ML20012C670

Affidavit of Rd Pollard.* Advises That Deficiencies Cited in INPO & Other Repts Demonstrate No Basis for Finding That Reactor Complies W/Nrc Regulations or Can Be Operated Safely

ML20012C670
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	03/15/1990
From:	Pollard R UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
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OL, NUDOCS 9003230038
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1 March 14, 1990 g UNITED STATES NUCLEAR. REGULATORY COMMISSION ]

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Public Service Company of )- Docket No. 50-443 OL n New Hampshire, et. al. )

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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

l Concerned' Scientists. My business address is 1616 P Street, N.W., l Washingto[}, D.C. 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 p

l Institute for Nuclear Power Operations' ("INPO"), and others

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l~ prepared? jointly by INPO and Public Service Company of New ,

f ' Hampshire.("PSNH"). The reports were given to me on the condition

-that-I neither disseminate thempor reproduce them in any way.

p 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 g t.;g s<

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'the attached testimony which I have prepared for delivery today before-the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations

.of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

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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'

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.Moreover, the deficiencies include significant safety problems which, if left unresolved, would pose an unacceptable risk of a l

1 serious, f ast-breaking _ accident and concomitant radioactive l beleases.

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Robert D. Pollard

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' Signed %nd sworn to before me this .14ttr day of March, 1990.

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