ML20148N049

Requests Full Intervenor Status in 781117 Prehearing Conference.Submits It Is Impossible to Safely Dispose of Nuc Waste Produced by Subj Facil & That Project Should Be Cancelled

ML20148N049
Person / Time
Site:	Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png
Issue date:	11/14/1978
From:	Debremaecker J AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Wolfe S Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
References
NUDOCS 7811220274
Download: ML20148N049 (2)

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g"U PUDQg DOCUygg a <s Mr. Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq., Chairman N Atomic Safety Licensing Board Panel The U. S. Nuclear Regulatcry Commission [# 9 Washington, D.C. 20555 f* hg @[ 40' In the matter of Houston Lighting and Power Company S @  !/

Allen's Creek Nuclear Generating Station Docket No. 50-466

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In its most recent communication, the staff of the NRC s'1ggests i.a. that I am not seeking to be an intervener in the pre-hearing conference to be held on November 17, in Houston. This is incorrect, and I hereby request that I be considered a full intervener.

As I stated in my mailgram of October 29, the delay given I

to me to prepare my contentions is clearly too short for I these contentions to be properly set forth herein. More-l over as petitioner Marke has pointed out, this delay appears to violate federal regulations. Nevertheless, I give hereunder a preliminary version of aforementioned contentions.

In its final environmental report, Houston Light and Power (hereinafter called the applicant) does not state how it proposes to dispose of high-level radioactive wastes. In its response to a number of petitions, the applicant contends that this matter is not to be litigated in this particular pre-hearing proceedings and quotes 10 CFR paragraph 51.20 (e).

As the applicant should know, the above-mentioned document i

is no longer solely or entirely relevant considering the new evidence that has come to light since its publication. It l thus appears that the response of the applicant to said petitions is unsatisfactory. The new evidence referred to above is contained in "The Geological Criteria for Suitable Sites of High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository" (Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, N.A.S.-N.R.C.,

August 3, 1978.)

The applicant does not state whether it plans to meet these c/ilgteria in any way, or indeed, if any site exists where th'ese criteria can be met. I further wish to suggest that the case of Houston and surrounding area is particularly critical in view of the extraction of geopressurized water. Furthermore, it is my view that, the criteria set forth in the CRWM report are so restrictive that it is doubtful that an acceptable site exists anywhere in the United States.

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Page 2 of 2 pages Mr. Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq., Chairman Atomic Safety Licensing Board Panel In the matter of Houston Lighting and Power Company Allen's Creek Nuclear Generating Station i Docket No. 50-466 The evidence presented in the above-mentioned report constitutes a new element in the problem at hand. It is fallacious for the applicant to state that evidence is irre:,evant to the present hearing: it is self-evident thatZit is impossible to safely dispose of the nuclear waste produced by the proposed reactor, the project should be cancelled. I submit that this is the case.

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