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ThLe replies to your letter of June 27, 1963, dth thida you en .!= _ _ . .

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power plant gespoemd for construction at Bodega Essd, Califoeda... . w:~'w. *

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Dr. Joel Esdgpethithe Bodecs rH, whose letter of May 7,1963 you enalased, hasn_mi had w . dth the Atcaio Ibargy PM=im omoerning" . ~ . Band rusator alta. We believe that our recent oorm.'[~3 '

sh dth Dr. Bedspeth will have made it alaer to hhs that -tas PM=i= does not rey solaV en the infamstica Aarnished i

)~ hr 1haLfLo oss & Electric relative to the ptsposed atte.

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(..rq seedr begun an extensLve study of the geolocr of:petted a,n evalustian of possible effecta en fish aus ahnnetah ofFurther the U. S. Bureau of causerdal Fimbaries had alrestr sub.

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Oi~T opetution of the, remoter przposed for Bode of thsevolustian hsa been asnt to Dr. BodCpeth. ga Esed. AIn aMLtion%,"- .

CassLa. I.d$' aien is uw-w the eerdoes of its Advisory CommLttee an Boeotor

'*td Cassismica's angulatory% consultants to the itania Ibergr~~

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iy Cuapertr's is before the P==i=i= es s'auculatary IL ustter and currentV bdag muslueted W the f*=4ca's-

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be issued uso,ess the Cam Lasion, folleuing ocupletica of the safety,

revious referred to above, a public hearinAtasLa safety /and 11osasing Beam! and a=g and a decLaLcm W the=id=wtima of all factorsand operstas at the, is ocavinood,that the thcL11ty esa be ocastructedbearing upon asfoty

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'The February 10, 1963, letter to you fra Mr. Egy tambel Secretary...

Henager of the Bodege Bay Area Cheeber of Commerce, anna,arns siltinget the federal %1 and Bodega Barbor tv ocastructLan.mork try

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Pacific Cas & Electric Company an Bodega Band.. ThLs is'not 'a matter <

withta the purview of the Atomic Energy CassLasion. PacLfic Gr.s &Electric Campany is permitted, even in-the aboenoe of a constructionpermit for its proposed aucleer reactor, to oceduct oortain activities.

such as sita esosvation and constructim of rendusys. Those-;

activities are set forth in seattan 50.10(b) of the enclosed regula.-

tLce,10 CFR Part 50, *1&oensing of Production and Ut.iHnationFea111tles."

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The Mars 3,1963 letter front C. C. Goodale to Senator Engle,__

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a ocw of thtch yo,u encioned, raises questions concerning the effect ;. _ .

of gaseous effinents feca the proposed Bodega Band reactor en the_-. .. dairy industry. Caseous and liaM effluents from nuclear mactors._ :q licensed tqr the AEC are regatred to be monitored and to remain within

M- . limits of radiosetivity Mbed tqr the Ccontasica's regulation,10 CFR Part 20, " Standards for Protection'Agalast Radiatlan * a oopr ,=

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af id:Leh la enciased. These standards am based ce mocumendatlans' of the Batlanal Camaittee sa Radiatlan Protection and the Federaln-

- Eadistica W " - The Federal 2ndiation Council iamond its ReportBo. 2 la September,1961 shL4 gLves gnLdence in limiting empoenre

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M of masbers of populatias smqps to radiation from sedLaeotive materialscim .in the ensire mast.y,y -

'T the levels of I.131 in Earthern Onlifornia, as aespied ty the Publio-C_j Essith Servios in the Sea Franciaoo area over the past year. have

3,%@=: IM of the average Fearly levels reoammended as'11mits, ty the% averaged less than 15 mLorentomouries per litar af milk. thLa is

FFederal Radiation Wil in its Report No. 2, he atmosphere, andfor nossal pesoetime%f operations. The ammet of I-131 libeauted to t

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proposed for Bodega Ban,d is negligibly small.thus to dairy products tras the operation of rosators of the design,

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strcotiva 89 or 90 to the envircassant would be negWh%, releases of,

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ito tr Mr. Goodale would be in upper Range III. . However, this uns atransient reading and tas not taken in California. Intakes crithin 1

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thLs rance would result in esposure esoeeding the andiation ProtectieOt.ide aly if continued for an extended period of time. For example, ' ..

Ithe total intake of I-13L abould be averaged over a period of theorder of a year in applying Federal Radiation Council GuLdes.

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