ML19263D897
| ML19263D897 | |
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| Site: | Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant  |
| Issue date: | 03/23/1979 |
| From: | Sohinki S NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Kornblith L, Schink D, Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX |
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| NUDOCS 7904170029 | |
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N...*y March 23, 1979 NRC PUBLIC Det.
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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Neclear Regulatory Comission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Dr. David R. Sctink phr[lg~gqq ify Department of Oceanography Texas A & M University College Station, Texas 77840 W
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1, Docket No. STN 50-437 Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the Board's Order of March 12, 1979, the hearings in the captioned matter will reconvene on April 4,1979, in order to consider ACCCE contentions 3a and 3c.
These contentions were admitted as issues in controversy in 1974, well prior to the publication of the Staff documents which address the issues involved.
In this regard, the Staff has reviewed the Final Environmental Statement, Part II (FES II, NUREG-0056) and the Final Addendum to that document, the Liquid Pathway Generic Study (LPGS, NUREG-0440) and the Final Environmental Statement, Part III (FES III, NUREG-0502).
We believe that the analyses in these documents adequately treat the matters raised by the two ACCCE contentions.
Therefore, the Staff will not submit supplemental testimony in response to these contentions, but will, of course, have two panels of witnesses present on April 4 to respond to any cross examination by the parties or the Board with regard to these issues.
For the information of the Board and parties, the following sections of Staff documents, either in part or in their entirety, discuss the subject areas covered by the two contentions:
ACCCE 3a - Aquatic Biota 1.
Thermal Plume Effects A.
FES II - Sections 6.2, 6.6, 6.7, 9.1.2, 10.1.2, 12.3.1.5, 12.3.1.7, 12.3.1.8, 12.3.1.14, 12.7.4.1 and Appendix E.
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Addendum - Sections 2.5.4, 6.3.2.1, 12.3.1.8 (p. G-2).
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Entrainment and Imoingement A.
FES II - Sections 6.3, 6.4, 9.1.2, 10.1.2, 10.2.1.4, 12.3.1.8, 12.3.1.11, 12.7.4.1.
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Addendum - Sections 2.5.3 (Aquatic), 6.3.2.2, 12.3.1.8 (p. G-2).
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Radioactive Liquid Discharges A.
FES II - Section 6.9.1.
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LPGS - Sections 5, 6.2.7, C-4 (Appendix C).
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FES III - Sections 3.3.2.1, 3.4.2.2, 3.4.3, 5.5.3, B-2 (p. 6-3),
B-6 (p. 6-5), B-7 (p. 6-5), K-7 (p. 6-15), K-42 (p. 6-24) and Appendix F.
ACCCE 3c - Food Chain 1.
FES II - Sections 6.9.2.1, 6.9.2.2, 6.9.2.6, 12.3.3.3.
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Addendum - Section 12.3.3.3 (p. G-3).
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LPGS - Sections 4.3.2, 4.3.3 (aquatic food ingestion pathway), 4.3.4.
6.2, C-2.1.3, C-3.3, C-5 and Appendix F (Fish Consumption).
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FES III - Sections 5.4.5, 5.4.6, 5.5.7, 5.5.9, B-3 (p. 6-3), K-14 (p. 6-19).
The FES II, Vols.1 and 2, has been admitted into evidence as Staff Exhibit 1 at Tr. 3d26.
The Addendum has been incorporateu into the record as if read following Tr. 7014.
The FES III will be offered in evidence on April 4 and will be sponsored by the Staff's Environmental Project Manager for this application, Mr. Clifford A. Haupt.
Mr. Haupt has previously been sworn and his professional qualifications entered into the record as if read following Tr. 7011. The LPGS, as the companion document to the FES III, will also be offered into evidence on April 4 and will be sponsored by Mr. Richard H. Vollmer, who supervised the team which prepared that document.
Copies of Mr. Vollmer's statement of professional gralifications are enclosed herewith.
The Staff's panel with regard to ACCCE 3a will consist of the following individuals:
Clifford A. Haupt Dr. Frank J. Congel Howard F. Bauman Dr. Keith F. Eckerman Dr. Richard B. McLean Dr. Richard B. Codell Dr. harold Berkson
i Mr. Bauman and Dr. McLean have previously been sworn and their statements of professional qualifications incorporated into the record as if read following Tr. 7016 and 7034, respectively.
Copies of the statements of professional qualifications for the other gentlemen are enclosed herewith.
With regard to ACCCE 3c, the Staff panel will be composed of all of the individuals listed above with the exception of Mr. Bauman and Dr. McLean.
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stephen M. Schinki Counsel for NRC Staff Enclosures As Stated cc w/ encl: Vincent W. Campbell, Esq.
Dr. David L. Hetrick Richard M. Hluchan, Esq.
Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.
Mary M. Cheh, Esq.
Barton Z. Cowan, Esq.
Thomas M. Daugherty, Esq.
Mr. John H. Williamson City of Brigan' tine Harold P. Green, Esq.
Carl Valore, Esq.
Dr. Willard W. Rosenberg Dr. Glenn L. Paulson Mr. Harold P. Abrams Mr. Mitchell Attalla Keith A. Onsdorff, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Docketing and Service Section
BIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD H. V0LLMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SYSTEMS AND PROJECTS DIVISION OF OPERATING REACTORS OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Mr. Vollmer received a B.S. degree in physics from the University of Notre Dame in 1952. Between the years of 1952 and 1968, he was employed with the Dupont Company at the Argonne National Laboratory and at the Commission's Savannah River Plant; with Allis-Chalmers, directing
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the design, construction, and operation of the prototype reactor experi-ments for the Pathfinder boiling water ~ reactor; and with Atomics International, directing the test analysis and safety work associated with SNAP (Systems for Nuclear Application in Space).
Mr. Vollmer joined the Commission in 1968 as a Lead Reactor Engineer in the Division of Reactor Licensing and became Technical Coordinator for Reactor Operations in 1970.
In 1972 he became Chief of the Quality Assurance Branch and was responsible for li:ensing review and technical evaluation in the areas of conduct of operations, initial test programs, and quality assurance.
In December of 1976, he became Assistant Director for Site Analysis in the Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis, and in February of '79 assumed the position of Assistant Director for Systems and Projects in the Division of Operating Reactors.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Harold Berkson U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis I am a Senior Environmental Specialist with special training and interest in aquatic biology and environmental management.
I have been employed by the NRC in the Environmental Specialists Branch since 1972. This Branch has responsibility for the review of applicant's Environmental Reports and independent assessment of impacts, review and modification of environmental technical specifications that are part of nuclear power plant operating licenses, technical assistance to other groups in their area of expertise,
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and active cooperation with the Offices of Standards Development and of Research.
I have a B.A. degree in biology from Rutgers University, a M.A. degree in biology from Amherst College, and a Ph.D. in marine biology from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego.
I have also taken graduate work at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and at Yale University, as well as specialized short courses at the University of Washington and Georgia Institute of Technology.
From 1956 to 1958, I was employed as an Assistant Biological Oceanographer at the Narragansett Marine Laboratory of the University of Rhode Island where I conducted research on the ecology of Narragansett Bay with emphasis on marine fouling communities and on primary productivity.
From 1958 to 1963, I held a research assistantship at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography where I conducted research for my Ph.D. on the physiological adaptations of air breathing vertebrates t, prolonged anoxia and to hyperbaria.
From 1963 through 1966, I worked for HEW, Division of Water Supply and Follution Control (later becoming the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration by legislative action) as Chief of the Plankton, Ecology, and Productivity Unit of the Washington State Enforcement Project, a joint Federal - Washington State program to determine the effects of pulp mill pollution on the ecology and marine resources of Puget Sound.
I also did research on the toxicity of pulp mill wastes on developing flatfish eggs and on the relationship between tumors on fish and certain water pollutants.
The results of these studies were used as testimony at the subsequent enforcement conference that forced signficant pollution abatement.
. From 1966 to 1968, I was Executive Secretary of the Subcommittee on Fish, other Aquatic Life, and Wildlife of the National Technical Advisory Committee on Water Quality Criteria. The criteria developed by this Subcommittee and published by the Secretary of Interior were used by many states as the technical bases for water quality standards now in effect.
From 1968 to 1970, I was Chief of the Biological and Ecological Sciences Section of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. My major responsibilities were preparation of the portions of the National Estuarine Pollution Study dealing with biology, ecology, and living marine resources, and research needs.
The purpose of the study was to develop a plan of institutional management for the Nation's estuaries, based on technical considerations; to identify and document the uses and values of estuaries; and to develop research programs that would supply information needed for effective estuarine management.
From 1970 to 1972, I was a Specialist in Environmental Policy at the Congressional Research Service with responsibility for technical informa-tion in the broad categories of water pollution, coastal and estuarine zone management, pesticides and chemicals in the environment, environmental data systems, marine mammals, marine sanctuaries, and related marine ecological matters. My duties consisted of serving as a technical con-sultant to Members, Committees and the staf fs of Congress in these matters; preparing technical analyses and interpretations of legislation for Congressional use; providing technical input to Committee hearings; preparing draf t positions for Members' testimony; and preparing Congressional Documents and Hearing Reports.
In 1972, I joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (then AEC) and assumed my present duties outlined above, with concentration on generic issues such as Standardized Environmental Technical Specifications and ecological significance of accidental releases of radionuclides to the natural aquatic environment. I have recently been assigned as the NRC representative to the forthcoming EPRI-TVA workshop " Factors Affecting Power Plant Waste Heat Utilization" and am Chairman of the session devoted to the special problems associated'with nuclear facilities.
I am a member of eight professional societies, listed in American Men of
___ Science, recognized as a Certified Fisheries Scientist by the American Fisheries Society, and have served as national Chairman of the American Fisheries Society Committee on Water Quality-Pollution.
I am the author of or contributor to more than 25 technical papers and reports including the Chapters on legislative history of water pollution control law and on water quality criteria in the Environmental Engineers Handbook, and significant portions of the U. S. Department of Interior Water Quality Criteria, the U. S. Department of Interior National Estuarine Pollution Study (published as Senate Document No. 91-58), the CEQ-Interagency report on Floating Nuclear Power Plants, and NUREC-0440 Liquid Pathway Generic Study.
. I organized and chaired the symposium entitled " Interaction cf Nuclear Power Plants and Marine Ecosystems: Operating Experience, Predictive Capability, Emerging Challenges" presented at the 1974 annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society and am currently active in the Potomac Chapter of the Society as a member of Nominating Committee. I also serve as Chairman of Program Committee of the American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists, Washington, D. C. District.
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FRANK J. CONCEL PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS I am the Section Leader of the Radiological Impact Section in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Co= mission. My responsibilities include supervision of, as well as direct participation in the technical review and evaluation of the environmental radiologi. cal-impact associated with reactor and other f.uel cycle facility operation.
I was born in Syracuse, New York. My undergraduate study was done at
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Le Moyne College, Syracuse, N.
Y., where I received the 3.S. degree in Physics in 1964.
I entered the physics graduate department of Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York, and received the M.S. degree in 1967 and the Ph.D. degree in 1968.
Both degrees include a concentration in nuclear physics and a minor in mathematics.
After completing the Ph.D. degree requirements, I accepted an appointment as a postdoctoral research assistant in the Radiological Physics Division
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of the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
During my nine-month stay at the laboratory, I was engaged in a project to determine the environmental neutron flux. This work included both instrumentacion design and data analysis and interpretation.
I subsequently accepted an s
academic position in the Physics Department of Malcalester College,
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St. Paul, Minnesota.
I continued fundamental research at the college and also taught physics courses to undergraduates at all levels.
My research expanded to include measurement and interpretation of gamma ray spectra in the vicinity of electrical generating stations.
In February,1972, I accepted a position with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Regulatory.
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PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Keith F. Eckerman I am presently employed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Group Leader in the Metabolism and Dosimetry Group of the Health and Safety Research Division.
From October 1974 through December 1978 I served as a Radiation Physicist with the RAB staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
My duties include the review of Environmental Reports submitted in support of license appli-cations and participate in the preparation and processing of staff state-ments in support of licensing functions.
In addition I had the responsi-bility for development of transport models to define the distribution and uptake of radioactive materials in the environment.
Since January of 1972 I have participated in the evaluation of the radiological impact of various nuclear facilities.
I am currently a member of ANS-18.2 (American National Standards) subcommittee who is charged with development of standards with respect to computation techniques for inferring environmental doses.
I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin at Platteville (1962), a Master of Science Degree in physics from Marquette University (1967), and a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Health Engineering from Northwestern University (1972).
From 1962-1966, I was employed by the Warren, Illinois High School District as an instructor of mathematics, chemistry, and physics.
During the summers of 1964-1967, I attended an NSF institute at Marquette University.
During the academic year 1966-1967, I attended the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.
I was involved in several research projects using accelerators at the University of Georgia and the Oak P,idge National Laboratory.
I was associated with the Argonne National Laboratory in various positions from 1968 to 1974; during the period 1970-1972, as a AUA-ANL Predoctoral Fellow and from 1972 to 1974 as an Environmental Scientist with the Environmental Statement Project.
During these periods, research in the general area of dosimetry and measurement of internal deposited low energy emitters was conducted.
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I am a member of the Health Physics Society.
Richard B. Codell Hydrologic Engineering Section Hydrology-Meteorology Branch Division of Site Safety and Environmental Analysis Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Professional Qualifications I am a Hydraulic Engineer, Hydrologic Engineering Section, Hydrology Meteorology Branch, Division of Site. Safety and Environmental Analysis, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
I studied chemical engineering.at the Pennsylvania State University where I was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Science in 1965 and Master of Science in.1967.
I took courses at the University of Rochester and Lehigh University, and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering.from Lehigh University in 1973. My doctoral dissertation was " Digital Computer Simulation of Thermal Effluent Dispersion in Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries".
Courses.which I have taken pertinent.to my present discipline are in the areas of transport phenomena, fluid. dynamics, physical oceanography, water resources, estuary and river pollution modeling, river hydraulics and hydrology, advanced mathematics, computer applications, economics, statistics and nuclear engineering.
I have published in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, Control Engineer, the Journal of Surface and Colloids Research, and the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal.
I was employed.by the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama from March 1972 to August 1973. My responsibilities included simulating the performance of several air defense missile systems.
My employment with the NRC (formerly the AEC) dated from August 1973, when I was hired as.a " Chemical and Thermal Dispersion Analyst" in the Environmental Specialists Branch. My responsibilities included the evaluation of development of techniques for the analysis of chemical and. thermal effluents from nuclear facilitius, the effects of intake structures on rivers, and tre environmental review of nuclear facilities in the licensing process.
In May 1974, I transferred to the Site Analysis Branch (presently.
Hydrology-Meteorology Branch) for my present assignment as a Hydraulic Engineer. My responsibility in the licensing review of nuclear facilities involves the evaluation of Safety Analysis Reports and Environmental
Richard B. Codell Professional Qualifications Reports in the areas of flood vulnerability and protection, environmental and safety-related acceptability of effluents in both surface and ground water, and adequacy of water supply, especially emergency supplies.
In addition, I have been. involved in the development of computer models and procedures in these and related areas.
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