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. Joe Fouchard, News service Branch May 23, 1963 3
Division of Public Information, BQ l Rodney L. Southwick, Assistaat to the !
, Manager for Pshlic Informatism, SAN N BAY - UDALL CLIPS uIsmLs 7
Inclosed are additimmat slips em the tidall letter e= earning Bedags Say. The Berkeley essette story is Associated Press.
Encleeures . . ..
- 1. Quake slip - Berkeley Gesette S/22/63 ,
- 2. Sanka clip - Oakland Tribune S/22/63 !
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Stewart Udall has de- '
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Udall ' supplied Cesborg .with c:.n bc cxpected nc;r the si'c clared his grave concern that
, ^i comments by the directors of the, within the r.cxt coctury. These damage from a future earthquake
! could make the proposed Bodega Geol.ogical Survey cd Eureau of- may be as strong or even scmci thes, the rc.tcarch psbglst of what stronger than Head nuc!carpowered reactor a ear 2 quake of Apra,the the National . Park Service, the 12,!b CWijo nla i' hazard to health and safety. ,
assistant secretary for tish and The secretary also recounted
!, Udall made public Tuesday a letter to Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. < wildlife, and n sp=id rcport by that the commissioner's advtsory,
- li Atomic Energy Commission chair. . the director of the radithio:ogical committee on rector safe;uards) 4 laboratory of the Lure:u of Com- has prepared a report which
! man, urging "very thorough in. mercial Fisheries,
!. vestigation of the scismic hazards " takes note of the location as gn; of the Bodega Ecad site." The secretary !Wed "nur three active scismic aca. cbserves that C the reactor building ,and the tur-
' . main areas of concem" cs:
! UDALL CONTENDS ;
"(1) Probable sdrerse cifccts bine building are to be enc j~ Udall contended such an 'inves.
tigation -
in di!!crent gedogical fctmali6:5
- should be carried out' on coastal fisherics in even* cf
' : accident, (:) possibilities of ad- which may introduce stress c!-;
.can "before any construction snicly be granted."
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effects on public use of the siew Point R3yes Natiend Sco fects during snd subscquent to:
violcat ec:th shocks, and su;-
Pacific Gas & ~ Electric Co. of. I shore, . and (3) scismic hcmids gests the need for design of San Francisco has applied, for a license to construct and operate
- that would be inydved in loc tag a 321000 megawatt nuclear-power a major mi, clear reactor in cbse car 6qu:ko. induced rc cicr shut-reactor at Eodega Nhad. The site proximity 'to Me San AndtcM down cpgrctus don; with 00-earthquake fault." tion of the primary SY8*cm "
aw,oo. 1]cs abcut 1.000 yards from th e ,
~ great San Andrc3s fault' tone, "If this mtter invdved no Commeming on' Udalj's letter .
mcre than constructica of con-President Norman R. Sutherland ver.tional thermd ekctric p!=1.- 3 of P. G. I: E. said in a statement: the scism!c h:zarda might bo.'
"At the start of the project,
- t;brnth." Udall wrotc. k P. G. & E. retained sowral nn-
- [a "With- reprd to pouts (t) and "But the proposed =dem-tionallf recognized.' authorities on . $.- (2b barring mcht scismic cvent i pown tnstslhtba (pl=n0d Wi$;
geology and selstadlogy,tb report ~
~with conti=ous cnd vigikat! uhimste exp;ns!ca to ,1.00Gmcga;! '
on tho foundation and ' safety of
- monitoring, adverse affcets ca watts capacity in IT'ad) *'UIGl-tho sita .
probably be held weil bcSw the : multiply these houds COLY ICId ! t "These experts informed the radiological limits thet lu.vc been! .The company that the site is suitable officially estab!!shed to ssicguard! !sbouthacrds I r.m most arc to puhlic haahhccace=cdj Ond ,
and safe.
- j j public health and safdy. Eut withi lSaicly, but onc ca0not ccm/k !dY !
EVIDENCE DUE regard to point (p. I foci l'overicok the govemmen!'s inriori is reason for gmvc concern.Gerol " lcgd obligation te p;y i tcmnk' "All of this evidence Will be ,
s presented to the Atomic Energy HAZARDS REPO2?
Commt.ssion when it holds its pub- Ec pointed to a adion of the, - gggg;;g7f yp to y mh
- lic hosting in Santa Rosa. When company's "ptcliminacv
- 7**,",, 3.,,,~ .g fg g y e:,3n g y; all of the evidence las been sub mary hazards repert." m k ;sredi sum-t dexp .i3 N 0r c- 3 -.m ;
mitted and considered we arey !by a consuking scismobbst cadj and for any property ;,;._e7,p
- confident that our position will ./ . a consulting geologist. This said.'
be completely confirmed." in part, "at least,oce and perhaps -
Udall offered the AEC the two or more mn#r earthquakes; excess of SCO minica Gat m4:.t.!
services of the Geological Survey ~
, for investigating the seismic risk.
- occcr in the event of nuc'su/ i power pknt accident from wh:1' The proposed plant site is about ever entsc,"
s 20 miles west and slightly south
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41 - u - 4 . u ':. t Fesrs that the proposed nu. Udafi, who in his letter ' lo! Tbc Secretary also noted that differcnt geological icrrt.abe.s icicar-power reactor at Bodega Seaborg offered.the services ofithe AEC's advisory commitice which may introduce stre.s ef.
McAd might be damaged by an the Geological Survey to under 'nn reactor safeguards had pre. fccis during and sub,:;cquent M
., carthquake and become a health take a scismic investigation for' pr. red a report which " takes violent carth shocks, and w;-
and safety h a z a r d were ex- the AEC, listed three " main note of the location as an acdvc gests the need for desigr. of pres. sed today in Washington by areas of concern" as: seismic area, observes that the earthquake induced ra.c:or Secretary of the Interior Stew. "I-Probable adverse effects reactor building and the turbine shutdown apparatus along w!'h art L lidall. on coastal fisheries in event of , building are to be anchored in isolation of the primary syncm."
Udall. in a letter to Dr. Glenn accident.
- T. Seaborg, chairman o,( the "2-Possibilities o!' adverse ef.
Atonne E n e r g y Commission, aanf a "very thorough mvesti- Point fccts on public use of the new gation of the seismic hazards of Reyes National Seashore, I i,he Bodega Head site should be "3 - Setsmte hazards tha,i ,
i carried out before a construction w uld be involved in locating aj permit can safely be granted." major nuclear reactor in close; i PG & E president Norman Proximity to theearthquake fault. , San Andreas.
1 R. Sutherland. however, issued j a statement in Sah. Francisco Udall added that "barring a
- contending i h a t experiments major seismic event" adverse . l.
have found the site both suitable fccts in points one and two could;j and safe. be held down to safeguard pub.l "At the stait of the project lic health and safety. ., j P G & E retained several na. With regards to the third tionally recognized authorities in point, however, he said that "O.
geology and scismology to report "there is reason for grave con-on the foundation.and' safety of cern."
the site. These expert 7 informed He referred ,to a' section of the company that the site is suit. PG&E's " Preliminary Summary alde and safe," the statement Hazardse 7teport," prepared by ,
read. a consulting seismologist and a l "All of this evidenep will.be .consultin'pgeologist. I presented to the Atomic Energy Aedording to Udall.,the report Commission when it holds.its read, in. part, "At least one and .
public hearing in Santa Rosa, perhaps two or more major When al' of the evidence has earthquakes can be expected been submitted and considered, near the site within the next we are confident that our posi. century. These may be as strong
, tion wd! be completely con- or even somewhat stronger than
- firmed," the statement con- the California ' earthquake of ;
j cluc'ed. Aptil 18,1906."
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