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415/941-7597 21 March,1932 Comunissioner Victor Gilinsky fluelear Regulatory Con =ission Washington, D. C' Dear Mr. Gilinskyt I have no words to adequately convey my admiration for your courage in "going public" with your c:nviction that the seismic design of Diablo Conyer. should be reviewed de, novo. This organi-sation agrees cempletely with your pcsition as reported on March 20, in the San Francisco Chronicle.
let me emphasize that our concern in these matters is legal and fiscal - rather tran environ:nental. However, the issue at Diablo Canyon is to.* basic than either environment er management practicest It is whether public policy can be manipulated to pro-tect Pacific Gas & Electric Co=pany front the results of its slip-shed engineering and ha;tasard execution of of a flawed design, l
st the cost of making tillions of pecple who live within Diable's "area of danger" unwilling hostages to a contingency that can't even be postulated in terms of odds - or human damage.
The hard question m cust each answer is, "If I lived close l
enough to Diable Canyon that westerly winds could carry radio-active fallout from that location to my neighbirhood, how wuld I feel about having it activated."
- e put the best possible face on it, prer4eity to a r2jor earthquake fault is p_ot, the best place to install a nuclear reactor!
PC&E is in the position of askir.g faC and the public to trust them to de what is "right". Well, this organisation will tever trust them again. Any eulier entitlement they might have had to our confidence has been squandered in a settled pattern of lies, evasion and feckless ma:agement procedures.
It appears that you are in the minority in the Co:mtissicn in your stand. Don't let this dissuade you. The day is cemir.g -
and soon - when your viewpoint will prevail. More specifically, anything we can offer to support you in this vital matter is yours for the asking! Again, we applaud yeur courage in speaking up.
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