California Coastal Commission Submission by Russell D. Hoffman June 13th, 2001
To: "Kumar, Alok" <akg@cpuc.ca.gov>
From: "Russell D. Hoffman" <rhoffman@animatedsoftware.com>
Subject: State action called for by NRC inaction
Cc: graydavis@governor.ca.gov, "Clanon, Paul" <pac@cpuc.ca.gov>, "Ajello, Julian E." <JEA@cpuc.ca.gov>, "Wong, Zee Z." <czw@cpuc.ca.gov>, "Clark, Richard W." <rwc@cpuc.ca.gov>, "NRC" <the.secretary@hq.doe.gov>, opinion@nctimes.com, pdiehl@nctimes.com, California Senators
Alok Kumar
State of California
Utilities Safety Branch
505 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
cc: Governor Gray Davis, Senators Feinstein and Boxer,
"Clanon, Paul" <pac@cpuc.ca.gov>,
"Ajello, Julian E." <JEA@cpuc.ca.gov>,
"Wong, Zee Z." <czw@cpuc.ca.gov>,
"Clark, Richard W." <rwc@cpuc.ca.gov>,
"NRC" <the.secretary@hq.doe.gov>
Dear Sir,
In reference to our earlier correspondence (April 12th, 2001 et al) and specifically your claim that San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station does not fall under your regulatory branch of the State of California, I present the following information, which shows indisputably that the NRC does not properly accept responsibility for accidents and dangerous incidents at the nuclear generating station. Specifically, a 40 ton crane was dropped 40 feet at the site a week ago, and the NRC official told me that they would not expect to even be told about it, because it didn't happen in the nuclear area of the plant.
So if 40-ton cranes can drop and the NRC doesn't care, wouldn't that mean that the State of California is therefore responsible for the safety of that area of the plant? And that therefore your blanket refusal to get involved in the overall safety issues at the plant are absurd?
Wednesday, about 20 gallons of hydrazine (a known carcinogen) was spilled at the plant. It just never ends. The report says no workers were contaminated and the spill was cleaned up.
I have attached additional correspondence about the crane incident and the results of my inquiries into the matter, specifically, my own report on it, with comments which are entirely relevant about Yucca Mountain, and additional correspondence I have written to other federal and state agencies about the matter.
I look forward to your immediate action on this matter, now that it is surely crystal clear that action is appropriate, and indeed, even legally binding upon you, in order to protect the health and safety of the community.
Sincerely,
Russell D. Hoffman
Concerned Citizen
Carlsbad, CA
attachments:
1) Information on Hydrazine
2) Letter to OSHA, which includes a letter to Calif OSHSB, and my report on the incident at San Onofre last Friday in which an 80,000 lbs crane was dropped 40 feet.
>>>>> CLIPS FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH WEB SITE ON HYDRAZINE >>>>>
From:
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/htdocs/8_RoC/RAC/Hydrazine&sulfate.html
"There is sufficient evidence for the carcinogenicity of hydrazine and hydrazine sulfate in experimental animals (IARC V.4, 1974; IARC S.4, 1982; IARC S.7, 1987). When administered orally, hydrazine induced pulmonary adenomas and adenocarcinomas in mice. Intraperitoneal injection of hydrazine induced reticulum cell sarcomas of the mediastinum and myeloid leukemias in mice of both sexes (IARC V.4, 1974). When administered by inhalation, hydrazine induced alveolarogenic carcinomas, and lymphosarcomas of the spleen, in female mice (MacEwen et al., 1974). When administered orally, hydrazine sulfate induced pulmonary adenomas and adenocarcinomas, hepatomas, and hepatocarcinomas in mice of both sexes. When administered by stomach tube, hydrazine sulfate induced lung adenomas and adenocarcinomas in rats of both sexes and hepatic cell carcinomas and spindle cell sarcomas in male rats (IARC V.4, 1974)... Hydrazine is a colorless, oily, fuming liquid with a fishy odor. It is miscible with water and ethanol and sli
ghtly miscible with hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons. Hydrazine may explode when exposed to heat, flame, or upon chemical reaction with alkali metals. When heated to decomposition, it emits fumes of highly toxic nitrogen compounds. Hydrazine is available as a propellant grade with a minimum of 97.5% purity. Solutions with varying hydrazine content are available for a variety of industrial uses...The environmental fate of hydrazine and its derivatives is largely unknown..."
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>>>>> LETTER TO OSHA: >>>>>
California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB)
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