ML20234B076

Responds to Addressed to Chairman Seaborg Re Proposed Const of Reactor by Util in Bodega Bay Area.Safety Review Made Which ACRS Reviews & Public Hearing Must Be Held Before Aslb.W/O Encls

ML20234B076
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Site:	05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date:	05/01/1964
From:	Case E US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To:	Strohmaier L AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
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I This replies to your letter of Marsh 30, 1964 addressed to Chair.

my man Seaborg concerning the proposed construction by ?ccific Gas &

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' proposed by Pacific Gas & Electric Company, our techmiaal staff permit authorizing construction of a power reactor like the one

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@V7 ocastruction sad locatina of. the plant. ~ In addition, these matters must be reviewed by the Advisory Committee sa Beactor Safeguards t

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After these reviews have been ocepleted, a public hearing must be held before an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. At such a hear-ing the company proposing the plant anst present evidence to show that the issuanee of the permit would not be iniminal to the health

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