ML19275A934

Draft Contentions Per Commission 790809 Order & Notice. Alleges That Haste of Proceeding Creates Bias in Favor of Licensee.Also Alleges That Emergency Preparation Issues Are Inadequate.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19275A934
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	10/05/1979
From:	Pollard R CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ALLIANCE
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ML19275A935	List: ML19275A934 ML19275A936
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NUDOCS 7910240323
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CEA notes that these draft contentiens have been preparea rithout hdecuate tine or opportunity to review docu ents of obvicus relevcnce to the pr6ceedings, and nnintainc that the subniccion rf theco d." aft contentions sho.ld in no uay cc ccnct"ued to detract fror the '7al ity of the issues raised in its notion.

The Comission's Order and ' otice of Eearing of f.ug.st 9,1979, notes the.t the sublects to be concidored at the hearing chc. include:

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(2) The haste tdth uhich the proceedings are being conducted, given the content of the deluge of docunents and paperwork that needs to be reviewed by parties to the proceedingc, and the lac': of .

recourecc an_ pravious experience in ince"rencion cf cone of the parties, creates a clear and cyctenatic bias in the proceedings in favor of the innrectc of the licensee and against full and thorough concideration of safety and health issues raised by intervenors.

(3) The extent of the inpact of another Class 9 accident at T::I ctands to be co great that every poccible cautien ..uct be exercincd before the Conniasion grant: its approval for th2 re-stort of TZI-1. 'ppropriate caution chould aro.ner1r, conside' .

alternative renedies available that nicht a ec.ually urotect the interects of the licensee, its stockholders, and its clients.

(4) The extent of unresolved generic safety questions involving

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Susque' canna River, and its estuary, the Chesapeac Ba7, fron the effects of energency leaks or dunping of radioactive water into the sucquehanna 2iver.

(6 ) Conflict of interest existc in the precent arrangenents horebj cffsite nonitoring is conducted b7 a firn, Radiation Monitoring services, that is partly owned by General Public Utilities, oun:- r of the licensee.

(7) The extent of upgrading of offsite nonitoring is not specifiad, and hence no . oasis is proviced l,or ascertain;ng u he adequacy of nonitoring proposed by the Connission. Specifically, no nention ic nado of provicions for nonitoring the radioactitity c."

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