ML20069G431

Motion for Clarification of ASLB 820831 Initial Decision. Specific Conclusion of Law on Adequacy of Offsite Emergency Preparedness Needed.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20069G431
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	09/24/1982
From:	Locke R PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8209290085
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000KETED 1 USNRC 1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING; BOARD: h . ' .

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Docket Nos. 50-275

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company ) 50-323 6

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7 (Diablo Canyon Nuclear )

Power Plant, Units 1 and 2) )

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9 10 11 Motion for Clarification of the Licensing Board's Initial Decision Dated August 31, 1982 12 13 14 INTRODUCTION 15 On August 31, 1982 the Licensing Board in this 16 Proceeding issued an Initial Decision (" Decision") which 17 authorized the issuance of a full-power operating license 18 for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 which 19 contained certain conditions. On September 10, 1982 the NRC 20 Staff filed exceptions to certain rulings in that Decision 21 in accordance with 10 CFR $ 2.762(a). The NRC Staff also 22 requested the Appeal Board to toll the time for the filing 23 of briefs relateri to its exceptions until the Licensing 24 Board ruled on the Staff request for clarification of the 25 Decision. On September 13, 1982 the Appeal Board granted 26 the NRC Staff's motion and tolled the period for filing 8209290005 820924 PDR ADOCK 05000275

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1 briefs concerning exceptions until the Licensing Board rules 2 on the Staff's Motion for Clarification.

3 On September 15, 1982 Pacific Gas a,nd Electric 4 Company ("PGandE") filed its exceptions to the Licensing 5 Board's August 31, 1982 Decision and also moved to toll the 6 briefing schedule until 5 days after the Licensing Board has 7 ruled on the Staff's Motion for Clarification. In addition 8

PGandE indicated that it wished to reserve the right to 9 supplement the Staff's request. On September 17, 1982 the 10 Staff filed its Motion for Clarification addressing 3 of the 11 4 exceptions taken by PGandE from the August 31, 1982 12 Decision. PGandE has reviewed the Staff's Motion and seeks 13 clarification on the matters set forth below.

i 14 DISCUSSION 15 A. NRC Staff Exceptions

! 16 PGandE has reviewed the Staff positions on Staff 17 Exceptions 1, 2 and 3 which also correspond to PGandE's 18 Exceptions 1, 2 and 3 1/ and concurs in the Staff position.

19 Accordingly, PGandE will not repeat herein essentially the 20 same position but adopts the Staff position as its own.

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24 25 1/ These exceptions concern: (1) FEMA Findings by State Plan, (2) Standard Operating Procedures (" SOP's") and 26 (3) Acquiescence by State Jurisdiction to SOP's.

1 B. Offsite Emergency Preparedness 2 Conclusions of Law 1 and 2 2f both relate to the 3 status of onsite emergency response preparedngss at Diablo 4 Canyon Nuclear Power Plant but nowhere is there a conclusion 5 on the state of off-site emergency preparedness. This 6 apparent omission does not square with the Board's earlier 7 statement in the " Statement of Legal Issues and Their 8 Resolv*d on" portion of the Decision regarding onsite and 9 offsite emergency preparedness. There the Board stated that 10 " . . . that there is reasonable assurance that adequate 11 Protective measures [onsite and offsite] can and will be 12 taken in the event of a radiological emergency." y 13 This omission seems even more confusing when 14 viewed against the Board's conclusion that the ". . . [the]

15 activities authorized by this license can be conducted 16 without endangering the health and safety of the public, 17 insofar as the issues discussed herein are concerned." 4f 18 It would appear that a specific conclusion on the 19 adequacy of offsite emergency preparedness in accord with 20 the requirements of Section 50.47(b) and Appendix E of 10 21 CFR Part 50 should be included in the Conclusions of Law.

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23 24 2/ Initial Decision at p. 216.

25 3] Initial Decision at p. 5.

26 4f Initial Decision at p. 217.

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1 CONCLUSION 2 PGandE requests that the Licensing Board clarify 3 its Initial Decision as set forth above. This. clarification 4 will avoid possible misunderstandings not only as to the

$ conditions but also the ultimate intendment of the Decision.

6 7 Respectfully submitted, 8 MALCOLM H. FURBUSH PHILIP A. CRANE, JR.

9 RICHARD F. LOCKE Pacific Gas and Electric Company 10 P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94120 11 (415) 781-4211 i

12 ARTHUR C. GEHR Snell & Wilmer 13 3100 Valley Center Phoenix, Arizona 85073 14 (602) 257-7288 15 BRUCE NORTON Norton, Burke, Berry & French, P.C.

16 3216 N. Third Street Suite 300 17 Phoenix, Aridona 85012 (602) 264-0033 18 Attorneys for 19 Pacific Ga and Electric Company 20 21 By Richard F. Locke '

22 23 DATED: September 24, 1982.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l'

In the Matter of )

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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-275 4 ) Docket No. 50-323 I Dichlo Canyon Nuclear Powqr Plant, ) '

, Units 1 and 2 )

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- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The foregoing document (s) of Pacific Gas and Electric Company j hna (have) been served today on the following by deposit in the United

! States mail, properly stamped and addressed:

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Judge John F. Wolf Mrs. Sandra A. Silver Chairman 1760 Alisal Street i Atomic Safety and Licensing Board San Luis Obispo, California 93401 j U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Mr. Gordon Silver 1760 Alisal Street

Judge Glenn O. Bright San Luis Obispo, California 93401 l Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission John Phillips, Esq. ,

Washington, D. C. 20555 Joel Reynolds, Esq.

Center for Law in t.2 Public Interest Judge Jerry R. Kline 10951 W. Pico Boulevard - Suite 300 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Los Angeles, California 90064 4 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Wanhington, D. C. 20555 David F. Fleischaker, Esq.

P. O. Box 1178 Mrs. Elizabeth Apfelberg Oklahoma City l Oklahoma 73101

C/o Nancy Culver

192 Luneta Drive Arthur C. Gehr, Esq.

l San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Snell & Wilmer

' Janice E. Kerr, Esq. 3100 Valley Bank Center Public Utilities Commission Phoenix, Arizona 85073 of the State of California 5246 State Building Bruce Norton, Esq.

350 McAllister Street Norton, Burke, Berry & French, P.C.

3216 N. Third Street t

l Sun Francisco, California 94102 Suite 300 i Mrs. Raye Fleming Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2699 l

1920 Mattie Road Shell Beach, California 93449 Chairman

' Atomic Safety and Licensing Mr. Frederick Eissler Board Panel Scenic Shoreline Preservation U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

Conference, Inc. Washington, D. C. 20555

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Chairman Judge Thomas S. Moore Atomic Safety and Licensing Chairman Appeal Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Appeal Board W2chington, D. C. 20555 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Sccratary U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Judge W. Reed Johnson .

W2chington, D. C. 20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing

- Appeal Board Attn.: Docket #ag and Service Section U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555 Brtdloy W. Jones, Esq.

Offics of Executive Legal Director Judge John H. Buck BETH 042 Atomic Safety and Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Appeal Board W2chington, D. C. 20555 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

'Mr. Richard B. Hubbard MHB TGchnical Associates 1723 Hamilton Avenue, Suite K Snn Jose, California 95125 Mr. Carl Neiberger Talegram Tribune P. O. Box 112 Sun Luis Obispo, California 93402 Harbart H. Brown, Esq.

LCwrcnce Coe Lanpher, Esq.

Chrictopher B. Hanback, Esq.

Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Hill, Christopher & Phillips 1900 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D. C. 20036 Byron S. Georgiou, Esq.

Lcgol Affairs Secretary Govarnor's Office Stato Capitol SOcramento, California 95814 Pacific Gas and Electric Company Datos g p

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