ML20234D306

Responds to & Forwards Rept on Geological & Seismic Investigations of Proposed Nuclear Power Plant Site on Bodega Head,Sonoma County,Ca. Findings of Investigation Show Seismic Dangers on Proposed Site.W/O Encl

ML20234D306
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Site:	05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date:	09/25/1963
From:	Carver J INTERIOR, DEPT. OF
To:	Seaborg G US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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ATTACHMENT #1 UNITEU ST.ATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Washington, D.C. 20240 l

Dear Dr. Seaborg:

September 25, 1963 In response to the letter of May 23, signed by Dr. Robert E.

Wilson as Acting Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, I ,

am now transmitting the enclosed report, GEOLOGIC AND SEISMIC i INVESTIGATIONS OF A PROPOSED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SITE ON BODEGA HEAD, SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. j l

The geologic phase of that investigation disclosed no positive J evidence of active faults passing through the parts of the site excavated as of June 6,1963 l

But our seismic hazards investigator, Dr. J. P. Eaton, con-cludes:

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l "I believe that absen'ce of demonstrably recent l faulting in those parts of the site and Bodega l Head where field relationships are reasonably j

! clear is not an adequate criterion for estab- 1 l lishing the safety of the site. Though neces-I sary, it is not sufficient. In the maze of l old faults and fractures cutting the quartz diorite, minor recent offsets could be easily overlooked. On portions of the Head where the I

quartz diorite-pleistocene contact is badly weathered or otherwise obscured small recent offsets probably could not be traced from bed- 1 rock into the sedim'entary cover. The site j excavation itself samples only a fraction of the region in which faulting might prove disas-trous to the plant.

"The common occurrence during large earthquakes of offsets od a number of minor faults in sym-pathy with 'a large displacement on the causative fault cannot be disregarded. Displacements in bedrock west of the San Andreas fault on the Point'Reyes Peninsula at the time of the 1906 earthquake indicate that faulting does occur outside the San Andreas fault zone in sympathy with large displacements within the zone. The occurrence of such offsets on Bodega Head during future earthquakes is a definite possibility.

"Because reliability limits on any estimate of seismic hazard to the proposed plant are so (more) 0% m le a s 1J .h 8709220048 851217 PDR FOIA FIRESTOB5-665 PDR e

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broad, the statement of tolerable risk must be very general. The magnitude of possible human damage that would result from the destruction of the plant by an earthquake suggests that it should be built only if there is no reasonable doubt that it would survive any earthquake like-ly to occur on the nearby San Andreas fault. It appears to me that the site does not meet this test and that it is not an adequately safe loca-tion for a nuclear power plant.

"Few places on the earth are exposed to more cer-tain earthquake risk than are those along the San Andreas Fault in northern and central Cali-fornia. The case arguing the safety of the Bodega Head site rests largely on the confidence that ' granite' is a good foundation material and that it minimizes ground shaking due to earth-quakes and on the judgment, supported but not proved by geologic investigations of Bodega Head, that no faulting has occurred there during the past several thousand years. The case against the site stresses seismology's lack of detailed information on events and conditions in the epi-central tract of a major earthquake. Because we

, "s, cannot prove that the worst situation will not prevail at the site, we must recognize that it might.

" Acceptance of Bodega Head as a safe reactor site will establish a precedent that will make it ex-ceedingly difficult to reject any proposed future j site on the grounds of extreme earthquake risk."

These findings do nothing to allay, but only reinforce, the grave concern expressed in my May 20. letter to you -- regard-ing the seismic dangers of this proposed Bodega Head location for afmajor nuclear power plant.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ John A. Carver, Jr.

Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg Chairman, United States Atomic Energy Commission 1717 H Street, N.W.

Washington 25, D.C.

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Dear Mr. Carver:

Thi s' is to acknowledge, with thanks, your 2 l!

.l 25, 1963, transmitting the report entitled

' Seismic Investigations of a Proposed Nucler

, - on Bodega Head, Sonema County, California.' l j While the report includes geological inforr through June 6, 1963, the excavation at thi ued.- Messrs. Schlocker and Bonilla, of th<

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! vey, have remained at the site and still a:

{ geology in the excavation in detail, a i Subsequent to the' period covered by your r, l

I a fault was observed in the sediments abov J excavation now has reached more than 40 fe. !

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M posed plant. l It is not yet known whether, in a geologic.

.] fault would be considered to be active or continuing in an attempt to determine appr

+ .' ago movement last occurred along the fault l

7 this point will be important in our determ I significance of the fault, and we therefor l furnish us a further report on the geologi

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• g.['p.anP uatify Ja;e fecation for R n:Iclear power plant started operWeg in ISC8 at W1 of capa.

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• s Mi**.; A "l*!! QUr5l Mr. Pa:os s Ftpri sus b= "'t en excava. elty, the eve *ege (ellverent cost of lie eteetti.

.[. M '** 7*r:ty ; 3t'.: city Wuld be 8J rtal s paa kulwat hour. Less

!!ont stMe by Peelf e G4a *%g78 Jime 6. than the 8.6 naille for an ol14ffred plant, the

==*'" Def4*e :Se fra*Mrs en 1*te .et9' ' a t discovered. eempany has esatu;ated. A mlIl te a tenth of a

.w~r& t sv wee lNe F79' e;cM the pp e ect. al: hough eeni.

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?L et those along um"a'ted'at m mCo'n.'N*PI P'8"% ***

'S% Oer 4 ""ed'rlc Co. to !ae atn AMremt f* ult in For

• in and central The AEC report la furnLthing fregh ammu.

ge.m. on,.c Iy. C.dWs." M mer "'fp t >* argumg the RUIDn to A I"oup of Ca?tfernwie v.'lio have

• Us Gaalen G2:e ,safo.,tel ne Ot.a H ad Mas largety been hattung the Pompears plans to bul!d the

• g t , p.*1de*M fial Tra t t goed foun. nualnr power plant. A consorent!onist group.

- tae ;ttt it* <ays of datter ::4wral and L'. I' . .. Maes ground i '

"vt f aul et f*ntiuse, nn, ena.rw; he to earahnuaket. r 1 on the padg. the Northern California Associa:lon to Pro.

serve Bode;s P* cad and 1: arbor, has insim*6

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~% .tf :om. man mye es-2 *21 Mt prow ' My geologic in, to mMm of hepa Him! the site is unsafe 92eaune 11 le mesr the San

-iMa rt s **- . ;. '- eur. has .eu. ed Inn dortp:t -..!atet no fau!Urg several Andreas fault sone, an settve enettvpsake tien.

After pubHe hearings in Sfsreh IP63. the l ,. - c --.e,,n.e * *e .?+ ~

e e et omaers now lang tPouA s; ya.rs. r*nnot . prove California Punlie UtlHttee Commfuion, a sta:e

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elon again #pheld the company in turning down

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1. An V Be WWUenM gmp mat e ' new hearings on the quentlen ne hey,

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EDITOR: Well, rny word! for wording!), When I wrote the line 3%s.w.w* mawwww  ;

in this column last June: ,*It is .

IAtters to Iet the Pub!!c gf my observation and opinion that 3 S peak" are welcome. They (

the tactics of the opponents (of j should be limited to 300 words

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AEC), whether they know it or lj or less. Writers MUST identify l

not, are a bit on the commic j enn ves with name and ad. a I side," I did not know we'd go into a lesson on either reading or parts of speech; but since Mary 1 dress which WW k withheld [@

Upon request, except I? the !ct.

ter attaeks another 3,erson. b Janette Darling, Bodega Bay, is j! Tht editor reserres the right f not to publish letters be re. 1 reading into it someting that isn't there, here goes: g gards as is bad taste, libelons, h[

Basically, the sentence reads: I ,' #" "*"*I

• • the tactics (noun) are (verbi a bit on the commle side." If I' *"N e"=""

had said "the opponents (nount j

are (verb) a bit on the commie even now. AEC is not able to 1 side.I would have been name. hand down a competent decision.

calling.  !

Rather a dangerous game, this' I am a Woman, but just be- tmdermining, I'd say. ',

'cause I wear a man's shirt. I And, now-Icst any of ,you < ,

am not a man. The opponents other regular readers also as.

are loyal American citizer,* and sume I am only a pen name of yet !! they employ the tactics of Paul Golis: Mr Colis is a tall, the Communists, that does not slender genticman. with dark make them Communists. Where hair (?) and nice brown eyes in

,# we 4ielve into the gray area here his late 40's or early 50's. I am is: the tactics of the (%mm=% a short (5' 2") blonde (graying)  !

are deplored and frowned upon - haired woman in my early 40's.' {

in this country, simply because 'But, thank you, Mary Janette '

they are not necessary (in fact, Darling, for the assumption of .

are detrimental) to our way of the pen narr.e. Altho it has its

. - life. The mere suggestion that ridiculously humoristic aspects, any of us could possibly be guilty I am indeed flattered-Mr. Golis of using this type of tactic in re-, is an extremely intelligent per.

lation to a subject so local is son.

unbearable. Therefore, the read. MARGARET G. SOVEY-er, an opponent of the atomic (Mrs. Wulfam I. Sovey) power plant, jumped to the de- Rohnert Park

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fensive conclusion she was being caUed a Communist. his is a .

common failing of those who do l not read well, or those who do not understand theplayof words,.

or particularly, of those who feel somewhat on the defensive in what they are reading to begin with.

Yes, agreed, we certalrJy Elo have a right to question the AEC.

But, we do not have the right to down-grade it or undermine It.

Our cherished :ights in this coun .

try are so often misused, and by so thany well-meaning citizens,.

too. Example: So the opponents become successfulin discrediting the AEC in theJ eyes of the public. 'Ihm AEC hokis' its hearings and decides in favot .

of the opponents. Who, by then, will be able to discern if AEC, is correct in its judgment? Sure.

l ly, the opponents least of' a!!.

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e h UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Washington,_D.C. 20545 No. . F-197 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel. HAzelwood 7-7831 (Friday, October 4, 1963)

Ext. 3446 AEC RECEIVES INTERIOR DEPARTMENT REPORT ON SITE PROPOSED FOR BODEGA HEAD REACTOR The Atomic Energy Commission has received a report from the Department of the Interior concerning the geological and seismological aspects of a site proposed by Pacific Gas and Electrical Company for a nuclear power plant at Bodega Head, approximately 50 miles northwest of San Francisco. A report from the Department of the Interior had been requested by AEC, in addition to other information from a variety of sources bearing upon the request of Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a construction permit.

As noted in the attached letter from Acting Interior Secretar Seaborg,ytheJohn A. Carver, geological phaseJr. , toofAEC the Chairman Glenn T. re-Interior Department port reflects the status of excavation work being conducted by PG&E at the Bodega Head site as of June 6,1963 Excavation at the site has continued since that time, and, as requested by the AEC, it has been observed by repre-sentatives of the U. S. Geological Survey, as well as by AEC personnel.

Subsequent to the ment report on geology, period covered by the Interior Depart-above bedrock. a fault was observed in the sediments The excavation now has reached more than 40 feet below sea level and, within the past few days, it has been locationfound thatproposed of the the faul't plant.

extends into the bedrock at the-in a geolo It is not yet known whether, active or.gical sense, the' fault inactive. Work is continuing would be considered to be in an attempt to determine approximately how long ago movement last occurred  !

along the fault. '. Geologists from the U. S. Geological Survey are at the site and are watching the excavation ~ork. w

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A further geological report is'being requested from the Department.of the Interior with respect to.this fault.

The Interior Department report which has been received, the further geological report being requested regarding the recently observed fault, and all other information pertain-ing to Pacific Gas and Electric Company's application for a construction permit will be studied by the AEC Regulatory Staff, its expert consultants in seismology _and structural engineering, and by the Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. The Coast and-Geodetic Survey of the U. S. Department of Commerce also is assisting the AEC Regu-latory Staff in its evaluation of the seismology.

Attached are copies of the'1etter from the Acting Secre-tary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and of Dr. Seaborg's reply requesting a further report from the Department of the Interior. Copies of the full report of the Department of the Interior are available I

for inspection at the Commission's Public LDocument Room, 1717 H Street, N.W., Washington, and at the Commission's San Francisco Operations Office, 2111 Bancroft.Way, Berkeley, California.

mx (NOTE TO EDITORS AND CORRESPONDENTS': This announcement is being issued simultaneously int the Commission's San Francisco Operations Office in Berkeley, California.)

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