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Forwards News Clippings on Dedication of Humboldt Bay Reactor
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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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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- l clear fuel about 10G3, PG&E en-Ithe company without govern. cw a boost from Pastore. 'Jhis j ,

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! ing project ushering in an cra of gineers say it will match the ment subsidy as a commereig; said. I l competitive atomic power, was cost of power from a compar- undertaking. *' Atomic power appears to be  !

t , formally dedicated today. able oil or gas-fueled clectric PG&E's controverslaVmove crossing ita economic 'Rt:bicon'  ;

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

' Eut even as national and state plant.

, leaders launched the 021 mil-

') lion project-already straining l past its licensed output of 51,- own feet as a compe!! tor of f:s l s3 ' Jaci,,, Pastore 3 :d. "This 500 kilowatts-they were looking ,  !

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., - the electric consumers of chairman of the Congressional America - which happens to {

Committee on Atomic Energv. *C33 CLcry sinde nna of us." i was principal yperker at 'n , me .. umbo:dt Day plant b 1

. cated at Euhnc Point, fai:r ceremonics honoring the birth of 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. ]Q s fe and relichic c!cetric encr-ly j g ;,13; g ,y , p 3 3 n ; M cy,,,3cpy ,23,jg g

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to a grou ing indiistrial society." - ' -

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C. C. Whcichel, PG&E vice If ,

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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rn:'d to reach 70.006 tilowatts, r 3 i which Atomic Energy Com-

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- ' adchel said future p! acts, ,

- N Ih:mbo!dt Bay, "wi:1 bc I c!can, c;ulet und snic. They will [ '

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l ATOM POWER C03II:S TO CALIFORNIA TODAY IN r.n;.,:a p i Striped stack at right marks site of nuclear power plant at Buhne PCJ.

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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.

"1!cre at IIumbcidt bay wo ~ cc.g c >,

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pression of nuelcar power for p2 ace and prosperity," l. .

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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dic%d that nuclear.pswoc:d ip;cnts will "do'.," America, i bringing " low cost, safe and * ,

reliable electric energy."

- . - - - -~a .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 '

l rubice,n," where it will be n'.;10 to compcic with coal.

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

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dent of the utility, ::cld nac-le r power will b necd:d in futuro decados for the con-!

tinued grovc'h of CMiforr.it.!

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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.

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he said, that the ccmpany, hos decided to ask the Atom-ic Energy Commission for-permission to incerate the : ,

. , p! ant's output to 70,000 kilV J wn'.ts. 4

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,j dra) ting boards are a string cf i The PG&E's $21,000,000 Humboldt Ccy nud:ce o! ant was dedi..

Zud n) Il 1 lh font $st j c ted yesterd y. The uremium-fueled c!cctric piani hcs been oper.

Bodep Head project and hng commerciaHy smco hg. I cnd ongi:isers soy it hos been do.

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 s plants arcund here within a fcw more yccrs.

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r.a/c cicotricity than all of ,

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

1 Sw ><. 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 the future of Cnlifcrnia of thc t hilcudds almoct uninterrupt- with a total additional ca. economic attainment cf :hi.ql:

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 .

l the AEC will be asked to cp- vice president engineering, of 'I a b u n d a n c y of energy rc. ,

1 prove a bacst to 70,000. PG&Eadd2d the ferecastthat I Sources... /

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 (Democrat of Rhode Island), powered." 'I power demands." he werned.  !

Chairman of the Joint Con- "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.

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be c!can, quict and saic," he ItsJndigenous supplies of oil speaker. esserted. 'ffhey will be the i ena natural gas are not capa. ,

l He lauded PG&E for using ' conventional plants

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its own risk capital, with no day." * . The answer is the atom, he '

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"The box score is impres-sive. A total of 11 power re- .

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