ML20151X076

Forwards Preliminary Statement from State of CA Re Granting of Certificate of Public Convenience & Necessity to PG&E for Info

ML20151X076
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon, 05000000
Issue date:	07/14/1967
From:	Blanc G CALIFORNIA, STATE OF
To:	Price H US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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I thought tha t fou iaig it e interestea in i ne enclc sec briei re Pae: iic Ga r t.r.6 11ect: Le Company's Diablo Canyon p3 ant.

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..j Attorneys for Gene Blan , Cocr:ir.stor, 5 ,0ffice of Atomic Energy Dovc.;op:en: i

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l 9 1 BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILI?IES COXXISSION OF THE STA?Z OF 10 .

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This case involves the :ivestier. of wnether a Certificate' I

21 of Public Convenience ar.d Necersity shculd te issued to :he '

22 PACIFIC GAS AND ELEC*RIO COMPA::Y to ccnstruct, contr:1, cpera:e, 23 own, raintain and use a nuclea: fueled pcwer plan: in the County

• 24 , of San Luis Obispo together with transnissien lines ar.d related 23l facilities. The position of the State cf Califcrnia, as 26 g( promulgated by the unders;gned interested par:y, GENE SLANC, 27 Coordinator, Office of Atomic Energy Developmen: and .;adiation 284 frotection, is that the State cf California er.derses the pro,fect 29 as presented by the applicant ar.d urges the ?ub'.ic U:i'.itles i

30 f Coc. mission to grant the Oer:ificate of Iublic Ier.venience snd '

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5 A. Tne natural rctources of tr.= State are  ;

6, protecteo by ar. Agree.en; te: ween :ne Resources Agency, Sta te of Jaliforr.it, a 7

and the Pacific Gr.a and Electric Ccrpar.y. ,

8 After extensive research, study ar.d cor.Terences, re- i 9

presentativec of the Resources Agency entered ir.tc an Agreemen: f 10 with applicant in.which the natural resources of the State cf 11 'l California will be protected frcm any undue or infurious inter-12 lferencebyapplicant'sproposedproject. Tnis Agreement was i

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i introduced into the record as Exhibit 26. Referer.ce to this 14 iAgreement shows that the resources, ecciogy and r.arir.e bic:a l l 15 i

lare more than adequately protected. Just a few examples of the f 16

type of precautions called for in the Agreement are tha

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' cant has agreed to refrain from ccm-'itt;r.g

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18 ,the streams or ocean with excavated material; it will also take i .

19 j affirmative measurs to preserve the natura' teau:y of the area, .

20 such as locating and desigr.ing all tuildings and physica;

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i 1 21 appurtenances in such a way that the entire ir.sta'lation will t

22 ' be aesthetically compatible with the surrounding area. 1 l

i 23 Naturally, the Resources Agency was unable to write 5 i

24 l projective provisions wnien we.uld enconpass and rectify al;  : .

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t possible harmful effects wnich may result rec :he cor.strue:Lon e' i

26 l and operation of the plant, because not all of these could be j' 27 ' ascertained at the time the Agreement was written. Therefore, ~l 28 . the Resources Agency wrote requirements tha: the applicar.:

29 conduct and/or pay the expenset of ocear.ographic, water qua* ity, ,

30: and radiological surveillar.ce programa, botn pre-opera:icca; and 1 1

31 ' post-opera tional, es tab'.ish mutual'y a cceputie desig . criteria .

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4 i mitigation for losses incurred. Also, applicar.: wil l c o r. . 2 : *.

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govern its design ar.d construction of the facility accordingly.

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7 t B. The Agreezer.: between the 3escur:es .

O Agency and the acplicant is adequa:e  !

for the prote : ion of the r.atural l.

9 resources of the area be:ause it is a legally enforceabia contract.

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To be enforceable, a contract must have par:ies espab'e .

11 of contracting, their consent, a lawful o'o/ect, and a sufficien:

12 cause or consideration. Civil Code section 1550

• 13 Beyond question, the applicant, as a private corpora:icnj 14 is capable of entering inte a :entract. As an artificial person, 15 a corporation has the pcwer to centract jus: asanaturalpersenf 16 does. Corporatier..s Code secti:n 18.

17 The Adninistrator of the Resour:es Agency a;so was j 18 "capable" of entering into a con:rae which would bind nis 19 Agency. Government Code se::ier.12350 provides tha: " he .

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Administrater of each agency has the pcwer of genera". suce:visi n' 21 i over, and is directly responsible to the G:vernor for, the.

• 4 22 cperations of each department, cffice, and unit within the i

23 agency." As general supervisor cf the Rescurces Agen:y, the 24 l Adninistrato;* of the Resnur:es Agency has :ne authori:y :: '

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25 l commit his agency to a par:icu'.ar : curse of a::ica ce pclicy. ,

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27 : form of a contract which, if otherwise ;ege; and binding, will l

28 be sufficient to bind the agen:y :o a legally enforceable 1

l-29l obligation. I 30 ne Agreement in ques: ion was Ocnsen:ed ':c by bc::' f

31) the parties, as evidenced by tr.e sigt.a:ures,3f both par *.icJ. (J e e '

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2 'ipo object of this centract 10 s latiful one.

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3 it seeks to achieve is the loca-ic.. und ccnstruction of a

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f 4 nucicar power generating facility at a site wnich serve:, he ,

5 test interests of the people of nis Stato. Tnis is 'n kcoping ,

6 with the statement by tne Leg'.slature in i;0alth and Safety Code ,

7 section 2571c(a) that it is tr.e policy of the state to "[e;necur -

8 age the constructive development of indvatries prcducing er 9 utilizing atomic energy and radiation and to eliminate unnecessar'y 10 exposure of the public to ionizing radiation." Since the ob *ect ',

11 of the contract is to carry out a goal promulgated by the i

i 12 Le51slature, the contract has a "lawful obje' "  !

13 Valid and suf ficient consideration may take ene of  ;

i 14 several forms. The surrenoering or foregoing cf a legal right ,

f 15 constitutes a sufficient consideration for a contract if the j 16 ' minds of the parties meet on tne relinquishment of the right as

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17 consideration. Fuller v. Tew.=, 1 61, Cal. 89; Willis .= v. :-a r r h . }<

• i 18 , n , 166 Cal. 336. The Rescurces Agency has a legal rignt o e

19 ioppcse the application of facific Gas and Electric Ccapany fer  ;

t 20 ' a Certificate of Public Conven'ence and Necessity if the ..escurces '

i 21 l Agency believes that the Ccepany's propcsal would undu'.y har, ,

22 the natural resources or constitute a threat to human safety.

I 23 According to the above-cited cases, tr.e relinquisntent of this 24 ,right const1}utes sufficien* cause to support the contra ct , j

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. 25 i Mutual promises also are sufficient consideratice :s .

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26 l support a contract. The promises and agreements of one party to ;

27 a contract furnish a sufficient consideration to support the 23 Lpromises and agreements of the otner party. .\* e h e r v . Ka u f f-a3, J i

29 197 Cal. 674 Here, the pr:mises of the applicant to conduct  !

1 30 studies and meet other aesthetic ano censervation-oriented demands, 1

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8 remedy available to the Eesour:es Ager. y would be an equ;-

9 one, since money damages would not be adeq; ate compenas restore or protect the . natural resources involved S ;the 10 Eacific Co roany .

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12 injunctive 'e:Lef would be available to enforce the provi:1

!of this Agreement against the applicant.

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18 Evicence submit:e s sh.:.s ;cn ;usi cyly tt'.a t r.:: ;r.;;

does the Department of Parks a.d Ee:res :r not have .

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to develop the Diablo Car.ycn a s a recreaticr area .

, but even 21 it did, the area would have su:n a icw priority in conpa.* i:1 with other potential par,t sites in the State tnat funcs fcr 23 acquisition and developtent mes:

like'y ceu;d not te -ade 24 i

available within the foreseeat.c future.Exnibi; 21 3, en:1.

25 Thg South Central Coastal Stud /,

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26 ' plans of the Division of 5ea: hts and ?ar,ts for ;r: *ected , t ,.

27  ! ment in the entire San Luis Cttspo-Santa 23rtars

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28: this study does detail ex:ensi/e plans for acquisiticr ard 29 ladjacent development of the F.ontana de Cro Sta e Park whi:r. is .

30 to Diablo Canyon, it dces nc:

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31 the Diablo Canyon area for par::

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2 , of this area concent ra t-ing on t he Cc..t a XL r:a ";une:;. Again, the 3 ,l Sta te indica ted no ir.t ercat in developir.C the Diabic Can;ron cite.

l 4 i Tes tir ony given by Mr. Jar.ns F.. '. a rran , CrLT Deputy ir. charce of f

5 4 Planning and Centrol in the Di d sicn cf 3 caches and Parks, '

G shows that, it is economically it.possitie for the Division cf 4

7 ' Beaches and Parks to acquire a.id devel:p Diablo Car.ycn as pt.rt l

8 of the State's park systen ir. the near or distant future. Even '

I 9 witnesses called by the oppone.its to the application, Mr. Fred '

10 Meyer, Mr. James Trynor and Mr. Frir.ke, agreed that there was i 11 very little likelihyA that funds could be made available for the 12 ' creation of a state park in Distlo Canyon.

13 l B. Department of Conservation.

I 14 l Exhibit 31-0, cor.cistir.g of a let:er signed by Mr.

15 : Harold B Goldman, Associa:e Geologist, ctated the pesi:icr. of  ;

i i 10 l the Departtr.ent of Conserva:icn. It shews : hat his departner.t 17 lbelievesthat the Diabic Canyc.. site is feerible ar.d sui:able 18 for use as a site for e nuclear power plan:, and therefore the j 19 Department of Conservation has no ob 'e:: ion to the grsnting cf  !

I 20 the Certificate. -

t 21 C. Department of Water Resources.  ;

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In Exhibit 31-!, Mr. ?aul Clif*cn, en behalf of :ne ,

I l t 23 Department of Water Resources, states that constructicn of a  :

l 24 I nuos. ear powee plant at "the area of Avila" (as the Diacic Canycr. '

t 25 , site was called in the early investigations) would not create a I

20 , beach erosion problem in the area, prcy' ding no substan ial .

i 27 ' structures are built "waterward of the shore line". Onerefore 28 his department does not oppose the grar. ting of thJ Certificate.

29 D. Depa rtment o f Ea rbors a nd '.ia c erc ra f t . j 30 I Exhibit 31-J is a statement by Mr.1.a chland M, Ri chards ,'

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marine resources in the Diabic Ar. cvaluatiCExhibit ca cf 31.E anyon area" ccnd;,c:ed and 10 published by the Department'of Fish and Care .

The study conci 11 that as long as the stipulated precautions and ccrrective-12 y measures provided for in the Agree:t.ent are fulfi;1 d e, the'cen-13 struction and operation of the pro a

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' the marine life so adverse.* y that thposed plant wo;.;d not 'ffe objecticns. e depar: tent xcu' d ha ve ar., .

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of the ecciogy and land use at Distic Canycr nake th .

s: si:e a favorable one for the construc;icr. of this p; 24 ant. ;nerefore the i

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• 2 i nc cGfe cons t ruc t ica ar.$ ope.e,t icr. c. tt . ;,;ar.:. i!e furt r.er 3 states tnat t he Departt.cr.t of Pu'el'c Uvalin ove: r. ; cppose th? .

i 4 ) construction of the Diable CLtyor. Plar.: at propese:; ty :he 5 Pacific Gas and Electric Conper.y 6{ H. Division of Ir.dustrial Sarny.

7 The Divisten of Indu: trial Safety x&c r.c: represen:cd .

8 in the Resources Agency Agreetent either, but a letter dated g iMay 2, 1967, from Mr. William W. Steffan, Senior Health ?ny icisi, 10 (Exhibit 37) indicates that h's division it working w'th the 11

) applicant in the matter of the design, cons t ruct ion and ir.spe::'. :r.

12 of the nuclear boiler and pipir.g system. Tnis divisier. a'.sc 13 i

dces not cppose the ccnstructier. of applicant 's nu: lear pcteer 14 i generating facility at Diatlo Car.ycn.

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-l NATHAN M. NEWMARK k CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES 1114 CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING URBANA. ILLINOIS 618o1 21 August 1967 Dr. Peter A. Morris, Director Division of Reactor Licensing U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D.C. 20545 Re: Contract No. AT(49-5)-2667 Diablo Canyon Plant Discussion with Westinghouse Engineers

Dear Dr. Morris:

In accordance with the suggestion made at our meeting in Bethesda on 15 August 1967, several engineers f rom the Westinghouse Corporation visited me on Thursday, 18 August, to discuss some of the problems related to the reactor internals under combined earthquake snd blowdown loadings. Those present were Floyd Moschini, George Bohm, Romano Salvatori, Roger C. Nichols, all of Westinghouse, and myself.

The Westinghouse people understood that I could not give them design advice 1or did my discussion commit DRL in any way. I listened to their presentation and suggested that they make a formal submittal, through channels, with regard to any points on which our previous formal discussions, including that on 15 August, Indicated questions which still needed answers.

Although my position and I believe that of your personnel, Is that we cannot compromise on the earthquake hazard for the maximum earth-quake, and must insist on response spectra (or earthquake ground motions used for computer analysis) representative of a broad-band earthquake similar to a combination of earthquakes B and D as presented by the applicant, with a maximum ground acceleration of 0.4 9 for no loss of function for safe shutdown I might be willing to consider adequately conservative methods of analysis, and choice of damping factors and other f actors, that take into account the conditions in the yield range provided that the safety of the reactor is not impaired.

With this philosophy in mind, and subject to presentation of adequate supporting data Westinghouse may choose to present more evidence on the following points.

. 1. The assumption that only two of the six lateral supports of the internal assembly take shear may be restudied to take~into account some of the shearing forces that may be carried by other than the two most heavily loaded supports, provided that this can be done without undue de f o rma ti on.

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2. The damping factor of one percent used for the no loss of function conditions may be restudied to justify possibly a higher value, perhaps of two percent, provided that this is done as a function of stress and deformation level, and that this stress or deformation level is consistent with safety.

3. For the combined earthquake spectrum, i .e. , for earthquake exc!tations B and D combined, as representative of a possible extreme eartoquake, and with concurrent blowdown conditions, higher strain levels may be used than those implied by yield limits, provided that major yielding is limited to values which would not impair the capability of safe shutdown.

4 Although for the maximum earthquake of 0.4 g,there will be no loss of function for safe shutdown, it may be that the allowable code limits would be exceeded for the 0.2 g design earthquake combined with blowdown. If this proves to be the case, information may be submi tted to indicate under what conditions the code limits would not be exceeded, either for the individual earthquakes, acting separately, or for some lower level of combined earthquake, or for some slightly increased stress i

or deformation level.

Consideration of these items will await submittal of the necessary data and justification. No indication was given by me as to any action that might be taken in advance of such presentation and justification.

I ind!cated that I thought it would be desirable for any future conferences of this sort to be arranged through your office in order that a representative of DRL could be present.

Very truly yours, k 9hdM. A N. M. Newmark-NMN:dp cc: W. J. Hall