ML20010B146
| ML20010B146 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Summer  |
| Issue date: | 08/11/1981 |
| From: | Goldberg S NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD) |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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Accordingly, the Staff expressed the view at the hearing that Dr.
Kaku should not be allowed to offer an opinion on a variety of matters in which he is admittedly inexpert and which bear no nexus to the Summer application (T. 3607-3719). Dr. Kaku has never testified as an expert in an NRC licensing proceeding. Thus, the precedential value of the Board's ruling herein cannot be overlooked.
In light of the irrelevance of his testimony and the above considerations, the Staff submits that Dr. Kaku's testimony is not competent and its admission will not further the development of the record on Contention 8.
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CONCLUSION For the above reasons, the Staff objects to the admission of Dr.
Kaku's prefiled testimony on Contention 8 and recommends that the record be closed on this isue.
In light of the unwarranted delay and confusion its admission would introduce into the proceeding. 4f the Board accepts the testimony, the Staff renews its motion to refer the ruling to the Appeal Board pursuant to 10 C.F.R. f 2.730(f).
i Respectfully submitted,
{& kW Steven C. Goldberg Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Bethesda, Maryland this 7th day of August,1981.
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