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Accession Number:
AD0829366
Title:
CITY OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. VULNERABILITY OF GAS UTILITIES TO NUCLEAR ATTACK
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Corporate Author:
OFFICE OF OIL AND GAS WASHINGTON DC
Report Date:
1967-08-01
Pagination or Media Count:
153.0
Abstract:
Purposes of the report are 1 to examine the effects resulting from a hypothetical nuclear attack on the facilities and operating capability of the gas system supplying San Jose, California, and 2 to describe normal operation of the system and provide a functional inventory of buildings, transportation, communication and other support equipment. It determines that there is no damage to the gas transmission and distribution system supplying the City of San Jose. The capability of the system to continue normal supply is unaffected by the attack. It is concluded also as a byproduct of the study that the utility will cut off and shut down that part of the distribution system in the area west of the City experiencing severe structural damage, even though the distribution system therein is undamaged. This area lies within an approximate arc about nine miles out from ground zero, beginning near the western fringes of San Jose and extend westerly to Palo Alto. The purpose is to eliminate gas leakage from gas equipment in the severely damaged and uninhabitable homes and buildings where need for gas service no longer exists. Estimates of casualties among employees living in the City of San Jose indicate sufficient personnel with required occupational capabilities will be available to carry out postattack emergency measures.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
