensive investigation and preparatory wrk have encovered nothing which, in our (PGM) opinion, would militate against ocr receipt of a construction permit." We will attempt to obtain a copy of the letter for your information. Also, attached is a clip on Bodega's tax-saving potential and an announcement by the utility at the time the Court briefs were filed earlier this weak. Attaclaments: As stated ( Ha,rold. Price,, REC,,_HQ,.w/attachs.. cc: Robert lowenstein, Di&R, SQ, w/attachs. F. K. Pittman, DRD, SQ, w/ attache, c2 W R. v. s.ich, Compt. v., sam, /attachs. rc g ns. t 9< // h ~^~l}l to?....-- %s Q j ] l v _ _. _ 'D-g 6 ~. PI _...u... COOK:st l 11/7/63 l 4l 8709250021 851217 i PDR FOIA I FIRESTOBS-665 PDR j i--nama mamm a
( ( s E. ?< m i.a.e a b e n.c.cs~s.> %nl 0l u. > i*- -_l' Mr, Diercks conceded the pu.+ ' j .sibility that Bodega might wt l 20c!E AHSWerS COHHy "*"r g ;.* J "th m. O he used. but re-iierated com j = ihic!cd plant and the company's O UH.DD0Q}ena hair.'NaHI ivr-t r -*get AEC ap e D . hope that it will e G J, t e Mr. Diercks told Supervi.w, (Continued from Page 1) tions and preparatory work have the atomic plant would mean al uncovered nothing which, in out Leigh Shoemaker.(who found tae i 1.!)hinks the company ha.y spent ctter "depressmg
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kind of construction on Bodega cur receipt of a construction per-' . the B deg proposal aircad:., b I etween 51's and S mulian on. llend. ' m!t." The reason. he said. is that i h quatmn of plant sitmg is j,
- a comph me, m, volving coin j the current power plant technol-Up To AEC ogy and the need for new poweri Pointing out that the decision;! a pany ju gamn to the stam sources would force the commis up to the AEC, Mr. Day said y
m Commiaon that ! pany to build a large-scale plant if the request for construction! Sit has found an economic one in elsewhere. Ipermission is denied, "It will be a W Mm in hs power 6 4 The supervisors' Oct.15 re necessay to undertake studies . quest was also for general m to determine alternate power 1n a ents before the PI'C formation on the timmg of the sources. including installation of in IM2 over the Bodega plant. construction as well as on the: conventionally fueled plants. the for instance, the utility justified *I big "ir' about an alternate type, locations or dates of completion; the relativelysapen.=ive atomic of plant on the headlands., Day. at this time " of which cannot be determined installation partly on grounds ! The letter, from E. S. 'i that Bodega would be an ex-manager of the utility's North! Un d e r questioning by Mr.; .pengte pg.,, N put a evaven.- Bay Di' ision. said it has now;Guidotti, PG&E representative
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completed excavation of t h e Kenneth Dicrcks told the super. arc hWh ir..rc - plant site, and other than scien ' visors that in the alternative; I Agthe, ;.g..,;c!ce fueled ' lific studies no mnre work is to mentioned in the letter the com.. l plant prc,p;w,t c prodaced be done on the headland until'pany will have to examine all: i theoretically-chu;; power at L l I the AEC acts on the construction possible locations. {h gh operating capacities.$ perml!. Ile said he didn't know where: The company doesn't know such an alternate might be. but h i then< lhe AEC hearing would said it might be in the Northl be held (in Santa Ilosat, Mr.: Day area or it "might be elsed - Day wrote. but "we are hopeful where." 1 that the hearing can be held early next year." Guidotti Questions "liorever," he wrote, "until! Supervisor Guidotti recalled, the hearing is hcid and a con,that m early days of plant dis ' struction permit issued, any datelcussion the company said iti we might furnish for completion;wasn't sure whether the Bodega of the plant is sheer speculationlplant would be nuclear or con)j and, therefore, would not be!ventmnally fueled, and said he .l meaningful.., ,e uldn't understand why the let-As for the chances of getting!ter now tells me" that the whole the permit, Mr. Day said the, Bodega question might be re-company's " extensive investiga !c nsidered.and the Bodega site,, l. never used., j e 4
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Camp Pend!eton . m...,...-..: BY ATOMIC PLANT A-Plant Plan ecorF Savs' Heat BERKELEY.* Nov. 2 aUpn_ g f sion today set Nov. D as the date for a herring on a pro. WQ g. .Ct J C a rna rene:cton xarine [ posed nuc] car powered e;(c. 3 - tric generation station at Bise. 'Ite Atomic Energy Commisil Bond is chairman of the hoard The hearin;! wt!! be in sion reported Friday 'that the;w h I e h will meet Thurs lay. Santa Ana. propor.ed $32 million. nuclearJQuarles is dean of engineering The AEC also declared power plant s' San Onofre at the University of Virginia that the 90-acre facility would could not endangerthepublic's and Evans is a resident of New be thoroughly tested after it was Nrn California Edison hoc!th and safety " , Mexico. gou The AEC revealed those facts If built, the plant would oc* Co., San Diego Gas and E:cc. In a report compiled by its di. cupy a 90 acre coastal site tric Co.. Bechtel Corp. and vision of licensing and regula. near the northwest cornet of Westinghouse Electric ap. tions, and announced m tele. Camp Pendleton, two n lies plied for a permit for the grams itom Washington. D.C. south of San Clemente. It w suid ple.nt Feb. 1. Meanwhile, the plant will be generate 39 >.000 kilowatts of Gscussed at lo a.m. Thursday.; power about twice as 1.trge at a special heating in the coun.!as any United States atemic ty supervisors meeting room.jpower plant now in existen:e-The hearing will precede a,and generate enough powe to paren L. A. Times wrrk of hearings at Santa Ana! meet the electrical needs of a City. Hall beginning Nov.19 on! city of 500.000. e construction permits for the! Needed before construction be. DAre 11-3-03 project. ! gins is a* construction pe mit At Thursday's hearing, alfrom the AEC and a certifi: ate ggp[g>g hgf three. man board consisting of'of public convenience and neecs. ' J.D. Bond, Dr. Laurence R. sity from the PUC. If >oth r I8 Queries and Dr. Robert M. are granted, the plant is ex. l'O!" D3 enG!eiOD 4 Zvens will hear testimony on pected to begin commes cial tha proposed developmer.t. operations in 1967. t, gg{ hyI The hearings beginning Nov. The AEC announced hat 19 will be on building permits copics of its analysis of safety-BERKELEY (UPI)-The. requested by the Southern Call. considerations in connection. vith Atomie Ener;;y CommisMon fornia Edison Co., San Diego a nuclear plant at San Onofre,- Saturday set Nov.19 as the Gas and Electric, the Bechtel are available by writing the
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AEC Document Room,1717 'H"' . posed nuclear generating sta. The project was alred last St., Washington D.C., or from . tion at the Camp Pendleton summer before a. State Public the Atomic Energy Cornmlesion Marine base. Utilities Commission hearing in office 'at' til1* Bancroft Vay, , du ted n b n a. San Clemente. , Berkeley.. .y. .' s The AEC declared that the' F 90-acre facility would be b: thoroughly tested after it TFwas' built. The commission's MDivision of Licensing and l ' ' Regulation has approved a N design for thn plant, a 1.210 ,.1. megawatt (thermal) nucicar I e facility. H; Southern California Edi. Wson Co., ' San Diega Gas & 4 Electric Co., Ecchtel Corp. and Westinghouse Electric i applied for a perrait for the j y.M 4 v. /. c f -i I
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a Samuel B. elson. Depart. as long as there is a margin gernus marine animals." ment of Water.and Power for error i don't think the gerous marine animalt" UY U*Y "M**" a general manager and chief few in Malibu should be sac-such as the sting ray which ,; Times County Bureau Chief enginect, explained that the rificed for the many." sccks out warmer waters for! i Fears of atomic explo-power facility would be built Laine, of 73 Malibu Colonylbreedin-Isions, earthquakes, land- .at Corral Canyon on a site Dr., echoed her sentiments !s!! des, radiat on leaks and fronting on Pacific Coast and added the plant would Bcs des the Malihu Cnlon3-I i Highway three miles north-bring in heavy industry and Assn., Malibu Board of Real-damage to ocean fisheries west of Malibu Pier. depreciate residential values. Lors and Malibu Cove Colony and kelp beds were ex-The first unit would have He said a leaking truck Property O w n e r s' Ann.. pressed Mon' day at a hear. a capacity of 490.000 kilo-carrying residue from a sim-protestants appeared from ing on a proposed $06 mil-watts. Three others. might liar plant in Idaho contami. Big Rock Mesa. Sycamore be built later. nated the streets which had Park. Escondido Beach. Las lion nuclear power. genera-The department. seeks. a to be torn up and.the ma. Flores Mesa and Sea Vista' tor in the Malibu area. zoning variance of 45 acres terial buried. " People sat i:j rive areax. thel d When Arthur J. Baum, now zoned for light manu-can't happen here hu6 To allay the fens, it, Depa rtment ! Regional Planning Commis. facturing light agriculture does." he added. of Water and and unlimited commercial Attorneys for Ilope saidiPower introduced M a y o r i 9 inn Chairman, asked how the actor and h,s wife are!Fied Thevenin of Eurcka, uses. i uny persons' favored the The remaining 260 acres vehemently opposed to the; Mayor Willi;.m J. Burke nf l ly Department of Water have been offered to Los
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<xt Power application,194 Angeles County for a huffer Terry 'Watcr/ chairman! Hunt. prendent of a bank in j resc. park and recreational area. of the Malibu Citizens for:Shelburne Falls. Mass. = When he asked how many Under Submission Conservation and a member; .Can't Explode' .af those live in the Malibu The planning commission [- c k e a" $f These three emphasized area, only three remained took the matter under sub-ithat, nuc! car power plants in, plant would chan: e the missi n but set no date for a sta ndin*~. entire character of M-lihu.itheir areu had increased l decision. fp;gjan ng away potential property vatues, crealed ex-; Opponents who stood next Nelson said nuclear pnwer ,ed m m u ere 20, all but one is needed as a safe, economi' [nt ofe. juwis. 4timulated population eo.nc t cal energy source and will growth and proved to be a not contribute to air pollu. Cites Landslides ,cnmmunity auet. ilunt said that trout fish.l tion. Frank A. Morga n, pu t ' Assn. of Pctroleum Geolo.lpnpularof the Ammican i Rut ' Miss La nsbury, of president >l818 Pacific Coast High-j 8trea m near ths' way, said the thought'of an pists, said the plant.C.te itiYankee Atomic Electric Cos atomic plant there "makes the mouth of Corral Canyoniplant in northwestern Mas. j . my hair stand on end." is in a manive landslide arcainchusetts. 7Tye, 'two words ' atomic which will cause werries! Others uid that schnn;s,! and concern. ihospitals and convalescent Please Turn to Pi. A, Col.1 ' homes have been hu1!t Dr. Arthur H. Mair. nu.lacross the street and nea clear physicist, submit:ed statements from oth' r s.clen.;the atomic plants. 1 e l tist e warning tha'. radin-ac. Dr. Warren F.
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yesterday from Pacific Gas & Bodega Bay power p la n t sociation's petit 4on asking the Electric Co. on what it plans to moved into the state Supreme court to order re opening ot do en Bodega Head, Court too late to force re-the hearings was filed beyond go g
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The question, asked Oct.15, sion hearings. was what the company plans if Two briefs filed with the ra Club's " friend of the court" it doesn't get permiss,on from court Monday answered charg-petition supporting the assoti-i the Atomic Energy Commission es by the Northern California ation raised q estions "which to build the controversial $61 Association to Preserve Bo-are outside those properly be-million - nuclear-fueled power dega Head and Harbor, and fore this coart." plant on the headlands. The answer was that it thinks definite possibility that Bodega Some st.pcrvis;rs were c! car-it will get the permit, but if it Head might be abandoned as anli y dir.appoi:nec at the answer, l doesn't, can't say right now what immediate site for a convention-!and ana--Se::.rvisor E. J. (Nin) the next move might be. al power plant in favor of other*Guiccai-c..L br.nc re.cating The letter, plus answers to su-sites. ' yesterday inat ac's heard from pervisorial questioning by a com-But that, too, was couched in:other source.i tN s denial of pany representative, raised the language indefinite and vague. i (Conticued on Page 5. Col.1) P o O g,.\\ T. <\\ m e. (. V! c' *. I 2 4 *{ C 4 e e ,,,,e.e*' i O J ~ k _____a
lz p .( ( 4 e a o ~ u.e mma County Told Tax l Savings With EL-Plani The, Bodega Bay Bonanza (if All that adds up, Mr. McMul-the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. len said, to a change from the nuclear-fueled power plant is:present $3.82 outside Bodega built there) now looks bigger than ever to county officials. Bay Public Utility District, and, Assessor Robert J. McMullen fr m $8.47 inside the utility dis ' trict to $2.99, all in dollars per yesterday reported to the Board $100 assessed valuation, of Supervisors on his latest tally of what the plant might mean In summary, Mr. McMullen to bay and county taxpayers, said, it means that if taxes on! now with the conclusion that it a piece of property in the Bode i fwould mean an in c r e a s e of ga Bay area are now $;!00 insideI $30,000,000 in assessed valuation, the utility district there, theyj ' That figure, he said, includes would be about $70 a year after; - not only the plant valuation, but the plant was built. "related facilities that will be Outside the utility district. het constructed by private capital as said, the same $200 would drop! a result of the PG&E develop. to about $100 a year. l ment." lie estimated a county-wide: In speelfics, Mr. McMullen's saving of about 25 cents per' ' report says the Bodega Bay El. $100 assessed valuation o the' ementary School District as. taxpayers' bill. sessed valuation would j u m p Mr. McMullen said 4the en. from $2,491,930 to $32,491.930,, mary was prepared at 1:w re.; and the tax rate would drop' quest of "some supervi. sors." 'from $1.26 per $100 assessed val-Among them was Supen9r,r c'.' untion for school purposes to J. (Nin) Guidotti, who is.:.dra 10 cents per $100. 'a re~ call election Nov.10 in..h The Tomales liigh' tax would coastal Fifth District, whb., c,- drop from $1.36 to 19 cents, the cludes the bay. Santa Rosa Junior College tut. Mr. Guidotti inquired whetr.er Lion tax from 39 cents to eight Mr. McMullen's report was pub.: cents, and the general county lie information (which it of tax (including a flood tax,In the course was) and then said he'd. area) from $2.81 to $2.56. get copies. i e / i e i ~ ,I e
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P. O.cas E. NEWO BUREAU (' 248 M ARK 37 STREET - / gQ SAN FRANCISCO 8. CAUF. T ELEPHONE SU t.4 211 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PG&E ANSWERS BODEA CRITICS IN SUPREME COURT Pacific Gas and Electric Company. filed a legal b i f 'i re Court Monday to answer a petition opposing the C n the State Supreme at Bodega Bay in Sonoma County. ompany's proposed atomic' power plant In September the Northern California Association t o Prese Harbor asked the Supreme Court to review a Califor i e Bodega Head and n a Public. Utilidies Commission action on August 20 which refused to reopen public hea i CPUC issued PG&E for the plant in November 1962 r ngs on a license which the / PG&,E today asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the h .t because it was filed after the expiration of the fili j ssociation's petition Commission's decision. ng pd iod which followed the Even had the ' deadline not passe'd, the PG&E brief f.he court should dismiss the case becau
- argues, se the Associe ion seeks a review of the entire matter rather than the CPUC's rejection of revi proceedings.
ew of only one portion of the o "If such a device were allowed," the PG&E reply said "one obtaining a certificate from the PUC could never safely act under it without fear of later attack." The Company added that "the great value of judici l a review in protecting society against the effect of error must be balanced agai nst the fact that chaos results if decisions are prevented from ever becoming final " IG&E states in its brief that the Association had l tetion but that the group's position has been " h ample time to request and tardy action and complete failure to use any of thec aracterized wailable." procedural safeguards (more) 3 + E A, m._ 1
. _,,.. ~ _........ _.... ( (" o 3 Turning to the subject of atomic safety, the Company's brie f pointed,out that forthcoming public hearings by the Atomic Energy Commission vill review the safety question in full. "Even now," the PG&E reply said, "PG&E's experts and experts appointed by the AEC are compiling reports on the proposed reactor site" / / based on complete information obtained from excavation work which was completed October 18.. In announcing the conclusion of its site preparation and investigation work last month, PG&E said the Company plans no construction until the AEC has decided whether to issae e construction permit for the project. A second PG&E brief filed with the Supreme Court Monday was in response to a " friend of the court" document filed by the Sierra Club on October 21 in support of the Association's petition. The PG&E brief points out that the ' Sierra Club " raises issued which are outside those properly before this court" when it attempts to raise the question of " highest and best use" of the Ccmpany's property op Bodega Head. "The record shows that the PUC, in making its finding of public convenience ,o E and necessity, fully considered the issues now raised o'nce agai'n by the Club," the brief said, in asking that the Supreme Court therefore "assig no weight to the contentions" of the Sierra Club in the Bodega controversy.' f 11-5-63 og u____.__._-.-___.-- +.}}