ML20012C670
| ML20012C670 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 03/15/1990 |
| From: | Pollard R UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS |
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| OL, NUDOCS 9003230038 | |
| Download: ML20012C670 (2) | |
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March 14, 1990 g
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR. REGULATORY COMMISSION
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i BEFORE THE COMMISSION
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-(Seabrook' Station,. Units 1 & 2)
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o AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT D.
POLLARD Robert D.
Pollard deposes and says:
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- 1) Myiname is Robert D.
Pollard.-Since February 1976, I-have been employed as ' a nuclear safety engineer by the Union of L
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20036. My other professional experience includes six. years'- employment by the NRC as a Reactor Engineer and l:
Project Manager. A summary of my. professional qualifications is attached.'
- 2) On.the afternoon of March 12, 1990, I-received from Ralph Nader a set of reports, some of which were prepared by the
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Institute for Nuclear Power Operations' ("INPO"),
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' Hampshire.("PSNH"). The reports were given to me on the condition
-that-I neither disseminate thempor reproduce them in any way.
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- 3) The reports describe a wide array of deficiencies at the Seabrook nuclear plant, involving such issues as equipment decign, operator training, corporate management, and maintenance.
I These deficiencies and their safety significance are discussed in 9003230038 90031D PDR ADOCK 05000443 PDR t.;g g
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.. o 'the attached testimony which I have prepared for delivery today before-the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations
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- 4) As discussed in my testimony, it is my opinion that if l:
confirmed, the deficiencies cited in the reports demonstrate that there is no basis for a finding that the Seabrook reactor l'
complies with - NRC regulations or can be operated safely.
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.Moreover, the deficiencies include significant safety problems which, if left unresolved, would pose an unacceptable risk of a l
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' Signed%nd sworn to before me this.14ttr day of March, 1990.
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