ML20082C916

Testimony of Dj Dilworth on Contention 25 Re Role Conflict

ML20082C916
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Site:	Shoreham File:Long Island Lighting Company icon.png
Issue date:	11/18/1983
From:	Dilworth D SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
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l UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

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In the Matter of )

LONG ISLAND LIGHTING COMPANY ) Docket No. 50-322-OL-03

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(Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, )

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TESTIMONY OF DONALD J. DILWORTH ON BEHALF OF SUFFOLK COUNTY CONCERNING CONTENTION 25 - ROLE CONFLICT Q. Please state your name and professional qualifica-tions.

A. My name is Donald J. Dilworth. From April 5, 1977 to September 13, 1983, I was Commissioner of the Suffolk County Police Department. My professional qualifications are de-scribed in my resume which is Attachment I hereto.

Q. What is the purpose of this testimony?

A. The purpose of this testimony is to address Emergency Planning Contention 25.

O. In your opinion, will the emergency workers relied.on by LILC.O in its Plan report for duty in the' event of a radiological emergency at Shoreham?

A. In my. opinion, substantial numbers of the individuals relied on by LILCO will not report for duty. Instead, .they 8311220246 831118 PDR ADOCK 05000322 ,

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will attend to the safety of their families prior to, or in lieust , reporting to their emergency duty posts. Therefore, they will not perform the functions which LILCO has assigned to J

them.

Q. On what do you base your opinion?

A. F'i r s t , in my 34 years of experience in 1cw enforce-ment, the most recent being as the former Suffolk County Police Commissioner, I have observed significant differences (physi-cal, mental, and emotional) among individuals whose job is to respond to emergency situations. As in any segment of society, emergency personnel are not all alike. They are individuals with strengths and weaknesses, fears and prejudices. In the selection process, you attempt to cull out those most likely to be adaptable to a training process (both classroom and on-the-job) that will attempt to instill the required skills, confi-dence and motivations to carry out even the most demanding tasks. Risks are calculated, possibility of success evaluated, and motivation heightened by peer pressure and leadership ex-pectations of superior performance. Based on the foregoing, the outcome of spontaneous acts has been primarily successful; that is, in the hazardous situations thrust upon you, choice is limited and one may rely on having been adequately prepared to the level of instinctive response.

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A different set of conditions and responses exist, howev-t er, in those situations where time and circumstance permit op-portunity for choice. Given time, one can reflect on the merit or potential hazard of the situation. Does one have alterna-tives? What are the sanctions for one's actions? To whom does one have primary responsibility? A radiological emergency, being in this cate' gory, will undoubtedly result, particularly for off-duty emergency personnel and personnel not accustomed to performing emergency roles, in the stressful situation of making a choice of whether to promptly report for duty. In light of the natural concern for the safety of our loved ones and the desire for family unity in crisis situations, the instilled role as protector of the family unit will likely prevail. If one has even the slightest inclination, the oppor-tunity to evade a mobilization call-up is readily available.

Intensive training, even that designed to secure compliance with a request to respond such as is received by police offi-cers, would have minimal impact in such a situation. The reason is that the "cause" is lacking. One can too easily ra-tionalize that the emergency was created by others unnecessarily and lacks the essential motivation that chal-lenges one to daring, patriotism, love, or honor.

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I Furthermore, the fear of radiation exposure heightens concern and magnifies potential consequences when a person is dealing with radiation hazards which can neither be smelled, tasted, nor seen. There fo re , I believe there would be mitch less than 100 percent response to a radiological emergency mo-bilization by emergency workers relied on by LILCO, thus crip-

'pling any efforts of LILCO even to attempt to implement an or-derly and timely evacuation and other protective actions.

Regardless of the actual hazards that may exist, the perception of danger is so great that an orderly process of putting the necessary number of emergency workers in place is unachievable.

Finally, the workers relied on by LILCO are not trained for or experienced in dealing with public health-threatening emergencies. Nor are those emergency workers disciplined to work under the strict command and control regimen that would be required in a large-scale emergency. There fo re , the numbers of such workers who would place their family obligations above LILCO's expectation that they will report promptly for LILCO assigned duties would be large.

In my opinion, some portion of LILCO's emergency workers would report in a timely manner for duty in a radiological emergency. However, many would not. The reason is that LILCO's emergency workers do not have the esprit de corps and

l day-in-day-out training to maintain readiness to respond. They do not have the essential state of mental readiness to put aside all of their personal needs and respond to the call for duty in a radiological emergency while those very personal needs are being affected by events beyond their control.

LILCO's emergency workers are first family members, second LILCO employees at their regular jobs, and only last special radiological emergency workers. Their entire perspective is geared to a lifestyle which does not include work in life-threatening crisis conditions. Their routines do not include the constant preparation and readiness to respond to hazards which threaten themselves and also their loved ones from whom they will have to be separated during the height of crisis.

Based on my observations, knowledge, and personal experi-ences during 34 years of law enforcement work, I believe that the emergency workers on whom LILCO is relying may be well-intentioned and may even be outwardly enthusiastic, but they cannot be depended upon to report in a timely manner in a radiological emergency. LILCO's Plan, which relies on these emergency workers, there fo re , is defective in a most important ways there is not a group of emergency workers who are reliably available to implement the Plan.

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POLICG DEPARTMENT RESUME: Donald J. Oilworth

\ 5 Beach Plum Drive Northport, ,New York 11768 Phone: 516-261-1374 Born: New York City - 8/l4/26 PERSONAL: . \ Health: Excellent -6 Ft., 180 lbs.

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. Married"- Nine Children s

EDUCATION: De LaSalle Institute 1944 Garuch School - City College of New York 1958-60 g Criminal Justice Brooklyn College 1970 Soc,lal Science Adelphi University - 9.D.A. 1977 s Long Island University, C.W. Post Center -

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, Master of Public Administration

, F.G.I. Academy, Quantico, Virginia -

1977-78 National Executive Institute MILITARY: U.S. Navy . Signalman - ' Patrol Craft - Pacific Area - HONORABLE DISCHARGE 1946 EMPLOYMENT: 3/5/48-l/5/68 - New\ York City Police Department Scrvec in all ihrce branches of Dopartment -

Patrol, Detective Division, and Traffic Emergency Service. - -- - --

I/5/68 - Employed as Executive Assistant to Tcwn Attorney, Huntingtdn, kNew York.

A Resporisible for investigation and enforcement of all local laws and ordinances.

Assisted in proparati n of all prosecutions brought by the town.

4/l/63 - In addition to other duties appointed by Supervisor of the Town of Huntington to Deputy Director of Civil Ocfonse. Responsible for train-ing and reorganibation of Auxiliary Police and

, coordination of ihcir cutics with Suffolk County Police. ,

1/2/69 - Appointac cirector of CoJc Compliance and Ccmplaint !!u r ea u , To v. n of Huntington, to' organize staf..f and it'iplomoni a now office ;rcated by the

• j Iown fic a r d . Re spons i b l e ill reci l y to the Supervisor to receive an.1 investigato nll complaints of town service, an f orcer.on ! Of\all codes ond sta f f super-vision and enordiratl'i, of at1 *o in departmer.ts -

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. gro EMPLOYMENT: 1/75-7/76 - Joined staff of 3rd District (Contd.) Congressman Jerome A. Anbro as D.i s t r i c t Representative to perform all local a'dministrative l functions. Dealt with constituent problems, communication, local media relations, and l r represented Congressman at local community ....d political meetings.

7/20/76 to 12/31/76 - Appointed Sheriff of Suffolk County, New York, by Covernor llugh L. Carey.

Oath uf Office administered on July 23, 1976.

April 5, 1977 .\ppointed Police Commissioner by the Suffolk Cr.unty Legislature - six year term.

COMMITTRES:' Appointed to the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council by Suffolk County Executive John V.N. Klein-1977.

Ap p o i n te d to the Advisory Committec in the Criminal

, Justice Department of State University Agricultural and Technical' College, Fa rm ingd a le , N.Y.-1977.

Appointed to the Citizens' Advisory Committee to the Council of the State University of New York at Stony Brook-1977-1980.

' Appointed to the Criminal Justice Advisory Cuuncil of Adc1 phi University, Carden City, N.Y.-1977.

1 Appointed by the Bislyop of Rockville Centre John R.

McCann to the Diocesan Criminal Justice Commission-1979.

Appointed to the Executive Board of the Suffolk County

. Council, Boy Scouts of America-1980.

l.SSOCIATIONS: American Society for Public Administration

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American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars -

Police Benevolent Association

• Superior Officers Association Retired Detectives of the N.Y.P.D.

Scw York State Association of Chiefs of Police International Association of Chiefs-of Police Suffolk County Chiefs of Police L.E.I.U. - Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit International Association for Identificarton Holy Name Society - N.Y.P.D.

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