ML20203D624
| ML20203D624 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07200022 |
| Issue date: | 02/02/1998 |
| From: | Carpenter T AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
| References | |
| CON-#198-18826 ISFSI, NUDOCS 9802260104 | |
| Download: ML20203D624 (4) | |
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l Ted L. Carpenter USHRC P.O. Box 51232 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83405
'98 FEB 24 All:59 Secretary j
Nuclear Regulatory Commission l
Washington, D.C. 20555 0001 OF{7 j, i A0JUDG ~ c 3TAFF I
Dodet Number 72-22-ISFSI Licenting hearing on proposal of Private Fuel Storage LLC Amended petition 8ERVED IEB 2 41998
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Dear Administrator:
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l fully support the Petitioners who have formed a group *' Scientists for Secure Weste j
Storage" and request leave to inte vene,k a group, in the above hearing and extension thereof in accordance with the rules of practice for domestic licensing proneedings.
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l I believs that the proposal of Private Fuel Storage to store spent nuclear fuel in the Skullj i
Valley indian reservation, is a senelble proposal to cope with one of the steps in the technology of nuclear power in a safa and environmentally acceptable way. I have l
that such a storage facility can be built and operated sofoly. In that sense the petitioners l
I and I support the proposal.
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Petitioners would like to have the opportunity to review and comment (preferably in w l
upon any and all scientific and technice! issues that are, or will come before the desire this right to make sure that the scientific and technical testimony is accurais a I
l proper context. It is the intention of the petitioners that w l
the extent that oral comments may be made by a one person repi:::2.jii the petitioners, i
i these will be sent to each petitioner for subsequent cheding. The comments from the i
group will, of course, he available for cross-examination.
The petitioners and I believe that formal intervention may give more flexibility 2
the petitioners can properly present the best scientific and technical informa l
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to 6uch other information as may be presented in this matter. The petitioners and I a a
alarmed by inaccurate (and not publicly retracted) skiements on the science a 2
of nuclear physics and its applicatien to waste stosage, that have been made l
authorities of the State of Utah, which is one of the participants. These fact free stat i
have been made in the press and also expressed in various communications.
l believe that to accept, condonc, or give credence to such statements would misre l
and demean science and the scientific community. I fully support the desire to inter help ensure that the scientific and technical record is correct. For these rea j
leave to intervene.
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I have worked much of mr 'o in environmental science and technology l
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research, teaching, admin, uicii, and consulting. I never have worked for the Department of Energy, any of its contractors, or any utility company.
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I have no personal financial or property interests in the proceeding, My interest however is giost, because of my interest in the public 9ood and a desire to ensure that the environmentel good be considered properly.
I lived in Orem, Utah during 1992,1993,1994, and 1995. I was the Director of the Utah Environmental Training Center - One of only 42 such training centers in the nation, but one of only 16 EPA Environrantal Response Training Centers in the nahon. I continue to work in Utah. My personal interest in the hearing therefore approximately equals that of any member of the State of Utah.
Although we share a common interest with the proposers in ensuring that ti. > nuclear power program of the USA be continued with the minimum of environmental problems, there are differences. There may be times when the petitioners will have different views in detail from the proposer (Private Fuei Storage Inc.), or the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians, and it seems desirable that the board have available to it a range of informed opinion. For this i
reason, a full intervention will make a clearer docket than en alternate possibility of presenting the testimony as a witness called by one of the other parties. Only then will the 1
board be able to make the best possible decision.
T My interest is protection of the environment. I want to ensure that the science and
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technology is properly sound. The petitioners expect to limit their participation accordingly whether or not it is formally limited by the board.
I support the request of the petitioners to be permitted to participate in the preparation (an i
peer review) of the Commission's Safety and Environmental reports to the extent consiste with this intervention. We request that we be provided with copies of the notes of that testimony and those filings of others that pertain to scientific and technical matters regarding the transportation and storage of spent fuel.
Sincerely Ted L. Carpenter, Ph.D.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of PRIVATE FUEL STORAGE, LLC Docket No.(s) 72-22-ISFSI i
1 (Independent Spent Fuel Storage j
Installation) i CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE i
I hereby certify tuat copies of the foregoing CARPENTER LTR SENT TO NRC/0GC have been served upon the following persons by U.S. mail, first class, except i
as otherwise noted and in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Sec. 2.712.
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Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate G. Paul Bo11werk. I!!, Chairman Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Counission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20b55 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i
Washington, DC 20555 i
Administrative Judge Administrative Judge i
Jerry R. Kline Peter S. Las Atomic Safety and Licensing.ioard Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
Catherine L. Marco, Esq.
Diane Curran, Esq. _
Office of the General Counsel Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenburg Mail Stop 15 B18 2001 S Street, N.W., suite 430 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Connission-
-Washington, DC 2000g Washington, DC 20555 Denise Chancellor, Esq.
Martin S. Kaufman, Esq.
Assistent Attorney General Atlantic Legal Foundation Utah Attorney General's Office i
205 E. 42nd St.
160 East 300 South, 5th Floor New York, NY 10017 P.O. Box 140873 Salt Lake City, UT 84114
o Docket No.(s)72-22-ISFSI CARPENTER LTR SENT TO NRC/0GC Jay E. Silberg, Esq.
John Paul Kennedy, Esq.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 2300 N Street, NW Reservation and David Pete Washington, DC 20037 1385 Yale Avenue Salt Lake city, UT 84105 t
Jean Belille, Esq.
Clayton J. Parr, Esq.
Ohngo Gaudadeh Devia Castle Rock, et al.
Land and Water Fund of the Rockies Parr, Waddoups, Brown, Gee & Loveless E260 Baseline Road, Suite 200 185 South State Street, Suite 1300 Boulder, CO 80302 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Danny Quintana, Esq.
Richard Wilson Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians Department of Physics Danny Quintana & Assocs., P.C.
Harvard University 50 West Broadway, Fourth Floor Cambriage, MA 02138 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 Dated at Rockville, Md. this 24 day of February 1998 7
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