ML20099E698
| ML20099E698 | |
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| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 11/21/1984 |
| From: | Weiss E HARMON & WEISS, UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS |
| To: | NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP) |
| References | |
| CON-#484-269 SP, NUDOCS 8411260025 | |
| Download: ML20099E698 (5) | |
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d-UNION-OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
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CERTIFICATION ON EXCLUSION OF TESTIMONY OF FORMER NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONERS PETER BRADFORD AND VICTOR GILINSKY 1
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- I The Union of Concerned Scientists supports TMIA's motion and
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urges the Appeal Board to accept certification of the questions presented and to direct the admission of the evidence in i
if question.
We believe the following arguments are most
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Given the ambiguity of NRC reporting requirements, the i
Commissioners are the best, if not the only, source of I
information on the materiality or the information conveyed and
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-i not conveyed by Mr. Dieckamp to the contemporaneous decisions i
taken and contemplated by the Commission.
There is no other
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credible source of evidence on this subject.
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Dr. Gilinsky's conversation with Mr. Dieckamp j.
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indisputably prompted the mailgrua.
His testimony is clearly j.
relevant to Dicckamp's state of mind, which is one of tne central 1
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.GPU has presented opinion evidence on many of the same 5
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subjects,'particularly-the interpretation which " experts" placed or.would have placed on the:information available during the accident. -(See TMIA Memorandum of Points and Authorities, pp.
S' 19-21)
The obvious purpose of the GPU testimony is to argue that' A.-l the data on the1 pressure spike'would have_been of no value to the f
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Commission in its deliberations and hence was-not material.
The former Commissioners are in a position to rebut this claim.
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l is manifestly unfair.to allow GPU to present this evidence but-to i
deny TMIA an opportunity to meet it.
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The NRC rules specifically permit the subpoenaing of 3
I witnesses whose testimony has relevance but who cannot or will not provide prefiled testimony as a witness for a party.
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j the argument that this would be unfair is unpersuasive.
Moreover, GPU has Mr. Bradford's deposition, could have ' deposed Dr. Gilinsky and clearly has the resources and ability to fully mitigate any surprise.
Indeed, the Zebroski and vanwitbeck testimonies are substantially pre-emptive rebuttal of the a
Bradford and Gilinsky cvidence.
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The Ethics in Government Act is inapplicable to the i
Sworn testimony of facts within the personal knowledge of the 1
individual and to opinions derived therefrom.
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Respectfully submitted,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE tt I hereby certify that copies of the UCS' RESPONSE TO TMIA'S MOTION FOR DIRECTED CERTIFICATION ON EXCLUSION OF TESTIMONY OF 1
j FORMER NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONERS PETER BRADFORD'AND VICTOR GILINSKY, were served on those-indicated on_the accompanying
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Service was made by deposit in The United States i
mail, first class, postage prepaid, on November 21, 1984, except those indicated by an asterisk were delivered by hand.
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20036 Administrative Judge H Christine N.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1011 Green Street Wasnington, D.C.
20555 Harrisburg, PA 17102 Administrative Judge Ivan W.
Smith, Chairman Joanne Doroshaw, Esquire Atomic. Safety & Licensing Board The Christic Institute U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1324 North Capitol Street
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20555 Washington, D.C.
20002 Administrative Judge Sneldon J. Wolfe Mr. and Mrs. Norman Aamodt Atomic Safety & Licensing Appeal Bd.
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