Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 9:50 PM To: Zizmor, David Subject: Mr. Zizmor, JD: I respectfully urge the appointment of Dr. Michael Peck to the Diablo Canyon Safety Committee, ideally to replace Dr. Robert Budnitz. In interest of public safety vs. nuclear mishap. Thank you!---Alan Kiviat, Berkeley, concerned citizen... Zizmor, David From: Susan Harman <susanharman1@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 12:21 PM To: Zizmor, David Subject: Diablo Canyon Safety Committee Nominees Comment Dear Mr. Zizmor— I’m writing in strong support of Dr. Michael Peck as the new member of the Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee. He is the most knowledgeable of the current candidates. Please appoint him promptly so that we Californians can stay safe. Susan Harman, Ed.D. Oakland, CA Zizmor, From: Mimi Kennedy <mimik@me.com> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 12:47 PM To: Zizmor, David Subject: Diablo Canyon Safety Committee Nominees Comment Importance: High Mr. Zizmor California Public Utilities Commission - I write to support Dr. Michael Peck as the best candidate for the position opening up on the Independent Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Safety Committee. His qualifications for exactly that committee are excellent. Diablo Canyon exists to serve Californians. Its energy output has served. But major risks to public safety are apparent, post-Fukushima, that this committee exists to weigh in the plant’s operation. The incumbent who “consents” to reappointment, Dr. Robert Budnitz, refuses to take these risks seriously or discuss them. He therefore should be retired with gratitude for his service, but he no longer belongs on an Independent safety committee. Obstruction does not work when change is in progress and must be factored into safety concerning Diablo.
Dr. Marvin Resnikoff Member of the NEC Radioactive Waste Management Associates, Bellows Falls, VT - gave his background - showed a graph of long half-lives. His point: how long isotopes last (not how long they are a concern) - Industry doesn’t know everything, mentioning the proposed entombment of the Elk River plant -West Valley plant decommissioning costs were huge. (I asked what kind of power plant it was, knowing the answer. He replied that it was a Reprocessing - showed a BWR schematic, to locate radioactive components - showed a BWR containment section drawing. It was not a MK I like Vermont Yankee. No one said anything. - steel and concrete become radioactive - in response to a question, 60 is an arbitrary number – it (SAFESTOR) could be more or less. - we want to push Entergy to do dismantling - showed a Dry Cask section drawing and described air flow. A member said the gas was hydrogen! It is helium. He said 5 casks at Vermont Yankee did not have leak done. - decommissioning costs and history were reviewed. He pointed out that Entergy bought TLG and their estimate was then lower than the previous estimate, described as a plot by Entergy. - in response to a question, he was confused on whether fuel is to be in or out of the pool for SAFESTOR - Yankee (Rowe, MA) botched the job (of its decommissioning) Deb Katz - the question was asked, is Vermont Yankee the first single unit BWR merchant plant to be decommissioned? This report refutes Dr. Resnikoff’s report in radioactivity in natural gas, and says he flunked the Health Physics exam http://energyindepth.org/wpcontent/ uploads/2011/02/Marcellus_NORM_drill_cutting_response.pdf Brice Simon Attorney for NEC (spoke without notes or slides. Points not in the order given) - This (the litigation) is more like a Rugby Scrum - It is difficult to understand the impact a like NEC has