ML19329E722

Affidavit of Mm Cherry Supporting Saginaw Intervenors' Brief in Opposition to Westinghouse Motion for Reconsideration of Order Denying Westinghouse Motion to Quash Subpoena

ML19329E722
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	03/06/1972
From:	Cherry M CHERRY, M.M./CHERRY, FLYNN & KANTER, Saginaw Intervenor
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AFFIDAVIT OF MYRON M. CHERRY IN SUPPORT OF BRIEF OF

!;AGINAM VAT. LEY ET AL. INTERVENORS IN OPPOSITION TO WESTIUGI!OUSE ELECTRIL' CORI'OHATION 'S MOTION

• FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER DENYING WESTINGl!OUSE'S MOTION TO OUASII TliE SUBPOENA c

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1. My name is Myron M. Cherry and I am counsel for the Saginaw Valley et al. Intervenors. .

2. Attached to thia Affidavit as Attachment 1 is what I believe to be a true and correct copy of a Decem- .,

her 17, 1969 Jc.tter with two paces of attachments from P. L. ,

Ritter: house to attendees at a certain San Francisco Fuel-Rod Failure meeting, December 4, 1969. This letter came into my possession in the course of my duties as counsel '

to the National Intervenors in Docket RM 50-1.

3. Attached to this Affidavit as Attachment 2 are true end correct copics of Pages 4154, 4155, 4439, 4440, and 4267 of the transcript of the proceedings in Docket RM 50-1 on Wednecday, March 1, 1972.

4. The letter attached to this Affidavit as ,

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. t Attachment 1 purports to summarize what transpired at the aforer entioned meeting. The fif th pace of the letter lists EXIIIDIT C 8006170 N @

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the at.tendecs at the subject meetina among whom were included a representative of Westinchouse and a representa-tive of each of the other three reactor-vendors with which 4.

it is in competition.

5. Page 3 of the letter under the caption "R.J.

Mi 13 c2 .(Westirnhouse-NPD) " sets forth certain information with senpoet t o multi-rod transient burst experiments and certain parameters of those experiements. Of particlar ,

~ int ere st is that the letter states that Mr. Miller of . -

Westirqhouse disclosed to attendees at the meeting the in-torna] prensures listed in the letter as well as other para-motors of the nulti-rod burst experiments. Thus, a.repre-rr nf .,i ive of M< stinqhouse disclosed this information at the i n . e ml .. . r 4 , l 'H e') merot.i ng to me:mbers o f the Atomic Encryy

('omni: nion and to representatives of its competitors, includ-int! C( mbttstion 1:nqincering, Babcock & Wilcox, and General ,

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G. In April, 1970, Westinchouse submitted WCAP report 7495-L, Volumes 1 and 2 to the Atomic Eneray Commis-sJon and claimed such reports to be proprietary pursuant to -

i h. tr at t. hat tho information contained thorcin is " custom-arily heJd in confidence." .

7. The information contained in Attdchhent,1 hereto under the caption "R.J. Miller (Nestinahouse-NFD) " is infor-mation, dicciocod by Westinghouse to its competitors at a

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Decennin r - 4, 1969 .nceting and, thus, not " customarily hcid in confidence." It is also information which Westinghouse

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claimn' is proprietary and customarily held in confidence by virtue of such information being embodied in the afore-mentioned WCAP reports claimed proprict'ary.

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On Thursday, March 2, 1972 in the National l:CCS Hearinan (Docket RM 50-1) , when the issue of disclosure of the information contained in Attachment 1 and in the afore-mentioned WCAP reports was pre,sented in the hearing, counsel .

r for Westinghouse restated its claim that the information was proprietary and that "WCAP 7495-L, Volumes 1 and 2, are documents customarily held in confidence by Westinchotse."

Sec Tr. 4439-40 and 4154-55, copies of which are attached hereto its Attachment ? . .

9. A comparinon of the informat. ion disclosed by

.Mr. MJ11er on December 4, 1969 with the information in the -

WCAP reports and claimed proprietary by Westinghouse at the National llearings demonstrates unequivocally that Westing-houco is making a claim of proprietary in the National IIc . rings , asserting that information is customarily held in c c.afidence, when in fact, the identical information was re]eaned to Wentinqhouse competitors intentionally and with Westinghouse knowledge some four months before the dato'of the alleged proprietary reports.

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10. Although the WCAP reports which are the-t subject of this Affidavit are not now presently at issue in ~

the Midland proceeding, this Affidavit demonstrates that at

.] e an1 on one <,ccaninn, and a most recent occasion, Westinq-house does not customarily hold in confidence information it claims is proprietary. This information would require this Soard at a hearing (assuming it adopts the Westinghouse test) , to have Westinghouse disclose each person, firm, or corporation who received or had access to the information in the MCAP reports which are the subject of the instant Mot. ion j n orth r adequat.ely to assess the claim that the iodino spray removal documents are in fact customarily br1d in confidence.

11. We believe the information contained in this Affidavit demonstrates that the Weisemann affidavit '

is far from a complete, adequate or honest statement of the tien ti nohous 7 policy; and without exp3anation of the facts dincioned horrein, it may very well be that the Weisemann A f fi d.evi t- in an intentional misrep onentation. 7 CN t bU I k 4 Pron M. Chdrry '

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3. 1:- -d na.:.fr di.' tribution--t:, pical- of T1.*R. *

' /.): il m:;r d ?.-tratation. -l.3'i'h per.h che.:>pcJ cocine. i 3 '7e.. . r: ;.cre of cealant initiation--lC00*F on " hot rod" (simulates- .

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h. Ca..lan* flo.:--2.15 Cal / :in (cprey). .

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4 L: " hot rc i" reacht ' n c3ximu'.: temper:.tttre of chout 2000*F and que.9ched  ;

t. t 't : > . in f.:::.rt (J r r,rv y ic xero tj::c) fren 3 60 f1'. A "Jov power" rod, - .'

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1. }htn.11e conrinuration--h x h with four center rods pressuri::cd, 30-in. in ' h.nc.th,10-in. betvoen cpacing grids.

2. Tert con-ittions--bunile inserted in furnace heated to in excess of .

7000"F, he:. ting rate 25'F/sce at 1200*F and ~7'F/ccc to 1600*F, air nt.r.o 3h ere.

• 3 Threc '.en ta cach at 150,1000, and 2000 psi internal pressure. l Dceau:.c of the rcotho.1 of heating and consequent radici tenperature crntiir nt, the tents ..re not a simulation of flow blockage but, as stated' before, an t.tter:pt to dert.cnstrate the axial randonness of the position -

of ra!. lure.

Jt. L;r s:] ( f? :.n Uuclear Cornoration).

T.:e future of the FEUST Progrc.m vill depend upon the evaluation of the h0F' ear.:. no beitr, parfor.ted. Two large-scale de::tructive tento with f.irc:: o: hunlles are n der consicleration. J I: et of.' the Ti'R-FISCliT tests with 49 and 100 stainless stee]

rede have i en ec=pl<.t:0. Sce:c expariments with flow blochr:ce simulation '

have 1/ en . i rfe: . cd (eco3cd better than unblocked tests) and additional ,

te tn v D h r.uc nevere bicchuce vill be run.

U :hc !Neie.r C. ry.iration' ir. proponirig an 800 red experiment to I ..u . , L.e:. H i . :m .u.: . :..: c 6-ft t.ection of a l'dll core a2 to study

r. 0 ;: 1 r] <, 7 er/cett in 111: cy.:n Juttice. ,

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Ti:e rf rnt O & 1:idge htional laboratory fuel rod failure experi-t.cr.i. in 't]. '.*/J van cos. ducted in Septerr.her 19ab. The seven-rod bundle of Zi ren J c.,v c ' ed L;0 g f w -] u:4. heated at '(2*P/ccc for nbout 20 occ. Five of t he red.n '.- re preccurleed to 900 luig und two to 100 psic. All rods rupten.d v .! riarion pro:iuein vere collected frc.m the pre-irradinted center ro' 1:aticin or cooling chun:.cl bloch: ne by rod ovelling . .

.indiente e raxiu.m b:oc'.r.cc of 607, an1 > 307, blockcce over 3 in. A second exy.rJv ent ..in cei.; ahi for Jznuary 19'(0. Deta11n of thouc cxperf t.cnta  ?

ere given :n Lie. Oil.i. D: clear S::fet .' L'ronthly i'ra; rene 1: port:r for

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'J a - ient. pccd ictions--the time-temparatu)e and titi.e-f; cladding l exy;r.a h.n (i . 0,'.;'s) l.icinry--hnvc been r.:ade for l oth D'.?R nn.1 l.!R renc' tor.G I J n t :e V.;i: c2. - free ccr:canication or cac in ac :u:: icd while, for the IER j re ..t , ca!! tre (no rec l n .p) In pred leted prior to the ste.rt of expur:Jon.

h tir 1 sturen necicient initiation and 3!.fi ex1ansion 10 a runctica or i

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th" ;>r-. . u:e d ifference cc'rons thc .cliedlng vall an.1 the thc2r.nl ,

chrict. i: t ice of the fuel rods. Little or no svelling is predictedc ut, < 1;.00*F vith a thrcchold in the range 1600-1600*F. Details are

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Trannient burnt tects have been perfor.ned vit 'rradiated clnddini; frer. t,hc Ynnhee core. The ductility of this trial was-foen.1 14 be en:wnt: ally identical to that of unirradiated cladding with obnerud c>.pnta jan.; up to 50/,.

Twelve nttiti-rod transient burst experiments are to be completed by mid-Draer.ber 1959 The tent nascably consists of an 8 x 8 array of heated rc in (nelf-renictance heatint;). The center 16 rods are prescurized. '

T w Jnte: .al r;ean; rc.n , 900 nnd 2250 p.;1g, and three rates of heating (up ~ ,

to 50'1'/ .' c) are icing toed. T>efore initiation of the trancient the enti ce e: eubly is heated to 650*P with external henters. The rods are p]: ;; c: r.:yed with 's tilo of Zr0 to prevent arcing und rol burnout during.

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A few nin:.le-rod trannient burat testn (in. addition to thone re .

poi t.e d ;v t.Le lbiii.e Meet,$ng) have been perfor::ed to exa:nine the anomalour.ly hip..- ..:en obs.e ved in e.s.rurl::entu uith 830 p:ig internal preccure. The reevnt< q.ri4rtr. :Ith 800 Izig (20 and 30*F/ cec) chov exlencienc more con' . -

nl:. tent :i.t.h c:: peri: "nto at higher and lover preccuren (35 h07 cxpansion).' I Sir. ;]e iv.: experi::e;dn in a' cteam c:iviron.. cut are planned.

' Other exper!uents have shown that the axial len.;th of the exinnded area et.n 1.u inerc .ard conevhtt by restraining the amount of expannion possible but thr.t :. vev nlow heating rate is required.

P. I.. E;i; enh mle (0:'- Ridne Hntionn) I/iboratory Y.ro 13. rod tran ;ient burst c..periments v have bcon performed with in~ .

teren) N tern. 'f r - rolc in both tests rcre of F.1R size and arran:ed on the

)?.?ij pit o . Si;e 16-Jn. quartuencapsulate ttaccten internnl heater providen a unittm tr::. pen.tute over greater than 12-$n. in len:,;th. No radial tempera::.

ture nr. ' Nat. vcc cinuereed. Details of the tents are as follow.

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1. ;1nter: :1 preonore--300 paig in 10 rods, O I.ais in 3 2 l. ] ] rd: her ted tt 100'T/.:ec from 4CO*F. '

3 Eupte m at 315 r;ig and 17h0*F.

h. M*.xir.'.:n coohnt cha:u.al b]ockage of 52/3. .

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1. .100 pafc in all rods.

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Althot:ch the ::nxists average blockage does not exceed 60f,,

Jocal urer.: in crcsc sections with even relatively low average blockage can e>.!rrience alcost total closure.

At pre::ent,16 testa of this type are planned. After January 1,

.17/0, IVit conficurations (n rods) vill be run.

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Concern van expressed over the present lack of experimental measure-r.cnts n:r.1 annlytica] predictions of the effect of blockaSe on emergency cool-irc c:pbilit;. . It is felt that perh".ps coolins can be cccomplished in even ,

highly crvr.ed co:c, but thtt this vill he extre:r.cly difficult to dcreon- ,

. s.tra te . It vm su, r:s:ted that hydraulic resistance measurements be made on  ;

r,ulti.ro.1 arce .blier p.mviously tested to provide "renlistic" rod defornations.

Tn...e rca jat:.nces .till provide input for calculated estinte of emergency '

reol::nt C ;tributlan and cooling cfficiency. A co:=cnt was also made that t.he quen L : ,n c.r c:;s dncat;c by oxy;cn erabrittle:: tent han not yet been cc:np3ctc~

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P. L. Ritten'iouse Technica] Coordinator Fuel Rod Failitre Program pLH :,j m

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Mceting Agenda .

Dir. tr.iisul i en Meetir .. Attendect U. B. Cottrell, CntiL H . D . L':6ddt-)l, OP.:!I. ,

D . O. Ilo),..on, C101 '

J. E. no.tl, Wn f inchouse .

'p. 11. 3:hort, G. D.

. U.' P. Ci:urnock, C.r.: bun tion Engineering .

J. M. MW:c:, D:C. Dis

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W. A. Carbiet.:r J. E. Hard J. M. Ocuco S. H. Bush, Pacific Northvcst Lais. .

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Southern Nuclocr Engineering .

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R. J. Colir.ar, DRL -Y . .

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BUR FLECHT Program- Internally R. G. Bock - M~ ~ ' ~

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Pressurized Test for Margin ,,

• A M F Sankovich 1:00 - 1:20 P.M. Multi-Rod Burst Tests Babc$ckandWilcox ',' ' ) I , '

. s. v s 1:20 - 1:40 P.M. Status Report R. Herzel .Q'y ,

3 Idaho Nuclear Corp.

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, - 3:,: m G. W. Parker 1:40 - 2:00 P.M. Fuel Rod Failure Experiments '

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. fi m 1 2:00 - 2:20 P.M. Analytical Studies W. A. Carbiener

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Fuel Rod railure Studies R. S. Miller

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