ML20033C967
| ML20033C967 | |
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| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 12/01/1981 |
| From: | Dupont R POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (NEW YORK |
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| ISSUANCES-SP, NUDOCS 8112040546 | |
| Download: ML20033C967 (12) | |
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T 00LKETED U%RC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIdM DEC -2 Ni i42 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD.. r SECREUDV Before Administrative Judges:'
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AFFIDAVIT OF DR. ROBERT L. DUPONT IN SUPPORT OF THE POWER AUTHORITY'S MOTION TO EXCLUDE FEAR AS AN ISSUE IN THIS PROCEEDING Robert L. DuPont, M.D.,
being duly sworn, hereby deposes and says:
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I reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and my office address is 6191 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland, 20852.
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I am a practicing psychiatrist and I am currently the Director of the Phobia Program of W shington, D.C.,
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President of the non-profit Phobia Society of America, a
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Medical School,.and a Visiting Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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I am a diplomate of the American Board of Psychi-atry and Neurology, a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of many professional organiza-tions, including the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, the Behavioral Medicine Special Interest Group, the American Public Health Association, the World Psychia-tric Association, the Pan American Medical Association, the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, and the Montgomery County Medical Society.
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I have written more than 100 professional articles and one book on a variety of topics in the fields of health promotion, drug abuse, prevention, criminal justice and nuclear power.
My specific work with regards to nuclear power includes: " Nuclear Phobia--Phobic Thinking About i
Nuclear Power" (1980); " Lessons from France:
Fears of Nuclear Power" (1981); " Perspective of Nuclear Risk:
The Role of the Media" (1981); and "The Nuclear Power Phobia" (Business Week Sept. 7, 1981).
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I have read and am familiar with the attached docu-ments sponsored by or distributed by the New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc. (NYPIRG), entitled " Parents'
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t Survey," and "In Case of a Nuclear Accident Do You Know What To Do?"
I understand that both documents relate to the level of emergency preparedness for the nuclear power plants at the Indian Point site.
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It is my opinion that these documents contain no usef ul information, will not be useful tor research purposes, and are explicitly designed to generate a fear reaction in the reader.
These documents promote phobic thinking about nuclear power.
A " phobia" is an irrational fear based on an exaggerated, unrealisite danger, of ten characterized by a spiralling, "what if" thought process.
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The documents are not designed to measure or soli-cit information in an objective way for education or re-search purposes, but are obviously biased documents which state anti-nuclear, political views, often as thinly disguised statements in the form of questions.
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The " Parents' Survey" is constructed in such a way as to threaten the parents of young children by asking tension-raising questions such as the need to know "where my kids are at any minute of the day--and what will be done with them in a nuclear emergency."
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The focus on parents of young children, rather than random members of the public, suggests that the purpose of
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the survey is to promote an irrational fear in this particularly vulnerable group.
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The " survey" is further biased in that the parerts of young children are not given the key piece of information they would need to know in the event of a nuclear emergency:
"if you hear a siren, turn on your radio and get accurate information--do not listen to rumor and do not act before you are informed in a specific situation."
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The "In Case of a Nuclear Accident Do You Know What To Do?" booklet distributed by NYPIRG is equally biased and inflammatory.
The booklet's apparent purpose is to induce a fear reaction in the reader.
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Specific questions in the booklet designed to promote a fear reaction against nuclear power include, for example, Question # 9 which asks, in the event of a nuclear emergency, "How soon could you return home?
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and Question # 11 which asks "Who will you believe?", implicitly suggesting that the elected and appointed authorities, responsible for emergency responses, would be unbelievable.
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The reader of the booklet has his irrational fear cultivated, heightened, and reinforced until the blatantly biased statement, "Is nuclear power worth all this?" is made in the form of a question and used as a climax.
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October 27, 1931 PARENTS' SURVEY i.
How sany children do you have (who live with you and are s:111 in school or are pre-schoolers)?
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children 2.
How many children who stay home during the school day?
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children 3.
Ecv sany children in day care during the school day?
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children 34.
How =any in day care within ten miles don' of :he Indian Pois: nuclear power plancs?
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children know 3b.
Would your child (ren) be sen : hece from day care if a nuclear emergency happened don':
during school?
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yes no know 3c.
Woule your child (ren) be bussed by the day care if a nuclear emergency happened during school (to another location farther don':
f ror. Indian Point) ?
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How =any children do you have in grades 1-12?
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How =any children who a: tend a school don' wi:hin ten miles of Indian Point?
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children know ab.
Would your child (ren) be sent home f rom school if a nuclear emergency happened don't during school?
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yes,_no know 4c.
Would your child (ren) Se bussed by :he school if a nuclear emergency happened during school (:o another location farther don't from Indian Point)?
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Is your tome wi:hin ten miles of Indian Point?
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yes no knew
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7s an adult at home generally curing the school day?
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During a normal weekday, in how many different locations are me=bers of your family _ include school, offices, any other regular activity place.
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Does your familv have a nuclear emergency plan?
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Has your fa=ily ever discussed what to do in the event of a nuclear e=ergency at Indian Point?
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Mas your child (ren)'s school ever sent home information don't on school e=ergency plans or conducted a drill?
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yes no know 12.
Has your parent-teacher association ever discussed don't this?
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yes no know 13.
11 ave you ever received any official information on what to do in the event of an accident at don't Indian Point?
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ves _no know 14 Would your children know what to do if an accident at Indian Point happened while they were away from home and not at school (cfter school, don't weekends)?
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Would you know what to do if an accident happened don't at Indian Point wh;le your family was separated?
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human error can lead to an accident have gas? Is it in omd shapo?
Just as exposed wiros, smoking in llow many passengers can you bed, and children playing with carry?
matches can lead to a fire.
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- 6. Where will you go? Ifow far j
s Evvyt no should be aware that awayis saf07 Should you go to a shelfor? Whcro is the nearest Hugh L Carey, Governor emergedcy preparedness is 000 of shelter? Shouki you take shelter (212) 977-2700 the costs M nuclear power. The acci-
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 00thTED-NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
'riNRC BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD T1
[EC -2 N1 :42 Before Administrative Judges:
Louis J.
Carter, Chairman
..E ci? SECRETARY Mr. Frederick J.
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CONSOLIDATED EDISON COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC.
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Docket Nos.
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50-247 SP
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50-286 SP POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
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(Indian Point, Unit No. 3)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 2nd day of December, 1981, I caused a copy of the foregoing:
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Power Authority's Motion to Exclude Fear of Nuclear Power as an Issue in This P:cceeding, 2.
Power Authority's Memorandum of Law in Cupport of Motion to Exclude Fear as an Issue in This Proceeding, 3.
Af fidavit of Dr. Robert L.
DuPo nt in Support of the Power Authority's Motion to Exclude Fear as an Issue in This Proceeding, to be served by first-class mail, postage prepaid on the following:
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Mr. Frederick J.
Shon 23 Wiltshire Road Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Nuclear 19151 Regulatory. Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Dr. Oscar H.
Paris Counsel for NRC Staf f Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the Executive United States Nuclear Legal Director Regulatory Commission United States Nuclear Washington, D.C.
20535 Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.
20555 Brent L.
Brandenburg, Esq.
Charles J.
Mailkish, Esq.
Consolidated Edison Company General Counsel of New York, Inc.
The Port Authority of New York 4 Irving Place,
and New Jersey New York, New York 10003 One World Trade Center, 66S New York, New York 10048 Consolidated Edison Company of Mr. John Gilroy New York, Inc.
Westchester Coordinator ATTN:
Mr. John D.
O'Toole Indian Point Project Vice President New York Public Interest Research 4 Irving Place Group New York, New York 10003 240 Central Avenue White Plains, New York 10606 Mr. Richard P.
Remshaw West Branch ' Conservation Association Project Manager 443 Buena Vista Road Consolidated Edison Company New Ci ty, New Yo rk, 109 56 of New York, Inc.
4 Irving Place - Room 749S New York, New York 10003 1
l Jeffrey M. Blum, Esq.
Westchester People's Action New York University Law School Coalition, Inc.
4 23 Vanderbilt Hall P.O.
Box 488 40 Washington Square South White Plains, New York 10602 New York, New York 10012 Mayor George V.
Begany W'iss, Esq.
Villcge of Buchanan Ellyn R.
e Harmon and Weiss 236 Tate Avenue 1725 I Street, N.W.,
Suite 506 Buchanan, New York 1C511 Washington, D.C. 20006 Alan La tman, Esq.
Ms. Joan Holt 44 Sunset Drive New York Public Interest Research Croton-On-Hudson, New York 10520 Group 5 Beekman Street Andrew S.
Roffe, Esq.
New York, New York 10038 New York State Assembly Albany, New York 12248 l
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e-Ezra I.
Bialik, Esq.
Steve Leipzig, Esq.
Marc L.
Parris, Esq.
Environmental Protection Bureau County Attorney New York State Attorney General's County of Rockland Office 11 New Hempstead Road Two World Trade Center New Ci ty, New Yo rk 10956 New York, New York 10047 Jonathan L.
Levine, Esq.
Ms. Pat Posner, Spokesperson P.O.
Box 280 Parents Concerned About New Ci ty, New Yo rk 10956 Indian Point P.O.
Box 125 Renee Schwartz, Esq.
Croton-On-Hudson, New York 10520 Botein, Hays, Sklar and Herzberg 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 Greater New York Council Honorable Ruth W.
Messinger on Energy Council Member c/o Dean R.
Corren 4th District, Manhattan New York University City Hall 26 Stuyvesant Street New York, New York 10007 New Yo rk, New Yo rk 10003 Mr. Geof frey Cobb Ryan Mrs. Lorna Salzman Conservation Committee Chairman Friends of the Earth Director, New York City 208 West 13th Street Audubon Society New York, New York 10011 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1828 New York, New York 10010 Mr. Alfred B.
Del Bello Westchester County Executive Stanley B.
Klimberg, Esq.
W stchester County e
General Counsel 148 Martine Avenue New York State Energy Office New York, New York 10601 2 Rockefeller S,, tate Plaza Albany, New York 12223 l
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