ML20238D508

Limited Appearance Statement by SR & Kp Mcdaniel & N Scruggs,Et Al Re Storage of Nuclear Waste at Plant.Opposes Action

ML20238D508
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	06/22/1987
From:	Mcdaniel K, Mcdaniel S, Scruggs N AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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OLA, NUDOCS 8709110224
Download: ML20238D508 (2)

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l JUNE 22,1987 0 ?:n7 l D. & um ch DIABLO CANYON BOARD C/0 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 MY FAMILY AND I WANT TO GO ON RECORD WITH OUR VIGOROUS OPPOSITION TO THE HIGH DENSITY NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE )

L BEING PROPOSED FOR DIABLO CANYON. THIS EXPANDED STORAGE FOR L j FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT OF SPENT FUEL,THAN THE PLANT WAS DESIGNED 1 TO HOLD AMOUNTS TO NOTHING MORE THAN CREATING A NUCLEAR DUMP IN I OUR COUNTY. THIS COMPOUNDS THE RISK. FORCED UPON THE CITIZENS OF I SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY IN THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE MADE TO LIVE WITH THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY OF A' NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENT, BUT NOW THE WELL.

POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT OCCURING AT THIS WASTE DUMP AS I

i THE N.R.C. AND PG&E WILL BE DERELICT IN THEIR I L DUTIES NOT TO CONSIDER THE RECENTLY COMPLETED STUDY BY j BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY WARNING OF THE SEVERITY 0F AN l ACCIDENT AS IS BEING THAT COULD BE CAUSED BY JUST SUCH HIGH DENSITY STORAGE  !

PROPOSED. THE PROSPECT OF DAMAGE BEING TWICE AS BAD AS A CORE MELTDOWN IS HORRIFYING TO US RESIDENTS AND WE DEEPLY {

RESENT BEING HELD HOSTAGE WHILE THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY PLAYS ITS GAME OF CHANCE.

THE BROOKHAVEN REPORT INDICATES THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF SUCH A WASTE FACILITY STORAGE ACCIDENT WOULD BE AN EARTHQUAKE WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE COOLING WATER TO DRAIN FROM THE l POOLS, OVERHEATING AND IGNITING THE FUEL RODS.- FEW, IF ANY OF US, HAVE THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF A LARGE EARTHQUAKE, 50 TI'AT POSSIBILITY MAY SEEM REMOTE -- AND PG&E CERTAINLY DOES ALL IT CAN TO MINIMIZE IT -- BUT WE CAN'T FORGET THAT THE WASTE PRODUCTS OF THIS PLANT ARE DEADLY FOR HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF YEARS, AND THAT THIS PLANT WAS BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO '

AN EARTHQUAKE FAULT. AND WHILE WE MAY NEVER SEE IT, OUR CONCERN FOR THE CONSEQUENCES THIS PLANT MAY HAVE ON FUTURE GENERATIONS SHOULD NOT STOP WHERE OUR LIVES END.

THE POSSIBILITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE COMBINED WITH THE CERTAINTY OF HUMAN ERROR MAKES THIS HIGH DENSITY STORAGE ESPECIALLY PERILOUS. WE READ ALMOST MONTHLY 0F HUMAN ERRORS OCCURING AT DIABLO CANYON: DOORS BEING BLOWN OFF WHEN PRESSURE WAS NOT EQUALIZED; SPILLS OF RADIOACTIVE WATER AND VENTING OF RADIOACTIVE STEAM; FIRE IN THE TURBINE BUILDING; INNUMERABLE 3

LEAKS, ALL THE WHILE BEING ASSURED BY PG&E SPOKESPERSON . '

RON WEINBERG THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC; THAT THE AMOUNT OF RADIOACTIVITY RELEASED IS PERFECTLY SAFE, THAT THERE IS NG CAUSE FOR. CONCERN.

WELL, THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVITY. WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT RADIATION HAS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT AND THAT IT CAUSES CANCER, AND MR. WEINBERG'S STATEMENTS HAVE ABOUT

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AS MUCH CREDIBILITY AS THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY STILL'INSISTINGLTHAT SMOKING DOESN'T CAUSE LUNG CANCER.

l IN CONCLUSION, WE INSIST THAT THE BROOKHAVEN REPORT i BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED BY THE N.R.C.; THAT THE TESTIMONY OF. j THOSE PREPARERS OF THE STUDY BE SOLICITED; AND WE REITERATE OUR '

ADAMANT OPPOSITION TO THE~ EXPANDED FUEL STORAGE SOUGHT-BY PG&E.-

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SHARON R. MCDANIEL KENNETH P. MCDANIEL- a NELL,SCRUGGS WILLIAM SCRUGGS TERI ERNST DON ERNST WES SCRUGGS LINDA SCRUGGS VERA MCDANIEL LYLE'MCDANIEL 3 96 MILLER ~WAY ARROYO GRANDE , CALIFORNI A 93 420

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