ML20247F268
| ML20247F268 | |
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| Site: | 07000036 |
| Issue date: | 09/05/1989 |
| From: | Sandler A COALITION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, ST.LOUIS REGION |
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| ML20247F134 | List: |
| References | |
| 89-593-01-MLA, 89-593-1-MLA, MLA, NUDOCS 8909180120 | |
| Download: ML20247F268 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD PANEL Before Administrative Judge Charles Bechhoefer In the Matter of
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COMBUSTION ENGINEERING, INC.
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Docket No.
70.36-MLA Hematite Fuel Pakication
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Facility, Special Nuclear
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ASLBP No.
89-593-01-MLA Materials License No.
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September 5, 1989 SUPPTRMENTAL INFORMATION CONCERNING'THE COALITION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT REOUEST:
By order dated August 18, 1989, Administrative Law Judge Charles Bechhoefer granted the Coalition for the Environment until September 5,1989, to file supplementary information on its request for a hearing-in the above-styled cause regarding the following:
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Whether the Coalition for the Environment wishes to intervene on behalf of specific members whose interests are plausibly affected by the concerns set forth in the request for a hearing dated June 22, 1989:
ANSWER:
The Coalition for the Environment is petitioning to serve as the lead intervenor on behalf of Martha Dodson whose mtition Judge Bechhoefer has granted and who became a member of the Coalition in August 1989, and on behalf of Karen Sisk who also i
became c member of the organization in August 1989.
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attendant to materials license (as distinguished from reactor license) activities" the "so-called ' fifty-mile radius' rule which
- governs [ standing for interveners in] reactor licensing proceedings is not applicable" to this proceeding:
ANSWER:
The Coalition for the Environment maintains that,.
because the Applicant.is licensed to process and store at least the same amount of uranium enriched to 5% uranium-235 that is present in-the core of a-1000-megawatt nuclear power reactor, the potential for a criticality accident should require that the same
" fifty-mile. radius" rule for a reactor license proceeding be applied to this particular materials license proceeding.
We maintain that the " fifty-mile radius" rule is applicable.to this facility since the same potential radiation exposure of pecple and the. environment is present.
'In addition to the possibility of contamination from a criticality accident, present groundwater contamination should call for the application of the " fifty-mile radius" rule. According to the U.S.
General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Environmental,
- Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives (GAO/RCED-89-119 May 1989), samples taken in 1977 and 1978 from two on-site groundwater monitoring wells at the Applicant's facility show contamination 96 times higher than EPA's drinking water standards allow.
The GAO study also reports the existence of unidentified burial sites containing radioactive wastes and the use as landfill of potentially contamirw.ted limestone-chip filters.
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. limestone filters led to the discovery of the malfunctioning of a valve which had caused an accidental release on August 28, 1989,
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Whether the Coalition for the Environment may seek.to intervene on behalf of.its membership at large:
ANSWER: The Coalition for the Environment has approximately 100 members residing.in Jefferson County and approximately 8780 members residing'in contiguous St. Louis Coinsty and in the City of-St. Louis (as of' July 1989).
The Coalition for the Environment has historically intervened on behalf of the public and has sought to procure information necessary for educated citizen participation in environmental decisions.
In the matter of the proposed amendment of the Combustion Engineering license amendment, Judge Bechhoefer notes in his Memorandum the lack of ' local availability of documents bearing upon materials licenses.
A public hearing would create a l
meaningful opportunity for citizen education about this controversial application.
Respectfully submitced, 4
Arlene Sandler, President Board of Directors, St. Louis Chapter 6267 Delmar Blvd.
Coalition for the Environment St. Louis, MO 63130 I
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CERTIFICATE OF BERVICE
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! hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NOTE BECHHDEFER TO JULIAN-10pp f
have been served upon the following persons by U.S. esil, first class, except 1
as otherwise noted and in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFE Sec. 2.712.
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Charles Bechhoefer Jerry R. Kline Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Peard U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi2sion Washinoton, DC. 20555 Washington, DC 20555
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Michael A. Bauser, Esquire Office of the General Counsel Newman k Holtringer, P.C.
i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1615 L Street. NW l
Washington. DC 20555 Washington. DC 20036 Missouri State Senator Jeremiah W.
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22nd District Martha Dod;on
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State Capitol Crystal City. MD 63019 Jefferson City. MO 65101 Arlene Sandler President Karen Sisk Coalition for the Environment 1123 Wolf Hollow Road St. Louis Chapter leperial. MD 63052 6267 Delmar Boulevard St. Louis. MD 63130 l
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Dated at Rockville. Md. this i
13 day of September 1989
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