ML20082P256

Forwards Filing Submitted to ASLB Entitled, State of Nh Comments Re Applicant Response to Licensing Board Order of 900111. W/Svc List

ML20082P256
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	02/16/1990
From:	Huntington G NEW HAMPSHIRE, STATE OF
To:	Moore T, Rosenthal A, Wilbur H NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
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ENVIRONMENTAL PIK/TECTION BURE AU 1MRCM A. b Tm NIMG STATE !!OUSE ANNEX 3 CAPITOL STREET CONCOnD, NEW li AMPSliinE 0:uola)7 naan ac, TTY TDD fwiav i W A)'t921112 i O ttM FAX KnAL 2712.M I'e b r u a r y 16, 1990 Alan S. Rosenthal, Chairman Thomas Moore Howard Wilbur The Atomic Safety Licensing Ar. peal Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory-Commission East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, :4a ryla nd 20114 Re: PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW ilAMPSHIRE, ET AL.

(Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-443, 50-444 Off-Site Emergency Planning -Ob Your Honors:

Attached, for your i'1f o rma t i on , is a copy of a filing maoe on this date by the State of New Hampshire to the Atomic Safety Licensing Board entitleo State of New Hampshire's Comments Regarding 11, 1990.

Applicant's Response to Licensing Boarc Order of January Sincerely, f

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Geoffrey M. Huntington Assistant Attorney General GMH/aml attachment: Ss stateo cc: Service List (w/o enclosure )

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I, Geoffrey M. Huntington o f the New Hampshire Offic["'of the10 07  !

Attorney General, hereby certify that on February 16, 1990, I made i service of the within document by depositing copies in' United States First Class Mail or, as indicated by an asterisk, express mail to:

• Alan S. Rosenthat LAdjudicatory File Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Board Panel Docket (2 copies) '

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission East West Towers Building East West Towers Building l

4350 East West Highway 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 i

AHoward A. Wilber A Ad]udicatory File Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel Appeal Board '

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission East West Towers Building Washington, DC 20555 '

4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 r

AThomas S. Moore, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensina Mr. Richard R. Donovan ,

Appeal Panel Federal Emergency Management Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Federal Regional Center Commission 130 228th Street, S.W.

East West Towers Building Bothell, WA 98021-9796 4350 East West Highwat Bethesda, MD 20814 A H. Joseph Flynn, Esquire Office of General Counsel Federal Emergency Management Agency 500 C Street, S.W.

Wasnington, DC 20472 14350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Cary W. Holmes, Esquire '

Holmes & Ells 47 :'innacunnet Road Hampton, NH 03842 1 i

Judith H. Mizner, Esq;;

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Newburyport, MA 01950 4 Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., .

Ropes.& Gray  ;

One International Place Boston, MA 02110-2624

r 41tzi A. Young, Esquire MDiane Curran, Esquire '

Edwin J. Reis, Esquire Andrea C. Ferster, Esquire

)ffico of_the General Counsel Harmon, Curran & Tousley J. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suite 430 Sno White Flint North, 15tn Fl. 2001 S. Street, N.W.

'1555 Rockville Pike Washington, DC 20009 lockville, MD 20852 t

lobert A. Backus, Esquire

~16 Lowell Street 1.0. Box 516 lanchester, NH 03105 rack Dolan

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$gency 142 J.W. McCormack ( POCH) soston, MA 02109

.djudicatory File South Ltomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board 3301

.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

'ashington, DC 20555

'hilip Ahrens, Esquire AJohn Traficonte, Esquire

.ssistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General

.epartment of-the Attorney Department of the Attorney Gnneral General ugusta, ME 04333 One Ashburton Place, 19th Fl.

Boston, MA 02108 lul McEachern, Esquire aaines & McEachern 5 Maplewood Avenue

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HEW HAMPSHIRE, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL  ;

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE'S COMMENTS REGARDING APPLICANTS' RESPONSE TO

. LICENSING BOARD ORDER OF JANUARY 111, 1990

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On January 11, 1990, this Licensing Board: requested the parties to these proceedings "to advise tha Board on how to proceed ,

.in accordance;with the directives of ALAB-924_and how (the partied):

proposefto. participate in the resolution-of the remanded issues."1 On' February 1, 1990, the Applicant responaec'to that OrderLand addressed each of the four-issues which ALAB-924 remandec to the Licensing Board for further consideration, and which are presently on-appeal'to the Commission.2 .While the State of'New Hampshire did.not respond to the Licensing Board's January Order, it now-finds that it is necessary to address certain statementsz mace "l'LSee MemorandumLand Order:(regarding issues remanded in 7

ALAB-924),7 (January 11, 1990)1at 1.

, 2'see Applicants' Petition for Review of ALAB-924 (hov. 10, 1989),

.and.Intervenors' Petition for Review tor ALAB-924 (Nov. 21, 1989).

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in the_ Applicants' February 1, 1990 pleading concerning the New Hampshire Radiological'Energency Response Plan ("NHRERP").

In ALAB-924, the Appeal Board acxnowledged that the NHRERP provides for sneltering the general beacn population in two very limited circumstances: ll) wnen the protective action option of sneltering will maximize cose reouctions in circumstances characterized by "a snort duration, nonparticulate (gaseous) release that woulo arrive at the Deach within a relatively short time period when,-because of a substantial beach population, the evacuation time would be-significantly' larger than the exposure curation" (i.e. a limited puff release on a summer beach day); and (2) when physical impediments make evacuation impossible,3 The Applicant, without consultation with state officials, stated in its February 1, 1990 pleading, that the State of New Hampshire's October 13, 1988 .

Amendments to Revision 2 of the NHRERP "[ eliminated] sheltering as an option under the first of the two circumstances contemplated by the-Appeal Board."4 This conclusion is incorrect.

Specifically, the Applicant erred in inferring that the Octooer-1988 Amenomente to NHRERp Volume 4, Appencix F preclude-sheltering ERPA-A in response to a general emergency t :ssification. See' Affidavits cf George Iverson and William

. r 3 Pub 11c Service Company of New Hampshire (Seabrook Station,-Units 1 ano 2), ALAB-3 2 4 , 30 URC (Nov. 7, 1989) [ hereinafter "ALAB-924" and_ cited to the slip. opinion] at 50-51 cad 59.

.4 See Applicants'-Response to Licensing Board Order of January ll, 197U at 10.

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Wallace, February 16,.1990, While the procedures;outlinea in the NHRERP (as amended in October-1988) clearly reflect hew Hampshire's position that--evacuation is the preferreo protective action '

recommendation in-nearly all circumstances, neither the October 1988-amenaments nor any subsequent amendments to the NHRERP " eliminate" ,

the shelter-in-place option from consideration by the State's decision makers in the rirst of the two limited circumstances cited by the Appeal: Board in ALAB-924 (i.e. a limited puff release on a ,

summer beach day), I The State of New Hampshire has aooptea no changes to the NHRERP!which foreclose the.use of snelter-in-place as part of the plan, or wnichLare inconsistent with testimony by state officials . .

betore-this Licensing Board in May of-1988. Inoeed, plan amenaments

.made subsequent to therlicensing proceedings reflect New-Hampshire's ,

position: stated in its filing of. February 11, 1988 entitled New Hampshire's Reponse to FEMA Supplemental Testimony (and attached to

' Applicants' Direct Testimony No. 6 as Appendix 1), in prefiled j

. testimony. adopted at transcript page ~10,020, ana in. response to j i"

intervenor questioning at transcript pages 10,210-11, 10,354, and 10,716. The' Applicants' conclusion that the october 1988 amendments j substantively: changed the'NHRERP so as-to eliminate shelter-in-place 1

I, does not_ reflect the: State's-interpretation ot its own plan, r F

l Also addressec;in the; Applicants' February l', 1990 submission to'this Boar'd is the-Appeal Board's ruling that implementing detail.  !

.is necessary'with respect-to the protective action shettering' option -l e  :

when physical impediments make evacuation impossible.'

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1 Specifically, -Applicant states:

The only implementing detail that would be required-pursuant to ALAB-924,-therefore, is to direct emergency response officials to ...

-broadcast an-EBS message instructing. members of the general beach population to proceed immeciately to the nearest available .

fully-enclosea building and remain there.b Ohile New Hampshire was consulted concerning this matter generally, .

the State does not concur with the final portion of the statement cited above. The referenced changes will direct emergency response officials to broadcast an EBS message instructing members of the

.. general beach population.to shelter-in-place.

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. Finally, the Applicants' -recent pleading states that: "With .

o the-existingLStone & Webster shelter survey as a reference, state L

L decision makers can be confident that sufficient indoor space is

.available [to= accommodate = sheltering requirements in the unlikely eventithis protective action option is implemented]." The State of New: Hampshire has-never anopted the findings or conclusions of the u

Stone & Webster' shelter au vey, and now rearfirms its positicn with respect to-this issue as at*.iculatea by state officials in testimony before-this-Boara at transc .?t page 10,707.

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5 Respectfully submitteo, Ti!E STATE OF llEW HAliPSHIRE >

J0liti P. AR!iOLD ATTORt1EY GE!1ERAL Dated:

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!!UCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 6efore the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD in the Matter or )

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PU3LIC SERVICE COMPANY OF )

HEW HAMPSHIRE, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL (Seabrook Station,_ Units 1 and 2

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) Off-site Emergency

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AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM WALLACE f t

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1, WILLIAM T. WALLACE, being on oath, hereby depose and say as f follows: _

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1. I am the Director of the New Hampshire Division of Public l Health Services, Department of Health ana Human Services, j t

2. One o. 'i primary responsibilities as defined in the NHRERP '

is recommendation _of protective actions.

3.~The underlying principle in a protective action recommendation is to realize the greatest dose savings for the greatest number of people. ,

4. Where implementation of protective action is ceemec i o

~I appropriate _(i.e.- a prognoeie of decreasing ability--to-mitigate the '

energency t the; plant) evacuation is prefered ano' generally will be the selec ed protective action option. See NHRERP Rev. 3 2/90 Vol. 1 i' p. 2.6-11.

L h l S. The 1ctober 1988 amendm:nts to the NHRERP confirmed the  !

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I procedures 1 underlying this protective action option by eliminating a j

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1 shelter-in-place recommendation for ERpA-A whenever the potential I t

remains for a later evacuation of the beach area.

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6. The planned protective action for ERPA-A in the event af declaration of a General Emergency is evacuation. However, the i

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option of recor. tending shelter-in-place f or ERPA-A was not precluded l by amendments to the !48RERP in October 1988 or in any subsequent amendments or revisions. The shelter-in-place option remains for the '

eo-called ' puff release" scenario, and may also be exercised when-physical impediments make evacuation impossible. t 7.-The shelter-in-place option is affirmed by the provisions '

of the NHRERP which: (a) permit consideration of a recommendation of .

shelter-in-place of ERPA-A in the event of a release of radioactive material at the Site Area Emergency (NHRERP Rev. 3, Vol B, Sec. 7, p. j 6.1-7);'and (b) allow for recommending shelter-in-place of ERPAs other than ERPA-A at the General Emergency (NHRERP Rev. 3, Vol 8, p. ,

6.1-B). I 8.. The shelter-in-place concept, is defined in the NHRERP

-(NHRERP Rev. 3, Vol. 1, p. 2.6-6).  ;

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE i liERRI:1 ACK , SS. February 16, 1990 I The above-subscribed William Wallace appeared before me and [

made oath that he had read the fotegoing affidavit and that the '

sta 9nts set forth therein are true to the best of his knowledge.  ;

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FeDruary 16, 1990 p Ut1ITED STI.1ES OF AMERICA

!JUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION betore the ATOMIC - S AFETY AND LICE!JSING BOARD In tne Matter or )

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF )

! JEW HAMPSHIRE, et al. ) Docket Nos. 50-443-OL

) 50-444-OL (Seabrook Station, Units I and 2 ) Off-site Emergency

) Planning Issues

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AFFIDAVIT OF GEORGE L. IVERSON

-1, GEORGE IVERSON, being on. oath, hereby depose and say as follows:

1. . I am- the Director . ot the liew Hampshire Office of Emergency m

Management Agency,

2. My primary responsibilities - as defined in the 14HRERP include.reennmendation and implementation of protective actions.

3. The underlying orinciple in a protective action recommendation .is to realize the greatest dose savings for the greatest qumber of people.

4. Where' implementation of protective action is deemed appropriate (i.e. - a prognosin of decreasing ability to mitigate the emergency at-the_ plant) evacuation is_prefered and-generally will be ti -selected prot'ective action option. See llHRERP Rev. 3 2/90 Vol._1

p. 2.6-11.

5. The October.1968 amendments to the NHRERP confirmed the procedures unoerlying this protective action option by eliminatlag a l-(9(i ?filin 91-si c v v .s v i v % Q {J L _--

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l shelter-in-place recommendation for ERPA-A whenever the potential remains for a later evacuation of the Ecach area.

6. The planned protect:.vo action for ERPA-A in the event of declaration of a General Emergency is evacuation. liowever, the option of roccmmending shelter-ir.-place for ERPA-Is was not precluded oy amendments to the NHRERP in October 1988 or in any subsequent amendments or revisions. The shelter-in-place option remains for the co-called " puff release" scenario, and may also be exercised when physical :mpediments make evacuati:n impossible.

7 The shelter-in-place option is affirmed oy the provisions of thu N!!RERP which: (a) permit consideration of a recommendation of shelter-in-place of ERl'A-Is in the event of a release of re.dio-active material at the Site Arca Emergency (NilRERP Rev. 3, Vol 8, Sec. 7, p. 6.1-7); and (b) allow for recommending shelter-ir.-place of ERPAs other than ERPA-A a'. tne General Emergency (N!!RERP Rev. 3, Vol 8, p . 6.1- 8 ) .

8. The chelter-in place concept, is defined in the N!!RERP (N!!RERP Rev. 3, Vol. 1, p. 2. 6-8) .

g Gearoc L. Iverson STATE OF NEW llAMPS!! IRE MERRIMACK, SS. February 16, 1990 The above-subscribed Cecrge L. Iversen appeared before me and made oath that he had read the foregoing affidavit and that the statements set forth therein are true to the best of his knowledge.

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