ML20137P172

Petition of Numerous 1978-79 Employees of Met Ed for Leave to Intervene.Served on 860203

ML20137P172
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	01/31/1986
From:	Voigt H GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES CORP., LEBOEUF, LAMB, LEIBY & MACRAE
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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ML20137P161	List: ML20137P157 ML20137P172 ML20137P176
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LRP, NUDOCS 8602040349
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE PRESIDING BOARD Ji' -j L e, s.

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INQUIRY INTO THREE MILE ISLAND ) Docket No. LRP UNIT 2 LEAK RATE DATA )

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PETITION OF NUMEROUS 1978-79 EMPLOYEES OF METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE In response to the Commission's Order and Notice of Hearing issued on December 18, 1985 (" Order"), CLI-85-18, 50 Fed. Reg.

52,388 (Dec. 23, 1985), numerous 1978-79 employees of Metropolitan Edison Company (" Employees"), as set forth in the attachment to this filing, hereby petition to intervene in this inauiry into the alleged falsification of leak rate data at Three Mile Island Unit 2 ("TMI-2"). Each of the employees has interests that may be affected by this proceeding, and each will likely contribute to the development of an adequate record. Order at 7.

Contribution to the Record The Commission ordered this inquiry to develop the facts surrounding the alleged falsification of reactor coolant system leak rate data at TMI-2 prior to the March 28, 1979 accident.

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i See Metropolitan Edison Co. (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, J tin it 1) , CLI-85-2, 21 N.R.C. 282, 305-06, reconsideration denied, CLI-85-7, 21 N.R.C. 1104 (1985). Each of the Employees in 1978-79 was in some manner involved, either directly or indirectly, in either the performance of TMI-2 leak rate surveillance tests or in the assessment of their results.

Consequently, each can contribute personal knowledge, to the l

extent that it is possible seven years after the fact, to the i development of an adequate record on the facts surrounding the allegations of TMI-2 leak rate data falsification. Indeed, i

each of the Employees has provided on one or several occasions j testimony on those alleaations before a Federal Grand Jury, the 4

Commission's Office of Investications or the attorneys retained

! by GPU Nuclear to conduct an independent investigation.

t Interests That May Be Affected j The purpose of this inauiry is to develop the facts surrounding the alleged falsification of TMI-2 leak rate data in sufficient detail to determine the involvement of any j individual who may now work, or in the future work, at a

< nuclear facility. Order at 4, 9. Each of the Employees, as previously indicated, was in some manner involved in TMI-2 leak 1

< rate surveillance testing. Thus each has interests that may be affected by the Presiding Board's findings on the alleced falsification of test data.

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Desianation for Service It is requested that the Presiding Board recuire service to be made on the Employees, or any of them, by nail or delivery to:

Harry H. Voig t James W. Moeller LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20036 and Smith B. Gephart Jane G. Penny Killian & Gephart 216-218 Pine Street P.O. Box 886 Harrisburg, PA 17108 Conclusion For the foregoing reasons, the Employees reauest that the Presiding Board grant this Petition for Leave to Intervene in this proceeding.

Respectfully submitted, LEBOEUF, LAMB, LEIBY & MACRAE By m /g/

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William G. Primps 1333 New Hamoshire Avenue, N.W.

Michael F. McBride Suite 1100 James W. Moeller Washington, D.C. ?0036 Marlene L. Stein (202) 457-7500 Smith B. Gephart KILLIAN & GEPHART Jane G. Penny 216-218 Pine Street Terrence J. McGowan Box 886 Harrisburg, PA 17108 (717) 232-1851 Counsel for Numerous 1978-79 Employees of Metropolitan Edison Company Dated: January 31, 1986 2

Attachment Charles D. Adams Gregory R. Hitz, Sr.

Raymond R. Booher Kenneth R. Hoyt John A. Brummer Theodore P. Illjes Kenneth P. Bryan George A. Kunder

!1 Joseph J. Chwastyk Walter J. Marshall Mark S. Coleman Hugh A. McGovern William T. Conaway Brian A. Mehler Joseph R. Congdon Charles F. Mell Craig C. Faust Adam W. Miller James R. Floyd Frederick J. Scheimann Edward R. Frederick Bernard G. Smith Leonard P. Germer William H. Zewe Carl L. Guthrie i

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