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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 09/12/1986 |
| From: | Curran D HARMON & WEISS |
| To: | Grimsley D NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM) |
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| FOIA-86-678 NUDOCS 8609290077 | |
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SUITE 430 WASHINGTON, D.C. cocoo-nes GAiL McGREEVY HARMON TELEPHONE EttyN R. weiss September 12, 1986 <aOaisas ssOO DIANE CURRAN DEAN R. TOUSLEY ANDREA C. FERSTER HAND DELIVERED EREEDOM OF INFORMATION Donnie H. Grimsley, Director ACT REQUEST Division of Rules and Records Of fice of Administration -
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7735 Old Georgetown Road b Bethesda, Maryland
Dear Mr. Grimsley:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. S 552, ,
et_ seq., the New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution ("NECNP")
requests that you make the following documents available in the NRC's Public Document Room in Washington, D.C.:
- 1) All notes, memoranda, or other documents that evaluate or discuss a letter (and/or its attachments) from John DeVin-centis of Public Service of New Hampshire to Vincent S. Noonan, NRC, dated July 21, 1986. A copy of the letter is attached.
- 2) All notes, memoranda, or other documents that evaluate or discuss a letter (and/or its attachments) from John DeVin-centis of Public Service of New Hampshire to Vincent S. Noonan, NRC, dated July 29, 1986. A copy of the letter is attached.
- 3) All notes, memoranda, or other documents which discuss in any respect the size of the Seabrook emergency planning zone, and/or possible changes to the size of the EPZ. This request does not include documents that have been served on the parties to the Seabrook operating license proceeding.
- 4) All calculations in the Commission's possession regard-ing the strength of the containment at the Seabrook nuclear power plant.
- 5) All memoranda or notes, including handwritten notes, of meetings or telephone conversations regarding revisions or pro-posed revisions to the Seabrook probabilistic risk assessment.
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- 6) All memoranda or notes, including handwritten notes, of meetings or telephone conversations regarding possible changes to the size of the Seabrook emergency planning zone.
- 7) All documents regarding steam explosions not already provided in response to Sholly FOIA 8 5-448.
NECNP is an intervenor in the Seabrook operating license proceeding. The organization intends to use this information in the licensing hearings to further the public's interest in the safety of operation of the Seabrook plant. Therefore we request that you waive any copying and search fees pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 9.14(c).
I look forward to receiving your response within ten working days, as required by the Freedom of Information Act.
Sincerely, i
Diane Curran i
RECENED 301.2 8 d r. B.,n a. Dsvincentia
- with enclosures E. Brown T. Feigenbaum A. Cerno G. Gram R. DeLoach W. Hall W. Derrickson R. Harrison D. Hunter W. Johnson G. Kingston
.!uly 21,1986 G. Mcponald Put>lic Sorvice of New Hompshtte M. Mclenna
, D. Moody l NEW HAMPSHIRE YANKEE DIVISICN ,99 NRC Subject File Projects-WJD Proj ects-Chrono Ropes & Gray (3)
A. Shepard R. Sweeney
- T.F. B7.1.99 G. Thomas United States Nuclear Regulatory c 21ssion J. Tribble Washington, DC 20555 UE&C W (SB-21261)
P. Stroup Attention: Mr. Vincent S. Nocc , Project Director arnock PWR Project Directe ce No. 5
References:
(a) Construction > 'iits CPPR-135 and CPPR-136, Docket Nos. 50-443 at 50-444 (b) PSNH Letter (; -1053), dated May 17,1986, " Response to NRC/LLNL Dr : Review of SSPSA", J. DeVincentis to V. S. Naonan (c) USNRC Letter e ad April 4, 1985, "Seabrook PSA Review',
C. W. e ight t t. J. Harrison (d) NUREC / C.1-4540, ;ated February 1986, "A. Review of the Ceabroc c Stati . , Probabilistic. Safety Assessment :
Contai aent Fa are Modes and Radiological Source Termo", Brookh. en National Laboratory
Subject:
Seabrook Station Pre abilistic Safety Assessment Update Dear Stra Reference (b) provided our res < -nse to the NRC/LLNL review of the SSPSA, and advised the NRC of our antinuing efforts to enhance under-standing of risk levels and the f ac tors that contribute to these levels.
As a result of these ongoing ef for a, new information is available for use in updating the SSPSA. In licu of our continuing use of thc SSPSA to improve Seabrook Station's Technical Speelfications as well as other I potential uses (e.g., design chant s reviews, backfit analysis) we believe it is important f or the NRC to continue its review of our analyses. In this regard, we also reaf firm that we are available to support further review of the SSPSA and the encicsed additional information.
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission SBN- 116 7 Attention: Mr. Vincent S. Moonan Page 2 in your review, Reference (c), you indicated that the SSPSA sekemic f ragility analysis may be overly conservative. The attached reassessment of seismic f ragilities and revised report (Attachment 1) updates our response to this comment. It should be noted that the increases in seismic capacity shown in the revised report result primarily from conducting a detailed review of the most recent Seabrook Station component seismic qualification reports as well as uncovering multiple conservatisms in the qualifications that were not apparent f rom review of the summaries used for the initial fragility analysis. We plan to use these revised fragilities in future updates of the SSPSA.
Attachments 2 and 3 evaluate the sensitivity of early health risk to a spectrum of assumptions including a very conservative source term that envelops those ovaluated in the trookhaven National Laboratory review, Reference (d). The results of the conservative source terms, Attachment 3, illustrates the value of the Seabrook Station containment with its high pressure capecity. The source terms in Attachment 2, which express our present state of knowledge, including uncertainties, will be used in future updates of the $5PSA.
Attachment 2 also provides a more realistic model of the V-sequence, which dominated the early containment bypass f requency in the SSPSA. We updated this model to account for new insights and more realistic treat-ment of the initiation, progression, and mitigation of this class of accident sequences. As a result of the updated analysis the risk contri-bution of these events has been reduced because of the reduction in the likelihood of early containment bypass.
I Since ef forts to ues this new information and to update the SSPSA are l I in progress your prompt review of the attached information is requested.
In this regard we would suggest a seeting, at your earliest convenience, to discuss the attached information and develop a mutually acceptable schedule for conducting the review.
V ry truly yours, I
John DeVincentie Director of gngineering Attachments cc: Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Service List 1
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- - $1cos Curron, Esquiro Patsr J. Mathreo, Maysr H2rmon & Welco City Hall 2001 S. Street, N.W. Newburyport, MA 01950 Suite 430 Washington, D.C. 20009 Judith H. Mizner Silvergate, Gertner, Baker, Sherwin E. Turk, Esq. Fine, Good & Mizner Office of the Executive Legal Director 88 Broad Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Beaton, MA 02110 Tenth Flocr g Washington, DC 20555 Calvin A. Canney -
City Manager Robert A. Backus, Esquire City Hall 116 Lowell Street 126 Daniel Street P.O. Box 516 Portsmouth, NH 03801 Manchester, NH 03105 Stephen E. Herrill, Esquire Philip Ahrens, Esquire Attorney General Assistant Attorney General George Dana Bisbee, Esquire i Department of The Attorney General Assistant Attorney General Statehouse Station #6 Office of the Attorney General Augusta, ME 04333 25 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis Chairman, Board of Selectmen Mr. J. P. Nadeau RFD 1 - Box 1154 Selectmen's Office Kennsington, NH 03827 10 Central Road Rye, NH 03870 Carol S. Sneider, Esquire Assistant Attorney General Mr. Angie Machiros Department of the Attorney General Chairman of the Board of Selectmen One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Town of Newbury Boston, MA 02108 Newbury, MA 01950 Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. William S. Lord U.S. Senate Board of Selectmen
- Washington, DC 20510 Town Hall - Friend Street (ATTN
- Tom Burack) Amesbury, MA 01913 Richard A. Hampe, Esq. Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Hampe and McNicholas 1 Pillsbury Street 35 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Concord, NH 03301 (ATTN: Herb.Boynton)
Thomas F. Powers, III H. Joseph Flynn, Esquire Town Manaaer Office of General Counsel Towa of Exeter Federal Emergency Management Agency 10 Front Street 500 C Street, SW Exeter, NH 03833 Washington, DC 20472 Brentwood Board of Selectmen Paul McEachern, Esquire RFD Dalton Road Matthew T. Brock, Esquire Brentwood, NH 03833 Shaines & McEachern 25 Maplewood Avenue Gary W. Holmes, Esq. P.O. Box 360
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Portsmouth, NH 03801 47 Winnatunnet Road , l Hampton, NH 03842 Robert Carrigg I Town Office l Mr. Ed Thomas Atlantic Avenue FEMA Region I North Hampton, NH 03862 442 John W. McCormack PO & Courthouse Boston, MA 02109
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Com- tion Washington, DC 20555 Attention: Mr. Vincent S. Noonan, oject Director -
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References:
(a) Construction Perm: CPPR-135 and CPPR-136, Docket Nos. 50-44 3 dnd 5: ,4 (b) PSNH Letter (SBN-i '), dated July 21, 1986, "Seabrook Station Probabilir Safety Assessment Update",
J. DeVincentis to 3. Noonan (c) PSNH Letter (SBN . '), dated July 3,1986, "Reques t for Issuance of ar erating License; Seabrook Station Unit 1", W. B. Der xson to H. R. Denton Subj ect : Seabrook Station Probat stic Safety Assessment Update
Dear Sir:
Reference (b) submitted, for your eview, new information we intend to include in a future update af the t . brook Station Probabilistic Safety Assessment (SSPSA). The import uce of the Staff's technical review of these documents has been hei :tened by articles appearing recently in local newspapers ( Attachme 1). 'Ihese articles discuss the apparent strategy of the Commonwealth Massachusetts to intentionally delay the Seabrook licensing process.
Based on these developments, it 1 : lear we must request the NRC to I
expedite the technical review of the F :erence (b) attachments so that we can determine whether there is an a squate basis for future submittals/
requests. A future submittal, dependin.: on the results of the technical review, may request a change - to the ema rgency response plan process for l Seabrook Station. We cannot, at this time, specif y what action such a future request may seek, but it is 1:tportant that we address as soon as possible what options are available to as relative to full power licensing.
This is important in light of the apparent strategy of the State of i Massachusetts to delay the process.
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, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission' SBN- 1173 Attention: Mr. Vincent S. Noonan - Page 2 As noted in Reference (c), we have been ready to receive an operating license since July 20, 1986. We have already bben fo,rced to announce a delay in Commercial Operations until the spring of l
] 1987. From this point forward any further delay is a day-to-day delay in Commercial Operations. Given the urgency of this situation, we suggest a meeting at your earliest convenience.
Very truly yours, s ,
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Pater J. Mathews, Mayor Harmon & Welco .
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, Washington, D.C. 20009 Judith H. Mizner Silvergate, Gertner, Baker, Sherwin E. Turk, Esq. Fine, Good & Mizner Office of the Executive Legal Director 88 Broad Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Boston, MA 02110 .
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Robert A. Backus, Esquire City Hall 116 Lowell Street 126 Daniel Street P.O. Box 516 , Portsmouth, NH 03801 M:nchester, NH 03105 ,
Stephen E. Herrill, Esquire Philip Ahrens, Esquire Attorney General Assistant Attorney General George Dana Bisbee, Esquire Dapartrent of The Attorney General - Assistant Attorney General Statehouse Station #6 Office of the Attorney General Augusta, ME 04333 25 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 Mrs. Sandra Gavutis Chairman, Board of Selectmen Mr. J. P. Nadeau RFD 1 - Box 1154 Selectmen's Office Kennsington, NH 03827 10 Central Road Rye, NH 03870 Corol S. Sneider, Esquire Assistant Attorney General
- Mr. Angie Machiros Department of the Attorney General Chairman of the Boaru of Selectmen One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor Town of Newbury Boston, MA 02108 Newbury, MA 01950
! Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Mr. William S. Lord U.S. Senate roard of Selectmen Washington, DC 20510 Town Hall - Friend Street (ATTN: Tom Burack) .Amesbury, MA ~01913 Richard A. Hampe, Esq. Senator Gordon J. Humphrey Hsape and McNicholas 1 Pillsbury Street )
35 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Concord, NH 03301 (ATIN: Herb Boynton) ;
l Thomas F. Powers, III H. Joseph Flynn, Esquire '
Town Manager Office of General Counsel l Tcwn of Exeter Federal Emergency Management Agency l 10 Front Street 500 C Street, SW i Exeter, NH 03833 Washington, DC 20472 l Brentwood Board of Selectmen Paul McEachern, Esquire j RFD Dalton Road Ma* thew T. Brock, Esquire Brentwood, NH 03833 Shaines & McEachern j
, 25 Maplewood Avenue Gary W. Holmes Esq. ; P.O. Box 360 Holmes & Ells Portsmouth, NH 03801
. 47 Winnacunnet Road Hampton, NH 03842 Robert Carrigg j Town Office Mr. Ed Thomas Atlantic Avenue FEMA Region 1 North Hampton, NH 03862 442 John W. McCormack PO & Courthouse j Boston, MA 02109 (
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U e, j Sununu 'Very Disappointed' With Dukakis Ily DONN Tilll:ETTS sachusetts Gov. f.tichael Du- Sununu intends to stinly the 95 in put.lic very clearly wisat gy, Statellouse llurrai Chief kakis may have been followinH page report "in detail" ami theic strategy has been all
.c m CONCOltD - New Ilamp. a report recommending usin4 then "at some point. I ccrtainly alon't down there and it just M.3 shire Gov. John Sununu is safety concerns as a tactic to will be discussing ifant docu. says you can't assume they are j@ "very dssa'ppointed" that Alas. delay licensing of the Seabrook ment with Gov. Dukakis in as acting in good faith," asserted !
< sa nuclear power station. much detail as he's willing to Sununu yesterday.
IIEIATED STolllES go into. S munu said that he was "as-
. See l' age Three "I think it's a shame. It sets SUNUNU Pase12 tounded" that Cov. Dukakis* "I don't beliese in coinci. .
chic! advisor on the Scabrook dcnces as exceptional as that in -
issue that was thing.
w hole "a very active part of hght of his actions so closely .
parallchng what is in the re.
"I'm very much disappointcd port." replied Sununu.
- because I assumed Gov. Du. tioc . ';un"nu t' ink r'okaus .
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ilubbard has been very much a "The concern I hate is that part rif the cencration of that .
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seems to f all in lhe seen,irio pening out of the governor's of. .
that the press san s as outlined face. I think. as they them.
in tl.at tepor t." said Sununu selves have noted. there ase Sununu i was askcalif he*ucre alternatives and I think now. .
sa3 ng that he sivesn't belicyc with this coming out. people
- Dukakis clauns of added 'aiety are coang to look more aggres.
concerns at Seabrook in light of sively at some of the alterna, the Chernob;I .% tet nu(Irar lives." said Sununu.
dr. aster The report - authored by a llusion law student - advised t Dukakis that " focusing on safe. .
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rent dissent on the basis el .
psevi.ms lack of input" will as oid the appearance he is
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Tbc refercme is to a flaw in let!cr 31 law a!!nu mr. a state to
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Dukakis reportedly approved delay stratsgy for Seabrook brook and the effect any potential BOSTON ( AP) : Massachu. said.
setts Gov. Ml,:hael S. Dukakis re. "It was not an official report accident at Seabrook would have portedly approved a study on how done for state government," on the pubtle health and safety of to delay approval of evacuation James Dorsey, press secretary to the peopleof Massachusetts." Dor-plans for the Seabrook, N.H.. nu. Dukakis, told The Associated sey said, clear power plant, but an alde said Press early today. "It was an aca- The report advises Dukakis to it was not an official report done demic requirement which was delay indefinitely submissionof an for state government, done as part of the requ2rements emergency evacuation plan for fe-De Boston Herald today said which he (Fitzsimmons) needed to detal review and outlines how that the 92-page study was written in complete his term at liarvard. can be done without raising accu- j April by Robert Fitzsimmons, a "And it is ludicrous to say that sations of being opportunistic, the i student at Harvard Un'versity's officers of state government, in- Herald said. I Kennedy School of Government,in ciuding the governce are bemg conjunction with the governor's guided in their dects.an by the rec- " Failure to submit a plan would office, ommendations made ny a student readily be perceived as an illegit- l The report recommends that in what essentially 13 i homework Imate use of the flaw in the federal Dukakis delay submitting evacua. assignr:.ent." process which puts the otherwise Lion plans for six Massachusetts Dorsey said Fuzsimmons well intentioned utility at the mer-communities that are within 10 " shared" the study .ith Thomas cy of opportunistic state and local miles of the plant and that such a Hubbard, Dukakis's niet adviser governments," the Herald quotes move could force the federal go. on Seabrook. the report as saying.
vernment to take over the process, Hubbard told the Herald the "The key to avoiding this char-the Herald said. study was not an offic al state re- acterization lies in focusmg on The federal government re- port but was given to Eukakis and safety concerns . . De ambiguity quires acceptable evacuation state Public Safety Secretc.ry of safety issues provides a broad plans from all commumties within Charles Barry and state Energy shield from accusations of oppor-to miles of a nuclear power plant Secretary Sharon Pollard. tuntsm," the report is further i I
before tssuing a full operating 11 Hubbard also denie<1 the gover- quoted as saying.
cense to the plant. nor was relying on it for strategy. Dukakis has pointed to safety he Herald said utility officials "De governor is acting on his own considerations in delaymg submis-claim the report is a guide for instincts and on advice I'm giving sion of evacuation plans, the Her- I Dukakis to avoid making a politi. him and others," Hubbard told the aid said. !
cally tough decision. newspaper. The report concludes that Duka-
"If he's following a strategy like But, the Herald said the report kis could hold up the opening of the ,
that for political gain, that's the states it was a project " performed plant and said "the governor has height of irresponsiblitty. I would in conjunction with . . (Dukakis's) an treentive to delay submission" bope he'd turn.his back on that sort Economic Development Office" and that such a stati could put of advice." George Edwards, and written with Hubbard's pressure on the federal govern-president of Un;tec filliminatmg assistance. ment to step in and take over the Co., a Connecticut utility with a "We're aware of what Mr. Fitz- process, the Herald said.
17.5 share of Seabrook, told the simmons concluded but I would John Kyte, spokesman for New Herald. note that whatever those recom- Hampshire Yankee, which is build-3 "Dukakts's :.trategy to date has mendations were, they came to the Ing Seabrook, told the Herald the almost paralleled the advice con- governor some time af ter he stated report's conclusions were tained in the study," the Herald publicly his concerns about Sea- shocking.
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) .unbrppy with Dukokis . unhappy with Seabrook PSNH President s Disappointed in Gov. Dukakis Backus said he does not be- news that the company recog-By JOHN HART lieve disclosure of the report es e Unica Leader Correspondent' will harm the credibility of the la t. T at s t And JOIIN DISTASO anti-nuclear activists m New 1.vc been saying all along...
Union Leader Staff Hampshire. "Obviously." said Public Service Co. of New Backus. "we think the way t Eache s!id "Sto t po ti-Hampshira President Robert J. cnsure safety is to not operate ciar.s IWarrison yesterday said he is the plant at all, not just delay i"incredu!ous" and "very dis it, now that we know it is unnec. y,v,1,ike . Sununu,to said keep their options McEach-Oppointed" in Massachusetts essary and grotesquely expen- ..does the same thing. You
@ov. Michael Duka kis, sive' expect your governors to get T advice and then to plan accord-Harrison G!osure of reacted an Apriltoreport the dis.
to us.,he hereport. *.doesn.t said, asking.trouble What Ingly. How Gov. Dukakas han-
@ukakis outlining a strategy possible motive could Dukskis dies that is up to him*"
beying on safety concerns to have? What are they suggest-6elay ticensing of the Seabrcok mg - that it's part of a Com-melaar power plaat. munist conspirsey?
, Duksics admitted he read the " People have concerns about-mudy but denied he used it as a safety and he has concern Dtrategy guide. about peuple's concerned."
In Portsmouth. Harrison Bsekus ssid.
08:d: Two Democratic cano:date
" Based en reports I've read, for governor differed in their
[Fm very discouraged that the reaction.
3overnor of Massachusetts, if Paul Gagnon of Manchester Ss n!!eged in the articles, will called the report " bad because
$se the political maneuvering it at least gives the appearance so try to avoid the responsibili. of ptsying games with the evac-Ms that he has.
- uation plans.
"When ha's ! coking at a $4.5 "And this is a matter of very li!! ion is 33 billion invest- serious and genuine concern to B e n t." Harrison said. "it the people of New Hampshire bases roe incredulous and very and Massachusetts." Gagnon Ossappcmted in the governor." said.
But a leading anti-Seabrook "But regardless of that,these l I
buyer and at lesst one Demo. revelations do not negste the srstte candidates for governor very genuine fear that many of Bf New lismpshire viewed the t:s have that the Scacoast arcs
?eport d:fferently, may not be able to be safety Rsbert Backus. Iswyer for evacuated in the event of a nu-Se Scacoast Anti Pollution clea r emergency."
bsgue. wondered if there isn't Paul McEachern of Ports.
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^polies : an has accused *.Itssachu- "If susone says he d6dn't refuse tu morking Jith him in good faith. Sut t m s,[ an agrumet, he "
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%:t 5 cc:f.decual report to deliber- He said that prior to the nuc! ear Ms. Schwartzmann said Dukakis Ct ty ay the start-up of the nucle- ace: dent a; Chernobyl. PSNH ar.d decided to send Hubbard and Aiuert Dukakis wue ury close to ao sarn. Mnak. W hu bun asugned m a
Johs K te said Dukakis is definite- meet to shut the plant down an the d*terrnine the affects sf the Souct
)y fs2 cat:g the report s advice for summer, provided Dunatis submit accident, to meet with New Hamp-the plans. but then Dukakis chacted shire Yackee July 15 to broadly dis-huL v
o ta 3 d the or to New 10s tu:e and accounced a differtng cuss his concerns.
ya=ps'ure Yar.kee. the construttzon Dukakis spokesman James Dorsey 2svisies cf Pubuc Service Compacy listSoco of concerns' after tha t. according to Kyte* Wednesday said it was "!udicrous" gf Nao Hampshire, which is the prin- Dukak:s aod PSNH were about t to bet: eve that officers of the Massa-sigat orer of Seabrook Stauca. reach so agreemest en the cew con. chusetts state govercment, including
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cerns and agato the Massachusetts the gaverncr, would make" a dects.on gge t.*A s akscan ake ad E*"#EM has ture . backed away and"chacged based assignment.
a homework on a report that ts , essecitally "Right about then I started to won- Stau:g that he has cever sees ,a at a sa at irdef a te d der waat was go:.ng os." Kyte said. ,,couege term paper termed conit-Iay ths gract.t:g of a heense to a co- decual. Kyte sa!d this morning that efear power plant. The report bY His said his ecscerns intenstfled an examt ation cf the events shows Bobert Fit:sim=ces a!so enthmes a when Dukakis sent a letter askmg for that Dukakis has been followicg the way to do this without Detsg labeled the delay of the low porer tesung recommendatlocs of the report since an espemast. and fuelloadmg at the nuclear facila- A pril.
Kares Schwartzmas. a spokesman ty, sed then refused to mtet with "I fi:d it interest 1:5 that the gov-q63r Dulahs. th:2 rnorc:sg said al-ugh the Bay State over:cr read New Hampshire Yactee to dacuss etnor css find time to read cc!]ege his concerts, which Edward Brown, term papers. but he can't find ume g repcrt a:d f:cmdotmats e mformabon pres! dent cf New Hampse. ire YacAee to meet with us a:d address ser:cus s ' coscerns and issues." Kyte said.
,.}j. ? de g u n*n fe;t were based on mis:nf armation J1ly try::q to delay the start up cf Seatrcct Staucs.
"As far as developing strategy Joes. it's somet*uts he does co his Bwn. eften with the help cf tus adv1.s-en." sta said. .
Th7 report reached the hands of .
hasta :.: April through Tom Hub-bard.1:.5 chief Seabroot adviser.
Gov. Ichs Su:u=u this cerning Jaid D.tkakts's act: ens concer:mg Ssacrect fel!aw with the grdduate stude:t's report to c!osely to have been a =:re cc:. ctdence.
Su:usu sa:d te was "very disap-isinted" with ebat has happened ec3cerning the report and Dukak.ts.
"It's viry clear that Tom Hubbard Jas vity much a part of the genera- .- , l Ocs Cf that repcrt." - l Ms. Sch=artmann said Dukskis ]
"has es i tenues to delay the opers. <
003 ef Seabrook. except tf the delay l 0 the c:ly cay to get enough infor- I cat;os to make a decisico ce the submissico ts the evacuatjoo plans."
D.akahs plans to decide whether to subett evacuatics plans for the sts Massachusetts commun20es within th2 Seabroet Stat:os to-mde evaeu.
Jt:oS s::e by the end cf the summer.
D the past bt has cited safety issues Os the reasas fer delaying submts-Otes af De p!ans to the Federal Perge:cy Af anagement Agency.
K,'.e sa:d. "We ve been tryteg for retrai .ocLhs to work with the gov-ercer atd meet m:th him over his mess ;f concer". and we've been
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l THE UNION LEADER, MANCHESTER, N.H. - Friday, July 25,1986 l
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me Either Way You Pay The fact that Massachusetts mc and IIstvard Law School, are -
Governor Michael Dukakis has been co ng them Big Bucks -
caught in flagrante delicto usmg $5: 0,000 added to the cost of Sea-strategy set forth in a Boston law brc Station for each month of de-student's 95-page study to delay con ' las 100,000,000 for the six month, struction of the Seabrook Nuclear pc hernobyl delay alone.
Power Plant (but avoiding, in the study's words. "the appearance" of ' to Dukakis' reactica to news toadying to the anti nukes) comes as mc revelations concerning the small comfort to ratepayers. Ar eport -1.e., that although he re. .:e study, marked "confiden-Whether Dukakis followed the tia .nd "not intended for circula-report's recommendations on how to tic, and although his tactics mir-take advantage of a " flaw" in feder* ror a report's recommendations, allaw that allows a state to postpone he- not base his decisions on it -
indefinitely the licensing of a nu* his ince would be more credible clear reactor via the strategem of we; t not for the report's explana-delaying submission of an emer::en- tior. that the project "tras per-cy evacuation plan is f argely a ques fort d in conjunction tuith the Mas- '
tion of laterest to students of petiti- sac .setts Gocernor's Economic cal intrigue. For ratepayers, the Der, gment Office and tcritten principal concern is that Dukakis* tvith the assistance of Tom Hub-harmfully mischievous tactics, barc ' the latter being Dukakis' which are detailed in the report by chie adviser on Seabrook.
the joint degree candidate at the John F. Kennedy School of Govern- Jim Finnegan J
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- CONCON D MON 110R. Wednruf ay, July 23.19E6 ukakis Got Report On Politics Of Seabrook .
. t! ARK 11tAVIS to start cpe-sting in the twee that the tchral would play political riaalette with the region's sal 1 Fitzsimmons has graduated from the Ken-torStaffWriter governnent et!! eventually step in and. per- energy future " nedy Sdiant *lle'uoise home or moved or shme .
hans.take tha fwat f7lia darision. K)te aho ta!J Fitraltnmans is more than a something."he selJ a At about the time he began fretting pelicly i5e se.iert was prep =. red by Itobert Fitzalm- student of government. " lie is an side to Tom 1he lirrard said the governor and othere in i shout safety and the Seabrtet nuclear power snane. a stialent at Ilarvard (Jniversity's Kerre- Ilattard." Kyte astd fluhhcid is llutakis a top h!s office were given the repwt. Dorsey said piar.t. M sv.as huwata Gov Michael Dukakis 88- dy School of Government. The report says ts was cidacnSeabmet "Andilubbardhtm*.c!! super that's tecause at centatt.ed original research ceival a rtwrt that anparently
, cortains brJd prim, atella cuchancitan"stth the guverwr's rf- vised the pnwhartion cf that document." into t!ne emes gency planning process for nucle- *
( advta o:s t.lsytag the pc litics of the tsane. Dee. James Dorary. Dukakin's press arevetary, er punct Pfets. It was not used as a pulltical
%ord of the report surfacas today, and the "I am shocked and surpdaed by it." said John aald Kyte didn't heve his facta stralght. He said stralegy tmJ.he scht *
- cppstinri immediately tecame whether the re- K yte. a spokesman for N ew Itasymhtre Yankre. Eltzsimmons is not anet has never been an alde port is a sinister outline calling t to questino all the cosopsay Inikling the plant Myte had not to Hutberd or anyone else on the governor's ,,"g41 hat's EUly, and it didn't happea." Dorsey buistis has dare or en innoces.t term paper read the repor1 }his morning. but he did not best- steff. Fitz.immons laterviewed leathard. Dar. Construction at the Seabrook plant is nearly t3sihas had no tmpact on his actions- taletodLecussit. sey said. but Ifubbard wa*.n't tavalved la F completed But its capeeted operating date has Accurding to the Boston Herald, width broke "I think it calls into on eurything that paring the repert. already been delayed because of Dahkie and a t! c :tary, tM report advises Dukants la delay the governor aad his hava esto afmut Dorsey salJ Fitzsimmons prepared the seport ,
sd.cussion of emergency plans Seabroot needs Seabrook." Kyte salii "I'm amazed that they for a class at llarvard Since mittlag it. Dorsey (Sor DUKAKIS- Page12) ,
DUKAKIS N uMFranP.4sf) 1he report is 92 pages long, and Doc- .
the ernergency sey said it trac!udes legal research and ,
planning process. case stuJtes as well as some political .
Nuclear Regulatory Commbs!on discuulon. But the lietald story and ru!cs require Manachusetts to submit Kyte's comments focused on passages an emergency plan far approval hrfore dealing with politica j the comrntssion wtll allow Seabrook to According to the flerald the report operate Dukakis, snytng he has con- says Dukakis could avoid the fallout of cerns about the safety of people near maktt!g a firm deetsson by twddmg up the plant, has refu'ed to turimit a plan the emerg:ncy plans, asui ultimately lie nas said he nrots more inforTnation forcing the fatoral government to settie betote&cidingInw to proceed the issue lhe danger, it says. ls that he Seatrook cppor.ents, sttil eager to ut!!be vieaed as an opportunist .
stop the plant a!!c ether, have bren "114 key to svoiding stus characters-prvssuririg tiukabts T'o reDise to submit tation lies in focusing on safety con-ac$ placs That might thrra the plant's cerns." the re ert says. " . . The am. r futurelato pepardy. b!guiry of sarcly lwncs provides a litnad ,
Scabrock'a bu tocrs. meanwhile. have sideld finm actusatlans of epport+ i trieel publicly and privately to press Du- nism " I kakis to subm!I ptsns Word el the Ftta. 1he stakes in the fight over Sc.shnwik .
s!mmons report l' ave them an opportu- are high, and the Iferalds story imme niry to qinstion the governor's motiva. diately caumt a star. Ibrsey sahl he lion. and they pourma on it was woken at I this mos ning tay .in Ass.>
"1Ns arpori rnr.kes it apparent that clatut Press rrportcr who had wn the he has just been pl.symg games with iteral.f sfory and a.antnlmmmet.t us." h y te said. "I avas da p ash,rp."I turvy s.u.I
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he Estcn Herald Wedr.esday,,' y 23, .
L . . . DukegetsSeabrookevacrepor Dk, From Page 1 rreated a stir among the utility's offletals. Public Safety Secretary 1
executives, who claim the report Charles Barry and Energy Secre-n ke is a guide for Dukakis - caught between an anxious business community and a strong anti nu-c! car movement - to avoid mak.
tary Sharon Pollard.
What'a more.the report states tt was a project ** performed in con-juction with. .t Dukakts') Econo-l l
, ing a politically tough decision, mic Development Office'* and I s The federal government re. written with Hubbard's assts-Sd) qutres evacuation plans for all-communstles within a 10. mile ra.
tance.
The report advises Dukakis to dius of the plant. Approval of eva. take advantage of a " flaw"in the cust!on plans for the Seabrook nu- Ilcensing process that gtves him tced tO Clear power plant is a major hurdle for opening of Seabrook.
"If he's following a strategy like that fcr political gain, that's the power to indefinitely delay sub-misston of an emergency evacua-tton plan for federal revnew.
I It also outlines how the admin- !
height of irresponstbt!!!y." saJd letration can follow that strategy TO1W4 k E Coorge Edwards, pres: dent of and not be accuseti of being "op-portunistic." !
l United Illuminating Co a Con. "Fallure to submit a plan would LVFeqe._. e g,g' necticut utility with a 17 3 percent readily be perceived as an ille gtti- j stake in the Seabrook plant. mate useof the flawinthe federal, By FRAMK pell,Lsps . "I would hope he'd turn his back process whlch puta the otherwtsei j on that sort of advice." well Intentioned utility at the+ ,
GOV. Michael Dukakis* Dukakis aide hn Hubbard rnucy of oppqsm me ad. ;
said the study - wr tten by Ken. local government. It states.
juct. dnys hefore the nedy School student Rcbert Fita. "The key to avoiding this char-g Chernobyl disaster, ap - simmons - was not an offletal acterisation." accordlag to theci I proved a secret study on state report and denied the gover. report. "ites in focusing en safeQ l i how to d31ay approval of nor was relyingon at for strategy. concerns.... The ambiguity of g evacuation plans for the "The governor is acttng en his safety issues provides a broad ,
Scabrook nuclear power own instincts and on advice 1*m shictd from accusattor.s of oppor- ;
picnt. The Herald has giving him and others." he said. tun ta m." . j fearned. However. Hubbard - who is In delaying submission to the< l Tha study. written in Dukakts' chief adviser en Sea- federal government of evacuattaif.
- e edy School brook - acknowledged the report, plans for the six Bay State comt student in n h completed in e arly AprtL was gtv. munttles within 10 miles of the -
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tha govs r' ffia en to Dukakis and two cabinet Scabrook plant. Dukakis had '
poinW to saMy* eMuauq vises a hinds-off stra'te IU' '** *b' **
Set would force the tederal i
- Itcly called on' New Hampshire hovmmetzt to step an. Yankee - the plant's builder - 44 Dukakis a strategy to shore up safety issues, such aar K9tta has Cimost paralleled guarantees of beach shelters a$
vico contained in the summer st*utdowns (cr beacrt crowds.
I Th1 92 page study has The reports concludes that Du- l Tum to Page 12 ka kis haa enough teverage within (
i the cmergency planning procee- l dures established by Congress to 1 !
l hold up the Seabrtch opening. J
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Live to delay submission." the re a f port states, claiming such a stall!
could bring pressure on the fed a cral government to step in and -
take over the process. 9 New Hampshire Yankee spokesman John Kyte said the '
report's conclusions were " shock-( s g." -
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g . C O U "' D l U D playees, to replace local offi-cials at emergency posts.
Frcm a construction stand- Three years later, althous;h .
point. two years ago Shorcham LILCO scored a major. victory wts whsre Seabroo!t is now - Isst week, the process is still
- l 99 p1rcsnt completed and months from a resolution.
cwriting a fuel load and low-powsr testing permat. Accord- The LILCO case is precedent-setting. As a result. Sesbrook ing to Lli.CO spokesmas Wil- will probably not take as long af lirm Shrrrard. It became c! car the same approach is followed to utdity officists even carher here, said PSNH spokesman
-in 1953 - that Cuomo would Ashoch. But, he said. "the not approve a plan. "In 1D53 quickest and the prcierred wa onda the decision to go way." is to reach agreement i withcut" local approval. with him.
I LILCO proceeded u: der a Kyte said Seabrook has "not r
! stipulati n ofto Ing a utdity NRC showrules thatallow in the* fully developed a p!sn for S!ss-sachusetts"on its own, because i e.vtst cf defic:encies in the " things just haven't gotten to l plas. "t.dequate interim com* that potnt yet. We stsil hope we pensating actions have been or l wd1 be taken promptly" to en- are able to work with 11assa-chusetts."
sure tha r.lan wd1 be carried out Seabrouk is also interested, intheeventof anemergency. Kyte said,in the request made LILCO set up its own Local to the NRC by the Baltimore Emergency Respcase Organi-2:t1:n. stsifed by utdity em- Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) last November, to cut the emergency sone to two mdes.
Although some anti nuclear activists say the BGE filing was a " stalking horse" for Sea-
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brcok. BGE spokesman Glen Hef fner said it was " site specif-5 1:" to the Calvert Clifis nuclear piant. "and we're letting the in-destry know we're not out there crusading ior them."
Heffner said the request was based on studies completed in the wake of the Three 5 tile Is-land accident in 1979. The stud-ies, he said. " indicated that al-though there was a 10-mile emergency zone, an area no more than two mdes would not be affected if there were a worst case accident, and that previous studies over-estimat-ed that risk cf a majer accident on the public and environ-m en t."
At the NRC, engineer Jaffe said a report "is 90 to 95 per.
cent completed, and the results will show the source term f the totalamountof radioactive ma- I terial relesced into the atmos- I phere) will be substantially less significant than had been be-lieved to be the case." ,
But, said Jaffe: "There is no doubt the results of the Cherno- l
, byl accident will delay the final word on this. I don't see rr.uch hope for it next year, probably in late 1998. And what you're stuck with is a question with the preponderance of scientalic information one way a fid whether you should igr. ore the public.
" Ultimately." sa:J Jaffe.
"I'd callit a polley questtott."
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NEW HAMPSHIRE SUNDAY NEWS, Manchestar (N.H.)- Sunday, July 27,1986 Ixmq -before then - next , Shoreham reactor. situated on L5 W f spring m f act - Scabrook's New York's f.eng island, gives
- much more certainty" to the i chief owner. Public Service Co.
2 ! of New Hampshire "may be argument that a state or local ag. %
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u h E put in a difficult fmancial post-tion." said utabty spokesman commumty cannot hold up power plant licensmg by refus-Nicholas Ashoch, ing to submit a plan. He said Dy JollN DisTASO Earher this year. PSNil told -
the ruling strengthens manage-t*nion Leader Staff the U.S. Securities Exchange ment's belief they would win a Seabrook nuclear power plant officials contin-Commission it has enough cash simdarshauenge.
to resist waging '. var with Massachusetts Gov. on hand to meet its capital re. The NRC agreed with Long Island Lighting Co. that the chael S. Dukakis over emergency planning quirements until the second s n I the reactor- preferring a negotiated agree. quarter of im. The utility, fEgCY
, Pl.annin g
.nt-and at least part of the reascnis money, whc ncarly u " "
,ts heavy high l'evel of organization be-natives = investment. is forbidden by tween the utility and state and e available NN state law from charging ra- local governments." were in.
- Seabrook. '
tcpayers for the plant untilit is tended to be " flexible." The 31 3 they wotdd "#
cperating. In the intenm it ruhng, said it is " legally c511-
'e months or may have to look to addittonal gated" to consider "whether a an years to @'. borrowings to remain solvent. utihty plan, prepared without F government cooperatton, can l
'tclude. Even '
Although PSNIf has recently l ough Sea. " > 9 changed a major assumption pass mustu.
i on which that estimate was James Dorsey. a spokesman
- ook maI for Dukak:s. said the ruhng
. g32 p ant made - that at wiu not resume x, y paymg stoc J. older dividends makes a " farce" out of the or at least next year - the company has emergency planning process.
9 or mon cf not formaUy changed its as. Dorsey said the ruling has not Cwners -
'J sessment of 1:: hnancial needs. changed the Dukakis plan to sy lose i.s the '
4 Meanw hile, a top financial decade by the end of the sum-70eSS- / adviser to t.9 company and mer whether to sign the plan -
5eabrook / cther Seabru jomt owners after a consultant reports on ay choose to: h* ,k/ told the Su: May News he is the implicauons of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl last a Take th. '
charting hr. r cial plans for horeham ap. .
PSNH and ot: < r Seabrook own. Apr:L "We feel compeUed to foUow D. '
ers based on ; ' pring ISS7 start.
anch" and .
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up. "whethe- I beheve it or through",'on the study. said not " Dorsey. The importance of 2y uorgency State y > j iAI fiobert Hilt reth. Jr., a vice Massachusetts making a deci-MICMAIL DUKAxis president of L errlil Lynch Cap, sion has not been d2minished."
an approved ital Markets said: "*Each The NRC ruling came on the thout Dukakis* approval. A Nuclear Regulato- week that co 2 by makes it heels of the release of a 95 page Commission ruung last Thursday strength- highly uncerta. "
report. authored by a law stu-
.ed the thances such a move would eventually Suu. Hddrett said. "It is cer- dent with the advice of a Du-c:ted. tatnly not my i : st option to get kakis aide, advising Dukakis to O Move, as a Maryland utility did last year, to into a war" wita Dnahe. .
use safety concerns to delay ive the NRC reduce from 10 to two miles the "But it's a t<:ter option than the submission of the emerge'd sitting back and letting time cy plan. Although his actions m
- mer.gency preparedness zone *" the area sur- run out on you. past months suggest otherwise.
.usdmg the plant for which a plan would have John Kyte. Seabrook spokes- Dukakis said he has not used be written. man. insisted management has the strategy in the report as a not decided how long to contm- guide.
SEABP.OOX ue waiting for Dukakis to de- Seabrook cfficials say the re-(Continuedfrom Pcge J A) cade whether he wdl approve port, because it speedicauy The NRC has the request
- an emergency plan for six Mas- advised Dukakis to use safety and its own studies on the mat- sachusetts ccmmumties within concerns as a ploy for delaymg ter. under review a 10 mue radius of the plant. the submission of a plan tarn-The problem with both op. Kyte in fact was reluctant to Ished credibility of the the Gov-discuss the pros and cons of the ernor's argument that his con-tions. from Seabrook's stand- rJternatius, saying. "I m not cerns are not politically point, appears to be tne amount og t:me each wougd take. Long going to lean taward one course motivated.
of act:en or another because it Plant officials in May said may te perceived by the pubhc the target start up date had
. bor am ha b In a a[ we are movi::g in a particular supped from October of this with New York Gov. Marto Cu- direcuen. Eut we are looking year to spring or early summer at. n evahaung. enWng. of N. N nMs han I ar o it uomo o not paM -and E Ma%s on overrule objections by local of- sam. hwg. mat ficials and sign a plan. The war management does beheve last New Hampshire's emergency appears to be far from over, Thursday's NRC ruling on the plan have sbpped frem next week until the fall - but Sea- 1 While a Seabrook.Dukakis fa* brook cfhcials have clung fast 1 ceuff may not take that long it to that same projecuon.
may take nearly as long.
Anj acecrding to NRC engi-neer Donald Jaffe, the commis-sion is not expected to make any decision .on the proposed a,,,.,....-........
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T4e real Dukakis The truth is revealed: Presidential aspirant Michael Du- .
kakis cares less about the safety of residents living w thin" does the to-mtle Seabrook Station evacuation area than ht the safety of his political hide. are That is the modest conclusion drawn from the disc - , bo-that members of the Massachusetts governor's staff c; rated with a Harvard graduate student to produce a art ::es brashly recommending that to protect'his political fc and Dukakis should stan the evacuation approval procesc of thereby Seabrook Station's Licensing) under the g; being concerned with safety. = to i By doing so, the report advtses. Dukakis might be aw l avoid the " paralyzing level of dissent encountered t Hampshire's Governor Sununu in his attempt 'to e ' ae pier.s which local governments bad not fully accepted - of
'Ite report continues that Dukakis would suffer a '
credit;lity" if he Catly refused to submit evacuatfor :ns (New Hampshire gubernatorial hopefuls p! case note.1 :ch a cove could be readay perceived as an inegitimate - of
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. the Eaw in the federal process which puta the otherws-Latenucced utatty at the mercy cf opportunts:Ic sts - <nd
- local government." .ch
- That last senteoce is a masterpiece. It encapsulates
- of what haunts the American system of regulatmg ut es:
WellIrtawinned companies are enfeebled ty self riL cus
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pn'i%1 opportt.cista because of Cawed ies! era 1 reguta "Ibe Massachusetts governor denies the graduate stt .t's report vu used 15 shape his strategy for dealing w. the
- difScult Seabrock Station evacuation issue. But Publ- Ser-vice Company of New Hampshire, the plant's buildt and N.B. Gov. John Sununu point out that Dukakis' officia esi-tion Ls a virtual carbon copy of the report. Comeidence One wonders just how Icng Dukakis plans en walki. his r es.
pathirst tightrepe between pro- and anti-Seabrook f :ern First be talked at evacuation planning because of c-
' over rummer *tme pcpulation.Now the safety conscior end ,
er cf the commonwealth is waiting for a report on ti om-e his
- partsaca between Chernobyl and Seabrook. %1st wit next excuse 7
- At some point Dukakis is going to have to make a d v1s100.
- If he believes he can mitigate the political fallout frms that
- , chatee, he is mistakm Seabrook Station's tattle lin-s are
, clearly and tightly drawn. He is apt to cause more problems
' for himself by attempting to be all things to all people in-stead cf estabiteing a posidon and sticking with it.
The point here Ls the evacuation approval process can and should move forward as Dukakis waits for additional infor-
- mation. Seabrook Station's start-up isn't projected to begin
. until the spring or early summer of next year; there's plenty
- of dme for the governor to resolve his safety concerns as the
' evacuation plan moves forward. There is no excuse for Du-k skis' politically metiv sted obstruction.
'Ite twisted history of Seabrook Station is replete with ex-amples of Dukakis-like antics adding hundreds of mill!ons of l dollars to the plant's cost. Each mocth Dukekis clogs the i system by micro-managing his political future the cost of
- Seabrook jumps sso mtllion.
PSN11 bashers pay attention. This lastest price rise has nothing to do with utility mismanagement. It can be laid squarely on the head of a self absorbed gosernor who bases I e crucial decisions on their perceived impact on his political j
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By JEFF McMENEMY O' Hare (Kennedy School cf Gov. Karen Schwartaman a spokes. report. while ack1olwedstng he Exeter Burean Chief ernment) and Dottie Robyn (Ken- man us Dukak.as' press office, said had read it.
cedy School) at llarvard Uruversi- this rnortung that as far as she Dukalus spckesman James Dor.
SEASROOK -In the latest fa!!- ty." knows mzstmmons nnu worW sey duerM the Mpo-t Wdq Each of the pages of the report,
.t from a ecctrotersial report in Hubbard's othee and although day as " essentially a hemeng.a ntten by a Havard graduate stu- utiM "OH-stu Rannmg for Ra- he "may ba# attenM muungs usignmmU Any suuntion tu Pst, a Seatrook Staton spokes- drologic al Emuge:ctu: Undm betunn mw Hampshin Yankee Muncum stau gown nut, a3 sa:d today the document is standing the State Role Durtse acd the governor's office. he did including the governor, would tech much important* th a" and Mter the Shoreham Ccctro- not act as the " legal eyes acd make dceistons based on the re-versy."is headed with the phrase, ears" for Hubbard. port are " ludicrous." he said.
usachusetts Gov. Michael D" "F cal Draft - Con.f!decual." Asked why the repert Ls termed tu is m2:3 it out to be Dough Kyte said it is too early De report out12:les reeM of In addit 2on to the charge that "centdential" if it ts just an "aca- to ascertaus the report's overau
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- g the faceC3:33 of the Fit:simmons werked for Hubbard, demic ezeretse." as she termed it. impact on pubbe senument re-JnN.3 cualear p:act. dated Eyte said the graduate student Ka. Schwartzman said. "I don't gattung Seabrook. at least one rJ 14. taal was r.aade public had attended "high level ad:=2=:3- kcow, you'll have to ask the Ken. Democraue gubernatonal candi-M.nesday. It euggertJ Ddatia trative meeusgs" between the cedy School." The governor's off. date has caUed the report "i r.fsr-1 t122 etractate of a " Caw" in Bay State gosernor's ofice and ice dad not inatiate the report, she Lucate."
New Hamps.'ure Yar.kee. said. Democraue gubernatcrial candi-adirallaw that a!Mws a state m "He was Hubbarc s legal eyes ef::tely delay gracting a 11 Representatives from Dukakts'
.se to Seabrock Stauen.
Failure to subrutt a plan could and ears at these meeungs." Kyte said.
oftce have dec:ed be has fouowed the delay strategies outhned in the
+ seoercou Please turn to Page 12 d ]y be perceived as an iUeg.ta-le use cf tb2 flaw in the federal Mas whieb puts the othermse
}istecuened utility at the rner-Of oppe tu.21stie sta:e and local OrnmInt." the report rea d.
E2 key to a b oid Lng this Ecterttation !ies in focusing on iy cc:etres or jus.if3:ng cut.
i dAsse:t co the bas.s cf previ.
lact cf taput. De ambig.uty of
!y issues prendes a troad date Pad Gagocs amid this morn- he sand.
!d from accusations cf opper.
- Lag the tsrae creates a problem be- Gagnen acknowledged the estua.
- 93. but casts a shadow cn con. eause the 1= fart:stien "Cnates the lion could have an affect cn puhuc
.:ns that adequate protecuan a ppeansce that there's games sentimect tvt said he teueves peo-a f;asable."it stated betas played wtth the evacuat.oo pte tn New Hampshire won't put
.hn Kyte. public it. formation plan." much stock 5 the s:tuation.
P.cr cf Nsw Hampshire Yan. "Fes sure that Puhtic Service "I don't think 11 wtil negate the retuch :2 building the plant fr Company cf New Rarapshire ud! very real concerca macy tf not all 3: Service Ccmpany cf New try to take advactate of this to fur- New Hampshire people trave about T. share. said nursday Du- ther msb a power plant on Line be- the serious ato:teemimse ef the fore it's de*.ermised if the Seaccast evacuation plar eubmitted by Gov, s had deliberately followed the can every be afely evaeusted." Sunonu." he said.
- e cf the report in attempting t!ay th3 licinstag of Seabrook
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,te ccatinued his attack Durs-aft:rnocn and this morrung, t *g the graduate student who e the repert worted in the off-cf T4m Hub ba rd. Duka k2s'
- r. a siisor en Se abrook, the botum of the first page of R$an report an advtsory s "T'us.es a confidenual re-cat intea.ced for circulauoc.
3 o;ect was pert n.ned in con-Ma oith the Massachusetts e .ar s Ee:nomic Develop.
1 O".:e a-d written with the
.a ce of Ton llutbard (Cov.
?s 0.' face s and Professers a Ed.es . La w Schools. Slike sa.
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% hen a contreverstal report on Sea- l trock emergency piar.sieg surfaced ,
ths awk. Musactusetts Gov. Echael , .
P.l*ans s staff scurrted to deny any l cor. ectcn**t3:t. tothereport. . gy, g' Eut t'a repcrt's sutter ar.d two pro. ,
Eut Hubeard ec.ad that Atz.um. rattoa tes$., 8Mg this character 1-ett said DK on safety cen.
fes rs t .vo.ved 13 its deve! rcons was an a:de. a 't.at he u:troduced hit f?:at way. sen: n, ,d&d ';ome ha:T;.*:
cerns or M E CrMCt dissent oc yer2T.ay that & try me= r of the the basts of of12 W t,"she gove-xr: staff hadtrJttatedit, HCr-U Cf lus C%t. san report sJys' Ward cf the rt?crt, stx!2 centalss a ties b the govem r : g the s:Udent's office weren't Dela 8 c.tnd:3 nos UcrJ atim e ent of the rea4 the tisue t> cd4 the Seatroot casu. t lacretse a pfar:g s cour e D' kN tas fouraed, wiaad o!herals stre t 'e:reser.ung the aW* tuc! d eaaggera:e feafs 8"4/ ed it.: ImNi m the gover' Dors #f#'
Wed easy DtracssecscsmasJames $ tate offc' Dctsey prom;uf dismassed it as a 4:g.
a Cs.ervtm b comaanesth
" horse mra at.s:ctment" perfor: red for tra,4 trans ;!'s a ptn :: sue." Hubbard trVptue poter.tta, U3 efauf f !?.e catta.
Harvar1 t' rare s:ty classes, addag saad. his votee ru: . 'I thmk 't's trans. gouaUon PUFPoses,u ,Cu e e'.cn for ca.
says.
that its auth2r tad " shared'* 11 mth Fatest wr at's go'ra a tr e'" h Romas Hutcart palcz*.s's try Sea. W rapcrt tsir,,p c-s and his .88Y3 Ettars's caDteet bnns adv*.ser the fa:4J draft - p yM' Athe an. of flis of &! " thd the tee.
Eg ye:*e-cav Robert Atzsur.=ws. Itor ey N,w Harc .e yar,, ogg3 st8 Costs "yt ha
- 3to ou s e ct the stMert wto *Ttte the rescrt, am. ,
c als - ts cated ap7 teJy, the report uys, two predessors sa:a that Hubcard fac" .
gula' torts (f st maseIt s 4.1 cal)sts c a qg g se!!regaested there; cit. onsttie for Du- abou!d tea me over Seatrock ntrammerts esen marted his report takts ta s*.ai: the pre- 1 process and a clarity it.s Mrt:ncr.t to
" cent:dcatta. ' and said ao its fast page discuss'ac cf the c:- and beoects of processsmo 33 and make tre that it cas sTi:an usts Hubeard's at taking tt.at cours=.
sis:20:e. Sea 0foos et!!ctals M The % PChilcly, Dukakis hu W be won t A11 sr.trts !s the Keenecy 5dicol of Nerald. wrJcb trw u partferrateinthe e Costrtmer. 's mas *er s program in scribed it as a poOuc.
" decMes Lehrect D guep,.g,, 113g : W I*t#8 pr.bte ; :.1:7 r.re recared to ec=; ete a cut a str.!! strategy.
pen:y r.r.r.:ys.s rwx:t. Pr:tessor afite 0' Hare sa21. and n':s:r.:nc=s taas on smr "I thma appmr.cnit's tha.
a sert Leal eue safelV.Hehassaidbeu[tf[n
- latc'rt:st:aa m that q Pec*s o maae a dectston ey th' e ecd of Hiocard s ttat as a.s report. teraal is the try to ",ys etr pdong as sameer, O Hare saja :r,s Orelec:s are ty;! aUy , @:r.s said "It's disa cetkg. but jg Ose of the
&ne !ct geur : e:2 agences or ocn. cr-tair;va:: Aersalot. 3;escoes
- y P# C# Pals Hro tave per':t agerscze. ney are ctanced be Eh.t I.' uter.rd said i usu M g had ttde to "m "about the repn.t ts r:tz.
sta'm, sxt ot r.s acacer.; czeresa trt as r*.a2y &c:Jed on h.s c Tcte it. He has g ad.
recort was w;5tt.m _ a a before the usted from me Ee ae'fy school. and has
&cu3to-c. arts tec;s ,'.* torc'sgof ne t-ocrt sais tr. ! fe$ era! erDergeD - tar r*pc t appears to t* - 'Jo out. at:0 recefred a g g g2"'*'d cy pta-r_ng rerJausas tre amstr.ous m revert s a=ess e of r3e em,,. lawscems.
ed c :ttsc;ct:ry. and t'.at thry give Eency plan:mt preer ' J caseft It P4 ached in Chicas este*& ' he D;24ts as tr>.rtave to stan the stact's says rta::ht cc the er, wy plan aj. Eafd Ifabbard rtad Irt thr federr.: tire =;e a;pticaton ty bc.dtng bria state to"rvr_at a rntrol of the -h!rn.
and referred all further NW D 2:tst:sstate emergeoc)p!ans- t!atatle far Uce:Sk4 be plant ga nat, so far. is just stat D. tats has gieua:c" and to "racur a tetter bar. Eut in a byletter released b dcae_ But Eteard said tre report gainf:2 res2tho wtth the utuity II'" v'en tc d a ut:14t
- amoi.::*s to acaly:*s. not a61ce. "We weil as enatt:g1113 " avoid rustub"g be had alttady had his (b of Eingtasue. I 80" dan t g3 to wts;3e students to get prilu , caI!Cet ud u2ccrtr.4 their ?ggtiggy'. lo.
cal ca. dance." he tald. B'A th re are costs. too. the "After reanzing the beam 8 lhi*
!k: roos's tuadets have set:ed os sJyL frefudingpotectla) charges CP" I t'.e rnurt - s'.ar.ir-g bef;te they had e cen r+ad it - as evidance that Dutaa.s garne.fm.
!!De impos cf have decided g ce sort."
to g etoAtzsimm emething l **" #'ess has txis sim;iy strirge g them aus us rnere:al real es[te w "hisyet,Brasm negot:acons over the piaz:s & PlattinCh!cags .,
"Dresey vt:tua3y de:ed that this g'ry esi:ted." Seatroca s;caettnan Jorin Kr.e said cf neuf "mns >sterisy even::4, " . . .I m. sit trenetEng taat's not cJ.:e right "
A tap Seatrx4 offldr.l. Jef:D Quitm.
even came forward yes:Erday to uy that thtbafd tad ttwg':t at:rt:n macs to a meettr.g on er.wrpeacy plaran; Jan. la - arra had latttr.*'Jaed h.c La h's
!aeal aMe Quirn is an rasmaat to (Se orttect of Se" llacW' :*'re Yaftle'.
the cor.pcr.y ceagirg Seabrma's oss.
s:ract.:rt Ha3t.a;*! said )estertiay trat ba had asard !st the rese rth SMest - and adted tr.at f.e ta.1 a:.2sj trne Kennedy 5ctre fer one a ast y ear, tro on a differ-en ..
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Duk.e's deferral THE pub!!c has every right supporters.
to be somewhat cynical "The ambiguity of safety about the motives of politt- lasues," the report says, clans, correctly assuming "provides a broad shicid that some decisions are frora accusations of oppor-made more in self interest tunism."
than public interest. The And that was written be-pub!!c had its worst fears fore Chernobyl b!cw its cork.
conftrmed yesterday when That may have been ra-Herald reporter Frank Phil- dicactive rain fallir.g on the
!!pe revealed the existence of Ukraine, but it was manna a repcrt written in conjune- fre m heaven for Michael Du-tion with Gov. Michael Du- ka kis in this election year.
kakis' office on he could' At assachusetta needs
. avoid making a decision on' pcwer, if it is to keep grow- ;
. evacuation plans for the Sea- tr e The state has in the past brook nuclear power plant twn far too dependent on
.before the November vote. Ir-:orted oil as a source of
. . The report details how the er.. rgy, and nuclear power governor can indefinitely nec ds ta be part of the mix on pwisus the plant opening wnich our state must depend
- soothing the anti nuke for its growth.
forces who make up a part of It is a sad commentary en his organized support - the state of affairs in the without coming out against corncr office that our gover-the plant altogether, which nor must be advised en how
.would panic ~ his business not to make a decision.
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r THE UNION LEADEst, MkNCHE*.TE!b N H. -liiursday, July 24,1 ,
Bake:Mypolicy' snot related
==,to By FRA>dK PHILLIPS secret nuke repo -
t strategy to de ay the opening ,,,,,.a degrec ca ndidstrs at the irgy adsice. That's son.cthing n.ir's ..ffler and with Ilist.h iral s
.s wist.ince of the Scabrook nuc! car plant. ICennedy School are not the way I've got to sunke a decision about
- but denied he relled on it to act we make decisions around here." myscif." he maid .I h l
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- Dukakle told reporters. flut GOl* ticw it.s supshire Geer. g p, g ,
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policy.
'-I don't lock to pcople for etra- John sununts. who le pushing tis i "Polley exercises done by open the plant, stammed the re-of the ninte's evacuation pl. ins
- while citing safety lasues- .
rt and sald tt suggeste that Du- '
akte was "s.ot atting in gaiod Dukakis must . approve the faith" by his delaying tactics. evacuation plans for communi- .
ties within a 10-mile radius Qf the
The most damning part of the controverst I plant before it can whole thing la that it was written open. *
- with the asslet ance of a Tom ilub- Dukakis has been lobblcd bcrd who le the same IDukakte heavily by the nuclear industry to
- alde) advising the governor on approve the evacuation plan.
Scabrook." he said. while a strong anti nuclear mov *-
ment has urged him to reject the
That coincidence is estreme-ly disttirbing." said Sununu. Pla n.
The !!crald reported yester. Dukakis has given Illtle inds-L', dsy that Dukahta sponsored the catinn which way he is leaning confidential report written by a and crities say the relw>rt as a ICennedy Schwi graduate student gulde far Dukakis to avoid mak-
"In conjunction with" the gover- Ing a nwlitically tough deciaton.
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The report explains that the An outright refusal to submit .
project "was performed ia con, a plan, the author says may junction with the !.lassachu.
cost the governor a " loss of setts Governor's Economie De.
credibility" or give a "percep-velopment Office and. written tion of opportunism." Such a move "could readily be with the assistance of Tom perceived as an illegitimate Hubbard (Governor's Office)." ,
I as well as Kennedy School and use of the flaw in the federal Law School professors. precess which puts the other.
wise wet!. intentioned utility at Thomas Hubbard is Dukakis. the mercy of opprtunistic state chief adviser on the Seabrook and local government."
13 sue. "The ambigutty of safety is-Fitzsimmens begins with : sues." the report states. " pro-lengthy explanation of the fed.
era! licensing proc 6ss - and vides a broad shic!d from accu-related court challenges -
sations of opportunism but centering on a similar fasht in casts a shadow on contentions New Ycrk's Long Island con.
that adequate protection is not cerntng the Shoreham nuclear feasibla . . . Nonetheless. use of recently discovered leverage m plant.
"The possibility of delaying the eleventh hour could still be viewed suspiciously by federal submission (to the federal gov.
ernme:. ci a state approved officials and Massachusetts residents alike if not grounded emergesey plan) rather than in safety concerns."
renounctng the process signifi- The report also notes that if cantly expands the range cf the plant eventustly does open chc!ce and multiples the strate- "in an adversar 31 atmosphere, gie factors." Fitzsimmons safety is jeoparazed."
writes. And it notes t* at a refusal to "To make a principled submit, as "ev an a disguised (
choice. however, the Common, cave in, could t est the gover-wealth must make an effort to nor dearly in c:cdibalsty with balance the perceived benefits of not submitting the plans in a the parties."
timely f ashion against the high. Fitzsimmons advises that ly uncertain costs." Dukakaa has "re ason to avoid The study then outlines what the appearante of giving in to" 11 descitbes as the "benefjta" of what he calls the far more l
not submitting a plan. "If the focused and visible pressure l Commonwealth has the power. from the anti Seabrook to delay !! censing by a year or forces."
I more." the report says. "this obviously could give the Com-i monwealth substantial nego-tisting leverage over the utall-ty."
The report advises that by
" slowing down the process."
Dukakis might be able to avoid "the paralyung levelof dissent encountered by New Hamp-shire's Governor Sununu in his attempt to exercise plans which the local governments had not fully accepted."
The author says it is in the
, "politicatinterest"ef town offt-etals "and the governer's that the process not appear to be haphazard cr forced upon" res-idents.
fne marcbaler Union UacWr 'PVM New Hampshire Gov., John A
- 'p Sununu noted an " amazing co-gas
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incidence of the Dukakis' ad-ministration's actions on Sea-brook " mirroring what is in the report." Sununu said he had read only excerpts of the study but said he hoped Seabrook RO PC[!/Eh W g O lawyers will continue efforts to legally circumvent Dukakis in t
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"I certainly hope there's a gg ad ieur y reasonable explanation for it,"
Sununu said.
By JOIIN DiSTASO , N*" -
The federal government re.
Union tscaderStafT 6*TJn.', ** quares ememncy evacuauon And %. Ire Reports v . , M,;,.. .!
,, ' plans for a!! 23 New Hampshire
, ,g, 51assachusetts Gov. Stichael
' and Massachusetts commun -
S. Dukakis yesterday tried to , ;
bes within a 10-mile radius ci .
the plant.
distance himscif from a cur.fi- " "
dintial report written with the -
The six Massachusetts cone Edvice of his own aides in April mumties have refused to sub-8 R.* 4. 'O K. 9 rnit plans and Dukakis has de-that outlines a strategy keyin;;
en safety concerns to delay it.
censing of the Seabrook nu-
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'l layed state involvement, in the spring. Dukakis ex.
t ..- pressed concern about the sum-cl2ar power plant. g ; mer beach population m the Tha 95-page study. authored *
- event of a nuclear accident. He by a Boston law student and .- insisted that the plant be shut mid2 public yesterday, advises s r .4' g..
Dukakis to take advantage of a /..', down ta the summer months and shelters be constructed.
" flaw"in federa! law whtch al. 3 - It ap; eared Seabrook offi.
Isws a state to indefimtely de-
.l..#7 L.*l . cials were prepared to give in s' 6.
lily licensmg of a nuclear reac. to the demand when the disas-tar by delaym the submission
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cf en emerge;ncy evacustaon l't.
,4 ctear reactor occurred.
plan. Dukakis, saying all bets were
. .A.*2* off, then commissioned Kenne-DUKAKis page 22 GOV. MICitAgL DUKAK13 dy School Prof. Albert Carne.
sale to investigata the effects of the disaster on Seabrook and "D:e report further advises cess by the feders! govern ~ the area. Dukakis said vester.
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Dukales that " focusing on safe- ilay the prebe ns still under way ment. The option of working and he reiterated an earlier i ty ecncerns or justifytag cur- with the Seabrook's budders to ;
ref': dissent on the basis of a obtain the best plan posathle is promise to have his mind made 1 prmus lack of input" will not discussed. up sornetime this summer. '
avg the appearance he is At a news conference Du' In the meantime. Dukakis' t making "illeg;umate use of the , kakis admitted he read the re .
failure to get the regulatory '
(1 3 ." port but he derued usms it as a ball rollmg caused a six month, The report sets out a strategy strategy. ' g:00 mdlion overrun m the pro-simdar to the one Dukakis has 3,e t.
"I'm interested in anything Last week, Seabrook o!!!cials
' follcwed to date and even and everything I read." Du* and Dukaksa aides exchanged notes. "The Covernor's Cabi. kakis said, "but policy exer-
- r.etand staff have assessed the cises done by mastet's degree charges after Dukakis refused becefits of delaying submission candidates . . . are not the way to meet with plant manage-to gutweigh its costs." ment in person to discuss his
' we make decisions around concerns.
Seabrook officials said the here."
exist:nce of the report makes it He said the report " helped Seabrook spokesman Kyte ,
citar Dukakis' tactie on the me understand the legalissues. said the Fitzstrnmens report plant has been predetermined I don't look to people for strate. explains Dukakis actions.
end icag. planned. gic advice. That's someth:ng "uoku g back ta last Ap ,, .
Two " benefits" of delay. the 1*ve got to e s,sid, is r study says, are to " secure a about myself.,,make dectstons y p y n tc 1 v.
better bargaining position with Dukakis denied he was delib. ing this strategy. very ume th2 utitty" and to " remain in erstely stalling on the Seabrook we got close to an agmmen control of the timetable for 11 plan, with them to get t,he p ce s censmg the plant in questjon." Seabrook spokesman John moving along, they su y The study notes that in Sea. Kyte. however. nottag attempts brinq up a whole new concern. ,
' book's case, each month of de. by plant management to meet On the ecm d p M pa i lav adds $30 million toits cost. with Dukakis to discuss his report. author Fittsamm ns de-The report also weighs the safety concerns, said. "This - scribes himself as a jo nt e-strategy of a delay agamst an makes it tiretty clear that he cree candidate at the ohn .
cutright refusal to submit a has simply been playing politi. Kennedy Schoolof Government plan, emphastring that refusal cal games with us and that he .ind !I.trvard Law School.
uculd probably tend the issue had no intention of ever reach. "TIis is a confidential re-into the uncharted area of a Ang agreement or livmg up to Imrt," 7 tzsimmons says. , not j takeover of the licensing pro. his public safety responsibels, inte::ded for circulation.
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FROM PAGE 1 a, - -a-g : ,1",re:a'ic""::tmo Rd 9 University Fitzsimmons, e attetent at Harva a Kennedwy;*; nahakis Gove mt laconjunctionwiththe vernor*sefUce. ahtch he (Fitzstmmons) needed to complete his term at Harvard.
Ibe recommends that delay ah ttin n . And it is ludicrous to say that officers of state government, including sts and the governor are being !ded in their deelston by the recommendations
, asas:bumetta coensnelues hat am WM It _ made by a student in essenthily is a heenewort easignment."
, Dcrrey said Fitzsimm " shared" the study With Thomas Hubbard.
that such a enove could Isrce the festeral r-'
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18 lake ever the ps* Dukakia' chief advtssr11st brook..
- cess. the II:reld said.
plans freen au Hubtard told the Harald the sti was not an offIctal state report but 1he fedem! '-
was given to Dukat:ts and state Publ Safety Secsttary Claarles Barry and comrr.un:tas m"a"n g, ,,h messer peWlant t,eture huat23 a f2 at ste Energy Secretary Sharon Pallard. -
cperst:og!!censela the pied. Hebbard also denied the governor %res relying on it for strategy. "The The Harald said182 g, g,, gg,Me tar Dukakts te ,*
pvernor is acttr.g on ble own instincts arw1 on advice I'm giving him and svold mek a pe*ltic @ -
g,g ter lucal gala. that's Whrs,"Hubbard Iold the newrpaper. *
- tt he's f a ser:tegy " But, the Herald said the report states it was a project " fformed in of trTac7Cri8thilN73 I weald hcpe as m at m et
- conjuncUce wuh .. 4Dukakis*) Economic Development Offim
- and written with Hubbard's assistance.
C'"I' Nosards* Eresident of United Ittaminating Ce, a Comenttle a WGI- .
- "Ws*re atrere af what Mr. Fitraimmons concluded, but I wedd note that .
told the iterald whateww those mcomrnendar.oca wert, mey came to the governor some ,
t a raeg da h'as almou paralleled me advtce coulalese ta .
Ume after he stated publicly his concerns about Seabrook and the effect
- an pdensial acektent at Seabrook mou'd have on the pubtle health and
. ,ttleaY done for state government." James Deresy. of the people of Mesmactusetta." Dorsey sand.
pass secMan ta Dukak's. told the Associated Press eerty today alt was an acadernte repaistment ehich was done as part of the fe948""'* The rtport adytaes Dukakis to detsy indeftaltesy submtsalen at an essor3*ncy evacuation plan for fedral review and ouutama bow that can be MMNNg 42ne without raising accusations of bein opportunistic. the Herald said.
1 "Fal!ure la submit a plan would re ly be perceived as an ulegitimate uma of the flew in the lederal process which PWa the otherwies well-tr. ten-tt:r=ed utility at the mercy of opportuntatic state and local gove nments."
the litrand tyistaa the repcrt sa caying. *
"The key to avetecs this charactertaeuen lies to focusing en safety con-curas. ..1tm a:tibT.alty of asfety tasues provides a broad shleid froen ac-musticsis of appertunism," the report is further qtsosed as anytag.
Dthat2s tes pointsd to safety considerationa in delaying =+="*- _ et -
suscutt&oa plana, tt: Herald said.
The report crancludes that Dukskis could bcid up the opening af the plant
- asti as!d "tha goveract has en incentive to delay submisslan" and that auch a stall could pi:$ patamure on the federal government to step in arvi take eier the proccas. the I!erald as11 Jean Ky)a. asman for New Hampestro Yankee, which is building el, tetd N:rald the strert's cnnelusions were ahocking.
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. Newburyport t.;ody News. Wednesday July 23 3906 l Dukakis reportedly approved dela a strategy for Seabrook EOSTON ( API -- Massachu. said. brcck and the effect any potential setts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis re. "It was not an of' :!al report ace! dent at Sesorook would have partedly cpproved a study on how done for state go , rnment." on the putlic health and safety of to delay approval cf evacuation James Dorsev, press <retary to the pcopleof Massachusetts," Dor-plans for the Seabrook, N H., nu. Dukakis, told The is ;actated sey said.
clear power plant, but an alde said Press early today. "i: w as an aca- The report advises Dukakis to it was not an official report done demic requirement .nien was delay indefinitely submission c! an for state government. done as part of the quirements emergency evacuation plan for fe-
"IT.e Boston Herald today said which he i Fitzstmmt ; needed to detal review and outlines how that the '/2 page study was written in complete his terrn at i ,: vard. can be f.qne without ratstr.g accu-April by itobert Ftt2.stmmons, a " And it is ludicrut a say that sat!cns of betnc, opporturustle, the stuctmt at Har /ard University's officers of state go, mment, in- Herald said.
Kennedy School of Government,in ciuding the governe: 1re t,ctng conjunction with the governor's guided in their dectsu 7y the rac- "Fa: lure to subtr.it a plan would c!!!qe. ommendations made a student read'ly te perceived as an !!!egit-The report recommenda that in what essentially is homework tmste use cf the flaw in the federal ,
Du.halds delay submitting evacus. assignment." prccess which puts the otherwise t!on plans for six Massachu*.etts Dorsey sa!d FI' . simmons well tr.tentioned uttitty at the mer-conimunttles that are within 10 " shared" the study v th Thornas cy of cpportuntstic state and local miles of the plant and that such a Hubbard, Dukakli's c-. net adviser goverr.ments," the Herald quotes move could force the federal go. on Seabrook. the report as saying.
vernment to take over the process, Hubbard told the 'erald the "The key to avoid:ng this char-the Herald said. study was r.ot an offic:-t state re- acterizatton lies in focusing on The federal government re. pcrt but was given to D . kakis ard safety con: erns . . The ambiguity quires acceptable evacuation state Public Safety oecretary of safety ir. sues provides a broad plans from ali communttles within Charles Barry a .d st:te Energy shteld from accusations of oppor-10 niles of a nuclear pcwer plant Secretary Sharon Pollard tuntsm," the report is further before issuing a full operating II. Huabard alta dented the gover. quoted as saytt g.
cense to tha plant. nor was relying on it for strr.te'Dr. Dukakis has pointed to safety
'1T,e Herald said utility officta's "The governor is 30ttag on his owT1 consid:rattons in delay:ng submis-c!strn the report is a guide fer instincts and on advtce I'm riving ston of evactistion plans, the ller.
C"kak!s to avotd maktag a poltti. him and others," Hubbard told the aid said.
cally tough dectston, newspaper. The report ccncludes that Duka-
"If he's fclicwing a rtrate,ty like But, the Herald said the repcrt kis could hold up the opcmng of the that for political gain, that's the states it was a project " performed plant and said "the governor has helght of irresponstbtitty. I would in conjunction w1th . , (Dukakis'st an incentive to delay submission" hope he'd turn his br.c:t en that sort Economic Deve!apment Office" and that such a stall could put cf adv! e " George E.1wcrds, and written witn llubbard's pressure on the fateral govern-prealdent of t'ntted Illuminatmg assistance. ment to step in and ta!ce over the Co., a Connxttcut utt! tty with a "We're aware of what Mr. Fitz- process, the !!erald said.
17.5 share of Seabrook, to:d the simmons concluded. b.it I would John Kyte, spokesman for New Herald. note that wh:tever those recom- Hamps'ilre Yankee. whica ts hutid-
"Dakahis's strate;;y to data has mendations viere, they carne to the Ing Scabrook, tc!d the Herald the almoct paralle ed the advice cen. governor some t!me after he stated report's conclusions were tatned in the stJdy," the Herald puDllCly his Concerns about Sea
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The report recommends that Du- l Gov. Michael S Duka11s reportedly ne* Boston Herald today said the kakis delay suhrrutting evacuation approved a study on how to delay npage study was wntten in Apnl plans for sis Massachusetts com.
approval of evacuauon plans for the by Robert Fitzsimmons a student at munattes triat are within 10 miles of Seattook. PLH., nuclear power Harvard University's Kennedy the plant and that such a move could plact. trut an a2de said it wu not an School of Caernment. la conjunc- force the fmferal government to take of fic:a! report done for state govern- uan with the governor's othee. over the process, the Herald said 1
The federal government requires cials claim the report is a guide for of advice." George Edwards, pres >
acee: table evacauon plans from Dukakis to avoid maung a po11tl. dent of United Bluminating Co., a a!! commurut:es within 10 miles of a cally tough decsace. Connecticut utility with a 17.3 share nuclear power plant before tasates a "If he's fecowtag a strategy like of Seabrook, told the Herald.
fdl eperating licanas to the plant. that for pollt! cal gala that's the "Dukakis' strategy to date has, besght of trr-Whty. I would almost paralleled the advtce coo.
THE HERALD said stiuty aft!. hope he'd turn h:s back on that sort See SEABROOK, page 16 Seabrook (Coatirsed frem page one) stincts and on advice I'm giving t!m repert as saytag.
taw is the study " the Herald and others," Huttard told the cew> "De key to avoid!r.g this charac-sa;d paper. terisation 11es la focus!rg on safety "It was net an off ctai report done But, the Herald said the report concerns De ambiguityof safety for riate tcvernment," James Der, states it was a project "pefermed tasues provides a troad shlejd from sev, press secret.ry to Dukak*2. te!d in coeJuneuce wtth o (Dumn') accusatices of oppurtmism " the ne Asaactated Press early today. Ec 's Deve!apment Office" and report is further quoted as raytt.g.
"It was as academi: requitanset writtan "
with H2hbard's assistance. Dukakis has paused to safety wtich was done as part of the We're aware of what Mr. Fits- cons!darstfons in delaytr.g schmis-reparece=ts which he (Fitas.m- *""= coe:!cded, but I would sion of evacuatias plans, the Herald mar.sI ceeded to ece;1ste his term mate that wtatever ttcss recommee- said. - --
I at narvard. dauens were, they came to the ,
- "And it is ludicrcus to uy that Evrtrner some uma after he stated officers of state gover-m.sni. taciad- Etlicly his concerte about See-tag tSe governor are bel
- q gaded la uruca and the effect any potent!al their dectaion by the W accidect at SeabrocA would have on tiot.s tr.ade by a studest in what the public hes!th and safety of the essentially is a horcevrtt assgn. People of n#a-*nsetts," Dorsey rnet." said.
Dorsey said l'itzsimmons The repest advises Dukam to
" shared" the stafy with netas delay indent.itely submission of as H2bterd. DukakW chief adviser ce emerpary evacumuon plan for fed-Sesbroot. tal review and outlices how that ens be done without raistag accuasuons Ht'BBARD tut.D the Herald the of betag opportuatatic, Lt a Herald study was not an official state sad l
i report bet use gtven to Dukakis and "Fallure te enbmit a plan weald state Public Safety Secretary readtly be Mreetved as an u!ssats-l Charles Barry and state Energy mate use of the flaw in the federal Secretary Sharon Pollard. process which puts the otherwtse HutAard also derJed the r77traer welklatentioned stility at the roerry of opportunistic state and local gov-
! was relytag oc it for strategy. "De rsvernor is acttr.g on his own in, ernments," tim Herald quotes the
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. . Tlig 19%Trn C.I. ORE Till:ll'il) AY .It!!,Y 24 f"*H Dukakis' downplays collegian's report Cov pakakis yesterday denied that a research paper written ear-lier this year by a student at Har-vard's Kenr.edy School o(Covern- ~
ment was guloing the adnuntstra-tion's strategy on the nuclear en-crgy plant in Seat, rook. N H.
Dukakis said he had read the student's paper. which he termed
, "a polley exercise." and "found the legal analysis very helpful."
Dukakts said that he would de-cide whether to approve an evacu-atton plan for the Eesbrook plant.
based on standards in federallaw, by summer's end.
A spokesman for the antrover-blal Seabrook plant accused Duka-kla of " playing roulette with us."
and charged that the administra-tion had no intention cf IMng u a to emprMwrf concerns abo 0t Sea-brock's safety and emergency plans.
"Every time we got close to an agreement that would have rnoved the planning process ajons( they suddenly changed their tune." -
said New flampshire Yankee spokesman John Myte.
- Dukakts' remarka followed a Boaton Herald report disclostr.g.::.
April study that recommended 5.P take advantage of a " flaw"in fM1-eral !!rensing procedures allowItrg a detsy in the submission of an emergency evacuation plan,.
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