Re: OOPS - Old Burial Site -Reply

[Paul Tyree <mrpmt@empire.net>]

Charlie,
Given your disclosures quoted below, which follow your obfuscations of earlier this morning,
i.e., "Unless we specify the city center or some other specific location, 40 mile west of
Los Angeles is not very specific since the city is some 50 miles across (e.g. San Fernando
to Balboa)...the Atomics International/Rocketdyne Santa Susana site is about 40 miles west
of some other point in Los Angeles (e.g. Azusa or West Covina).", radiological professionals
could conclude that a possible genesis of our credibility problem with J. Q. Public stems
from a past, incestuous morphing of "nuclear pioneers" with an apologistic culture, into the
nuclear regulatory infrastructure. Wasn't that a reason why they devolved the the USAEC 20
years ago?

Charles Willis wrote:

> There was/is a nuclear site in the Santa Susana hills between the San Fernando and
> Semi valleys. It is about 40 miles west of some parts of Los Angeles, e.g.
> Glendora. The Santa Susana site saw considerable nuclear activity in the days of
> yore. The Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) was there and I believe it was
> operated for a while by Southern California Edison to produce some electricity for
> the grid. There was an accident in the SRE in 1959 where portions of 12 of the 43
> fuel elements melted, releasing about 0.3 percent of the radioactivity; after the
> core was replaced the SRE continued operating.
>
> I worked at Santa Susana back when the radiological work was being
> done there and I am now regulating such activities.
>
> Charlie Willis
> caw@nrc.gov
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