ML20070M134

Third Set of Interrogatories & Request for Production of Documents.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence

ML20070M134
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	01/07/1983
From:	Bisbee G, Kinder E NEW HAMPSHIRE, STATE OF
To:	PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
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THE STATE OF NEk' HAMPSHIRE'S THIRD SET OF INTERROGATORIES

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Section 2.740(b) and 2.741, the jh;-

LG' Intervenor State of New Hampshire requests that the attached Third! Set of Interrogatories be answered fully in writing and v.

under oath by any members of the Public Service Company of New W ii Hampsh~ ire, Inc. (" Applicant") who have personal knowledge

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The answer to each Interrogatory should contain the 5~

name(s) and identification of the person (s) supplying the

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,As-used herein, the term " document" means all original writings of any nature whatsoever and all non-identical copies

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and includes but is not limited to the following items:

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reports, summaties, instructions, charts, schedules, sketches

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and drawings, records, accounts and accounting records, opinions and reports of consultants.

Asfused herein, the term " identify" means:

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Pursuant to 10 C.F.R., Section 2.740(e), responses should be supplemented under circumstances when new or different information becomes available.

If the Applicant cannot answer the Interrogatories in full, so state and indicate when the Applicant expects to be able to answer the Interrogatory.

• Thebbtate of New Hampshire further requests that the Applicant, pursuant to 10 C.F.R.,

Section 2.741, provide copies of or make available for inspection and copying the documents identified by the Applicant in response to certain of the accompanying Interrogatories within thirty (30) days af ter

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Production of such documents shall-be at' the service hereof.

offices"of the Applicant in Manchester, New Hampshire,.or. a mutually convenient place.

""'" INTERROGATORIES RELATED TO SPECIFIC CONTENTIONS-

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CONTENTION NH 9:

Radioactive Monitoring

'The Seabrook design does not provide an adequate,

program for monitoring the release of radioactivity to the plant and its environs either under normal operating conditions or in pre-and post-accident circumstances.

Thus, the application is not in compliance with general design criteria 63, 64 of Appendix A, 10 C.F.R. Part 50, and the requirements of NUREG-0737 and NUREG-0800.

Definition The term radioactivity monitoring system as 6 sed in

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displays and sampling capability for the monitoring of radioactivity within systems and areas of the pla'nt including both operational and post-accident monitoring systems.

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Is the emergency operations facility equipped with

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If the-answer is yes, please indicate whether these indicators and associated circuitry meet Class lE requirements.

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NH 9.47 Some problems associated with the accelerated aging technique used in environmental qualification of Class lE electrical equipment are discussed in the literature (W.W. Weaver, Aging Techniques and Qualified Life for Safety System Components, Nuclear 1

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Does the Applicant intend to rely on the Preliminary Design Assessment or on the Detailed Control Room Design Review for licensing?

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removal, such as steam" dump valves, turbine valves,

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If they have been modified, please specify the changes and the basis for them.

Identify and produce, pursuant to 10 C.F.RI.,

2.741 all documents pertaining to any modifications in n-the specifications of the steam generator.

ib NECNP I.B.l.2-Please describe the chemical water treatment process used for the steam generator, identifying and producing all documents relat'ing to this process 1.

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being made to deal with the ggneric safetyf ir, sue of-tube rupture problems in steam generators'of* PWR plants.

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.Jf THE STATE OF NEW HA.MPSHIRE GREGORY H. SMITH ATTORNEY GENERAL

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8-f, CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I,,E. Tupper Kinder, Esquire, hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing State of New Hampshire's Third Set of

'T Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents to the

. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff and The State of New

' Hampshire's Third Set of Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents to Public Service Company of New Hr,mpshire, Inc. have been mailed this 7th day of January, 1983,

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by.first class mail, postage prepaid, to:

Helen-F. Hoyt, Chm.

Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Board Panel U.S..NRC U.S. NRC Washington, D.C.

20555 Washington, D.C.

20555 Dr.~. Jerry Harbor Jo Ann Shotwell, Asst. AG Administrative Judge Office of the Attorney General

, Atomic Safety and Licensing One Ashburton Place,19th Floor Board Panel Boston, MA 02108..

U'.S.rNRC Washington, D.C.

20555 Mrs. Beverly Hollingsworth r

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~ Road Roy;P.rLessy, Jr., Esquire P.O. Box 596 Rob ~ert'Perliss, Esquire Hampton, New Emmpshire 03842

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Officeof Executive Legal Dir.

U.S.e.NRC William S. Jordan, II, Esquire Washington, D.C.

20555 Ellyn R. Weiss, Esquire Harmon and Weiss Robert A. Backus, Esquire 1725 I Street, N.W.

116 Lowell Street Suite 506 P.O. Box 516 Washington, D.C.

20006 Manchester, N.H.

03105 Edward J. McDermott, Esquire Phillip Ahrens, Esquire Sanders and McDermott Assistant Attorney General 408 Laf ayette Road State House, Station #6 Hampton, N.H.

03842 Augusta, Maine 04333 l.,

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c' Robert C. Gad, Esquire

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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Thomas u. Dignan, Jr., Esquire U.S. NRC Ropes and Gray Washington, D.C, 20555 225. Franklin Street Boston,. Massachusetts 02110 David R.

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Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. NRC - Roon E/W - 439 Washington, D.C.

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