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DI.R CTE l j Docket No. 50-205 ! 1 OCT 151963 i 111ss Tiovina Conner 614 Benjamin lisy 4 1 Healdsburg, California
Dear Miss Conner:
This replies to your letter of September'18,1963 addressed to President Kenne# concerning the nuclear power reactor pro. posed for construction at Bodega Bay, California. At the Coensission's request, the U. S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, has been conducting a thorough field study of the geology of Bodega Bay ainee early Hay. In addition, expert consultants have been retained to assist the AEC regulatory staff in evaluating Pacific Gas & Electric Comparg8s application tsith respect to the seismology of the area and I structural design of the proposed plant. The Coast and Geodetic
' Survey of the U. S. Department of Commerci: also is sanisting us in our evaluation of the seimselogr.
A report dated September 2$,1963 setting forth the results of ~ field work at the site thesagh June 6,1963 has been submitted to the Atomic Energy Comutasion by the Department of the Interior. A cop / of an AEC public annoanaement concerning the report is enclosed. You will note that a further geological report has been requested from the Departaset of the Interior. Final action on the Pacific Gas & Electrie Compaar application will not be taken until the additional report requested of the Department of the Interior has been reeeived and evaluated. In additten, a oenstruction posit will not be lassed unless the Caenisaica, falleedag a publia hearing and a decimien hr the Atcedo Safety and Lisenstag Beast and -haties of all factors bearing upon is essvinced that the facility eaa be son. structed and at tho' proposed lees'tice without undue risk to the health and asfetr of the pahlic. 8709220550 85'1217' PDR FOIA FIRESTOB5-665 PDR ' _., _ .,,._ _ _ . . . ~ k 3
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Also enclosed is a pamphlet uhich describos the procedures re-lating to the licensing of power reactors by the ' Atomic Energy Commisalon. We are om fident that these procedures and their provision for public hearing util easble all interested persons to acquain themselves with the details of Pacific Gas & Electric Company's proposal and util assure thorough consideration of all aspects of the proposed plant bearing upon the question of whether it een be constructed and operated at the proposed site without undue risk to the health and safety of the public. It abould.be noted, however, that such matters as local soning and the esthetics of the site are matters within local and state
,tarisdiction and are not within the purview of thn Atmic Energy Commissica. Comoerning your reference to construction activity at i
' the pw,pca;e4 alte, enclosed is a eog of the Commission's regulation. 10 CFR Part 50, "LLeansing af Production and Utilizatim Facilities." Section 50.10(b) conoems the point which you have raised. That section provides that the construction of a proposed reactor may not begin prior to the insaanse of a construction pemit by the l Atomic Energy Commissi a. los will mote that "constructica", as defined in the above cited sootton, does not include site escavation, construction of renduars, railroad spurs, temporary butidings for use in econection with construction, etc. Eowever, the Commission has pointed out magr times that agr such site preparation prior to the issuance of a construction pomit is undertaken at the applicant's risk and'is gLven no consideration by the ccsantsaion in its decision on the application, f Sincerely yours, (Hput eisnad ' by R. Lowenstairk Robert Lowenstein, Director Division of Licensing and Regulation Enclosuress
- 1. Press Release' Distribution:
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- 3. 10 CFR Part 50 Supplemental Public Document Rom (2)
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the great responsibility of insuring adequate and desirable places of unspoiled beauty for the future in the face of a popu-lation explosion second to none. .It.is a dilemma,of serious proportion and consequence and the increasing leisure time i l available to our society' serves only to compound the demand. Careful, thoughtful long rtuge planning at this critical point in our history is therefore a most solemn responsibility. ON of the most' charming and unusual areas of natural beauty on California's coastline hes been proposed as the site for.construc-tion of an atomic reactor to generate electric power. Erection 1 I of such a massive facility on Bodega Head will permanently scar one of the nation's truly unique, and particularly appealing, coastal regions. I must stress that I am entirely in favor of the developnient of f
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peaceful uses of atomic energy, especially.when such projects J are d.esigned.to meet the tremendous power demands of a prosper-ing State. But great wisdom must be exercised in the selection , of sites for such units, and while construction of the proposed l nuclear power f acility at this location constitutes a threat to the beauty of the area, my concern is equally great in another respect. I Residents and. future visitors to,this region must not be subjectt to the fear of a possible calamity from what may be a serious error in judgment. Confronted with a mounting conflict of pro-fessional opinion, the question of safety looms very large indeed We are here presented with a possible construction of a nuclear
.. power unit in close proximity to the San Andreas Fault line.
f, In the present case the wonderful natural beauty of Bodega Bay is threatened for all time, and the matter, of public safety constitutes almost serious, and in my opinion, unresolved question. Common sense dictates that if there is even the slightest risk involved, it is far better to find a location which does not possess the inherent danger'of the earth's, greatest continental active fault line. I have written a letter today to Glenn Seaborg, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, urging the Atomic Energy Commission to withhold iss ing a permit for operation of this proposed unit at Bodega *Heag asking the Commission to encourage the,PG&E to seek a more suitablo site along our northern coast. . nl d'u.-hn+*y 9 .v < - d W b
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Bodega Mlant iSte By DON ENGDAIIL a P, D. Staff Wrner reasons for 4 BERKELEY - An internation. " site:itisa" poor"his conclusions that F> ally . known earthquake expert - Extensive faulting on the ni 4 waay took sharp issue with Pa. p or foundational material h cific Gas & Electric Co. And
, termed the proposed Bode combination of unstable alluvium is A reactorsite"verypoor" ga Headcially 60D and crushed rock is espe. ,
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crossing the site of the coolingp 3 other reasons he concludes the water tunnel is site to be a poorone, Dr. Saint-Amants detailed" re-aspect." :'
* , . ' port on the Bodega situation was r --- The abundant evidence :for . -
ence called here by the Northern system because of threleased today at a l
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On another major point. Dr; ( have reported no evidence eration during of ama 1906-type earthPG jor fauhs in the plant site. con. ed quake attothe be expect.site cluded theatlikelihood of ground one times the forcwould "j . be more than
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, site is the best foundation avall greater than three-tenths of I* able on the headland. '
accelerations no 4 et Dr. Saint Amand agrees wIth lorce of gravity. y PG&E experts that a major earth-1
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runs within an estimated 1.000 feet might actually bocation .close to the fa I. of the site) within the plant life- site somewhat furth '. e better than a time. s , , Reaso Saint-Amand in part agrees buter awa'y; Dr.1
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pect that future slippage should. as the underlying granitics rock? ' ation ' underlylng, Bodega g Head, go through i the stronger rock form 1 lards at the site, finds it "sur. till!centrated along the
.rt weaker" prising, in view of the San!rather expert ad-than to continue to bj
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s vice given by Tocher and Qualde,t ! 4 Dr. Don 'Tocher, seismologist and by Housner, that another site wa i y and Dr. Wlulam Qualde, geolo. hass gone
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movement on. "old minor my geolog! cal and seismic on . p i t of ' faults" in the plant site "In the i s i past few thousand years. Lack of %e geological situation at 'the } ' recent movements e plies, but does'not guarantee thatstrongly b proposed site is expected'to be explored in detail at hearings' to } 5t d there will be no m o ye m e,a t : be held by the Atomic Dnergy throughoui the life expectancy of Commbslon on an application J1 a power plant." ~ LPG &E for permission to build the j ,, j 1 by
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