Wendy B. Reid
The Rancho Seco oral histories document the story of the, now closed, Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant located in Ione, California. The oral histories present a broad range of perspectives and attitudes. Issues included plant safety; environmental concerns; down time due to technical problems resulting in increased cost to SMUD users; organizational structure and relationship of managers, staff and contractors; closed board meetings; and plant operations that were eventually closed down by voters. Wendy B. Reid was a project manager for the California Energy Commission, an energy consultant for the Sacramento League of Women Voters, and the director for Ward Four at SMUD.
Date of Interview
Interviewer
1995-04-04
Robert E. Hull
Project
Program/Repository
Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant Oral History Project
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Just practically, it didn’t make sense to me how you were going to dispose, monitor, assure the safety of waste with the kind of safety implications that radioactive waste has for the length of time that that waste was going to be potentially dangerous.