ML19261B849

A&M Cleeton'S Motion to Compel NRC to Provide Detailed Evaluation of Impact of 790119 Decision Re 1975 Reactor Safety Study So Parties May Determine Whether Safety Issues Should Be Reopened.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19261B849
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Site:	05000471
Issue date:	01/25/1979
From:	Abbott W External Citizen/Individual/Media (Affiliation Not Assigned)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Washington D.C.

January 25, 1979 To: Edward Luton, Esq.

Chairman, Atomic Safety and In the Matter of Licensing Board Soston Edison Campany, et al U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Sta-Washington, D.C. 20555 tion, Unit 2; Docket No. 50-471)

Motion #4: That the 30ard Order the NPC Staff Tc Provide to the Parties a Detailed Evaluation of the Impact Upon this Proceeding of the NRC's De-cision Announced January 19, 1979 Re the 1975 Reactor Safety Studv Alan and Marion Cleeton, by their counsel, hereby move that the Licensing Board order that the NRC Staff provide to the parties in this proceeding a detailed evaluation of the impact upon this proceeding of the NRC's decision, announced on or about January 19, 1979, to the effect that the NRC would not rely upon certain aspects of its cwn 1975 Reactor Safety Study (Wash-1400)

As grounds therefor, they state the fol'_owing:

1. Several issues in the instant proceeding raised by the various parties involve matters of the overall s afe operation of the nuclear reac:cr associated with Pilgrim 2. Such issues in-clude Commonwealth Contentions 9, 11, 13 anc 14; Ford Contentiens I, J, K and L; and Cleeton Contentions 3, E (see Board Crder dated February 18, 1975). Further, many aspects of the operational safe:v of the proposed Pilgrim 2, inclucing several generic safety issues.

have been the subj ect of the NRC-compiled Safety Evaluation Report which has been supplemented from time to time as this case has pro-gressed.

2. Cn or about January 19, 1979, the NRC arnounced that it was withdrawing its support frcm certain aspects of he NRC Reactor Safety S tudy , t.' ash- 1400, issued in October, 1975, and that certain regulatory

. decisions based upon the conclusions set forth in this Study would ce re-examinec.

3. Before the parties hereto can evaluate the necessity or propriety of reopening the record as to any issues or recuesting that new or modified contentions be admitted in this proceeding, it is necessary that the NRC Staff provide an evaluation of the 790307o3fjf

impact of the Commission's new position upon this proceeding.

WHEREFCRE, Alan and Marion Cleeton, parties in the referenced proceeding, request that their T.otion be granted for the reasons stated hereinabove.

Respectfully submitted

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..A William S. Abbott Attornev for Alan and Marion Cleeton 30 Cong'ress Street, Room 925 Boston, Massachusetts 02109 617-523-5520 Certificate of Service I, William S. Abbott, do hereby certify that a copy of this motion has been ~1 1;. served on all parties indicated on the Service List attached to .etter of even date herewith addressed to the members of the Lit 'ng Board.

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