ML20235H714

on Appeal Per 10CFR2.714a from Prehearing Conference Order, LBP-87-17,issued 870526,brief of New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution.* Brief Contains Only Table of Contents & Table of Authorities

ML20235H714
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	07/01/1987
From:	Weiss E HARMON & WEISS, NEW ENGLAND COALITION ON NUCLEAR POLLUTION
To:	NRC ATOMIC SAFETY & LICENSING APPEAL PANEL (ASLAP)
References
CON-#387-3951 LBP-87-17, OLA, NUDOCS 8707150236
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE cri ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING APPEAL BOARD 00 0

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In the matter of )

) f VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER ) Docket No.

CORPORATION ) 50-271-OLA

) (Spent Fuel 3 (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station ) (Fool Amendment) l 4

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ON APPEAL PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. S 2.714a F' ROM A PREHEARING CONFERENCE ORDER, LBP-87-17, ISSUED MAY 26, 1987 BRIEF OF THE NEW ENGLAND COALITION ON NUCLEAR POLLUTION Ellyn R. Weiss HARMON & WEISS 2001 "S" Street, N.W.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ..........................................ii-Contention 1 .................................................. 1 r

a. Heither Collateral Estoppel Nor Res Judicata B_ars Litication of This Contention ............................ 1

b. The Ouestion of Applicability of the Sincle Failure Criterion is a Merits Issue .............................. 5

c. The Licensina Board Did Not Exceed Limitations On ,!

Its Sua Sponte Authority ................................. 6 l t,

Contention 2 .................................................. 7 ,

a. The Existence of an Environmental Assessment is not a Jurisdictional Prerequisite to Admission of a NEPA Conten-  ;

tion ..................................................... 7 l

b. Spent Fuel Amendments are not Categorically Excluded from the Requirement to Prepare an Environmental Assessment 9 Contention 3 ................................................. 13 The Board Did Not Exceed Its Discretion ...................... 14 Conclusio.D ................................. ................. 15 ,

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-li-Table of Authorities CASES Minnesota v. NRC, 602 F.2d 412 (D.C. Cir. 1979)

........................................................ 12 NRDC v. NRC, 547 F.2d 633, Rev'd on other arounds Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Coro., 435 U.S. 519, 98 S.Ct. 1197 (1978) ................................. 12-13 San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace v. NRC, 799 F.2d 1268 (9th Cir. 1986) ....................... 10, 11 i

Union of Concerned Scientists v. NRC, 735 F.2d 1437 (D.C. Cir. 1984) ....................... 9, 14 i

ADMINISTRATIVE CASES }

Carolina Power and Licht Co., et, al.

(Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant),

ALAB-837, 23 NRC 525 (1986) .......................... 3, 4 Duke Power Co. (Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2),

ALAB-687 16 NRC 460 (1982)) .............................. 8 Dyke Power Co. (Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2),

CLI-83-19, 17 NRC 1041 (1983) ............................ 8 General Public Utilities Nuclear Corp.

(Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1),

LBP-86-10, 23 NRC 283 (1986) ......................... 6, 15 Gulf States Utilities Co. (River Bend Station, Units 1 and 2),

ALAB-444, 6 NRC 760 (1977) ............................... 4 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2) CLI-86-12, 24 NRC 1 (1986) ............... 10 Philadelphia Electric Co. (Limerick Generating Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-8 0 4 , 20 NRC 848 (1948) ............. 4 1

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Coro. (Vermont Yankee  !

Nuclear Power Station), LBP-87-17, NRC (May 26, 1987) ................................................ passim 1

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1 STATUTES National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.

s 4332, et. sea. ..................................... 7, 13 l

, REGULATIONS 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, Criterion 44 ...................... 5 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, Criterion 61 ...................... 5 10 CFR 51.20(b) ............................................... 7 j 10 CFR 51.21 .................................................. 7 l 10 CrR 51.22(c) ............................................... 7 10 CFR 51.30 .............................................. 8, 14 10 CFR 51.31 .............................................. 8, 14 l

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