ML20091Q607

Objection to ASLB 840606 Notice of Evidentiary Hearing Specifying That Portions of Contention Xx Evidentiary Hearing Will Be Closed to Public.Only Portions Dealing W/Protected Info Should Be Closed.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20091Q607
Person / Time
Site:	05000142
Issue date:	06/11/1984
From:	Bay J COMMITTEE TO BRIDGE THE GAP, NUCLEAR LAW CENTER
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OL, NUDOCS 8406140108
Download: ML20091Q607 (4)

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.;. (1 JOHN H.-BAY. USNRC DOROTHY THOMPSON 2 -NUCLEAR. LAW CENTER ~

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~ Attorneys for.-Intervenor .

- 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 7

NUCLEAR REGULATORY. COMMISSION 8 ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD b 9 Before Administrative' Judges:

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John H. Frye,' Chairman 10 Glenn O. Bright-Emmeth A. Luebke 11

.In1the^ Matter of

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' T 12 THE-REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY ) Docket No. 50-142 OL s 1 *OF CALIFORNIA )-

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) PROPOSED RENEWAL OFLFACILITY

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(UCLA) Research Reactor- ) LICENSE l -

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' "15 INTERVENOR'S OBJECTIONS TO JUNE 6, 1984 16 , NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY HEARING 17

-On June 6,'1984 this-Licensing Board issued.a Notice of

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. Evidentiary Hearing specifying that the portion of the Contention XX ,

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evidentiary hearing which commences in Los Angeles on June 25, 1984

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will not be~open to the public. CBG hereby objects to the blanket

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-exclusion of the public.'from these hearings.

22 As a general' rule, evidentiary hearings before NRC Licen-

' 23 sing Boards on licensing matters are open to the public. The primary 24 exception 'to this rule is when those hearings involve protected information. When such protected information is involved, the 26

~ exclusion of the public from the hearing should be strictly limited

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1 In this case, Intervenor will present at least five witnes-i

-2 ses,: Messrs. ' Taylor,- Hafmeister, Ramberg, Hirsch and Rogge, who have  ;

3 not had access to protected information and whose testimony will not 4 involve or_ directly deal with protected. matters. In the same manner I

as the Board has indicated that the testimony of Drs. Taylor and '

-5 6 Hafmeister will be taken in a public session, so should the testimony 7 of_ Messrs. Ramberg, Hirsch and Rogge. Furthermore, any rebuttal 8 testimony to these ' witnesses to the maximum extent possible should not 9 be taken in camera nor under the protective order.

10 -Closing the hearings to the public in their entirety not 11 only violates public policy, but it will also severely prejudice CBG's l 12 ability to present l'ts case and respond to the case of the staff and 13 applicant. .If the Board is over-inclusive in taking testimony in j 14 camera, it will have the effect of making it impossible for Intervenor  !

-- 15 to consult with its non protected experts and to avail itself of 16 non-protected interrogators.

L 17 Therefore, for the reascas stated above, CBG hereby re-  ;

. quests that the Board revise its Notice of Evidentiary Hearing to  !

18 L19 reflect that only those portions of the hearing which involve pro-20 tected information or which deal directly wit.h protected matters will 21 not be open-to the public.

22 DATED: June 11, 1984

23 Respectfully submitted, 24 JOHN H. BAY DOROTHY THOpPSON

'25 NUCLEAR WC T 26 by [ l Attorne' S' f or Co$tention XX 27  ;

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(213) 653-3973 QFF:;EGF3gg vCCriumu & Wj BRANCH United States of America NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the~ Matter of:

Docket No. 50-142 OL THE-REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY )

OF CALIFORNIA _ ) (Proposed Renewal of Facility (UCLA Research Reactor) ) License)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the attached INTERVENOR'S OBJECTIONS'TO JUNE 6, 1984 NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY HEARING in the above-captioned-proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class or express mail,

.1984 postage prepaid, addressed as indicated, on this date: June 11,_

' John H. Frye, III, Chairman Atomic Safety &1 Licensing Board '

-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

-Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Administrative- Judge Atomic Safety & Licensing Board-U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

.Dr. Glen-0. Bright Administrati've Judge JAtomic Safety-and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Chief, Docketing &-Service Section (3)

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