ML19249D599
| ML19249D599 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Byron  |
| Issue date: | 08/20/1979 |
| From: | Karman M NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ROCKFORD, IL |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7909250036 | |
| Download: ML19249D599 (4) | |
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UtlITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY C0tiMISSION 8/20/79 BEFORE THE AT0t1IC SAFETY At!D LICENSIrlG BOARD In the fiatter of
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Docket tios. 50-454
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50-455 (Byron Station, Units 1 and 2)
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ANSWER OF NRC STAFF TO AMEt!DED PETITION OF DAARE AND SAFE Pursuant to the Order of the Board on March 23, 1979, the DeKalb Area Alliance for Responsible Energy (DAARE) and the Sinnissippi Alliance for the Environ-ment (SAFE) filed an amended petition for leave to intervene in the Byron pro-ceed ing.
The Staff, Applicant and petitioner have met on several occasions in Illinois to negotiate contentions which would be relevant to the Byron pro-ceeding.
The Staff is of the view that petitioners have filed a petition which has in-cluded within it the bases for one or more contentions which should be admitted as issues in the proceeding.
Examples of such contentions are Contention 1, technical qualifications of Applicant; Contention 3, evacuation; Contention 5, need for power; Contention 6, cost-benefit analysis; Contention 7, embrittle-ment; Contention 8, hydrogen explosion; Contention 9, environmental impacts.
There are other contentions which may be admissible in the proceeding, but at the present time are too vague and non-specific to allow proper response to them.
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The Staff urges the Board that at the special prehearing conference to be held in Rockford, Illinois on August 21, 1979 the DAARE and SAFE be admitted as intervenors in this proceeding.
In light of the cooperative effort by all parties to sharpen the issues, it is suggested that the Board authorize the parties to continue such efforts so that within an agreed to period of time a further amended set of contentions can be submitted.
This procedure will expedite discovery and prevent undue delay in the processing of this litigation.
Respectfully submitted,
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CouJisel for !!RC Staff Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 20th day of August, 1979.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO: MISSION BEFORE THE ATO:11C SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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Docket Nos. 50-454 COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPAtlY
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50-455
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(Byron Station, Units 1 and 2)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "AtlSWER OF NRC STAFF TO AMENDED PETITION OF DAARE AND SAFE", in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class, or, as indicated by an asterisk, through deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's internal mail system, this 20thday of August,1979:
- Marshall E. Miller, Esq., Chairnan
- Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Board Panel U.S. fluclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccmmission Washington', D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
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- Atomic Safety and Licensing Dr. A. Dixcn Callihan Appeal Board Panel Union Carbide Corporation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cormission P. O.
Box Y Washington, D.C.
20555 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
- Docketing and Service Section Dr. Richard F. Cole Office of the Secretary of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Soard Panel Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Ccmmission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Cosnission Washingtion, D.C.
20555 Washington, D.C.
20555 Paul M. Murphy, Esq.
Isham, Lincoln & Beale One First National Piaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 iCl23 756
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Mrs. Phillip B. Johnson 190/ Stratford Lane Rockford, Illinois 61107
!1s. Marty Westerman Route 1, Box 279 St. Anne, Illinois 60964 Dr. Bruce von Zellen Department of Biological Sciences fiorthern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Ms. Beth L. Galbreath 734 Parkvie'd Rockford, Illinois 61107 M' LWL
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