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Mr. Gerald A. Peterson, Freefdent poteresa Engineering Conapany Inc.
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Dear Mr. poterson:
This replies to your letters of Anguet 22 and October 28, 1963 to Chaimman seaborg.
Under the Atento Energy Act of 1954, se amended, the Atomie Energy Osamission is reopensible der c ia W the sometruetten and operation of nuclear power reesters La order to protect the public health and enfaty and the assumes defenes and escarity, pacific Gas & Electric Caspeay's application for a constreettom peamit for the proposed nedega Bay reactor te carrently belas asmiented and no decision on the applianties has, as yet, been reached by the wanima.
Defers such a decisien is reaebed, ear staff will meka a thorough analysis of the safety aspects of the prop (seed reactor and the advice of the Commission's Advisory Cessoittee en asector safesmards will be obtained.
la addities, the law requires in esses of this kind that a peblic hearing be hand to eensider winether a eenetreaties pesmit should be issued.
seek heariage are held before an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board.
la eenfe===aa with the Commissima's practice te held public heariage in the area in which a proposed reester would be constructed, the Ceamaission has = - d that at seek times se the pacific Gas &
Electric Company's appliestima uney reach the hearias ocage, the bearing will be held in senta mesa, Celiaorais.
seeleoed is a pamphlet which further describes the procedures relating to the 11eemeing of pesar reestere by the Atomis Energy Commission.
un feat confident that these procedures will enable all interested percome to acquaint tha==aives isith the details of Pacific One &
Electric Conyear's psopeast and that these-estensive procedures will manuse theroogh esasidosaties of all aspects of the proposed plaat hearing spea the A et whether it een be sometrosted and operated at the proposed site without undes risk to the health and safety of the peh11s.
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i esthetics of a proposed reactor sito are matters within local and titate l
jurisdiction and are not within the purview of the Atossic Energy Com-i mission.
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required to be filed in the public record may be withhold only if dis-I closure of its contents is not required in the public interest and would adversely a*fect the interest of a person concerned, while you have indicated the possible adverse effect of disclosure of your letter, you havu not shown that disclosure is not swquired in the public interest.
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period of thirty (30) days frees the date hereof, pending notification l
by you as te which of the alternative courses you wish to follow.
A copy of the l,'onsaission's Rules of Practice.2nd a copy of th:2 regula-tions relating to public records are ~ enclosed..
Sincerely yours, (signed)
Eber R. Price A!!%t:nt Director Divisiu d U::...
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Thank you for answering my. letter on December 12, 1963. We seem to disagree about the
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subliminal eentent of your peeri Narbor " Battle LineM presentation. In criticizing your presentation I use as a reference a Japanese film on the same subject, the well.
knoun TV series " Crusade insthe pacific" and numerous other uses of the attack in film and on TV. To substantiateiny charge further would require a seristia listing of sequences dth comments, and I would prefer to get on dth a more important topic. But I would like to mention theti en leportant feature of the Dodember 7 attack was that it happened because it tes aggggjg for it to happen, and there tes no defense because those responsible considered the probability as exceedingly remote, if they considered it at all. So it does; behoove us to consider possibilities as well as probabilities.
l What I as about to considerjI wauld prefer to eliminate, but you Mll have to fdrnish me dth the data 1,y idsich Lean eliminate this very logicali, possibility. The dets sould be the reasons idiy other sites were scratched and Sodega Need selected for tii~e current nuclear reactor now being constructed.
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The unfortunate logical posisibiliiy with which I as confronted is that p.G.st. is j
sligned dth gas and oil interests and would therefore prefer to use gas and oil in preference to atomic power. The company, however, uust maintain'a position of being in favor of the public. interest, editch spalled out means greater electric generating power, lower electric rates and an: atmosphere free from ges and oil combustion products. So the company must at.the-same time be for atomic power and againsratomic power. The obvious solution to.such a~ problem is to build a reactor tdiert there dll be objections and where if the-construction 1g finally completed there is (se chance, helped by defective engineering,g of a disaster to the plant so that the public be comes alansed and resists.furthere. construction.-
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Now please don't-take offense; I am considering logical possibilities, and this'Just happens to be one. As I.heve said, I hope that the peksibility can. be eliminated. Out this een only be done d th the facts, and I don't have all of these. The' important consideration here is the fact that this possibility does exist' just as the possibility
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or by faulty : jn::% or in the event that there is any damage to human or fish and game life, then the P.8.st. shell proceed to dispos's of its assets to the' State of.
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2-site selection. The next step would be to begin construction of two more reactors on better sites and a discontinuation of the Bodego Mead site.
Ut" If you wonder ey I an aroused by this controversy, a primary resson is that I went to conserve the atmosphere..Yes, I em for electric automobiles too. Gas and oil reserves must last till the,end of the world, and I am for reserving them to the uses of chemical manufactures over centuries rather then consuming than as fast as we can now so that a few in our time can live high.
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l The other evening the president of the Seneral Mills Company appeared on a program that ws advertising his product. I was.so impressed that I. forgot det the program was, but I remembered to buy Setty Crocker when I was in the grocery store. Copid Mr. Gerdes appear on TV and explain dy some.other site was not selectedt
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