COMMENT ⊗   VALID 00002 PAGES
C REC  PAGE   DESCRIPTION
C00001 00001
C00002 00002	.require "memo.pub[let,jmc]" source
C00006 ENDMK
C⊗;
.require "memo.pub[let,jmc]" source;
.GROUP SKIP 10

.cb STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE SUNDESERT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT


We write in support of S.B.1015,
which would exempt the Sundesert nuclear plant from
Cal. P.B.Res code sections 25524.1 and 25524.2.
Our position is based on the following arguments.

1. This exemption would do no more than carry out the wishes
of the California electorate as expressed in the vote on
Proposition 15 in June, 1976.

2. It would be a gross injustice to the ratepayers of the
San Diego utility district to require that this plant,
begun before the passage of sections 25524.1 and 25524.2,
be abandoned because of ex post facto legislation.

3. The procedures and requirements of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
which Sundesert will have to meet, are adequate to ensure safety.

4. Careful analysis of the electric supply situation in the San Diego
area shows that the electric output of Sundesert will be needed in
the late eighties.  It is our considered opinion that the various
proposed alternatives - coal plants, solar plants, biomass, geothermal,
Reliance on these alternatives alone would
from Mexico - will all prove inadequate.
These alternatives are mainly wishful thinking, and
subject the San Diego area to dangers of shortages,
blackouts, and increased environmental pollution.

5. A recent (January, 1978) study carried out by the American Physical Society
of the
nuclear waste disposal situation has concluded unequivocally that
the remaining uncertainties about the best method of nuclear
waste disposal do not justify delays in the construction and
operation of nuclear power plants.  Therefore, we believe, contrary
to the view taken by the majority of the
state Energy Commission, that the substance of the requirements of
code sections 25224.1 and 25524.2 has been met.

We urge your support of S.B.1015.