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Category:LEGAL TRANSCRIPTS & ORDERS & PLEADINGS
MONTHYEARML20106J8711985-02-15015 February 1985 Notification Concerning Site redress.Near-term Planning for Site Redress Predicated Upon Commencing Redress by May 1985. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20107M9411984-11-0808 November 1984 Response to Motion to Dismiss Proceeding Re Revocation of Lwa.Authorization of Revocation of LWA & That Proceedings Be Dismissed W/O Prejudice Recommended.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20106J7951984-10-30030 October 1984 Response to Applicant 841019 Motion to Dismiss Proceeding. Motion Acceptable Subj to Conditions Set Forth in Redress Plan & NRC .Certificate of Svc Encl ML20093M2611984-10-19019 October 1984 Motion to Dismiss Proceeding.Applicable Conditions of Existing Federal Water Permit & State Water Quality Requirements Will Remain in Effect.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20098F9571984-09-28028 September 1984 Notice of Change of Address & Telephone Number.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20098F7391984-09-28028 September 1984 Notice of Change of Address & Telephone Number.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20097G9671984-09-19019 September 1984 Notice of Change of Address & Telephone Number.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20087F4701984-03-15015 March 1984 Answer to Applicant Petition for Review of ASLB 840229 Memorandum & Order Re Crbr LWA Proceedings on Site Redress Plan.Intervenors Main Concern Is That Redress Be Rapid & Effective.W/Certificate of Svc ML20086T0141984-03-0505 March 1984 Petition for Review of Appeal Board 840229 Memorandum & Order Readmitting Intervenors to Proceedings.Intervenor Participation Will Protract Proceeding for Project Which Is Terminated.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20080N0471984-02-21021 February 1984 Answer Opposing NRDC & Sierra Club Appeals to ASLB Decisions.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20080C6411984-02-0606 February 1984 Brief of Intervenors in Support of Appeal of ASLB 840120 Order.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20080C6121984-02-0606 February 1984 Notice of Appeal of ASLB 840120 Notice Denying NRDC Motion to Intervene ML20080C6021984-02-0606 February 1984 Brief in Support of Appeal of ASLB 840120 Order Re NRDC Motion to Intervene ML20083J4351984-01-0909 January 1984 Response to NRDC Reply Per ASLB 831228 Order.Contentions Raised in NRDC Motion to Intervene Moot.Motion Should Be Denied.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20083E4231983-12-27027 December 1983 Notice of Project Termination.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082S4471983-12-12012 December 1983 Request to Reply to Util 831205 & NRC 831208 Responses to NRDC Motion to Intervene ML20082S4541983-12-12012 December 1983 Reply to Util 831205 & NRC 831208 Responses to NRDC Motion to Intervene.Appropriate ASLB Course of Action Is Termination of Proceedings on Grounds of Mootness. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082Q6841983-12-0909 December 1983 Amended Notice of Appearance in Proceeding.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082M5401983-12-0505 December 1983 Response Opposing NRDC 831123 Motion to Intervene.Proceeding Moot Due to Project Cancellation.Cp Partial Initial Decision Should Be Issued.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082M5271983-12-0505 December 1983 Response Supporting Intervenor 831123 Motion to Terminate Appeal Proceedings,Vacate Partial Initial Decision & Authorize Revocation of Lwa.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082E1261983-11-23023 November 1983 Petition of NRDC for Leave to Intervene & Request for Hearing Re Effect of Crbr Termination on CP Proceedings. Contentions Listed ML20081D7931983-10-31031 October 1983 Confirmation of Info Re Legislative Status Discussed W/Aslb in 831028 Telcon.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20081A5041983-10-25025 October 1983 Supplemental Citations Supporting Thesis That Following Hydrodynamic Core Disruptive Accident,Reactor Vessel Closure Head Is More Susceptible to Failure than Reactor Vessel Head.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20078B9771983-09-26026 September 1983 Response Opposing NRC 830913 Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Affidavit of Lg Hulman.Affiant Revised Testimony Incorrect,Misleading & Irrelevant.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076C9811983-08-22022 August 1983 Motion to Correct Transcript of Aug 1983 CP Evidentiary Hearings.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076A7871983-08-17017 August 1983 Motion to Reschedule 830929 Oral Argument to 830928. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20077J5051983-08-15015 August 1983 Proposed Initial Decision,Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law Re Cp.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20077B6661983-07-22022 July 1983 Response Opposing Intervenor 830518 Exceptions to ASLB 830228 Partial Initial Decision on Lwa.Aslab Should Affirm ASLB Decision.Site Suitability Arguments Incongruous. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20024C3641983-07-0808 July 1983 Limited Appearance Statement of TB Cochran Re Issues Raised in CP Proceeding.Discusses Radiological Consequences of Crbr Core Disruptive Accident & Site Suitability.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20072F2651983-06-22022 June 1983 Response to Intervenor 830621 Motion to Withdraw Contentions 1,3,9(c),9(f) & 9(g) from Consideration at Jul 1983 CP Hearings.Intervenors Should Be Dismissed as Parties. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20079R2631983-06-21021 June 1983 Response Opposing Applicant 830519 & 23 Motions for Summary Disposition of Contentions 9(g),9(c) & 9(f).Motions Moot Since Intervenors Moved to Withdraw Contentions from Consideration ML20079R2491983-06-21021 June 1983 Motion to Withdraw Contentions 1,3,9(c),9(g) from Consideration at Jul 1983 CP Hearings & Request for Leave to Submit Written Statement on Issues Raised.Limited Resources Prohibit Continued Full Participation ML20071M3191983-05-27027 May 1983 Notification of Pending Litigation Re NRDC 821001 Motion to Expedite Consideration of Emergency Motion to Amend Us District Court of Appeals Remand & to Review EPA Regulations.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20071H0321983-05-23023 May 1983 Motion for Summary Disposition of Intervenor Contentions 9(c) & 9(f) Re Adequacy of Evacuation Time Analysis in Psar. No Genuine Issue of Matl Fact Exists & Applicant Entitled to Favorable Decision.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20071H0461983-05-23023 May 1983 Statement of Matl Facts as to Which There Is No Genuine Issue Re Contentions 9(c) & (F) on Emergency Plans ML20071H0911983-05-23023 May 1983 Motion for Extension Until 830722 to File Response to Intervenors 830518 Brief in Support of Exceptions. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076D0191983-05-19019 May 1983 Statement of Matl Facts as to Which There Is No Genuine Issue Re Contention 9(g) on Emergency Planning.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076C9801983-05-19019 May 1983 Motion for Summary Disposition of Contention 9(g) Re Emergency Plans.No Genuine Issue of Matl Fact Exists ML20023D1761983-05-18018 May 1983 Notification Re PRA Status Rept.Encl Phase I PRA Rept Not Submitted to NRC for Review.Results of Rept Insignificant to Proceeding.W/O Phase I Rept.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20071H2211983-05-18018 May 1983 Brief Supporting Exceptions to ASLB 830228 Partial Initial Decision Re LWA ML20023D0951983-05-17017 May 1983 Third Set of CP Interrogatories & Request to Produce. Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20074A8791983-05-13013 May 1983 Response to 830425 Eleventh Set of Interrogatories & Request for Admissions.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20074A8621983-05-13013 May 1983 Response to 830427 Second Set of CP Interrogatories & Request for Admissions.Related Correspondence ML20023C2071983-05-0909 May 1983 Certifies Svc on 830509 ML20079Q3021983-05-0909 May 1983 Corrected Response to First Set of Interrogatories & Request to Produce.Requested Documents Will Be Made Available for Insp & Copying ML20079Q3001983-05-0909 May 1983 Responds to Second Set of CP Interrogatories.Aerosol Plateout & Fallout Calculations Discussed.Affidavit Encl. Related Correspondence ML20079Q2781983-05-0909 May 1983 Response to First Set of CP Interrogatories & Request to Produce.Requested Documents Will Be Made Available for Insp & Copying.Related Correspondence ML20079P9141983-05-0909 May 1983 Response Opposing Intervenor 830429 Motion for Extension of Time.Good Cause Not Demonstrated ML20023C1961983-05-0606 May 1983 Certifies Svc on 830506 of Intervenor Supplementary Response to Applicant Eighth & Ninth Set of Interrogatories Dtd 830401 & 08 & Intervenor Response to Applicant Tenth Set of Interrogatories Dtd 830421 ML20079P6971983-05-0606 May 1983 Supplementary Response to Eighth & Ninth Set of Interrogatories & 08.Review of SER & Related Documentation Incomplete,Hindering Response to Certain Interrogatories.Related Correspondence 1985-02-15
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MONTHYEARML20107M9411984-11-0808 November 1984 Response to Motion to Dismiss Proceeding Re Revocation of Lwa.Authorization of Revocation of LWA & That Proceedings Be Dismissed W/O Prejudice Recommended.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20106J7951984-10-30030 October 1984 Response to Applicant 841019 Motion to Dismiss Proceeding. Motion Acceptable Subj to Conditions Set Forth in Redress Plan & NRC .Certificate of Svc Encl ML20093M2611984-10-19019 October 1984 Motion to Dismiss Proceeding.Applicable Conditions of Existing Federal Water Permit & State Water Quality Requirements Will Remain in Effect.Supporting Documentation & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20087F4701984-03-15015 March 1984 Answer to Applicant Petition for Review of ASLB 840229 Memorandum & Order Re Crbr LWA Proceedings on Site Redress Plan.Intervenors Main Concern Is That Redress Be Rapid & Effective.W/Certificate of Svc ML20080N0471984-02-21021 February 1984 Answer Opposing NRDC & Sierra Club Appeals to ASLB Decisions.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20083J4351984-01-0909 January 1984 Response to NRDC Reply Per ASLB 831228 Order.Contentions Raised in NRDC Motion to Intervene Moot.Motion Should Be Denied.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082S4541983-12-12012 December 1983 Reply to Util 831205 & NRC 831208 Responses to NRDC Motion to Intervene.Appropriate ASLB Course of Action Is Termination of Proceedings on Grounds of Mootness. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082S4471983-12-12012 December 1983 Request to Reply to Util 831205 & NRC 831208 Responses to NRDC Motion to Intervene ML20082M5271983-12-0505 December 1983 Response Supporting Intervenor 831123 Motion to Terminate Appeal Proceedings,Vacate Partial Initial Decision & Authorize Revocation of Lwa.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20078B9771983-09-26026 September 1983 Response Opposing NRC 830913 Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Affidavit of Lg Hulman.Affiant Revised Testimony Incorrect,Misleading & Irrelevant.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076C9811983-08-22022 August 1983 Motion to Correct Transcript of Aug 1983 CP Evidentiary Hearings.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076A7871983-08-17017 August 1983 Motion to Reschedule 830929 Oral Argument to 830928. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20079R2631983-06-21021 June 1983 Response Opposing Applicant 830519 & 23 Motions for Summary Disposition of Contentions 9(g),9(c) & 9(f).Motions Moot Since Intervenors Moved to Withdraw Contentions from Consideration ML20071H0911983-05-23023 May 1983 Motion for Extension Until 830722 to File Response to Intervenors 830518 Brief in Support of Exceptions. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20071H0461983-05-23023 May 1983 Statement of Matl Facts as to Which There Is No Genuine Issue Re Contentions 9(c) & (F) on Emergency Plans ML20071H0321983-05-23023 May 1983 Motion for Summary Disposition of Intervenor Contentions 9(c) & 9(f) Re Adequacy of Evacuation Time Analysis in Psar. No Genuine Issue of Matl Fact Exists & Applicant Entitled to Favorable Decision.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076C9801983-05-19019 May 1983 Motion for Summary Disposition of Contention 9(g) Re Emergency Plans.No Genuine Issue of Matl Fact Exists ML20076D0191983-05-19019 May 1983 Statement of Matl Facts as to Which There Is No Genuine Issue Re Contention 9(g) on Emergency Planning.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20079P9141983-05-0909 May 1983 Response Opposing Intervenor 830429 Motion for Extension of Time.Good Cause Not Demonstrated ML20073R1431983-04-29029 April 1983 Motion for Extension of Time for Discovery Permitted by 830329 CP Scheduling Order,To Provide Opportunity to Prepare Questions & Responses to Documentation Supporting CP Contentions.W/Certificate of Svc ML20073P9851983-04-27027 April 1983 Motion to Dismiss Intervenor Contentions 2(f),(g) & (H) Re Core Disruptive Accidents.Intervenors Withdrew Contentions on 830422 in Response to Applicant 830408 Interrogatories. Matters No Longer at Issue.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20073P9751983-04-27027 April 1983 Motion to Dismiss Intervenor Contention 10 Re Adequacy of Equipment to Establish & Maintain Safe Shutdown.Contention Withdrawn on 830422 in Response to Interrogatories.Matter No Longer at Issue.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20072H3891983-03-28028 March 1983 Response in Opposition to Intervenor Application for Stay of Effectiveness of ASLB Partial Initial Decision.Intervenors Failed to Sustain Burden of Demonstrating That Extraordinary Relief of Stay Is Warranted.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20072H3721983-03-25025 March 1983 Motion to Extend Time Until 830518 for Intervenors to File Brief on Appeal in Support of Exceptions.Intervenors Engaged in Several Other Proceedings Requiring Substantial Attention.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20069G4881983-03-24024 March 1983 Response Opposing Applicant 830323 Suppl to 830307 Schedule Motion.Applicant Reliance on Intervenor Proposed Schedule Misplaced.Proposed Schedule for CP Hearings Unworkable & Unnecessarily Foreshortened.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20072F6781983-03-23023 March 1983 Suppl to 830307 Schedule Motion.Parties Need Definite Milestones to Work Toward Commencement of Hearings ML20069E8731983-03-18018 March 1983 Application for Stay of Effectiveness of ASLB 830228 Partial Initial Decision Authorizing Lwa.Intervenors Will Be Irreparably Injured Due to LWA Effect on Environ & Violation of NEPA Rights ML20069E9081983-03-18018 March 1983 Exceptions to ASLB 830228 Partial Initial Decision Authorizing Lwa.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20072C6361983-03-0707 March 1983 Motion Requesting ASLB to Adopt Encl CP Hearings Schedule. NRC Concurs W/Schedule.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20070K1811982-12-28028 December 1982 Reply in Opposition to Intervenor Response to Commission 821210 Order.Circumstances Surrounding Crbr Clearly Warrant Relief Under 10CFR50.12.Order Eliminates 9-month Delay. Commission Order Should Be Affirmed ML20066J1761982-11-15015 November 1982 Memorandum Supporting NRDC & Sierra Club 821112 Notice of Intent to Introduce Natl Security Info & Opposing Applicant 821112 Motion to Strike Portions of TB Cochran Testimony, Part V.Two Certificates of Svc Encl ML20028A2921982-11-15015 November 1982 Response Opposing Applicant 821112 Motion to Strike Portions of TB Cochran Testimony,Part Iii.Certain Portions Not Ruled Beyond Scope of Proceeding & Are Necessary & Relevant. Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20027E7021982-11-12012 November 1982 Response Opposing Intervenor 821105 Notice of Intent to Introduce Natl Security Info.Intervenor Testimony Containing Classified Info Should Be Excluded.No Showing Made of Relevancy,Materiality or Competence.W/Certificate of Svc ML20027E7271982-11-12012 November 1982 Motion to Strike Portions of TB Cochran 821101 Testimony, Part V.Portions Already Ruled Beyond Scope of Proceeding by ASLB ML20027E7301982-11-12012 November 1982 Motion to Strike Portions of TB Cochran 821101 Testimony, Part Iii.Portions Already Ruled Beyond Scope of Proceeding by Aslb.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20065U0281982-10-29029 October 1982 Response to NRDC & Sierra Club 821020 Request for Scheduling of Expert Testimony.Applicant Does Not Object as Long as Intervenors Will Not Be Allowed to Name Addl Witnesses in Untimely Manner.Related Correspondence ML20065U0241982-10-29029 October 1982 Response to NRDC & Sierra Club 821020 Motion Re Order of cross-examination.Applicants Do Not Object & Do Not Feel Compelled to Respond to NRDC Mischaracterizations of Record in Prior Phase of Hearings.Related Correspondence ML20065U0201982-10-29029 October 1982 Response Opposing NRDC & Sierra Club 821020 Motion for TB Cochran Qualification as Expert Interrogator.Qualifications as Expert Not Demonstrated.Related Correspondence ML20065N7211982-10-20020 October 1982 Motion to Regulate Conduct of cross-examination.Util & NRC Should cross-examine Witnesses First.Util & NRC Used cross-examination for Rehabilitation.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20065N6921982-10-20020 October 1982 Request to Defer cross-examination of C Johnson Until 821213-17 Portion of LWA-1 Hearings.Johnson Will Not Be in Us During 821116-19 Portion of Hearings ML20065N6231982-10-20020 October 1982 Motion for Qualification of TB Cochran as Expert Interrogator,Allowing Cochran to cross-examine on Contentions 1,2,3,4,5(b),6,7(a),7(b),8 & 11,excluding Contentions 1(b),3(a) & 11(a) ML20063P3731982-10-12012 October 1982 Answer Supporting NRC 820929 Motion for Summary Disposition of Intervenor Contentions 6(a) & (B) & 7(a)(1).No Genuine Issue of Matl Fact Exists.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20069D5951982-09-20020 September 1982 Response in Opposition to Intervenor 820909 Motions to Strike & to Amend Applicant Exhibit 1 Testimony.Intervenors Ignore Limitations & Reargue Issues ASLB Already Decided. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20064N8371982-09-0909 September 1982 Motion to Strike & Motion to Amend Applicant Exhibit 1 to Comply W/Aslb 820422 Order.Conclusions Re Performance of Detailed Design Features Based on Exhibits Admitted Only to Illustrate Design Feasibility.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20063A4271982-08-23023 August 1982 Motion to Strike Portions of Applicant Testimony & Exhibits Re design-specific Info Since Such Info Beyond Scope of LWA Proceeding.Design Details Are Not General Characteristics of Crbr Design or State of Technology ML20063D0631982-08-20020 August 1982 Motion to Withdraw as Party Per 10CFR2.714 & to Continue Participation Per 10CFR2.715.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20058J6781982-08-0909 August 1982 Motion Opposing NRDC & Sierra Club Request for Stay of Commission 820805 Decision Authorizing Commencement of Site Preparation Activities.Nrdc Remedy Must Reside in Courts Not Nrc.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20058J6761982-08-0909 August 1982 Petition for Directed Certification of Commission 820805 Decision to Authorize Commencement of Site Preparation. Meaning of 10CFR2.761a Prohibits Commencement of LWA Evidentiary Hearing Prior to Fes Issuance ML20058J0721982-08-0606 August 1982 Application for Stay of Commission 820805 Decision Under 10CFR50.12 Authorizing Conduct of Site Preparation Activities.Issues of First Impression Will Be Presented to Court of Appeals.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20058F8541982-07-30030 July 1982 Response to Applicant 820726 Motion to Enforce Hearing Schedule & NRDC 820728 Motion to Reschedule hearings.LWA-1 Hearings Should Continue Per Schedule in 820211 Order for All Parties Except Nrc.Certificate of Svc Encl 1984-03-15
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g- :i2 May 14,e, t t1982
-: lt , , g .q-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Marshall E. Miller, Chairman Gustave A. Linenberger, Jr. !
Dr. Cadet H. Hand, Jr.
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In the Matter of )
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) Docket No. 50-537 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY )
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION )
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY )
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(Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant) )
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RESPONSE OF INTERVENORS, NATURAL RESOURCES '
DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. AND THE SIERRA CLUB, TO APPLICANTS' MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER i
On April 15, 1982, Intervenors, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and the Sierra Club, propounded the following ,
interrogatory upon Applicants in Intervenors' Eighteenth Set of Interrogatories and Request to Produce to Applicants:
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- 8. If plutonium for the CRBR may be obtained f rom the United Kingdom,
- a. what regulations would govern the transportation of such materials,
- b. what requirements or constraints, e.g. application of IAEA safeguards, has the United Kingdom indicated must be met in order that such a sale or transfer of plutonium could take place, and
- c. how much United Kingdom plutonium has the U.S.
indicated it may wish to obtain to meet U.S. R&D needs?
Although Applicants have agreed to answer Interrogatory 8(a), they have refused to answer Interrogatories 8(b) and 8(c), and instead filed a motion for a protective order on May 1
4, 1982 regarding those Interrogatories. For reasons stated below, Intervenors urge that such motion be denied and that Applicants be instructed to answer Interrogatories 8(b) and 8(c).
A. The Information Sought is Directly Relevant to Intervenors' Contention 6 The information sought in Interrogatories 8(b) and (c) is directly relevant to Intervenors' Contention 6 (old Contention 9) which reads as follows:
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- 6. The ER and FES do not include an adequate analysis of the environmental impact of the f uel cycle associated with tne CRBR f or tne f ollowing reasons:
- a. The ER and FES estimate the environmental impacts of the fuel cycle based upon a scale-down of analyses presented in the LMFBR Program Environmental Statement and Supplement for a model LMFBR and fuel cycle. The analyses of the environmental impacts of the model LMFBR and fuel cycle in the LMFBR Program Statement and Supplement are based upon a series of faulty assumptions,
- b. The impacts of the actual fuel cycle associated with CRBR will differ from the model LMFBR and fuel cycle analyzed in the LMFBR Program Environmental Statement and Supplement. The analysis of fuel cycle impacts must be done for the particular circulastances applicable to the CRBR. The analysen of fuel cycle impacts in the ER and FES are inadequate since:
( 1) The impact of reprocessing of spent fuel and plutonium separation required for the CRBR is not included or is inadequately assessed; (2) The impact of transportation of plutonium required for the CRBR is not included, or is inadequately assessed; (3) The impact of disposal of wastes from the CRBR spent fuel is not included, or is inadequately assessed.
(4) The impact of an act of sabotage , terrorism or thef t directed against the plutonium in the CRBR fuel cycle , including the plant, is not included or is inadequately assessed, nor is the impact of various measures intended to be used to prevent sabotage, theft or diversion (emphasis added) .
This contention was admitted without objection in 1976 (Special Preherring Conference Memorandum and Order, April 6, 1976,.p. 12) and readmitted as modified without objection i.n 1982 (Order Following Conference With Parties, April 14, 19 8 2, p . 5) .
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4 Intervenors have repeatedly described the scope of this contention as requiring analysis of "the probable fuel cycle facilities where they are reasonably identifiable," and have noted that "the alternative sources of fuel for the CRBR are quite limited and. ..they clearly define the available fuel cycle facilities associated with the front end of the CRBR fuel cycle." Response of Intervenors, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and the Sierra Club, to NRC Staff First Round of Discovery to NRDC, e t a l. , May 6, 19 8 2, pp . 4 4-4 5. Th is contention, und the requirements of NEPA, apply regardless of the original location of the fuel cycle source or facility.
Interrogatories 8(b) and 8(c) are directly relevant to Contention 6 because it has become increasingly clear that a major option being considered for the front end of the CRBR fuel cycle is plutonium obtained from the United Kingdom.
DOE's Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Herman E.
Roser, in response to a question by DOE's Energy Research Advisory Board regarding options for obtaining CRBR plutonium, recently stated:
(O]ur forecasts do include the breeder program and you mentioned the principal options that are under consideration --
purchase from the British and the other, special isotope separation.
Transcript of Meeting of United States Department of Energy, Energy Research Advisory Board, April 8, 1982, pp. 86-87. See also New Scientist, Vol. 9 4, No. 13 0 4, p. 3 3 5 (London, England, May 6, 1982); Energy Daily, Tuesday, April 20, 1982, p. 3.
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DOE will supply plutonium to startup and operate CRBRP during the five-year demonstration period. The plutonium will ,
come from existing DOE inventories, processed l domestic nuclear power reactor spent fuel and, if necessary, foreign sources (emphasi s added).
ER Section 5.7.1 at p. 5.7-2 (Amendment XIV, May 1982).
Interrogatories 8(b) and 8(c) were specifically designed to elicit admissible evidence concerning the environmental impacts of a probable and reasonably identifiable source of plutonium.
Interrogatory 8(b) seeks to discover what safeguards, regulations, or other protective measures, if any, would be used to guard U.K. plutonium on its way to the CRBR, should that be the ultimate method chosen. Information of this type is essential to determine the impacts of that method of plutonium supply. Applicants cannot shield the entire front end of the CRBR fuel cycle from a reasonable evaluation or inquiry merely by stating that the fuel will be obtained from the United Kingdom.
In terrogatory 8 (c) requests information on the amount of CRBR plutonium that DOE might wish to obtain from the U.K. The sole purpose of the interrogatory is to aid in an evaluation of the probable impacts of such plutonium shipment and the
6 safeguard:c to be applied to it. If only a small fraction of the CRBR fuel were to be obtained in such a manner, the probable impacts would be smaller and the required safeguards may be less than if a greater shipment were undertaken. If Applicants do not yet know the ansker to these interrogatories, they should be required .o so indicate under oath, rather than bury their answers in a motion for a protective order.
The importance of thorough evaluation of the environmental ef fects of the fuel cycle was recently emphasized by the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, No. 74-1586 (D.C. Cir. Apr. 27, 1982). In particular, Judge Edwards highlighted the f ailure of NRC adequately to consider the potential environmental inpacts of plutonium transportation and safeguards, or the potential thef t or diversion of plutonium by foreign or domestic terrorists. NRDC v. NRC, supra, slip op.
at 4-6 (Edwards, J. , concurring) . Through Interrogatory 8(b) and 8(c), Intervenors are attempting to determine the extent of Staff and Applicants' compliance with these requirements, and such discovery should therefore be permitted.
B. The Board's Previous Ruling Regarding Contention 17 Does Not Affect the Scope of Discovery Under Contention 6 Applicants' main objection to Interrogatories 8(b) and 8(c) appears to be that, since the information sought might also be relevant to Intervenors' proposed Contention 17, which was not X
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The Board based its rejection of Contention 17 on the belief that the issue of sufficient CRBR fuel availability is beyond the scope of this proceeding. The Board cited the Commission's August 27, 1976 ruling that the validity of the LMFBR program informational goals should be accepted by NRC as given (C LI -7 6 - 13, 4 N RC 6 7, 78 ( 197 6 ) ) . The Board apparently concluded that the Commission's ruling required it to assume that sufficient fuel would be made available by DOE, and rejected Contention 17 as a matter of law. The Board then ruled all discovery "regarding fuel availability" to be moot because Contention 17 was not ddmitted. Order Following Conference with Parties, April 14, 1982, at 14.
These ruling are applicable to Interrogatories 8(b) and 8 (c) only to the extent they affect the purpose for which these requests were made. Intervenors do not disagree with Applicants that they may not raise the issue of whether there will be sufficient fuel to operate the CRBR. But that in no
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' transporting plutonium to fuel the CRBR. The environmental impacts of each step in the fuel cycle is neither a programmatic nor a policy issue, but rather a matter squarely within the Board's jurisdiction in this proceeding, upon which the Board is required to make findings. Since Interrogatories 8 (b) and 8(c) are directly relevant to these matters, they should be answered regardless of their incidental relevancy to unadmitted contentions.
Applicants contend that these interrogatories should be disallowed since they resemble the " discovery requests regarding fuel availability" earlier considered muot by the Board. Applicants also argue that Intervenors are raising fuel availability issues "under the guise of Contention 6." Motion for a Protective Order, May 4, 19 8 2, pp . 9 - 10 . Applicants 1
ignore the fact that the question of plutonium safeguards has absolutely nothing . to do with fuel availability.
Applicants also-ignore the fact that the Board's disallowance of earlier discovery requests . resulted in large part from Applicants' mischaracterization of Intervenors' requests as f alling solely under Contention 17. It is obvious from Intervenors' interrogatory headings that several of the-questions were seeking information under Contention 6 as well. If information is relevant and can be used to prove an admitted contention, it is difficult to see how any " guise" is involved.
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lA lll nrlfA'f Ellyn R. Weiss / !
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Natural Resources Defense i Council, Inc. l 1725 Eye Street, N.W. I Washington, D.C 20006 .
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CERTIFICATE OF ' SERVICE l ,!i 37 I hereby certify that copies of RESPONSE OF INTERVENORS, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.-AND 3 THE SIERRA CLUB, TO APPLICANTS' MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER were served this 14th day of May 1982 on the following:
Marshall E. Miller, Esquire Chairman Atomic Safety & Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger Atomic Safety & Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, b.1ryland 20814 Daniel Swanson, Esquire Stuart Treby, Esquire Bradley W. Jones, Esquire Office Of Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Maryland National Bank Building 7735 Old Georgetown Road Bethesda, Maryland 20814 Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Docketing & Service Section Office of the Secretary U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 (3 copies)
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Leon Silverstrom, Esquire Warren E. Bergonolz, Jr., Esquire Michael D. Oldak, Esquire L. Dow Davis, Esquire Office of General Ccunsel U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., S.W.
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Director Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay, California 94923 Herbert S. Sanger, Jr., Esquire Lewis E. Wallace, Esquire James F. Burger, Esquire W. Walker LaRoche, Esquire Edward J. Vigluicci Office of the General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority 400 Commerce Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 William M. Leech, Jr., Esquire Attorney General William B. Hubbard, Esquire Chief Deputy Attorney General Lee Breckenridge, Esquire Assistant Attorney General State of Tennessee Office of the Attorney General 450 James - Robertson Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37219
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