ML20235A058

Forwards News Clippings on Dedication of Humboldt Bay Reactor

ML20235A058
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Site:	Humboldt Bay, 05000000
Issue date:	09/24/1963
From:	Southwick R US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Fouchard J US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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Joe Deushead, moue Seevise Beameh September 24, 1963 Divisten of Seb11e ImJemmaties, 34 aodney L. nWa% Assistemt to the Manager fear mob 11e f=8===aHm=, SAN BEpid* ATMA CF N EkT REACER MEsRLs At*=e w are stesias en the M dame 8mn of the Bumboldt. Rey Beacter (Fees) at thish ammater Stastore (D.R.I.), Chairman'ef the JCAE, was primelpel speaker.

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3. Clip, 8.F. Beemdeer, 9/24/63 4, Clip, Senda Rosa Paeos Democrat, 9/23/63 f""

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i i EUREKA-The llumboldt Bay At its second ioading with nu-l The project was financed bylnanced reactor at Codega Headi j nuclear Powcr plant, a P ancer-clear fuel about 10G3, PG&E en-Ithe company without govern. cw a boost from Pastore. 'Jhis j l

! ing project ushering in an cra of gineers say it will match the ment subsidy as a commereig; as a healthy development, he said.

I l competitive atomic power, was cost of power from a compar-undertaking.

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able oil or gas-fueled clectric PG&E's controverslaVmove crossing ita economic 'Rt:bicon'

' Eut even as national and state plant.

to Iccate another privately fi -it shortly will stand on its

, leaders launched the 021 mil-

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own feet as a compe!! tor of f:s l

500 kilowatts-they were looking s3 ' Jaci,,, Pastore 3 :d. "This I

to the near future wheri nuclear, competition must inevitably i

energy will be as chedp as that bencut onc very in'portoct grocp j

from coal and oil.

I:cht one very fraportant group Sen. John Pastore, D-R.I.,

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Committee on Atomic Energv.

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i was principal yperker at 'n

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ceremonics honoring the birth of

. cated at Euhnc Point, fai:r the Pacific Gas and E!cctric miles southwes: of the cer.tcr Co. fac!!ity.

of Enha.

Ile lonked checd to the time when " atomic y. lams.'cii! da this country, bringing low cost.

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s fe and relichic c!cetric encr-ly to a grou ing indiistrial society."

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president for engineering, re-b vcaled that the utility has plans f

to build nuclear units of one 6s.

million kilowatts in the 1970s.

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1 Eurcha Senator John O. Pastore (Dem-R. I.) helped dedicate the Pacific Gas and Elcetric Co.'s first nuclear power plant yesterday and praised the company's con-troversial Eodega Bay project.

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Pastore said at the cere-mon x innuguratir.g PC&C's 00.0',; hilev.ntt p r o j c c t on j!!amSc%tbay.

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POLI!!CTION Pc. store, chairman oC the Joint Congressicr:2 Commit-tee ca Atomic Er.crgy, pre-dic%d that nuclear.pswoc:d ip;cnts will "do'.,"

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.d "I cm pleased that Pacific SENATOR PASTORE Gas and E!cetric is circady Prcies for Dodc; r. project p;tnnlag another privately Il-nanced reactor at 3cdoga Hotd," Pastore conti:ud.

"This is a hen!!hy develop-ment."

Pcstore said atomic power apper.rs to L3 on the ver;c of crossing "it: cconcric '

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oil cnd gas in the cc.:t of producing c!cctricity.

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dont in chargo ci cugincarh.g '

fe PGAE, reported the IInm-bcidt bay plant hcs bcon in commercial operatic since Augu.st i.

I It h;s been working so well, t he said, that the ccmpany, hos decided to ask the Atom-ic Energy Commission for-

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i lh font $st j c ted yesterd y. The uremium-fueled c!cctric piani hcs been oper.

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hng commerciaHy smco hg. I cnd ongi:isers soy it hos been do.

Bodep Head project and some 1,000.000-kilowatt giants ing so well it will be able to compete economiccily with oil cnd 3

1 for the 1970's.

eos-fueled plants arcund here within a fcw more yccrs.

s Each of them will gencrcta r.a/c cicotricity than all of i

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- noa operating in the United tion with a cap:c!!y of nearly PG&E President Robert H.,

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one million kilowatts. More.

Gerdes observed that "the

. "boldt Day's unit has over, seven rccctors are either tremendcus imperter.co tol ba.. mish:g its rated 60.000 underconstruction orplanned economic attainment cf :hi.ql:

the future of Cnlifcrnia of thc t hilcudds almoct uninterrupt-with a total additional ca.

edly since Aug.1. It shows s0 pacity of 1,703,000 kilomatts.

p!:nt ma / not ha ful!y r.pprc.[

much reserve capacity that To which C. C. Whclchel, cleted because of the currcut the AEC will be asked to cp-vice president engineering, of 'I a b u n d a n c y of energy rc.

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prove a bacst to 70,000.

PG&Eadd2d the ferecastthat More than 600 unders cf "after 1970 it is probable that 5' But "CaliferMa's cadm!q public cnd private community almost all,if no; all,new fuel. f cped econa:nic hydro power; life attended the dedication.

electric genert.!!cg plants in J resources could meet en!y :.

Senator John O. P a s t o r e the State will be n u cI e a r small portion of our future

'I power demands." he werned.

(Democrat of Rhode Island),

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"These plants,like this pio.

"There are no comracrcial da-grcssional Co m mittcc on neerHumboldt Ecy plaat, will i posits of coal in California.

Atomic Encrgy, was featured be c!can, quict and saic," he ItsJndigenous supplies of oil speaker.

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its own risk capital, with no day."

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"The box score is impres-sive. A total of 11 power re-actors are aircady in opera-

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