ML19294B224
| ML19294B224 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 02/13/1980 |
| From: | Pollard R Chesapeake Energy Alliance |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
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| NUDOCS 8002280019 | |
| Download: ML19294B224 (13) | |
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BEFORE Tl!E ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING COARD N.i,,O Y
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D cket No. 50-289 METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY
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Intervonor, Cne sapeake norgy Alliance (CEA) heroby subnits the following first set of interrogatories to URC staff. In light of CE/.'s lack of financial resourcos, and distance fro. IiriC Public Docunent Econc and Licencco Discovery F. cons, CE requects that when the NRC ansuor makcc reference to any docur.cn t or relevant section of a docunent that is not r.:orn than fivo (3) pages in length, a copy of that document be encloced.E ?urthernore, CEA requests that when a docunenti referred to in an I!aC ancuor is one (of the nany) that have been served on CW durihg thoco proceedings, that an actorick (*)be placcc besians the reference.
CE?. requests that the attachod interrogatorios b-ancucred fully, in uriting, and under oath by any nenbers of the URC ctaff who have personal knouledge thereof.
The ancuor to cach interrogatory should contain the nane (s) and identification of the person (s )
supplying the ansucrx, and whether or nob he or che has veriTicd the ansuor.
I!r_'E.' :0G.'. TORIES : (Nunbered according to the contention) 2 (b )-1 Sunnarico and crolain the IIRC.;taff pocition on oositic
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the contention. Identify all docunento relied cn in reaching that/
2 (b )-2 Identify those aspects of the contention that :If.C Steff considers to be natters of controversy, for cach of thoco au rari::e briefly the oppocing nocitions on the
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"~.'C Staf f, Identif'/ and sunnarize any and all docenentc in cu"norb of c.1 thor positicr..
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2 sl 2 (b l-3 Identify and briefly sunnarize any and all doctmente known to tho liRC Staff that would tend to provide ovidenco and or support for thic contention.
2 (b )-4 Identify any and all persons known to the UCC Staff who h ve knowledge oroxportise that notild tend to cupport pthis contention..For cach such percon, provide nano, addroce, telophone nu-bor, qualifications, and a strr.ary of the nature of the support (evidence or exportiso ) that.
perso'n would be capable of providing for this cc atention.
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Identify any and all exports that the IMC Staff intends to havo testify on the contention; stato the qualificationa of each export; and present a sinnnary of the tectinony each export is expected to provide.
.: (b )-6 Identify any and all nonbera of URC Staff who diccent fron the overall NGC Staff position on this contention, and for cach of those porconc, provido a ster:ary of their dissenting position en ti e contention.
- (b )-7 Identify the critical cr contral parenc terr. of thi.
f contention as it is perceived and undcoctood 'oy I:20 0':a f, and briefly cunnarico the II:1C Staff'c evaluation of the inportance of each such paranctor.
2 (b )-8 Identify any and all Lc.0 m nodical freilitics known to ERC Str,f. that are uithin sevent,y-fivo (75) niles of THI, and that pcasesc the capability to accept and treat
.eersonc uhe night beconc expocod to radioactivo contanination (and other injurics ) rect'ltin" f ron an accident at 0::I-1.
For each such cr'ical f ncili ty, provido an cctinabo of tbc nu: ber of such porcon.: uno could be treated; describe the radiol.o-ical neac" ring 4nctru~.cnts available; describe the continconcy plans that have been prepared by that facility Cor a ra'iological accident at
- I-1 ; doccribe the capa:>ilit"--c,n. Stnff, a w onriate nup licc, etc. tlaL are avnilrale for ::uch t re a t:.:en'. ; cr.d. dentify the c' i o f rouicaJ oC icor of cach
- facility, Identify an: and all faciliti a for r~'ioactivo deconterin-c(b)-9 rcflocctivi'y fron tion of percons "ho
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an accidet' nt T;I-1
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3 sunnary of the nunber of perconc it ic
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decontaninating, ctato its dictance fron Tl:Ir cnd uhoro that dictance in Creater than coventy-five (75) niles sunnarice the contingency plane for trancportation of porcons from THI to the deccn'.r;cJ e tien '. c:'.. _. %.
2 (b )-10 For auch of the nodical facilitica identified ha 2(b)-6 above, sunnarino the provisions that have bocn ncdo for protecting oxisting patients and couipnont fron radioactivo contenination fron contaminabod persons uho nicht bo brought there fron TMI-1.
C tc )-1 Ancuor the interrogatorice pocod in 2(b)-1 through 2(b )-7 through with rocpoet to contention 2(c).
2(c)-7 2 (c )-8 Identify any mad all available storago capacity for radioactiv-ly contan'.nnted water that nicht be generated by an accident at OMI-1.
Briefly describe the purpoco of each conponent of cuch storaCo capacity, and deceribe the cxtent of routino levels of radioactivity of unter stored therein.
Identify those storage tenhc that nicht need to be dunpod in order to abcorb radioactive water in the event of an ener.noney. Identify thoco atorace tanic that uould bc availabic to roccivo radioactivo unter fron TEI-1 but that presently contain contaninated unter fron T!:I-2.
2(c)-9 Deccribo briefly the outflou valves, and controls for cuch valves, of any and all storacc tanks that have nrovicions for direct outflou of unter into the Sucquchnnna River.
Doccribe the Puality control noncuroc and critoria for thoco valvoc and their controls, and the frooucncy of incpoetion of thoco valves and controlc by ITCC Staff.
2 ( c )-10 Identif" cnd cunnarico any end all contingency pland that have been develop'd, prepared, or cozriccicned for the pocciolo eventuality of a najor re'. race of ra(icactivo unter into the Sucqnchanna : liver fran T: I.
2 (c )-11 Ide.stify and cur.arico nny and all docr ente thab have been prepnrod or connicciencd to deto"nine the environnontal
h-inpact; of a najor relonce of radioactivity into the Susquehanna River, with particular reference to tho offect of such a rolcase on aquatic organicnc and on the Checap cake Bay.
2 (d )-1 Ansuer the interrogatories posed in 2(b)-1 through 2 (b )-7 through with respect' to contention 2(d).
2(d)-7 2(d)-U Identify and sunnarico any and all docunents that have been prepared or connicsioned to detornino the imact on farn aninals of najor relcacos of radiation from TIH-1.
2(d)-9 Identify and sur:narize any and all contingoney plans and preparations.
for the protoction and/or ovacuation of farn animals, that have bocn or are beinq developed for th3 eventuality of a na;
.once of radiation fron THI-1.
2 (d)-10 Identify and sunnarice any and all docunonts that doscribe the present state of recogniacd vetorinary practico for the treatncnt radioactive 17 contaninated livoctock.
Provido docunontation of any and all offorts that have been nado to disceninate this knouledne to livestock voterinarians practicing within fifty nilec of TI, 2 ( d )-11 Provido an accurato estinate of the population of all livestock in the ton, tuenty, and fifty nile radius of TFI, providing th' population for onch nafor specice of livostock. Doscribo in detail.the sourco of the data used in conpiling such estinatec. Provide an octinato of the econonic value of tho abovo livoctock.
3-1 1.ns;;or the interrogatorios poned in 2(b)-1 through 2(b)-7 through with respect to contentien 3.
3-7 3-8 Identify and cunnarice any and all docunente that deceribo in detail the propocod offsito nenitoring cycton fob T':I-1 radiation reloaccc.
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Lescrib'u in detail the state of tho arc technology and nethods that are available to nonitor airborno radiation rc1casos.
In ansuoring, give special attention to describinC such nonitoring technology and nothodo that allor for continuous renote nonitoring and ' ping of radiatich 1cyc1c,
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and outinated pluno patterns and directionc.
Identify and sumarico cny and all documents relied on in answoring this interrogatory.
3-10 Describo in detail any and all availabic notocrologict noasuring equipnent that uould be used in naintaining accurato and up to dato notcorological data that uould be nococcary to predict with accuracy the c::poeted patterns of dispernion of radioactivity that nicht be relcaccdd from TI:I-1.
Dictinguich botucen equipr. cat ; hat is pornanantly installad in the vicin?.ty c? " -; and that which uould need to bo installed after a radiation roloacc.
For the latter, ostinate the tino that uould be recuired to put the equipment in placo.
3-11 Uith respect to the state of the art technology doccribed in your rocponse to 3-9 above, stato uhother the radiation nonitoring equipnont proposed by Licdnaco forTI:I uill incorporato such nothode.
If not, ctate why the state of the art nothods vill not be renuired, giving conpleto and detailed justification for tho macror.
Provide an ostinate of the gdditional cost that uould be incurred if radiation nonitoring couipnent capabic of providing continuous, renctely read, and up to date data of radiation levels uero required.
3-12 Describe in detail the cpecificationc for the rrdintion nonitoring devices to be uced for offsito nonitoring.
Spocify if the devicca are canable of moosuring alpha, beta, and garna radiation directly.
Snociff the range of radiation levels at which the dovices can operate accurately.
Doscribo the capability of the devices to identify specific isotopes that arc the source of the nonsured radiation, providing a list of all thoco f.cotopes tho devices are capabic of dicti.tguiching.
5-1 Ansuor the interrogatoriec 2(b )-1 throuCh 2(b )-7 nith through respect to contention 3 5-7
6 5-8 Provido a conplote and accyrato description of the procent storage of radioactive unter fron the THI-2 accident, specifying ugere all that untor is being stored, and providing,an ostinato of the radicactivity lovela of the unter.
and uhcro
$C Provide a dotalled doacription of hou/the contaninated unter presently in the containnent of TMI-2 5dll be storod when it is removed from containment during the clean-up of TEI-2.
5-10 Frovide a detailed cu mary of the plans and tinotablo for the disposition of the contaminated unter from TMI-2 5-11 Idontify any and all storage tanks that are procently being used to hold THI-2 unter, or that vill be used to hold '_'MI-2 unter, and that arc oither designed for, have been used for, or might need to be used to store water from TEI-1 5-12 Identify any and all acquencoc of events at TEI-1 that could lead to the generation of cufficient quantities of contaminated unter that vould require uno of tanks that procontly hold, or will in the future hold, unter fron TEI-2 6-1 answer the interrogatorios 2(b)-1 through 2(b)-7 with through respect to contention 6 6-7 6-8 Identify the rate, in callona per minuto,ncat uhich radio-or is len'u activo unter is being dischargod/ iron Fne prinary coolant systen of TEI-2 Describe in detail the disposition of any such unter.
Describe in detail the noasures that are being taken or that are being planned to reduce or clininato any such discharges or leaks.
6-9 Identify any and all coquences of cvents at T:!I-2 that could result in any cubctantial locs of reactor coolant.at CII-2.
Distinguish betueen thoso secuences that are predicatcc on operator error fron thoco that are predicatc.
on equipnont error or nalfunction. In particular, doccribe in detail any and all of such secuenecc that uould require sito cvacuation at TI.I.
7 6-10 Describe any and all presently unusod ctorage tanks that would be availabic to receivo najor additional releaces of radioactive water fren THI-2, giving the capacity of all such storage tenka.
Provide docunentation that nono of cuch tanks were designed for use by TMI-1, and could not be necded for the ctorago of nator that ni-ht be diccharged fron TMI-1, 7-1 An: wor the intorrogntories 2(b )-1 through 2(b)-7 uith through respect to contention 7.
7-7 7-8 Provido a thorough and detailed. doccription of the radiation nonitoring provisions for THI, doccribing hou cuch provisionc will allow for conploto and accurate dicerininatin n betwoon effluente fron THI-1 d Lggg7 from TMI-2.
Deccribe any and all noteorologica[c n[i[lonc tUdt onld undernino or nullify the ability to dicerininato botucon TEI-1 and THI-2 offluentc.
7-9 Specify for which assuned radioactive pathuays the nonitoring provicions uill be able to distinguich botucen TMI-1 and TIG-2 effluents.
Describo any and all pathways for uhich the nonitoring provisions will be unable to distinguoch between TMI-1 and TMI-2 offluents.
O-1 Ancuer the interrogatories 2(b )-1 through 2(b )-7 uith through respect to contention 8 0-7 6-8 Provido a dota11ed cunnary of any and all docunents that have been prepared or conniccioned by URO staff concerning the nanagonent ability of Licensee. In particular, for cach such docunent, idontify the author (s) and their qualifications, and doccribo any evidence in such docunents that point touards evidcnce of lack of adogyato nanagencnt ability on behalf of licencoe.
3-9 For any and all acpect of Licencoe t a nanaconent ability for which Staff has found evidence of inadequacy, doccribe in detail uhat noncuroc have boon propocod by staff or by Licensce to correct auch inat'equacy, end provido a tho.uch juctificatim as to whether staff conciders cuch correctivo
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8 neasures to be adequ te, and if so, why those naasures a
can provido assurance of correction of Licenscois nanagenent ability.
9-1 f.nswer tho interrogatorica 2(b )-1 through 2(b)-7 with through respect to contention 9.
9-7 9-8 2rovido a dotalled cunnary of any and all doct'nents prepared or connissioned for URC staff concerning the adoquacy of Licenseeis financial resourcos.
9-9 specify the URC regulations concerning the required financial resourecs of a Licensco. Subnit copics of any regulatory guidos concerning those requirenonts.
9-10 Stato whobher URC staff has boon participating in the ongoing Pennsylvania PUC hearinCs concerning Licensee.
If the ansuor is no, provido a conplete and detailed justification as to why H2C staff considors it unnecoscary to so participato, given the Connissionic l.ugust 9 ordor naking the Licenceo's financial rosourecs an issuo in theco proceedings.
If the answer is yes, provido a detailed curriary of the prelininary conclusions of I:RC staff concerning tho tostinony and evidence in the PUC PcarinCs.
12-1 Ans-or the interrogatorios 2(b )-1 through 2(b)-7 uith through respect t'o contention 1 E (UCG Contention 13).
10-7 12-8 Provida a dotalled onplanation of Staff's criteria for deternining, from the realm of possible accidents, uhich accidents fall uithin the design basis.
If Stcf f 1 3 critoria is based on the assunntion of single failuro (of systens conponents), provido a full and cor:plete justification or for so liniting design bt is accidents, and for excluding design basis consideraticr. of nultiple failuro accidents.
If any a.utrntions arc made concerning probabilitics, nrovido full and comploto docunentation of the basY[fbUhSSNr;"
such probabilities.
Identify all docunents relied oh, and for cac's such doctrient, identify the nrincipal authors,
9 their profeccional qualifications, and relevant publications,.
12-9 Identify any and all knoun documents that challengo staff's justification for refusing to consider nultiplo failure accidents in developing design basis critoria for nuclear power plant operation.. 'o - cach such domr.ont, identify the principal author (s), their nrofcasional. qualifications.
and relovant publications.
Provido a brief, but detailed sm=ary of the argunonts advocated in cach such docunent.
12-10 Provido a bibliography (annotated for key docunents),
of the literature of the probabilitics.and consequences of najor nuclear power plant accidents. Provido Library of Congross call nunbors,.uhorevor such call nunbors aro known to non I!EC staff.
12-11 Identify an IIRC staff porcon or persons uho is thoroughly faniliar uith the natorial in the bibliography requestod in 12-10 abovo, and upon uhon CIP. nay frocly call to discuss uith and consult upon the natters in contention 12.
In the ovent thoro is no such person on the I!ZC staff, so stato, and provide the nano of any othor -t h person to uhon C3. could reasonably have access for such discussion and consultation; furthornoro, in this ovont, prcvido a full and conplete justification as to why IIRC has no such staff person uith the abovo faniliarity uith those natters.
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12-11 Spocify, in nuncrical probability tornaf tne proobility of an accident bolou uhich probability the accident is not considered crediblo by the I:nc stelf.
Provido a full and conplete justification for the I:RCis colection of that probability lovel as the cutoff point for accident credibility Identify any ahd all docunonta relied upon in this ansucr.
12-12 Describo in detail the process rolled upon by I! C staff in conputing the probability of any given accident secuenco.
Provido detailed and thorough justification for this con-utational nothod, payin", particular attention to the respoctivo det crr.ination of the role of hunan (operatobforriation error as cenpared to rolos o.' equi-ncnt and instrunentation-/
nalftnction.
For cach of tho above identifiof three conponents of error (operator, equi ycnt, and instrunontaticn-infon;ation) denonstrate the entent to
-nich the assumed
s 10 probabilition are based on past onperienco or on other estinatos.
Where pact onperience is used as a basis for probability cctinatec, stato uhother the ostinato is based on pact onporienco uith. identical reactora and control roon dosi ns to THI-1; if not, stato what G
nothods are reli d unOroI+o take into account tho n
anc con rocn-specific reactor dopondent charactorictics of THI-1, ac noll as the quality ahd effectivencas of operator training and energency procedures at THI-1; if there 10 no such concidoration of TMI-1 specific paranotors of probability in dotornbaing accident probabilipy, provido a full and thororch justification uhy cuch concidoration is not nooded.
If cctinaten other than those baced on past onperience aro utiliced in calculatinc probabilibios, provide a.dctailed justification and hacis for thoco ostinatoc.
12-13 Identify any and all onperts uho woro relied upon in providing the ansuer to 12-12 abovo; for cach cnport provido nano, addroca, phone nunbor, and nrofoncional qualific tions.
a 12-1 h Identify and and all docunents that.uoro relied upon in providing tho annucr to 12-12 abovo; for cach docuncnt, provido authoric), and their profoccional qualifications, 13-1
.incuor tho interrogatorion 2(b)-1 throuCh 2(b )-7 uith though respect to contention 13 13-7 13-8 Deccribe in detail any and all cero.ning proceduroc, kno::n to the NEC, to detect the developnent or existence of an operator 'nindsett, uhcroin an operator in so conditioned cn the ba ic of his enperienac, in ccnjunction s
uith prevailing nanaconent and onerating attitudoc, to c:.stentially rule cut en interprotrtion of a c ruence of alarnc, cdvorce signelc, and indicationc of abncrnal trancients, as indicative of a najor accident :;ith concoquen=oc
11 or a partial or nt11 core nolu.
.;.f any ncychological tests are so unod as screening proceduros, identify sucri tects, identify the author of the testa, and his/her quala.ficationc and prorccalenal background, and cunnars.co invectt'vod uh vacr tflotesSo provido an any recuarch 'una' has/
of accurato indication of tho existenco/such an operator Inindsett.
13-9 Describo in detail any screeninc proceduros that vill bo used by Licensco to detect the developnent or existence of an oporator Inindactt (ca defined cloovo).
Su-rarico cny research that hac bocn conductod to evalunto the officacy of such scrconing procedurec, identifying the principal invcaticator(s), and providing their profeccional qualifications.
13-10 Identify any and all :: noun recoarch invostigatin3 tho relationship botueen the dovolopment of operator snindcotI and the frequency of alarna or indicationc of ninor abnormal transients, and/or the frequency of 2alco alarna or other falco indications of abnormal trcncienta.
vor oach cuch reconrch, identify the principal.invosti ator(s),
C doccribe their profecsional qualificaticns, anC. cu~nr.rico tho findings of the roccarch.
13-11 Identify and describe any end all ctudioc that havo bocn developed, cenniscionc0, or planned by I'MC into factors accocinted with the dcyclopnent of o7crator nindset.
If no such studios have boon prepared, connicsionod, or planned by URC, provido full and detailed justification why such stidios are not concidered to be nococcary, 13-12 Describo in detail ony and all corrunication and' dialoC that has taken pin e botucen URC and profeccion.ils irith c
experienco and roccarch inte operator nindnet in situationc analogoud to nuclear pouer plent control roon;, for exanplo, personnel in the liaSA i.viation Pcychology iregren. If no such cornunication and dialoC has tahon placa, provinc a thorough justification as to ulr/ that has aob Ucen concidered nococaary or valuablo,
12 Dofinitions For definitions or the torns 'docunont' and ' identify', CE1 adopts the definitions applied by Licensco in Licensoo's First Set of Interrogatorios to Intorvonor Chosa7enho :horcy A111cnco, Inc.
Additional Interrocatorr 12-15 In a docunont.
dated Jan 25, 1960 fron Stovon A. Varga to All Boards, in reference to Tu bino cracking, it is stated r
that "... the probability values used... may have been too lou and nay be revised ugunrds.".
Idedify any and all other circunstancos known to NP.C whora the probability o stinato fc e quipnont, instrunontation,by any hi. tor or onor orror/r na1 0 c.p"tonhas had. to be rsvised upuards by ILiC/in tho light or consoc o
of c porionco,.rosc rch, or other nou infornation.
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for conparison, identification of any and all circunstances in which such probability ostinatos have boon revised downward in the light of execrienco, roccarch, or other information.
Do thoso data provido any ovidence of an overall trend towards highor. or lower overall probabilition of errors, malfunctions, or transients? Provido justification for your conclusions!
Rosp ect ' 17 subr " d I /
obert Q. Pollard, for Dated: February 13, 1980 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ALLIANCE
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