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Opposes Util Plan to Build Atomic Reactor at Bodega Head Due to Location Near San Andreas Fault
ML20239A322
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Site: 05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date: 05/27/1963
From: Merrihue C
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Dear Dr. Seaborg:

i I am writing to express oppositionio' the plaii of 2G and2 '

to build an atomic reactor at Bodega Head. Numerous'. reasons have been advanced by others. Permit me to.suggest a new one. l i

i I myseIf am not competent to judge the safety or wisdom of -l building a reactor on top of the San Andieas fault, but to the ave-i an y'i -

rcge layman this sounds like virtual insanity. fhere is.already >

an' undercurrent of fear concerning things radioactive among the , '

general public. . This in,c'ombination with the added concern that a natural disaster could' trigger an atomic one has produced.an. 'l atmosphere of fear and distrust which can~not be argued away, re- 0 gardless of'the merits of the argument. B.111 ding this' reactor in the face of such widespread hostility will, I fear,' foster /the '

l impression that PG'and E, the AEO, and the scientific community. l itself public.

are.all oblivious to the safety and.' welfare of the general

. faction of .Such'a tba population, decision can to the only act'to enhance detrizhent of us all. the anti-scientific' .j

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Furthermore, there are va. lid conservationist arguments against

. sacrificing a spot .of spectacular sceni'c '. beauty,' especially one. *

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locatec so close to a large population center. ' The anclogy with' 3 Yosemite Valley is compelling. On a typical summer weekend the.

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' thousands, yet nearby. lies a second' valley of equal beauty, Hetch '

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ago.as n' reservoir. .The needed water'could certainly have been' "

obtained elsewhere, and this disaster in conservation' avoided. o But short-sighted arguments of ec.onomy and convenience led to the loss of an irreplaceable. natural resource, at a time when the fucure .

demands of a'n, expanding population were less obvion's. In this base'.

l it has not been demonstrated that a crisis is at hand, requiring ,

4mmediate development of new sources of.powerr,.and even if there' were, it seems clear that various other. locations would do. n ..

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.1(ay 27,.1963  !", 'i ' '

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'a I am writing to express oppositionio' the plaii of PG s.ndE '

l to build an atomic reactor e.t Bodega Head. Numerous; reasons have'. j been advanced by others. Permit me to.suggest a new one. - .

m I myseIf am not competent'to judge the safety or wisdom of .M building a reactor on top.of the San Andreas fault, but to the ave- ' %

rage layman this sounds like virtual insanity'. There is.already v 1.Q j-an undercurrent of fear concerning things radioactive among the *, d general public. . This in.c'ombination with the added concern that '

i' a natural disaster could ' trigger an atomic o2ie has produced .an-9 atmosphere of fear and distrust which can~not be~ argued away, re- 9

d. gardless of the merits of the argument. Building this' reactor in- H

?' the- face of such widespread hostility will,'I fear,' foster the ]j

.T impressio ~n that 2G'and E,. the AEC, and the scientifici community

o. itself are all oblivious to the safety and.~ welfare of the general' "

public.

f' . . .Such'a decision can only act'to enhance the anti-sc1entific ,j

. ' . faction of the population, to the d.etriment of us all.

,y J' Furthermore, there are valid conservationist arguments against' '

',:p; - sacrificing a/ spot .of spectacular sceni'c.:beautyi especially one. - .

1 located so close to a large population center. ' The anc1cgy with'

.1 l . Yosemite Valley is compelling. On a typical summer weekend the.

i campgrounds there are mobbed, and vacationers turned. away by the thousands, yet nearby. lies a secund' valley of equal beauty, Hetch ' d 3l -- Hetchy, which can not be enjoyed because .it was preempted years - ~!

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