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fit}4.5 Dr. David B. Hall, Chairman Advisory Comed.ttee on Beactor Safeguards U. 8. Atoade Energy Commission Wa=Mn_gton 25. D. C.
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Secretary of the Interior to the. Chairman'of tise commission ca-manting on_ the application ofithe' Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a1 construction 4'
permit for! he proposed Bodega Head [ plant.'7 t
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health and safety, but one can.
.Udall listed his three main not completely overlook the
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up to $500,000,000 per nuclear l
hGyl[i e Possibilities of adverse incident for any casualty dam-f effects on public use of the age in excess of $60,000,000,
. n e w Point Reyes National and.for any propekty damage Interior Secretary Stew.
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e Seistnic hazards thai n excess of $60,000,000 thaO pressed ' ograve concern,,
'would be involved 'in locating m!gnt occur in the went of
.a major nuclear. reactor in auclear power plant accident over.the potential health close proximity to the San from whatever cause." -
' and safety ' peril of earth.'
.Andreas fault.
' Udall suggested in the letter He acknowledged that the that "very thorough investiga-quakes. at PG&E's pro posed nuclear power. re!
first two points hold little tion" of the seismic hazards
. 1 prospect of disaster "barring of the Bodega Head site should 4
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'. a major earthquake." But, he. added, "I feel there is jbe carried out before any con-j The secretary outlined his' reason for grave concern" struction permit can safely be.
misgivings in a letter to Dr."
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Glenn Seaborg, chairman.of Udall cited a section' of ' He offered the services of _
the Atomic Energy Comm1D:
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\\ The utility's propose'd '325,-
.says, "At least one and per. for the AEC.
000 megawatt reactor would haps two or m o r e major be built about~ 1,000 yards earthquakes can be expected from the San Andreas fault near the site within the next zone, a fact that has brought century. These may be as j
strong protests from local strong as or,even stronger
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than t..h e California earth-a
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JUDGED SAFE The secret 2ry suggested the PG & E president Norman need for design of earthquake R. Sutherland commented:.
Induced reactor shutdown ap-paratus along withisolation of
.'At the start'of the project, PG & E retained several na-the primary system.
4 "If this matter involved no tionally recognized authorities more than construction of a l
on geology and seismology to conventional thermal electric
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report on the foundation and safety of the. site. These ex.
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might be tolerable," Udau 1
perts informed the company wrote't the proposed nuclear that the site is s,ultable andi "Eu l
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power installation would mul.
l "All this evidence will be tiply these hazards manyfold.
. presented. to the Atomic "The hazards sI am most i Energy; Commission'when it holds its public hearings ini ~
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M PAGE' 2. SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Wednesday,W.Iy 22,1963 FHE **
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s i 2pake Peril, Udall Says j
.. Secretary of the Interior T. Seaborg. chairman of the. intensified because the site rStewart L. UdaH said'in Atomic Energy Commission. PG&E has selected for the Udan said'he was satisfie
' ih%h # Washington yesterday he "But one cannot overlook 325-000-mega watt plant on the power Ian - hl i feared the proposed nu. the. Government's further the Sonoma county coast is.
beinE bitterly opposed by
. clear power plant on legal obligation to pay in. only about half a mile from many Northern California Bodega Head would prove damnification up to i $500 the San Andreas fault and c nservationists, would not a menace if it were dam. million per nuclear (accident) either coastal fisheries, thus is particularly subject l
. ur aged by a major earth. for any... damage in excess to earthquake danger.
{tl e Point Reyes National l
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of $60 million."
IIis fears were contested
' "The hazards I am m.ost It would be up to the PG&E by Norman R. Sutherland
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" concerned about are torpub. to pay the first $60 million in president of the Pacific Gas ng,"ad.
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.'Udall said'the' problem is h
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safe.,,'the site is suitable and logical limits that have been officially established to safe.
The PG&E's consultants-a geologist and a seismolo.,: - guard public health and safety," Udall declared'ev gist '--- have reported "at.
Sutherladd said, how least one and perhaps two-that when "all of the ' evi.'
or more major earthquakes dence".is aired at hearings can be expected near the to be. held soort in Santa site within the next~ cen.,
Rosa, "our, positio'n.will be
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completely confirmed."
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These may be as strong
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quake of April 18, 1906."
j The 1906 earthquake set off the famous San Francisco fire.
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