ML12079A228
| ML12079A228 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 01/18/2012 |
| From: | Micallef J State of CA |
| To: | Annette Vietti-Cook NRC/SECY |
| Uttal S | |
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| LTR-12-0072 | |
| Download: ML12079A228 (8) | |
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1633 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 January 18, 2012 Ms. Annette L Vietti-Cook U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 RE: Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Dear Ms. Vietti-Cook:
Thank you for your legalese letter of December 22,2011 in response to my letter of concerns pertaining to the safety of extending the operation of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. In your letter, you note "...0n June 7, 2011, the Board notified the Commission that until these seismic studies have been completed the adjudication will be deiayed... The Board estimates that the delay could be approximately 52 months..,"
I interpret that to mean that in approximately 52 months, the processing of the operational certification extension for Diablo Canyon will proceed aS'if there were no existing geologic faults running near or through the facility property.
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 December 2011 SECRETARY J.B. Micallef 1633 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 SUBJ:::CT DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Dear Mr. Mlcailef On behalf of the US Nuclear Regulatory C:Jmmission (NRC), I am responding to your at October 31. 2011, to Chairman Gregory B. JaczkD Wi which you expressed concerns about the safety of extendmg operation of Diablo Canyon Nucear Power Plant (Diablo Canyon. In partlcuiar you requested that tne NRC reJect the reauest to renew DiaDio Canyon's license on the baSIS of safety. The Issues raised in YDur letter includeo Diablo nyans proximity to geological fault ilnes the extended exposure of the reactors to the prOducts of nuclea, reactlo',
and reaction to the Fukushima event.
Under C;ornmlssion regulations, the CommiSSion has ar~ adjudicatory role In the Diablo Ca:<yon license renewal proceeding. An appeai of an,A,tomlc Safety and licensing Board (Board) deCision regarding conslderatlon ot Fukushima in that oroceedmg is currently penOlng before tne Commission. in additlor" currently pending betore the Board IS an issue relating to geological fau't iines that may ultimately come before the CommiSSion In Its adJudicator!
capa:ity Therefore, it would be inappro:xiate while tne case IS pending for the Cor"rT1lssion to address SPecifiC concerns about consideration of the F-ukushlma aCCident or ir; the N:::;.Cs license renewai process With respect t() the status of the proceeding, olease note that on May 31. 2011 NF;C star responded to S letter dated April 10 2Ci 1 C-'\\gencywide Document Access and Management Systern [ADAMS] AcceSSion N:::i tv'lL:,138A3 '15)
As a result of PG&E s requested defer:-ai of issuance of renewed operating licenses to~ the Dlabio Canyon nUClear power piants. the NRC staff has uDdated the staff's review scheduie and mJiestones 10 reflect the delays in the license review process assOCiated with the projected carrpletlcn of the seismic studies and the Coastal Zone Management Act coastal consistency certification, Whle tne sta'"f review s:::hedule aelays are not a stay or suspension of the !teense renewal process. the revised review schedule allov'/s for the time to conSider Information assOCiated with the anticipated :,-D is studies On June "7 20'; 1 the Board notified the Commission that until these seisrnic studies "',ave Deen comPleted the adJudication Will b':: derayed (ADAMS.Accession r.Jo Mi.. 111
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The Board estimates H'lat the ael3V COUlD be aOJroxlm 52 mont-,s 1
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- 2 Piease be assured that should information at 81'Y time ShOW that there IS a oasis to question the continued safe operation of the Diablo Canyon facility tna NRC will take appropriate action as part of the agencys ongoing safety oversight Sincerely,
J. B. Mica 1633.Anac.apa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Octcber 3:,2011 The Hon Gregory B, Jacz~;o, PhD Chairman. U.S. Nuclear Reguiatory Commission Mai! S'~OD ('-16G4 Wa:,hington, DC 20555-0001 RE: uiabio Canvon Nuclear Power Plant - Caiifo:r!a
Dear Dc. Jaczko:
The Pacific Gas & Electric Company (DG&E.i DIablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, located on the coast line of centra! California, has been licensed and In operation since 1985. The two reactor:,. units 1 and :', are licensed to operate until 2024 and 2025 respectively,At that t!n~e, assuming uninterrupted ope.-ation, the two unit::; will have been bombaroed by n!Jcle;:;~ react'on for 40 y.. a The PG&.~ Diablo Canyon ~~ucjea~ Power Plant i.) very close to thirteen geoiogica) fr.::'u~' ilne5, and i understand that or.e fault line goes up and lmder React,:or r~o. L With tnls In rI1!l'd. PC;KE i~
positioning Itself to extend the ':Jperatrng permits for another twenty year::. beyond the current operating permits Whlcrl expire In 2024 and 2025. Ittne permits are extended fer 20 v~a~s and the uni:s con,inue operating, that means that the reactors wouid be bornbi:lrcit~d bv nuciec::
reaction 50 years.
The reO:;?:,",: 8::curre;'lce at the jat:anese Fukushima nuclear piant.:.,houki a 'NdK",,*tJP cal! t:
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.' the NRC, ?nd the world at iarge. The r':;erman government has Sf'en thO' !ishe, 2nd I" :r
The Han. Gregory B. Jaczko, PhD Page 2 I urge you, as the head of the NRC, to reject the PG&E req uest for the extension of the Diablo Canyo'l Nuclear power p:ant on the ba$is of safety, We on the central coast of Caiifornia live I::
the path of the death plume that would emanate from a nuclear disaster at PG&E's laolo Canyo'l powe" plant.
As a side note, my discussion does not even address the safety and security problems 01 the waste createci by the Diablo Canyon nuclear ptant' and its (perpetual) on-site cc Tne ~on. Oianne Feinstein Thc~ Hor', Garba;a 8\\J>:~r The Hon, Lois Capps