ML13081A375

LTR-13-0239 - E-mail Gary Headrick Concerns San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station

ML13081A375
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Site:	San Onofre
Issue date:	03/19/2013
From:	Headrick G San Clemente Green
To:	Macfarlane A NRC/Chairman
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LETTER DATE: ACKNOWLEDGED SPECIAL HANDLING: NOTES: FILE LOCATION: Concerns San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Appropriate Chrm, Corers, OPA, SECY to Ack.03/19/2013 Yes ADAMS DATE DUE: DATE SIGNED: EfD1pL2: L-)Ztn- ýaHi{1 Joosten, Sandy From: San Clemente Green [gary@sanclementegreen.org]

Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 6:36 PM To: CHAIRMAN Resource

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There is a lot going on with San Onofre, but I'll try to be brief.Having trouble viewing this email? Click here IZ=, L: L..... L

Dear Allison,

I regret having to begin with an apology, but so much is happening that I may be guilty of information overload in this update. I'll try to parse it down to key points and let you follow it for more details as you like. First segment is on the latest news coverage followed by a segment on actions you may want to participate in. Thanks in advance for wading through this one.Gary:Here is the latest in the news..INTERVIEW: -Former U.S. nuke-watchdo-q chair says regulators must Stay independent

In a recent interview with The Asahi Shimbun in Washington, Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of theU.S Nuler Rgultoy Commission (NRC),. said it is ruilfrancer watchdog to stay independent from the nuclear industry..*-

Here are some important statement .s from this -article, but an. amnazingly frank. and.frightening insight.into the inner workings of the NRC is -covered in more detail.A lot of what I fought against when I was chairman was to re-instill that culture :that.our job is to ensure safety and to -do what we need to do. And that was -met with tremendlous opposition f rom my colleagues on the commission.

Every. time there is. something w'e did -not expect., then we add on a new safety.system to 1 fix that hole. It is like a dike leaking everywhere.

If we do not want to deal with the waste, and if nobody wants a repository, you just have to stop generating nuclear power. There is no other answer.Senior executives of the utilities, who demand certain things and ask certain things of the chairman, expect it to be done.Several good articles came out with this recent announcement from Edison that they could safely run a defective reactor at 100% (not just 70%), without first fixing the problem.L A Times -One San Onofre unit could be restarted at full power, Edison says CBS News -San Onofre Nuclear Plant Could Break Down At Full Power Washington Post Report: Running San Onofre nuke plant at full power could cause breakdown after 11 months Here is my take on it...Another way of understanding what Edison claims is that if they were allowed to run at 100% for 11 months there could be a tube rupture resulting in a catastrophic release of radiation into the environment, contaminating California for who knows how long.Edison's ability to accurately predict the future: Four new steam generators had a design flaw that underestimated the extreme forces in the system by 400%and failed in less than two years instead of forty. They also predicted massive blackouts if they went off line, especially during the summer, but the lights are still on more than a year later.It is obvious that Edison will say or do anything to avoid the scrutiny of a License Amendment hearing. All the more reason to have one.All we are asking for is to have a restart decision made by a body of independent jurors or a judge where testimony is under oath, cross examinations are allowed by independent experts, and evidence is made available to all.Besides all this, we have vulnerabilities like cyber attack, earthquakes and tsunamis, aged equipment, human error, terrorist threats, sabotage.The fact is, we don't need to take the risk that Edison is putting on our backs for their own profit.Our school district will consider passing a resolution calling for a license amendment hearing.2 Parents Want Capo Unified Involved in Nuke Plant Debate They ask for school board members to follow the example of San Diego Unified.(We now have confirmation for being on the Agenda, 3/27. See Actions in next block)MSN Video Report -Potential cyber attack on San Onofre (as if we don't have enough to worry about)Officials warn about America's cyber war weak spots AP -San Onofre's top exec made $2 million in 2012 while nuclear plant was shut all year and ratepayers shelled out $54 million per month for nothing.3 Join our Mailing List* San Clemente Green* San Onofre Safety (SOS)Forward this email 4 5~fetTh~tri~e constunt confoct, This email was sent to chairman@nrc.gov by gary@(sanclementeoreen.org Update Profile/Email Address Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribeTM Privacy Poli.San Clemente Green 2837 Penasco 2837 Penasco 1 San Clemente 1 CA 1 92673 5