ML13115A554

LTR-13-0356 - E-mail, Susan Brown Postponing the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Restart

ML13115A554
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	04/24/2013
From:	Brown S - No Known Affiliation
To:	Apostolakis G, Macfarlane A, Magwood W, Ostendorff W, Kristine Svinicki NRC/Chairman, NRC/OCM
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Thu, Apr 25, 2013 14:29 1 Page No: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET LTR-13-0356 PAPER NUMBER:

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LTR-13-0356 - Susan Brown E-mail re: Postponing the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Restart ACTION: RF, SECY to Ack.

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Joosten, Sandy From: Soul Magic [soulmagicI2@gmail.com]

Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 9:57 PM To: CHAIRMAN Resource; CMRAPOSTOLAKIS Resource; CMRMAGWOOD Resource; CMROSTENDORFF Resource; CMRSVINICKI Resource

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San Onofre nuclear plant

Dear NRC Members,

I respectfully request that you postpone any restart of the San Onofre nuclear plant until full open public meetings are held. Actually I would prefer if you just bite the bullet and say NO to Edison on any restart and begin decommissioning

.. Some information (and a few questions) below in case you aren't aware .. "There is evidence that SCE was aware that the steam generators might be flawed .. " http://eon3emfblog.netl?p=5943 Expert Says Edison Misled Regulators on San Onofre Changes .. "Edison's decision to cram an additional 377 tubes into the replacement steam generators was the root cause" of the leak, wrote nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen in a recent report commissioned by the environmental group Friends of the Earth. http://www.voiceofoc.orglhealthy communities/article ca8c632a-85bc-l1 e l-a74c-00 1 a4bcf887a.html http://libcloud.s3.amazonaws.coml93/86/511285/Fairewinds FOE Cascading Steam Generator Failures San Onofre 2012 4 12.pdf Activists Grill NRC on San Onofre Restart -Updated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswNgQ82bW4 THE NRC HAS NEVER NOT APPROVED A LICENSE EXTENSION RENEWAL Senator (now vp) Joe Biden on Nuclear Power From 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcnpjF5dxiw&feature=youtu.be The Risks of San Onofre -Harvey Wasserman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coyjDlgioxA&feature=youtu.be Have no fear the NRC is here! 10 miles evacuation zone??? http://www.youtube.comlwatch?v=gD9khDiWT94 GAO finds NRC needs better understanding of emergency preparedness beyond 10-mile zone http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord id=f5fce ac2-0546-1cbO-Oe39-edcI3c2a7964 CA Senator Blasts Gov't Agency Overseeing San Onofre Thursday, April 11, 2013 KPBS-TV (San Diego Rochelle Becker, Director Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility http://a4nr.orgD http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/apr/l1/nrc-signals-possible-restart-san-onofre-billl QUESTION:

Did you ever respond to the BoxerlMarkey letter? If so I would like to see your response. "California nuclear plant (San Onofre) a 'time bomb' if restarted Chance of nuke disaster in U.S. very, very, 1 very high ... not if, but when" -Dr. Helen Caldicott, Nobel Laureate http://enenews.comlcaldicott-san-onofre-a-time-bomb-if-restarted-chance-of-nuclear-disaster-in-u-s-very-highits-not-if-but-when-video "Will San Onofre Be "Our" Fukushima?

http://www.blogtalkradio.comluniversalvoice/20l3/04/03/will-san-onofre-be-our-fukushima-l Solar is 5 times cheaper than Nuclear http://www.nbcnews.comlid/21l34540/vp/43222728#43222728 Videos discussing the dangers of San Onofre http://committeetobridgethegap.org/category/san-onofre

/ Senator Boxer said the ruling was "dangerous and premature," especially since "the damaged plant is located in an area at risk of earthquake and tsunami-" She added that "It makes absolutely no sense to even consider taking any steps to reopen San Onofre until these investigations look into every aspect of reopening the plant given the failure of tubes that carry radioactive water." http://www.nukefree.org/editorsbloglrestart-duel-san-onofre-takes-seismic-Ieap QUESTION:

Is San Onofre prepared for an EMP? Ifso, details please. Government Report Exposes Lack of Preparedness for Nuclear Emergency http://ecowatch.coml20 131government-report -exposes-lack -of-preparedness-for-nuclear-emergencyl SoCal Edison'S fraudulent behavior regarding the Replacement Steam Generators at San Onofre http://acehoffman.blogspot.coml Former US NRC Chairman Gregory laczko: "All l04 nuclear power reactors now in operation in the United States have a safety problem that cannot be fixed" http://ex-skf.blogspot.cal2013/04/former-us-nrc-chairman-gregory-jaczko.html San Onofre to Boxer, Markey & the Public: DROP DEAD! http://progressive.orglsan-onofre Oldie but goodie -Obama -"we just dislike the fact that IT MIGHT BLOW UP AND RADIATE US AND KILL US (LAUGHTER)

THAT'S THE PROBLEM" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MCtlnuMgg Y

and Reliability of California Nuclear Reactors http://solarshirley.wordpress.coml20 13/04120/econmics-and-reliability-of-california-nuclear-reactorsl The San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant has the worst safety complaint record of all U.S. nuclear reactors according to Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and more. http://sanonofresafety.orgl U.S. nuclear companies fight new safety measures 4 Mar 2013 Filter that could be fitted to a reactor's vent to capture radiation during an accident.

http://grist.org/news/u-s-nuclear-companies-fight-new-safety-measuresl "NRC is also contemplating requiring filters to capture vented radioactive material." http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/il3INuclear-Retirement-Anxiety.html 2

NRC Delays Action on Reactor-Vents http://washpost.bloomberg.comlStory?docId=1376-MI4ICU6TTDUUO 1-4NAEOD9JK8E 1

QUESTION:

Could we have this filter installed before any restart California's Unnecessary Nukes -Barbara George -The State has an Excess of Generating Capacity San Onofre and Diablo Canyon. We don't need http://residentsorganizedforasafeenvironment. wordpress.coml20 13/04/181 Blatant Disregard For Public Safety: Crippled Nuclear Power Plant in California Is Being Fast-Tracked http://www .alternet.orglenvironmentlblatant-disregard-public-safety being-fast?akid=l 0335. 156167.xV220X&rd=1 Edison loves obscurity and runs from transparency.

What are they http:/ Imyemail.constantcontact.comlEdison-loves-obscurity -and-runs-from-transparency

--What -are-Nuclear is not a low carbon source of http://www.washingtonsblog.coml2 0 13/04/nuclear--a-Iow-carbon-source-of-energy Does nuclear power produce no C02? Proponents of nuclear power always say that one of the big benefits nuclear power is that it produces no Carbon dioxide (C02). This is completely 350 layoffs pending at San Onofre nuke plant -http://www.utsandiego.com/news/20 l3/aprl How Should We Deal With Nuclear http://online.wsj.com/article/SB 1 000 Almost one-in-six U.S. nuclear reactors experienced safety breaches last year due in part to poor oversight federal The NRC -Edison's atomic lapdog -No significant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) lowers safety standards in order to keep old nuclear power such as San Onofre, operating.

With 90% of their over $1 billion budget coming from nuclear industry there is an obvious conflict of http://sanonofresafety.org/nrc-problemsSan Onofre: Restart plan would cost customers

$150M more than replacement http://nukefree.foe.org/news/20 Regulators aware for years of understated seismic risks to nuclear http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011 103/18/3 700/regulators-aware-years-understated 3

Side note: Songs is designed to resist a 7.0 earthquake

-The Fukishima earthquake was 9.0 .. The tsunami wall at San Onofre is 14 feet at high tide -The fuku tsunami was 45-65 feet high .. What happened to this? March 2012 letter nrc order requires provisions for mitigation strategies for design external http://www.nrc. gov Ireactorsl operatingl ops-experience/j apanlplantsl "San Onofre's Stearn Generators:

Significantly Worse than All Others Nationwide" -Arnie Gundersen, vice president of Fairewinds, Master Degree in nuclear engineering with 40-years of nuclear power During his nuclear power industry career, Arnie also managed and coordinated projects at 70-nuclear plants in the US.

Nuclear Power is over. It's not a good business http://enenews.com!watch-top-economist-nuclear-power-is-over-frankly-i-think-from-a-business-perspective After so many nuclear disasters, why is there STILL no public monitored radiation system in place, nor public health surveys being done regularly?

Nuclear power plants leak like sieves http://www.laprogressive.com!restarting-san-onofreNuclear Experts Agree, San Onofre's Replacement Steam Generators Are ht!p:lldecommission.sanonofre.com!20 13/0 Can California do without San Onofre? We have done just fine for over a year without San Onofre http://www.kpbs.org!news/20 13/mar/21/region-will-have-adequate-power-without-san-onoThe Flawed Logic Behind Restarting San Onofre in Light of http://www.laprogressive.com/restarting-san-onofreCalifornia legislators blast Public Utilities Some lawmakers called for the ouster of Paul Clanon, the PUC's executive director since 2007, after a report by an outside consulting group unveiled a stunning disregard for safety pervading the http://www.mercurynews.com!california-budgetlci Journal warned of San Onofre issue -Unheeded articles predicted vibrations that ended up shutting http://www.utsandiego.com!news/20 131 apr/201 someone-saw-san-onofre-San Onofre: Los Angeles votes to oppose reactor restart without public Susan 4