ML20054J941

Motion to Compel Applicant to Provide Complete Response to Intervenor 820604 Nineteenth Set of Interrogatories, Interrogatory 27.Response Evasive & Incomplete.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence

ML20054J941
Person / Time
Site:	Clinch River
Issue date:	06/28/1982
From:	Finamore B, Weiss E HARMON & WEISS, National Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8206300224
Download: ML20054J941 (6)

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,. s UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO!! MISSION 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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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY )

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY )

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(Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant) )

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l INTERVENORS NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. AND THE SIERRA CLUB MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY Pursuant to 10 CFR S 2.740(f), and in accordance with the Board's Prehearing Conference Order (Schedule) of February ll, 1982, Intervenors, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. and the Sierra Club, hereby move the Board to enter an order compelling Applicants to provide a complete response to Interrogatory #27 of Intervenord Nineteenth Set of Interrogatories, dated June 4, 1982.

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2 Interrogatory #27 reads as follows:

27. Will Applicants rely upon "probabilistic analyses of CRBRP accident risks and/or consequences" in any way during the LWA-1 proceeding? If the answer j is yes, describe each analysis, portion of analysis, or other factor, including the existence and general characteristics of such analysis, upon which Applicants intend to rely.

Applicants did not object to this interrogatory or apply for a protective order, but instead replied on June 18, 1982 as follows:

Applicants do not intend to rely upon an adequate analysis comparable to the Reactor Safety Study

("Rasmussen Report") that could identify CRBRP accident possibilities of greater frequency or consequence than the accident scenarios analyzed by Applicant and Staff in the LWA-1 proceeding.

Intervenors submit that Applicants' response is both evasive and incomplete. The response does no more than restate the Board's Order Following Conference With Parties dated April 22, 1982. In that Order, the Board ruled that " Applicants will not rely on any analyses comparable to the Reactor Safety Study for purposes of the LWA-1 hearing" (Order, p. 6). The Board did not, however, expressly address the question whether

, Applicants could rely upon other probabilistic analyses of

CRBR accident risks and/or consequences.

In light of the Board's Order, Intervenors served Interrogatory l #27 upon Applicants to elicit a description of the evidence concerning probabilistic risk assessments upon which Applicants i

intend to rely during the LWA-1 hearing. Applicants have made l

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3 in any way the intended scope of their LWA-1 case, other than to reiterate the Board's proscription against reliance upon a Reactor Safety Study-type analysis.

Intervenors are aware of the existence of several probabilistic risk analyses of CRBR accident risks and consequences that are not comparable to the Reactor Safety Study. It is essential for adequate case preparation that Intervenors know whether and to what extent Applicants intend to rely upon such analyses.

For the above reasons, Intervenors hereby move the Board to order Applicants to provide a complete answer to Interrogatory #27.

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Barbara A. Finamore S. Jacob Scherr 1725 I Street, N.W., #600 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 223-8210 f ,

fhrsk /$4F) f Ellyn R. Weiss Harmon & Weiss 1725 I Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 833-9070 Attorneys for Intervenors Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club June 28, 1982

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ,

I hereby certify that copies of NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. AND THE SIERRA CLUB MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY were served this 28th day of June 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 (2 copies)

Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger Atomic Safety & Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, Maryland 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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Washington, D.C. 20585 George L. Edgar, Esquire Irvin N. Shape 11, Esquire Thomas A. Schmutz, Esquire Gregg A. Day, Esquire Frank K. Peterson, Esquire Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1800 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Dr. Cadet H. Hand, Jr.

Director Bodega Marine Laboratory University of California P.O. Box 247 Bodega Bay, California 94923 Heroert S. Sanger, Jr., Esquire Le wis E. Wallace, Esquire James F. Burger, Esquire ,

W. Walker LaRoche, Esquire Ed wa r d J . Vigluicci, Esq.

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