ML20065N657
| ML20065N657 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Clinch River |
| Issue date: | 10/20/1982 |
| From: | Cochran T National Resources Defense Council |
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| NUDOCS 8210220279 | |
| Download: ML20065N657 (5) | |
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATONEC 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 DEPARTNENT OF ENERGY
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
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(Clinch River Breeder Reactor Plant)
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i AFFIDAVIT OF THObaS B.
COCHRAN 1
I, Thomas B. Cochran, being duly sworn, do hereby state as follows:
1.
My name is Thomas Brackenridge Cochran.
I reside at 4836 North 30th Street, Arlington, Virginia 22207.
I am presently a Senior Staff Scientist at Natural Resources Defense l
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I am a member of the Department of Energy's Energy Research and Advisory Board; the Three Mile Island (TMI) Public Health Fund Advisory Board; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's TMI Advisory Board; and the American Nuclear Society.
3.
I have a B.S. degree in electrical engineering and M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees in physics, all from Vanderbilt University.
I have held the positions of Assistant Professor of Physics, U.S.
Naval Postgraduate School, and Senior Research Associate, Resources for the Future.
4.
I have been a consultant to numerous government agencies and testified before Congress on numerous occasions on matters related to nuclear energy generally and liquid metal fast breeder reactors (LMFBRs)- in particular.
I was a member of DOE's Nonproliferation Advisory Panel and ERDA's LMFBR Review Steering Committee.
I am the author of The Liquid Metal l
Fast Breeder Reactor, An Environmental and Economic Critique, (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1974).
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With regard to matters of LMFBR safety, I was also a member of the NRC's Advisory Group on Reactor Safety Goals and l
NRC's Advisory Group on Operator Training.
I have had extensive hands-on experience with systems modeling and computer programming, both in relation to my Ph.D. dissertation in high energy physics and while serving as a Modeling and I
. l Simulation Group Supervisor at Litton Scientific Support Laboratory at Fort Ord, California.
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I was one of two U.S. citizens invited to testify on safety aspects of the SNR-300, the Federal Republic of Germany's demonstration breeder, before the Enquete-Kommission "Zukunf tige Kernenergie-Politik," Deutscher Bundestag, FRG (June 3, 1982).
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With regard to radiation protection, my M.S. thesis was in Radiation Chemistry.
I was an AEC Health Physics Fellow at Vanderbilt University between 1962 and 1964, during which period I had 3 months of on-the-job training at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
I was the campus Radiation Safety Officer while pursuing my Ph.D. degree at Vanderbilt University.
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While at NRDC I co-authored with Dr. Arthur Tamplin two radiation standards petitions to the NRC, " Petition to Amend 10 CFR 20.101, Exposure of Individuals to Radiation in Restricteo Areas," September 1975 (PR M-2 0-6), and " Petition to Amend Radiation Protection Standards as They Apply.to Hot Particles,"
February 1974 (PR PF20-5).
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I have been a member of the Health Physics Society for-the past 18 or so years.
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My statement of professional qualifications is attached.
11.
Because of my scientific and technical training and experience, I am familiar with many aspects of the Clinch River
. Breeder Reactor, and its proposed fuel cycle facilities, that are discussed in Intervenors' Contentions.
12.
I have participated actively in all phases of the NRC Clinch River Breeder Reactor licensing proceedings since 1975, including assisting in the preparation of Intervenors' contentions.
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I prepared substantial portions of NRDC's comments on the 1977 CRBR Final Environmental Impact Statement and the 1982 Draf t Supplement to the 1977 CRBR Final Environmental Impact Statement.
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I testified before the NRC Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards on several occasions regarding the Clinch River Breeder Reactor and related issues.
15.
I have attended numerous meetings held by Staff and Applicants to discuss the NRC licensing review of the Clinch l
River Breeder Reactor.
16.
I have participated actively in discovery proceedings
'related to CRBR licensing from 1975-1977, and from March 1982 to the present, including the preparation of interrogatory l
l questions and responses, and requests for admissions and i
responses, and have conducted several depositions of witnesses for Applicants and Staff.
17.
I have read or examined many of the documents upon which Applicants and Staff purport to rely for their positions on Intervenors' Contentions.
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I fully intend to read all written testimony submitted by Staf f and Applicants on which I intend to cross examine, and any documents to be used or referred to in the course of the cross-examination.
19.
I have prepared myself, and will continue to prepare myself to conduct a meaningful and expeditious cross-examination.
20.
I intend to limit my cross-examination to areas within my expertise.
bSL3 Thomas B. Cochran Date:
October 20, 1982 Sworn and subscribed to before me this so t4 day of October, 1982.
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