ML19210E618

Statement of Views by Natl Power Corp,Agency of Govt of Philippines,In Response to Commission 791019 Order.Atomic Energy & Nuclear Nonproliferation Acts Were Not Promulgated to Dictate Policies on Foreign Nations

ML19210E618
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Issue date:	11/15/1979
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III2ZAR REGUIA'ICRY CMtISSICN s

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M*afm") in.*ts Cedar of Octct=r 19, 1979, requests that par *4-?Mard -

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any other interested sarsons file with the cm'af v=fm a statement of views car h

the e.-.1 are sur4-u -<.al sisuse y m_; in the aforesaid creer en t!= moeter of tha pending wantircease r"--em for emert license fer the Itfifm4_= P elaar Power Plant.

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It =Taars that the purpeee of the emenf== fen in requesting sutzrissicns eme t!= par 4-4m and any other incarenced individuals ce grimm is to 3

1 da+=mim "the prcper scope of the em= 4==icn's jurisdicticn to exan:ine health, safety and envir:nmental questiens arising ems the ccnstructicn and cperatien j

t of am net-e facilities and wat 3 --

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f=r 1darin, m issues, if e =y are - e u.. min the 1,.s autterity".

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Iden*d 8#-Stics cf Party

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• he ::atic=al Pcuer Cvtien (he.h referrai to as ":GC") is a l

-e.u.ica McIly owned by the Gww of the Begublic cf the Philippinse and is charged by Philippine law with the naticeal resecnsibility of under- -

taking tha fr e 11*** m, produc tien, *n * =4m and bulk dishW of electricity in the Philippines fm indigenous and otter scurces Of erargy.

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a In rubruary 9,1976, tbs NEC ccatracted the services and v4M cf N

wastir4heuss Electric corpcratica (hereinafter referred to as we

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9 to ccnstruct a 620 megawatt rnetaar pcwor plant (herairafter referred tot aar.r ;.

(PNPP-1) at Napet Peint, it:rmg, Bataan, Ph41dT "aa.

4 Se cx21 tract between NPC and MP== requires Wes*dP==, antog others, to apply for and in behalf u M, for all thited States ex;:crt licenses 1

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and gar =1ts needed for the =himane and transportaticn of equi; cent and S

mmMrfain to tbs Philippines that are to be supplied by Westinghcuse.

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1 III. Discussien of Issuna "i

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mother and if so, to what extent the c=1==fm scesess the loyal 2

t authority cr a legal +14~*4m to exiunine the heelth, safety and envfremanal 3

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impacts of an exgertai rnrtaar facility in reaching its 11censir4 deter =1natten

==-4'4~11y, whidt of the seven issues raised by petiticr.ars are W=te f

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iI 2e NPC sutztits and maintairs that en the bases of f

s current G rsetaar legislaticn, ireinding the 9cncrable I

rhunt==fm's %Ac and precedents cra the 1fmnnfng s

g and regulaticn cf expert of r'e1==v facilities, the r*wf suicn is of M RWt*f to WA t.M M th, safety d 14 lf enviramental tws of an expected r-e'aar facility.

G is In ailcw (Trratur), 3 NRC 563, 570-577 (1976), Westinghcuse t

ziectric Ca aticn ASCO II, Barcelcna, Spain, Licer.m No. XR-99 (Docket !b. 50-4-74) (1976), and *W and Wile =x (Buergeraktien),

5 NBC 1332,1348 (1977), it was t'm-dMai and es*'h14 =havt by the j

Hrmerable C:mnissicn that the export licarsir4,. -w under f

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Nuclear Ncn-Pm14*antL:n Act Ca@A) was not intanded to examirm ce l

j evaluate the health, safety and envizt:rz: ental t: pacts arisir4 f

cutside the thited States territcry from esgorted nuclear ** 4 ties.

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r.,*ar e <re.1 lar and ethics suggests that the mwirah1 a

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rwa.4.c...m shculd not arregate unto itself the ecnsideraticn of

==a474a health, safety and envircrs: ental 1:: pacts of an experted L

ruetaar facility cn the territcry that is within the severeign 3'

d 3urwicticn of a fcreign -._.c, las e rh111a>1r.s. fer er this will lead to a situatica cf applyirq U.S. law to acticns j

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-*? in a f=raign naticn. It is a custcznary rule cf inter-4

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't a foruign natica cr up:n its citi= ens within tra *=r -4*-r421 g

s jnrd df-*4 m of that fcraign naticn.

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% e= feregcing cIr emticos, e, <nly is== raised

I by the petiticriers idtich NPC cesfAars as apprt:priate fcr 2

omstasim revier and idtich are not related to the axpert 4

of. elaar fac111 time, ars ::stters of generic safety questicns j

pceed by rarimar power plants whicft are of US :normfact=re and

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Is the wenim's health, safety or envirt:renntal review of

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US mn=rm <'afaram and se::uritf or are there other legal prirciples which per: nit

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I cr require the tw.uniemim to exa:Zine these : matters as part of its licensirq 1

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"-4ts the review of expert license a; plica-mm df em c:::nissica to : natters affeering the US mwn deferse ard sec=rity and.en-I 1-m14w= goals en the cra hard and to assure cear reticra 1494 221 4

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that the US is a r=1f ahia ard prdr *=h1= supplier of rnetaar ho

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A full rendirq of the se=*==rst of policy ard purpcees

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of the talPA irn4fr-=+== that the U.S. Cc:grees did not interd the thenf amim to dictate raf fr-daa of other naticns re2 #.ive to their ruetaae energy program nor of steti*"*dng CS wisd m in the rur_1 mar field in the place of trat of t.% inportirq country. 2e mattar of safety, health ard envirmmetal j

ispacts of rarlaar power plants whether ex;crted frm the l

I Cs ce fim ether su; plier nacims are issues within the

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excl'asive ard legitimate concem of the inscrting country.

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d 2e fact of the matter is that the P414=4_n* Coverrrent er 4"

any other cotuttry fer that matter a:nald still ccostruct ard operate a nuclear reacter within its territerial Wicn I

. with ccepcrects and stuismant etained fra suppliers other than the U.s.

Las, teatever probles pened by the mPP-1 cn the

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netter of health, safety ard envircznantal IW lies rest 4

i qvr Inmively within the regulatory authority and laws of the

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2e N==fm, in its acticn m enczt license applica-tims, should ret act in tetal disregard of the fcreign pc11cy I

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'i14'-=**ma of its acticns. 2 e N==4 m should make its

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cn the basis of tra views and 4n%+4m received by j

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it f:m the rcre authoritative agencies of t.% CS ww-t g

cn cutters of foreign policy. Again, the fact of the matter l.'"

is that the CS Danct:tive Branch has rendered a faverable 1*

ltz$gment on the expert license a;plications fcr the N FP-L 5

af after a thc=cogh evaluation of tra statutcry criteria cf tra 22&A cm experts fcr rnelaar uses f:tm the U.S.

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the W of the Cnited States in its relaticns with

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catarials 5d11cft is cne M the goals istandai to be achieved by tNPA.

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Mint issume arising frcIn the app"**= to export a relaar

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facility to the Philippi:me shot.1d the crewrf enfm examine in any future publie -

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As we have maintained in our respense to Questicn No. 2 ateve, the cnly issues that the r*-wnif e=4rvs may legitimately l.

ex ine and zw1., relative to nuclear expert lic-se ar"~4m,

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be it for the 1*'4"~'= or any other foreign ecuntry, are thces affecting the enwrvs defense and sec:rity of the U.S.

and its ncn-proliferaticn goals as delirmated in the NNPA.

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It will be recallani that Philippira PrweWnt FerdinaM E. Marece, as a result of the S.ree-Mile Island incident 6

- - d cn March 28, 1979, crdered a ev=4m of plant const xtien cn the INPP-1 and at the same time c: mated an investigative panel (Philippine ernmisafrvi) to ccrdJct an I

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irrat:y cn the safeer of the PnPe-l. em Ph4"-sra i.

P cewef amim taz=1nated its hearings en Sw --r 14, 1979.

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?m Philippine (*,m 4==4m has also secured the services of intam.aticnally kncun experts to act as its tac.h t

advisers in assessing and evaluatir4 the evidences and I

testi:rnies sutznitted by t!n participants. "hus, it will i.

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g be seen that the P5414r4= Coverment m4== the fact

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that tbs heath, safr.y and erwf mm=r*=_1 igv.:ts arising fma the sr.wh at:1 eventual c5eraticn of the HIFP-1 are

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to assess and evaluate web the c3 coverment in general u a,m 4

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I It is not unlikaty tnat the findings of the. tilippira e-4==1cn may nct be censistent with the frndings of the CS nulaar P-1=*ery emrn4==4m. An h==45 sit::aticn would thus arise with unwarranted 6.--

4ms to the foreign relaticns of the C3 with the P541*T = in the 4

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event of mcs.sy findings between the two tedies cn healti.,

j safety and envircznantal. impacts of the REFP-1.

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feraign health, safety and erw4m==+=1 issume falling within its pH 84-**m(,

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Pb41*y4= applicaticn fer exp::rt license, it is rem==4_

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is a ncn-adversarf type of inquiry apprewd=*45 a legislative r

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or cress-examine witnesses, any adverse party / par +4 **="*=

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l in centrast to, and as tculd nct happen in, a Court reca type of W inc=.

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s of the prec=ad4*? and will preclude the===4k+14ty of investigating g

and placing a trial highly sensitiw fereign policy and natimal-interest and security atters of the imperting country, incitriing

_-.gn the Inporting c:z.mtry's pcli*d-=1 system, internaticnal and n*4 m.1 714c4.

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facility are to be avainead in the NRC exp:It 14-*47 process, is what,,,,.. _-

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and if so, in what preci** way?

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t c:r: duct its amantic reacter 14-4m prec==d4== in what-

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scwever, in the satter of expert licens1=g process, we prepose the c -- -

-1 '~--* we have d_4 e==ad atx:me in respense to Questicn Mc. 4.

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ge14~**ma that for others?

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facility cn the mwn defense a:xi se:mity of the US and 9

,e its w14 **v-=**m goals as m*14nad in the !aeA, IGC does not

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J see any other sutstantial factual er legal ~=<d-tim = which 4

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w:uld justify ce required a different c =f==ias app =cach l.

for sme export 11cen e sp1fc=+4cc.s fran others.

Fce the h*=<m to adopt cme &^ for cne expert licanso app 14~+dm and another W fer other geidm**mm

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ti-violence to the equal pr +m<m provisicns of the US c:nsti-y tuticn. It would go against the C5 statutcry assurance 3-arsF to

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the ! EPA that the Q11ted States is a reliable and effective m er e

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u uny lead other estim= to view the US as a P+3 and

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