ML20094H552

Affidavit of D Demos Re Possible Future Reactivation of Joliet Army Ammunitions Plant.Notice of Appearance & Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20094H552
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Site:	Braidwood
Issue date:	08/08/1984
From:	Demos D COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO.
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AFFIDAVIT OF DANIEL DEMOS I, Daniel Demos, being first duly sworn do depose and state:

1. My name is Daniel Dcmos. I am employed by Commonwealth Edison Company as the District Superintendent for the Joliet Area. I have held that position for approximately six years. I have been employed by Edison for twenty years.

My business address is 1910 South Briggs Street, Joliet, Illinois, 60433.

2. I recently met with Jim Frakes and Ralph Miller, who are respectively the plant managers for the Honeywell and Uniroyal plants at the Joliet Army Ammunitions Plant (JAAP). Honeywell and Uniroyal are the contractors responsible for the operation of the JAAP. Uniroyal is the prime operating contractor and maintains TNT production lines which are currently inactive. Honeywell maintains and currently operates a facility for loading, assembling and packaging ammunition, primarily 25 and 30 millimeter ammunition. I discussed with them the activities at the B408140038 840B09 PDR ADOCK 05000456 Q PDR

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JAAP in light of newspaper article that appeared in Kankakee Daily Journal on March 23, 1984. That article reported on a recent conference regarding possible future reactivation and expansion of the JAAP.

4. According to Mr. Frakes, Honeywell has no plans to increase production or expand into new areas of production. Honeywell does not ship any explosives either to or from the JAAP by means of the railroad line that runs near the Braidwood site. All of their shipments are by truck and involve primarily 25 and 30 millimeter ammunition.

5. According to Mr. Miller, Uniroyal has no plans to reactivate or expand its TNT production facility at the JAAP. Presently, Uniroyal does not ship any explosives over the railroad line that runs near Braidwood. Uniroyal ships about one truckload of flake TNT from its stock each week. Uniroyal makes no other explosives.

6. According to Mr. Miller, the $300 million mentioned in the newspaper article would be applied toward.

proposed capital projects to upgrade Uniroyal's present TNT production capability. This upgrading would not expand their TNT production capability but would produce a higher level of readiness if reactivation should ever occur. The newspaper article was inaccurate in suggesting that the proposed capital projects for the upgrading of the TNT production facility have been approved. Further, the article is erroneous in suggesting that these projects show that the

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Army plans to reactivate the TNT production facilities at the JAAP. As mentioned in the newspaper article, the estimated cost of reactivation of the TNT production facilities is $420 million. This cost would be over and above the $300 million .

upgrading.

7. According to Mr. Miller, the RDX and HMX explosives referenced in the newspaper article have been manufactured for several years at a plant in Tennessee, thus they are not "new" as suggested by the article. However, the Army will be developing a new production process for these explosivas at another site. At some time in the future, if the tiew process is found feasible, the Army may decide to build other plants employing the new process. The JAAP could be one of several candidates for the location of such a plant.

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the statements made herein are true and correct.

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Daniel Demos SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED to .

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"IING& SERV!r Station, Units 1 and 2) ) 3 RANCH NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Notice is given that the undersigned attorney enters his appearance on behalf of Applicant, Commonwealth

' Edison Company, P.O. Box 767, Chicago, Illinois, 60690, in s

the above-captioned proceeding. In accordance with 10 C.F.R..S2.713, the-following information is provided:

Name: Victor.G. Copeland Address: Isham,' Lincoln & Beale 1120 Connecticut' Avenue, N.W.

Suite 840 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone Number: (202):833-9730 Admissions: United States District-Court.

for the' Northern District.of-Illinois Supreme Court of Illinois a

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ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE' 1120 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

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_ DATED: August 8, 1984

t UNITED STATES OF AMERICA i NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 00LM TED BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BO C In the Matter Of: )

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(Braidwood Nuclear Power ) 00CHEilnG & SEP0ni Station, Units 1 and 2) )

ONAEH CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE RESPONSE, COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY'S RESPONSE TO NEINER FARMS' STATUS REPORT REGARDING CONTENTION 4, and NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF VICTOR G. COPELAND were served on the persons listed below by deposit in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, this 9th day of August, 1984.

Marshall E. Miller, Esq. Mr. Scott W. Stucky Chairman Chief, Docketing and Services Administrative Law Judge United States Nuclear Regulatory Atomic Safety and Licensing Commission Board Office of the Secretary United States Nuclear Regulatory Washington, D.C. 20555 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 C. Allen Bock, Esq.

Dr. Richard F. Cole P.O. Box 342 Administrative Law Judge Urbana, Illinois 61801 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Thomas J. Gordon, Esq.

United States Nuclear Regulatory Waaler, Evans & Gordon Commission 2503 South Neil Washington, D.C. 20555 Champaign, Illinois 61820 Dr. A. Dixon Callihan Ms. Bridget Little Rorem Administrative Law Judge 117 North Linden Street Union Carbide Corporation Essex, Illinois 60935 P.O. Box "Y" l Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 I

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t Myron Karman, Esq. Jane M. Whicher, Esq.

Office of the Executive Legal BPI Director 109 North Dearbon Street United States Nuclear Regulatory Suite 1300 Commission Chicago, Illinois 60602 Washington, D.C. 20555 Ms. Lorraine Creek Atomic Safety and Licensing Route 1 Board Panel Box 182 United States Nuclear Regulatory Manteno, Illinois 60950 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Erie Jones, Director Illinois Emergency Services Atomic Safety and Licensing and Disaster Agency Appeal Board Panel 110 East Adams United States Nuclear Regulatory Springfield, Illinois 62705 Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 MJn G. Gyh 4' One of the attorneys'for Commonwealth Edison Company

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