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Responds to 631023 Ltr Re Proposed Nuclear Reactor at Bodega Bay,Ca.Usgs Began Thorough Field Study of Geology of Site on 630510 at AEC Request
ML20235C312
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Site: 05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date: 12/09/1963
From: Price E
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To: Fogarty S
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, I outsCT neeket No.30-205 DEC 9 1963 Miss Sheson Fogarty 18 St. Mary's Place Redwood City. California Dear Miss Fegartys This replies to your letter dated October 13,1M3 addressed to the Atemte Energy ceaudssion concerning the amolear power reenter pre. l posed for eenstreotter at Bedess Bay, California. j I

At the Ceaudosion's r:g ;. the U. 3. Geelegical survey, Departesat i of the Intester, en May 10. IM3 begam a thoruush field study of the j geology of Bodega Bay. In additten, emport osmanitents' have beam retained to assist the AEC regulatory staff in evalusting Psaffie Gas

& Electrie Company's appiteetism with respeot to the seismology of the ares and structural desism of the pssposed plant. The Coast and Goedette Survey of the 5.- 8. Departemmt of Ceumarce aise is assisting us in our evalmettom of the seismology.

A report dated September 25, IMS setting forth the results of field )

~mo . o work at the site through Joas 6,1M3 has been submitted to the Atomic Energy Ceemissies by the Department of the 1sterier. A copy of an AgC publie =====maement eeneerning the report is emelesed. M will  !

note that a further geological report has been requested from the '

Department of the Interior.

Canoeratas the danger of an "stemte empleaton", there is no danger l

. that a amolaar peuer reester auch as that proposed for esastruction i at Bedess Bay will emptede like an stande hoah. In addittom to ex.

terest oestrol systems, such seestors pessoas inherent charseteristies wkteh are estf.11mittag with zospost to the rate of release of eeergy.

App 11 easts for license to constmust and operate a muctaar remoter are required to postulate the Smasisma eredible seendent" for the reester.

The teshmical staff of the ABC and the Ceemission's Advisory Committee j

'em Reester safeguards study the postulated meeldest to deterudme whether -

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constructies sad operaties of a reester for skish the assisen j eredible accident would have the resents which you demeribe as i those of a

  • major socident". l The mest serious remeter aseident in the United States seesirred I la Jemmary 1961 la the SL-1 reester at the Commission's Idahe Beector (

Teattag Statten. It did not seemit in "... the lose of 110 lives". l It resulted in the death of three military operating perseemel. Me usebers of the general pub 11e wetekilled er injured. Although the j SL.1 use a boiling unter type remotor it see sies an experimental l rosetor. It ses desismed to permit manipsistion and esperimentaties t ektek, la the ease of 11eensed healing water power seesters, is pre-eluded both by laterleeks and by inherent muelaer eheraeteristies.

Staae it uns an esper1=amtal reester, it see located at the National Roseter Testing Staties at Idaho. That site is used by the Atmaic Isaray Commission for the sometweeties and operetten of seesters en-ploylag esecepts which the Ceemission feels shoald be tested la the f,selation a2fonded by the Entiemet Reester Teattag Statten. J Despite the fact that about SE of the fission produets, i.e., radio- '

active meterial generated in the operetten of the remeter, were released, the estent of esataminatism of the surremeding esos was gaite lialted. This was tres even though the SL-1, as an experi- {

mental reester and, therefore, leested in a remose arms, une hommed j to a building abish wee not destaand to afford more them a very

=Aninnes annuet of eenfinement of radiesetive material. In sentrast, mustear power reesters whtok are 11eensed by the AEC for esastruation sad operation meet be provided with eseteissueet sack that espesure of individuals entside the plant Wes would met be serious even in the event of a assiana eredible assident. i 4

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The SL-1 seeldest is the saly amoleer aseident, escurring in the  !

United States la a reester, ghteh venalted la fatalities. A very  !

few seeldents heve impelved espesure of operettas esplayees to radia-ties above pommissible tiette with no reported isQory.

Basleeed is a pamphist which describes the ,.1::'-  :: seisting to the 11oemetag of power reestore by the Atemte Baergy Commiestem. We are eenfident that these , ::i~ aaf their psevision for peh11e haertag will enable all .isterested porosas to seguaint themselves with the detalla of Postfie Gas & Electrie Chapenfe propesel and will moeurs

\ thereagh eensideretten of all espeets of the~peepoemd plant beertag upes the queettaa of h it saa be esastausted and operated at the ,

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DEC 9 1963 Miss sharum FeGarty liquid and D!spessi of redteestive asete material Also emotuded la theated and the esture sideraties in the review of as application. safety evalmetten ar in the reacter.

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This replies toh u- - er dated October 23, 1963 addressed to the f tocac Energy 4w sai a concerning the aclear power reactor pro-posedforconj ' .:t1 . at Bodega Bay, C lifornia.

J 1 At the ' sal on's equest, the O. ' . Coological Survey, Department oftheInteriod,onh / 10, 1963 be,an a tnercugh field study of tho

eology of 2odtga 3sy. In addition, expert consultants have been retaintA to assist the AEC regul ry staff in evaluating Pacific Gas

. .lectric Company's applicati with respect to the seismology of the area and structural design of he proposed plant. ihe Coast and Geode. tic Survey of the U. S. Aeportment of Comerco alto is assisting , _ , . , .

us in our evaluation of theAelseology.

report dat ed repteraber 5,1963 setting forth the results of field work at the site throug June 6.1913 has been suizzitted to the Atoado fncer,/ Ccaiacion by tJy? Department of the interior. A copy of an ACC public announcement concerning the report is enclosed. lou will note that, a further geological report has been requested from the '

Department of the Icterior.

Concerning the danger of an " atomic explosion", there it' no danger that a nuclear power reactor auch as that pnaposed for construction at Sodega f;ay will explode like an atomic bomb. In addition to external control systana, such reactors possess inherent characteristics which are self-lis:iting with respect to the rate of release of energy.

The %a, tor accidents which you describe is incredible with respect to arcr nuclear reactor whidh might be licensed by the Atorsic Energy Comaission.

The rosctor accident which occurred in 1961 at the Cocuission's stational Reactor Testing Station resulted in the loss of three' lives, not 110. The reactor involved, the SL 1, was an experi. j mental reactor, not a licensed reactor. The lives lost were those of operating p+rsonnel, not oca.sbers of the general public.

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' gaseous effluents are among t the maf an application. devices to be incorpo tideration in the review devaluation are the numerous safe y

, reactor. the procedures relatingVeto are the Energy Commission.

Enclosed is a pr.mphletquaint which their provision for public hearing describeslicensing of pr themselves with the confident thr.c these procedures and oposal and will assure will enable all interested peersons to sedetails of Paci f the proposed plant bearing e thorough canaideration of all aspects be constmeted o and operated atthe heal upon the questian of whether it canthe proposed site with f

public. Sincerely yours, Eber B. Price Assistant DLrector Division of Licensing and EeCulation

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