ML20138N029
| ML20138N029 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 10/29/1985 |
| From: | Sinkin L Citizens Concerned About Nuclear Power, INC. |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| References | |
| CON-#485-070, CON-#485-70 OL, NUDOCS 8511050023 | |
| Download: ML20138N029 (6) | |
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HOU3TGN LIUHFING AilD
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Docket Ncs. 50-493 OL l'UWER. COMPANY, ET nL.
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50-499 OL (South Texas Project,
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t !n t t s 1 and 2) i (CO!K' MQI,IGtJ TQ E!I THOR @ fjgTION On October 16, 19G3, CCANP filed its CCANP Motion to Rropen the Phase II Record:
III and For Discovery. In said Motion CCANP provided the Board w2.th a document CCANr' had received during the Phane 11 discover / pr m e-+
and aquin on Octcber 12, in the midst of c r e p.a r i r n)
(cs rindingu of fact and conclusions of law for Phase II.
meeting an the morning of
-The dor uptM L ox4 the an ne ttes of a Septesbe'r 1?,
19F31.
Thic decament showed cl+sarly to CCANP that Mr.
,Mc k R.
Newinan,
Enqui r e, had par ta cipated an other than counsel in a treeting of the senior manageinent of Houstan Lighting and Power.
Tius document. also demonstrated that Mr.
Newman was present at that manting.
Ct' ANP 6i am Mr.
Jordan as having L:
L es t i f i e-d llr.
Ne enan was not a participant and as deliberately oini t t i og to t'- an t i on Mr.
Newnan's precence.
CCAMP views Mr.
y GolJberg as having deliberatel y micrepresented Mr.
Newman's. role 7
-in that same meeting.
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-MM in5 After review of the document recel/ed on October 12 and
-(D E O 1 un( t ed
- research, CCANP conc!uded the document had eat been produced by Applicants and that it khould have been.
Since the role of Mr.
Newman was an issue inquired into in Q SDS
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Phase II'about which the-Ocard has reached s prel iiniri ary ducisior opposite from what CCANP contended the minu % e.h owed to be the i
ac t t.* a l situation, since false testimony is cl ear ly r 91evant to the central i <wue of character, and since t he e;< i stence of the t
supposedl y unproduced minutes raisad certous questions in CCANP's niind about.
the cer-f ormura:e of Applicants'
- counsel, CCANP t
l iaterrupted tts pr epar cs t i an of its proposed findings to bring 1
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these minutes imiediately to the attention of the Board.
j CCANP t o o k' the position that those minutes had not been t-f produced in discovery.
.hv the Appl ic m t<, pursuan t to a
Board order. In i ts inet t on, CCAliP cited a letter of Juty 2.
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cover letter on t he docun:en t - Aich were prodoco,1 to rti. penna to said order.
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October 23, CCAMP l earned -f reiri NRC St a f f councel Mr'.
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Pirfo that some portion of these mirutes had in fact baen j.
produced on July 2,
l '/85.
Mr.. Pir f o di d rmt have the par ti ular i
document at the time he called'CCANP, b u t. he dic direct CCANP'8 I
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attention la the July 2 letter.
Revientm) the July 2
- Ictter, 1-5
'l CCfiNP-di sr.over ed,
to its chagrin, a itstiog for these same 4
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j intii u l e s io Dol li draft
.od Final f er m as 3 t ein 1.S.
LCANP conde ao 9
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.5 e a r t h of tts reco-ds in Washington, D.C and could j
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not locate stem 16, presumabl y bec ause dar.umenti not introduceo j:
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.into evidence were left in Texas.
Based on the entry in the July 21 letter, hnwever, CCANP decidod to sithdraw i t i-; CCANP Mution to l
i Reopen the Phasa II Record:
III and For Di5covery of Occober 16, t
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1985 ctnd so i nf oriced the floard and par ti es i nunod i a t el y.
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The entry in the July 2 letter, at i t ein 16, includes the 1-t i
phrase " (pr t vi l eged por ti ons de.l e ted). " After fatling to find the i
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.1 docuinent, CCANP contact ed NRC reunsel Mr. Por I i t., uho was uerRing i
on the Nh'C response to the CCANE' motion and had the dec ornent i r,
- question, to determi ne which numbernd paragraphL in t h o' two I
docuvientF were del et ed.
CCANP i s informed that paragraphs 15 and 4
31 er e not deieled, the patageaplin wh2cb recerd Mr.
Newman't, i
rendering'his opinion on the contrartors.
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-hr i-At temp t j iin to rec ount r itct t h i s.
event,
CCANP c.'4i following exp]anation regarding the ert oneous nature of its or iyiiial mut : oii.
7he mirnvies 'alloched to the motion nera rece:ved in vhe midst of EC(C # pr e,ur ing itt findinet e n.onumental t sJ.
CCANP w f-.
a l r ea d >. preparing enother mot i on
'o recpen based on dotocents received rm.
Octaber 7.
MNnwhi14 CCANP faced a
November 4
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r 1:' mi notes i hia e e w ar.h When C C i,N;-
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clear eO de-t e es M N mii,n's ol e (par sur oph 15) 1 su'e
-CCANF we q '.il t e a w a r e of, that CCluF was al s o ltit oi y c er t e i r.
CCAMP had ne wr seen ihe d oc o r.en t beiore.
I ur t he-e nore,
chocL1ng the' doc.tmen t s teculved into evidence in Fh-se II r e v e s ; ced t:mse mi t iii t en wm e n,>t pai t of the rrco d.
Nor uns it,i c docou i l ptrt i
of tlie drcemenLs mer i ed for ideotificoiien but noi
-doitted.
. CCANP ww t er i s ii, CCANP would Iave r.ought Wro nt on of
- his doc un.en t had t i.e docun ni been produced t o CC+2.M.
Ct.'ANP t.... t t ali4 p,.c t i t v1 ar 1 M c on L by tav thrce pa ageaphs et p acp.
31071 - ? of the
.r. i no t. e < wlii ch epol e of "f ont in the r i --p d e t.or s _ e oud ",
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and i oi i. ' ".
These phr ace:s were no i
descr3ptivr that CCANP wr cartain 1t would navr remember ed h ari CCANP ceea the do, nn.on t t: r t or c.
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- Flonlly, Cl:At#
had
.) u e. t r ec ei ved applicants Hosponte in Clppon t t i on to I;CMt!P T10tton Dated 'aptember 50, 1985.
In said
- motion, Applicantt
..tr t and thal toother document sub o.i t t ed in a
no t. i on to r aopen preciagiy on the point of Mr. Newman's role, was not inconsintent aith oai tiisq t,wtimony.
Applicants argued in suid response that tir. Now.n an was not part af the decision making t un.
.'sp p l i c an t s cited the section of the tr in sc r i p t CCfNP alread7 knew shout whorein tir.
Jordan testified that ha, "r.
Opr w,
ind Mr.
Goldberg were Ihe decision m dr i ng t ecim on the mornin1 af Geptember 10 and which omatted to <nen t t en the prosence of I'r.
Newman it I h at..,* ting. Since the doct iwnt clearly r-h owed Mr.
N,t'can w
presant
/W tid r. 4r t i c i p:it e in the deci si on me i ng,
'hi3 Am r ) i t. in t re.porae only reinferced the suspicion that App l i c ants had withheld :he minutes of that meeting from di m:ov e r y.
In or yariog t h o.no t i o s,
ANP ' s representative
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. r t el;.:d n,s the ef" enc' to the b il y 2 letter from the other CCANP l
- toi..i on f.n r er p in.ilcoldy arittan at tnai n t actual 1y 1 coking at the i
,1 u t y 1ettur.
D:ANP's reprn=entative was sure these minuten aould not he ro;a++ ncial in i tet 1>rter :4 n d was hurryinc in or ;i r'r t1d been pr odi tted ( a c: tir. Pirfo can confirm), bitt in hts rit%h to return ter ihe propommt findings, CCANP's represdntativo f al l od tn siinp l y look & the July 2 letter. This obviously was 1
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- act, particut arl y in l i g h t.
of the ser t nitsness of the a l l e g a l,i o n s containod in the motion.
For that
- error, CCANP apoloqizes to the Board and parties.
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Nil 4 t'! A N P
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- he other documents to that letter, the c t t = t i rvi c s
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C(ANP h.id n 1 a er! no ib wht ri th 9 i're acc :p t ?d.ial.c evidence.
Since CCANP now knows + hot the r e l _.. - n t a rn '
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3!>!O 3r L of parts of these Tiinut a + worn predt'ced in di,co -eer s,
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CCAf1P's nio t i on to =eopen t h a t. :ugtients a deltoerat:
Jithnolding of discaverable information b,
ippitrants' cou t e.
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