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Issue date: | 12/21/1981 |
From: | Johnson B LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF ROCKFORD, IL |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Marshall E. Miller, Chairman Dr. Richard F. Cole Dr. Dixon Callihan In the Matter of ) Docket Nos. 50-454-O L
) 50-455-O L COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY )
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WoIK AFFIDAVIT OF BETTY JOIINSON AS DIRECTED BY BOARD ORDER OF DECEMBER 8,1981 BETTY JOHNSON, being first duly sworn, on oath states as follows:
- 1. My name is Betty Johnson and I am the Chairperson of the Rockford League of Women Voters Committee dealing with the Byron intervention. I am one of the persons intimately involved with Mr. Cherry and his representation of the League.
- 2. I have read the Affidavits attached to Commonwealth Edison's opposition to the League Petition for Reconsideration which allege that on one or more occasions Mr. Cherry's (and by implication the League's) only purpose in this intervention proceeding was to " delay for delay's sake." At no time in my presence or to my knowledge has Mr. Cherry ever stated that his position (or by implication the League's) in this proceeding is " delay for delay's sake." At no time has that ever been 4 1.. > ague's, or to my knowledge Mr. Cherry's, position.
- 3. Both the Rockford t..d the Dtional League of Women Voters' position on nuclear power (see, e.g., Exhibit A attached) has been carefully 8112290121 811221 -
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documented and thought out, and we have been anxious to obtain a full and fair hearing as soon as possible on these serious and unresolved issues. Indeed, the League's national position (and that of the Rockford League) has never been anti-nuclear but rather has condemned, the lack of safeguards, the waste problems and the high cost of the nuclear option, positions supported for some time by myriads of responsible organizations. We explained our position carefully to Mr. Cherry when we worked out the precise contentions which we wished to raise.
- 4. When I first met Mr. Cherry he explained to me that because in his view, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was and is heavily biased in favor of promoting nuclear power and he might not be interested in participating in yet another unrewarding operating license hearing. However, after he consulted with MHB Technical Associates and League officials, Mr. Cherry agreed to represent us in order to raise (among other things which concerned the League about Byron) the unresolved safety issues and economic implications therefrom both because he believed they were sound and demanded raising at Byron. He also told us that it was his opinion that if the true cost of nuclear power, adjudged fairly, were considered it would tend to discourage future building of nuclear J
powa plants, an ultimate position which I understand he has long held.
- 5. At the September 26, 1979 meeting Mr. Cherry, when asked by representatives of Commonwealth Edison and the Staff as to whether he would ultimately represent the League (he had not as yet agreed to represent the League at the September 26, 1979 meeting) essentially stated his considerations in candid and open terms as set forth above and as set forth more specifically in his Affidavit concerning that meeting. I am familiar with the contents of Mr.
Cherry's Affidavit and I concur, based on my own personal knowledge in having attended the September 26, 1979 meeting, that he has accurately stated what occurred at that meeting.
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- 6. The only other pertinent recollection I have of the September 26, 1979 meeting was Mr. Cherry's request of Commonwealth Edison whether it would be interested in agreeing to list certain unresolved safety problems which it would resolve before operation, so. that such issues would not have to be litigated and therefore not included in the Petition to Intervene. The representatives of Commonwealth Edison refused to do so.
- 7. During the early Fall of 1981 Mr. Cherry reported to me that Commonwealth Edison, through its counsel Mr. Miller, had suggested a negotiated settlement. Mr. Cherry told me that he had advised Commonwealth Edison of substantive elements (safety and environmental issues) which the League might consider for settlement but that Mr. Michael Miller of the law firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale indicated he was not authorized to discuss settlement' on such circumstances, but would be willing to consider and recommend to Commonwealth Edison, in return for the League dropping its Byron Petition, that the League's atto:acys might be reimbursed (or over-reimbursed) for outstanding legal fees.
I Mr. Cherry at that time also told me that Mr. Miller had stated that the League ought to consider such "an arrangement" because in the end Commonwealth Edison would obtain from the Commission a license no matter what the League was able to demonstrate at a hearing.
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BETTY JOHNSQN SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to Before Me This [_l__ Day of December,1981.
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asked the Illinois Commerce on an affidavit prepared for the Commission to hold public C League by nuclear engineers. This hearings on the need to shut down affidavit lists 150 unresolved safety construction of the Byron plant until and economic problems, and SN& -
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There is a need to review the seismic Radioactive e?ements can also reach design of this power station. Geologists groundwater and area wells indirectly report the plant is sited on minor through the sand and gravel in area soils Q--j earthquake faults which, in turn. are and through the sediments in the Rock V -
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educatica programs. Such plans have nct yet been completed ROCK RIVER FLOW .
A 1978 NRC stud / indicates nuclear plants I NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL Radioactive waste is produced by all shou ld not be built on rivers with a flow as l low as that of the Rock R ver because they I operating nuclear power p! ants. This waste cannot acequately d!!ute the p! ant's excess may be released to the local environment
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years storage space on site for its solid jl Despite a drop in the growth of electrical
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! , man. The Byron plant reactors will produce l These costs are to be bome jointly by I
. 400 to 600 pounds of plutonium each year. Commonwealth Edison, the State of A po!!en-sized particle of plutonium can Illinois and local and federal cause cancer and a grapefruit-sized piece govemments.
can make a bomb.
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.. . nuclear fission (light water reactors) should (, to achieve public participation has
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place in the nation's current energy mix. ]j undertaking. Our costs include
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Women Voters studies of nuclear fission, l.
adm.inis . tration and court costs.
,..- the Rockford League has been concerned
' . " 5' with the site and operation of the Byron 67 % Nuclear Power Station. This plant, located Your contribution is tax deductible and would be most welcome.
17 miles southwest of Rockford, was designed in 1972 for operation in 1983. , ,
Many new operating techniques and safety '
Make your check payable to Open requirements have yet to be addressed by Space Institute and mail it to:
Commonwealth Edison and the Nuclear ;
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League of Women Voters The Rockford League is also concerned of Rockford about the lack of public participation in .
P.O* Box 4031 s.hr. win .d decisions affecting the Byron Nuclear Plant.
- u -p.e s." It s only through legalintervention that ' Rockford, IL 61110 pub!ic hearings and citizen input will occur. }
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1979 the League of Women Voters of We have a slide show on the
- Rockford filed a petition before the -
Byron Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission to available. Please contact us if you intervene in the granting of an operating or your organization would like to license for Commonwealth Edison's see it*
Nuclear Power Station at Byron, Illinois l
. . until questions concerning the safety }
and economics of that nuclear power :
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