ML20069P390

Forwards Radiological Emergency Response Plans for Facility & State & Local Entities within Emergency Planning Zones. Plans Do Not Meet Requirements of NUREG-0654,Revision 1

ML20069P390
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Site:	Cooper, 05000000
Issue date:	01/02/1981
From:	NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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FOIA-82-413, RTR-NUREG-0634, RTR-NUREG-634 NUDOCS 8212070491
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January 2, 1981 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Attention: Mr. Harold R. Denton U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

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Emergency Preparedness Plans Cooper Nuclear Station NRC Docket No. 50-298, DPR-46 Daar Mr. Denton:

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The final regulacions on Emergency Planning require the submittal of 10 O' copies of radiological emergency response plans for Cooper Nuclear Station and state and local entities within the emergency planning' zones by January 2, 1981. Enclosed are the required number of the following plans:

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1. Cooper Nuclear Station Emergency Plan . January 2,1981

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2. Nebraska Radiological Emergency Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plant Incidents - January 1981 -

. 3. State of Missouri Emergency Operations Plan, Section A to s

Part 3, Interim Nuclear Accident Plan - 1980 Draf t Copy

4. State of Kansas - Annex A - Fixed Nuclear Facilities lucidents c) Response Plan - 1978 as Revised per August 1979

5. Iowa Emergency Plan - Draft 1981 version - 99% complete LD 6. Atchison County Nuclear Emergency Response Plan *

7. Nemaha County Radiological Emergency Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plant Incidents - January 1981

8. Richardson County Radiological Emergency Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plant Incidents - December 1979 For varying reasons several of these plans do not meet all of the require-ments of NUREG-0654 (Rev. 1) " Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans for Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants". In the case of the District's CNS. Plan the reason is that we have not as yet received the final version of NUREG-0654 (Rev.1) from the NRC. As these various plans are revised and meshed together to meet the April 1,1981 implementation date, revisions will be submitted. i The new rules require that the Emergency Plan implementing procedures be provided for NRC review by March 1,1981. Ten copies of the procedures are also included at this time.

It is understood that in accordance with Appendix 2 to NUREG-0654 (Rev. 1) a description of our plan to sieet the various meteorological criteria is to 8212070491 PDR F0EA 821105 HCCARRY82-413 pop

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.knusry 2, 1981 Paga 2 be submitted at this time; however, in the absence of the criteria the plan will be submitted prior to March 1, 1981. The District intends to be fully responsive to the intent of Appendix 2 and all implementation dates will be met contingent upon availability of hardware and resources for conducting the required studies and developing the required designs.

The District has commenced procurement of an Early Warning System as defined in Attachment 1. In order to meet the July 1, 1981 implementation date NRC concurrence with this plan is requested at the e.trliest possible date.

It should be noted that the District submitted a Class III fee in the amount of $4,000 for review and approval of the previous CNS Emergency Plan. This fee submittal was in response to a NRC License Fee Management Branch letter dated March 19, 1979 and our plan was subsequently never revleued or approved by the NRC.

If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

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bec: NRC Distribution w/ Attachment 1

/IF-CNLissof-w/ entire enclosure '

J. V. Sayer w/ entire enclosure K. C. Walden w/ entire enclosure E. C. Binder (NE State) w/all Plans H. J. Bocella (Iowa) w/all Plans

• W. M. Clark (Missouri) w/all Plans /

L. H. Mannell (Kansas) w/a11' Plans

• R. S. Kamber w/CNS Plan & Implementing Procedures R. E. Buntain " " " "- " "

C. D. Sayre 7 L. J. Cooper W. H. Irby P. W. Lyon (INPO) w/CNS Plan -

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Attachment 1 Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station .

Early Warning Plan Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) is located on the west bank of the Missouri River in the southeast corner of Nebraska. The 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) is predominantly rural with the exception of the towns of Peru, 1

NE (1380); Brownville, NE (154); Nemaha, NE (184); Shubert, NE (225);

Rock Port, MO (1575); Watson, MO (164); Phelps City, MO (76); Langdon, MO (10); and Nishnabotna, MO (7). According to the population distribution figures in NUREG/CR-1498 " Population Dose Corcmitments Due to Radioactive Releases From Nuclear Power Plant Sites in 1977" dated October 1980, the CNS Plant site is among the four least populated sites in the country-6425 people reside in the 10 mile EPZ. The obvious safety advantages of the remote CNS site and the disadvantages of high intensity sirens in a rural farming / livestock environment necessitcte that the District pursue the following plan for the Early Warning System per Appendix 3 of NUREG-0654.

O The Basic Early Warning System consists of two parts. Part One involves O large, polemounted sirens, and Part Two involves electronic, mobile sirens.

Fixed sirens will be radio controlled by a coded radio signal and mobile g sirens will use_ local controls.

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' Large (125dB) sirens will be located in PoPulition centers of greater than 25 people to augment the existing warning systems used primarily for tornado warning. Siren locations were plotted on maps and all homes g within the siren circle were included in the population coverage. Cov-erage with these sirens is approximately 63% of the total population in CO the 10 mile EPZ (see attached data sheet). A total of nine (9) eirens M

will be used; four (4) within the 5 mile radius and five (5) within the t

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Electronic (115dB) sirens will be mounted on a portable skid and when in use will be mounted on the ba'ck of a three-quarter ton pickup. These .

sirens have a battery pack, generator and charger for their power source.

These units will be located strategically throughout the 10 mile EPZ and will be under the control of local fire departments. 'Ihese sirens will -

be driven through the rural areas and the siren tone sounded or a verbal message given, or both may be used. The sirens will be initially di-rected based upon the potential for exposure in the plume pathway. A ..

total of 12 mobile sirens will be' used. -

3 Methods have been in existence for years in this stable rural community for early warning against tornados and for volunteer fire department callup. Mechanisms such as telephones and CB radios are used. Close family ties between neighbors have ensured that no one is lef t unaware of significant events. The combination of Parts One and Two above coupled with the existfag systems will ensure adequate ejarly warning.

POPULATION COVERAGE FOR FIXED SIPINS Population Data Nebraska 5 mile zone population = 610 Nebraska 5-10 mile zone population = 2315 Nebraska 10 mile zone total population = 2925 Missouri 5 mile zone population = 475 Missouri 5-10 mile zone population = 3025 Missouri 10 mile zone total population = 3500 Total Population of 10 mile EPZ = 6425 Population Centers Within The 5 Mile Zone With Fixed Sirens Brownville, NE area = 201 Nemaha, NE area 545

= 212 Percent Coverage = 1085 = 50.2%

Phelps City, h0 area = 90 N Langdon, MO area = 42 Note: 16.9% of the 10 mile EPZ population resides within the 5 mile zone Cr O Population Centers Within the 5-10 Mile Zone With Fixed Sirens

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• Peru, NE area = 1425 Shubert, NE area ' = 244 Rockport, MO area = 1625- Percent Coverage = 35 = 65.7%

3 N Watson, MO area = 192 Nishnabotna, MO area = 25 C3 Total 10 Mile EPZ Coverage =. = 63.1%

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. NPPD Early Warning System March 5, 1982

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1. Pole Mounted Sirens Federal Signal Corp. Thunderbolt 125 dB siren. Nine sirens' located

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in or near the following towns:

Nebraska: Peru - 1 siren in town Brownville - 1 siren in town Nemaha - 1 siren in town Shubert - 1 siren in town Missouri: Watson - 1 siren near town Rockport - 1 siren in town Phelps City - I siren in tovn Langdon~ - I siren near town Nishnabotna - 1 siren near town These sirens are activated by radio .from the Sheriff's Office in Rockport, Missouri, and Auburn, Nebraska. Local fire departments also have control of their siren for fire calls.

2. Mobile Sirens Whelen Engineering Company. ' One unit = two (2) 100 watt speakers mounted on a metal cross bar which is mounted on the car or truck roof. A 200 watt siren amplifier drives the speakers.

.There are.32 of these -units located as follows:---

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.Brownville - 5. units -

Nemaha -

5 unita Shubert -

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t Missouri: Rockport - 10 units '

Watson -

5 units These units are assigned to the volunteer fire departinents in these towns. In case of an incident at Cooper Station, the Sheriff's

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Dispatch Point will notify .the fire departments that they are to run their routes and warn the people.

All' sir'sns ade in operation.

AniMts of maintenance of all sirens is performed by NPPD.- ,

3. Surunary Fixed sirens cover 63Z.

Mobile sirens preferable for balance.

- Sur test of ' fixed. 681; andian Joint siren test; OPPD siren tests.

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!ta'.c n i y !ndividuci VF-1 at Comunity (I.) er Farch 16-17, 1982.

1, Individuti YF-1, hereby make the following voluntary statencnt tc F,r. R. /..

Matakes and Mr. Charles Hackney who have identified themselves tc. Et as employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made. I have been the Community (A) volunteer Fire Chief for about the past four years. Our department presently has seventeen volunteers.

About one year ago, a Nebraska Public Power District representative turned over to mt ten mobile siren units that were to be installed on the vehicles of our towns volunteer firemen. I do not recall the mans name but he gave me his card which I cannot find at this time. The purpose of the sirens was to utilize them alonc router within a ten mile radius of the Cooper Nuclear Station in case of an emergency at the plant. He asked us to have them installed and since that time he has been back to see us about four times. We currently have eight of the ten units installed, one of which is still in the box and has never been installed and the other was recently taken off of a volunteers vehicle who quit the department. Other than being given the sirens and one route map, the only other i

! thing that we were told is that we had to make the notifications around the plant within a five mile radius in fifteen minutes and make the notifications around the 1

plant within a five to ten mile radius in, I believe, forty five minutes. We were never given anything in writing to this effect and to qy knowledge there is no letter of agreement with the utility regarding our assistance in this letter. I believe it would be helpful to us if there was such an agreement. We had installed l the units that we do have installed ourselves and in one case it cost the in-dividual $55.00 out of his own pocket to have the unit wired and a special bracket made because it would not fit his rooftop. The guy who gave us the sirens told us l

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that he would like ur. to meet the fif teen riinute requiren:ent and to call hin. if we had any questions. On one occasion I did mention to hir:: that wc could use more routc maps but we have not yet received them. About four or so months ago the NPPD representative asked me if ..'e had all our sirens installed and I told him we had 9 ready to go.

I would like to have one map for each vehicle running the routes the utility requested us to. We could also use more schooling and training in the area of radiological monitoring and decontamination procedures. It has been over a year since a lot of us have had such training and some of the new men have not had any such training at all. NPPD has given us an emergency plan spelling out our responsibilities but they have not given us either the pr/ocedures or training for which to carry out the plan. Further, I do not know of any infonnation that has been distributed to the public regarding what they are to do in case of an emergency at Cooper Station.

I have read over this two page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make any changes and/or corrections and this statement is the truth to the best of my recollection and belief.

Signed: Individual VF-1 Date/ Time: March 17, 1982 Witness: Richard A. Matakas Witness: Charles Hackney

STATEi'El;T BY II;DIVIDUAE VI-2 Ai AUEURN, LEO. 0l; MAP.CH 17,1952.

I, Ir.divicuci YF-I, hereby malc the following voluntary ststment to Mr. f.. A.

Matakas and Mr. Charles. Hackney who have identified themselves to me as employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Comission. I nake this statement with no promises or threats having been made.

I have becn the Community (B) voluntary Fire Chief for about seven months and my department currently has thirty three volunteers.

Frior to ny taking over as the Comunity (B) volunteer fire chief we had received five mobile siren units from a Individual D-6 representing Nebraska Public Power District. Shortly after taking over the department I called Individual D-6 who asked me te hook up the mobile units to the volunteers personal vehicles or the departments fire equipment. He said that NPPD would be responsible for the maintenance of the mobile units and they would be installing a base unit for us.

We put one of the units on the departments International truck but we had trouble hooking it up because of the mounting brackets. I installed one of the units on my personal vehicle the last week of January. Two units were installed on two of ray volunteers vehicles during the first week of February and the last unit was not installed on a vehicle until March 12. The units had remained in boxes until they were installed. Last night I attended a meeting between the local voluntk fire chiefs and representatives of NPPD and this was the first time that I had met Individual D-6 in person. Prior to this I had only talked to him over the telephone and I have never received any written information from him or anyone else from NPPD regarding what we were supposed to do in case of an emergency at Cooper Station. Individual D-6 had previously told me over the phone that he wanted us EXHIBIT (11)

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told me of the fifteen minute time limitation. At the meeting wc were told that anyone that was going to be out of town should net have a siren and, at it stands, everyonE Who has a siren works out of town. My initial understanding was that, within reason, it did not make any difference who I assigned them to. Most of us are within fifteen minutes travel time of the station while workir.g. As it stands now, it would take fifteen minutes for most of us to get to the station during the work day and another fifteen minutes to make the notification along the assigned routes. The earli(t thatwekouldhaveperformedthenotificationsNPPD was asking us to do was Mar 12, 1982, the day the last unit was installed. To date, my department has not had any emergency training sessions given by NPPD; however, one of the volunteer fire chiefs did bring that issue up to one of the NPPD representatives last night. The only information exchange that I have had with NPPD up until last night, was conversation with their representatives over the telephone, namely, Individual D-6. Just about everytime I talked to Individual D-6 he asked me if the units were in and I told him they were not.

I have read over this two page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make any corrections and/or changes and this statement is the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNED: Individual VF-2 DATE/ TIME: 3-17 3:05 WITNESS: Richard A. Matakas, 3/17/82 WITNESS: Charles Hackney

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STATEl'Ef3 in Il31VIDUAL V'-S II; AUBURl;, i;EL. O!;t'. ARCH 17, 1982.

4 I, Incivioutl V-1, nereby makE the following voluntary stater ent 10 llr. L. /..

Matakas and Mr. , Charles Hackney who have identified themselves to me as employees of the huclear Regulatory Commission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made.

I havc been the Community (C) volunteer fire chief for about the past six years. I have about twenty volunteers on my department.

Sometitc last year / Individual D-6 of Nebraska Public Power District gave me fivc nobile siren units to be placed on either our fire equipment ur our voluntecrs personal vehicles. I accepted the units which were to be used by us to warn residents along four routes in the comunity in case there was an emergency situation at the Cooper Nuclear Station. Essentially were told that we were to drive the routes and warn the people in case of such an emergency. He gave us a map with the routes on it and I make a stack of copies for our use. We were never given any emergency plans on what to do in case of an emergency and we have not been told what we should tell the public if an emergency should occur. Individual D-6 did tell us that we would get instructions from the sheriff in Auburn, Neb.

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l me back in January if all of our mobile units were operational and I told him that all but one of the units had been installed and were ready to go. I had put three of thc units on our fire equipment last year and in January I put the last two units together where they could g utilized on any type of personal vehicle if the need should arise. One of these units can be plugged into a cigarette lighter and the seccnd can be hooked up to a standard 12 volt car battery. I have talked EXHIEIT (12)

i IlliV H :.'t! i . i to incividuti I-( cr. sevet: cr cicht occasions in thc par.t yett and somc tir.4

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last rionth I t01c hir thEt all of our units V:erc operationti anc read) te 9c.

-I have read over this one page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakes and tir. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make any corrections /

changes and this statement is the truth to the best of my recollection and belief.

SIGNED: Individual 3 DATE/ TIME: 3-17-82 7:21 P.M.

WITNESS: Richard A. Matakas L'ITNESS: Charles Hackney I

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ST/.TEt:E*C E': I!EIVIDil/1 VF-4 AT C0!'1'.J!.IT) (D),0!,IMCi 17, i! :

1, Individui.1 VT-4, hereby r.cke the follovinc voluntary stitrmtnt to l',1. E. /.

Katakas and Mr. Charles Hackney who have identified themselves tc mc zu, employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made.

I' have been the Community (D) volunteer fire chief since January 1982, and before that time I was the assistant voluntary fire chief for approximately one year. My departant has twenty volunteers.

Sometime around October 1981, Individual D-6, representing Nebraska Public Power District, came to our department and gave us five mobile sirens that were packed in boxes. He said that he was giving them to us to use in case of a Cooper Nuclear Station emergency. He said that at a later date that he would be giving us a map with some routes on it that we were suppose to travel and notify the people along the routes of an emergency at the Cooper Station. We did not get the map until about one and one half months ago. At this time he (Individual D-6) asked me if the sirens were ready to go and I told him only three were ready and I was trying to get someone to take the other two. I do not reca'.1 the exact date but I know it was not until after our volunteer fire department meeting on the last Monday in January,which was January 25. The map had five routes on it. k'e installed three of the mobile siren units shortly after receiving them. Two of the units remained in the boxes until the latter part of last week when someone from NPPD came and got the units, put them together where they could be operated off of a car battery and returned them to us. As of February 1,1982 we only had three of the units ready for use as the remaining two were still in the boxes until the last part of last week. Last EXHIEIT (13)

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right all the veluntery fire chiefs met with represer.t6tives of NPF0 and they informed us of what they would like us to do. Up until the meeting,it was my understanding that in case of an emergency at Cooper Station,we were to travel along the route: they gave us but I did not really know if we were suppose to alert the people,tell them to evacuate or exactly what instructions to give them over thc louG speakers. I was never informed of any type of time limit that we had to tale. the notifications and right now if we were to have to make the notifications, I would estimate that it would take forty to forty five minutes to do so after initial notification fro.t the time Cooper Station notified try department. My department has never received any type of training regarding what actions we should take upon being notified of a Cooper Station emergency and to try knowledge there has never been any type of written agreement between my department and NPPD regarding either ours or their responsibilities in case of such an emergency. Last night at the meeting we had with NPPD, I told both the

! Cooper Station manager and Individual D-6 that this means of alerting the public l

was not a practical way to go because volunteer people are hard to get. I told them that running the routes and alerting the people as they want us to do would be done on a voluntary basis only on n1y department and it would depend on such things as weather conditions and road conditions. As far as I am concerned, nly department will do what it can do but we will not take the responsibility for notification of the public. Also,as a result of the meeting last night, it is anticipated that NPPD will mount the mobile siren equipment on our fire equipment.

In the past we have had problems mounting the equipment on certain types of vehicles because of the mounting brackets that were provided.

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I hrst read over this tvec pa9c stctetent and discussed its cor, tents neith bcth Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportur.ity tc make any changes and/or corrections and this statement is the truth to the best of my recollection and belief.

SIGNED: Individual VF-4 DATE/ TIME: 3/17/82, 4:40 P.M.

WITilESS: Richard A. Matakas WITNESS: Charles Hackney 1

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ST/.TEFEi;T E': INDIVItt'll VF-5 AT ROCK P0F.T, MO. Oli MAF.CH 17-E, 42.

I, IndividuEl YT-5, hereby make the following voluntary statement tc Mr. Richard Matakas and Mr. Charles Hackney who have identified themselves to me as employees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made.

I at currently a volunteer with the Community (E) Fire Department.

Sort t irrt last year, towards the middle of the year, a Individual D-6 of the Nebrcska Public Power District, gave me five mobile siren units for the Comunity (E) Fire Department. About the only thing he told us to do with the sirens was to get them mounted on vehicles and we were to warn the people in our district about any emergency situation that we were told about;which took place at the Cooper Nuclear Station. At that time we were not given any route maps and we took if upon ourselves to divide the area up around Community (E) and assign fire volunteers to drive the routes and warn the people. Up until about three weeks ago, we had never received any instructions at all from NPPD regarding

! exactly what we should do in case of an emergency situation at the Cooper Station.

It was approximately February 15 or 16,1982, that Individual D-6 came by and provided me with the exact routes that NPPD wanted us to follow in case of such an emergency. There was a total of five routes and after examining them, some

, of them did not make too much sense because there was no one living along some l

portions of the routes. I feel that NPPD should have consulted with us prior to making the routes because we could have provided them with valuable information regarding habitability and new roads in the area that would shorten the routes. As it stands now, some of the units are mounted on vehicles of which I could not guarantee EXHIEIT (14)

INDIVIDUAL VF-E -E-incir avtilabilit; ir, case of an emergency at the site because the individucir rty be auty on tusiness. It would make more sense if the siren units wert mounted on equipment that is kept perminently at the station for emergency use by any one of the Community (E) fire volunteers. In my opinion, NPPD is asking a lot from our firemen in the way of free time and out of the pocket expenses such as gas during drills and time off from work during drills. The only training that our department has ever received from NPPD, thEt I know of, is when Individual D-6 came out and showed us how to operate the statiencry siren unit after it was placed in our community. To my knowledge there is no written agreement of any kind regarding our responsibilities or NPPD's responsibilities in case of an emergency at the Cooper Nuclear Station.

I have read over this two page statement and have discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make corrections and/or changes and this statement is the truth to the best of my recollection and belief.

SIGNED: Individual VF-5 DATE/ TIME: 3-18-82 WITNESS: Richard A. Matakas 3-18-82 WITNESS: Charles Hackney

SitT PT EY IN'.TlIDUIL VF-C I.T COS?'U::ITV (F ) K t'; r.Cf: 16. 1 Hl.

1. Individuti YF-6, hereby rde the follotina voluntcry statesnt te n . R. i.

Matal.a: anc Fr. Charles Hackney who have identified themselvcs to r.c is employees of the. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Comission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been cade. I am currently the voluntary fire chief for Community (F).

It was at least six months ago that a representative of Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) came to me and gave me two mobile sirens to be used to warn thc comunity in case there was an emergency at the Cooper Nuclear Station.

I believe the name of the representative was Individual D-6. Individual D-6 asked me if we would operate two emergency vehicles that would be mounted with the sirens, and he further told me that NPPD would provide my department with one of the vehicles. He said that he would be sending someone out to install the siren units but it was not until sometime after the Cooper Station emergency exercise which took place this month, that NFFD actually sent someone to put together the units. The units are still not mounted en vehicles but it is rqy understanding that are ready to be mounted; however,to date, I do not know if the mounting brackets will fit my personal vehicle or exactly what type

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of vehicle they will fit. About one or two months ago, Individual D-6 provided l

me with one map that had two routes on it that we were suppose to run in case of an emergency at the plant. We were suppose to warn the people along these l routes that there was an emergency situation at the Cooper plant. Individual

! D-6 verbally told me to basically tell the people that there was an emergency situation at the plant, tell them what we were doing t,ut he never gave me any instructions in writing. We do not have an emergency plan and as far as I know, we do not have any written procedures of actions to take if the emergency warning i

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is sounded. Ncht ncs., I ce not know if I could tais a fifteen rinute nctifica-tior, alonc; the tiro routes that Individual D-6 provided to mc. It would depend on the mounting brackets for the sirens. If they fit vehicles that we had available, we could make the notifications. Even if both units were mounted at this time on both mine and volunteer fireman Allen Hall's personal vehicles, it would be doubtful if we could make the required notification because about twenty five percent of the time either Allen or I are away from the area. As it stands now, 0

we plan $using both of our vehicles to make the notifications. If NFPD would provide us with a vehicle that we could maintain perminantly at the fire station, as they originally stated they would, and with the two units that we do have, we could probably meet the time requirement. To my knowledge there is no letter agretwent that we fulfill this requirement.

I have read over this two page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make any changes and/or corrections and this statement is the truth to the best of my recollection and belief.

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Matakas, NRC Investigator, and Mr. Charles Hackney, NRC Inspector, both of whom have identified themselves to me. I make this statement with no threats having been made or promises having been extended to me.

I am currently the Assistant Graaral Manager of the Nebraska Public Power District located at 1414 15th S *eet, Columbus, NE.

During 1980 and 1981, I attended several meetings regarding the formulation of a plan for an early warning system for the Cooper Nuclear Station. There were a number of meetings regarding this plan that I did not attend. NPPD l personnel who provided information during these meetings included Individual D-6, Individual D-3, Individual D-2, Individual D-4, Individual D-5, Mr.

Kamber and myself. I'm sure there were other division meetings held in the formulation of an early warning system and I would not have attended these meetings. During the meetings tha. I attended plans were discussed. At some point in these meetings, an early warning system consisting of nine fixed l

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Continuation of Sworn Statement by Individual D-1 sirens, thirty-two mobile siren units operated by local volunteer fire departments and six police cruisers was presented to me. The original discussions on the plan concerned mainly the aspects of hardware that would be needed to implement the plan. During these meetings we did not discuss details of what procedures or training would be involved relating to the volunteer firemen carrying out the plan. Some very general discussion was held identifying that the volunteers would have to do something. I presented the plan to the NPPD Board members and they accepted the plan. Individual D-6 was assigned the job of leading the project. During the meetings preceding the acceptance

of the plan and during the meetings subsequent to.the acceptance of the plan, I believe that some minutes were kept during some of the meetings and some progress reports were presented during some of the meetings. NPPD does have a report tracking system; howetir, I do not know if either such minutes or progress reports were entered into the t. racking system. Mr. Matakas has asked me what management controls existed over the project. For the most part the j management controls over the project were handled orally and informally as to the progress and implementation of the plan. The project leader, Individual D-6, to my knowledge was not required to submit a procedural plan regarding implementation of the system.

As far as the February 8,1982 letter from Individual D-2 to the NRC goes, I had no knowledge of this letter until I received my copy in distribution. As far as I was concerned, conversations that I had with my subordinates led me to believe that the system had been installed and was operational. I had not had any conversation with anyone else that would have indicated to me otherwise.

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SIGNED: /s/ Individual D-1 DATE/ TIME: March 19, 1982 11:15 AM CST Subscribed and sworn tto before me at 11:15 AM, this 19th day of Marchn,1582, at Columbus, NE

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Sworn Satement by Individual D-2 at Columbus, NE on March 18, 1982 I, Individual D-2, hereby make the following voluntary statement to Mr. R. A.

Matakas, NRC Region I Investigator, and Mr. Charles Hackney, NRC Region IV Inspector. I make this statement with no threats having been made or promises having been extended to me.

l I am currently the NPPD Division Manager of Licensing and Quality Assurance.

During the last part of 1980 and the first part of 1981, I personally attended several meetings the subject of which was the early warning system at the Cooper Nuclear Station. People who attended these meetings included l Individual D-6 (Engineering), Individual D-3 (Engineering), Individual D-4 (Licensing), Individual D-5 (Licensing)," Mr. Kamber (Senior Division Manager),

Individual D-1 (Assistant General Manager) and myself. I did not attend every meeting. The requirement covering the Early Warning System is covered in 10 CFR 50, Appendix E. As the official corporation representative for all matters involving the NRC, it was my job to answer all correspondence with the NRC.

There was no minutes kept of the meetings and I did not take any notes.

During the meetings we basically decided that we would provide an Early Warning System at the Cooper Nuclear Station that consisted of nine fixed sirens and l

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,* ,y' e Continuation of Sworn Statement by Individual D-2 2 thirty-two mobile sirens that would be operated by community based volunteer fire departments around the Cooper Station. I believe it was Individual D-3 who assigned the job of volunteer fire department liaison to Individual D-6.

Sometime in the January 1982 time frame, I learned from Individual D-5 that either he or Individual D-4 had informed Mr. Charles Hackney of the NRC, Region IV, that the Cooper Station Early Warning System was installed and operational. He told me that we had to respond to Region IV, in writing, to that effect. I respond to all NRC inquiries so it was up to me to make the reply. Individual D-5 volunteered to draft the letter and he subsequently brought it to me for signature. The letter was dated February 8, 1982 and the QA tracking number is LQA8200081. The letter states that the Cooper Nuclear Station has been installed and is operational. My understanding of installed ,

and operational was that the nine fixed units were installed and operational, t.he. thirty-two mobile. units were either installed on vehicles or put together for immediate installation and use and were operational, and that the appropriate *

, local authorities had been instructed as to their use in case of Cooper Station i

Emergency. By instructed, I mean the routes had been defined, they knew how to make the appropriate siren and verbal notifications, they knew the speed restrictions on use of the equipment, and they knew the time limitations on making the notifications and the purpose behind, or type, of notification such as telling the people to turn on the appropriate radio station. Based on Individual D-6's background and the fact that he was aware of the above requirements, I assumed that he was providing this information to, at least, l

l the local fire chiefs and that he had verified that the mobile and fixed units were in fact installed and operational. In the February 8 letter mentioned l

Continuation of Sworn Statement by Individual D-2 3 above, I did not notice that the reference was to an earlier description of the EWS. This system was subsequently modified, the NRC was notified of the modification by letter dated June 30, 1981 (QA #LQA8100215) and actually the June 30 letter should have been referenced. This was just an oversight on my part. I asked him, Individual D-5, if in fact the language in the letter was correct and he told me that he had checked with someone in Engineering (don't recall who) and they had assured him that was in fact correct. After he told me this I signed the letter and sent it out. To my knowledge, only Individual D-5 and myself saw the letter. There were no discussions or meetings that I know of, except as mentioned above, regarding the letter. A copy of the distribution of the letter is attached hereto. I would like to say that I realize now that the mobile units were not all operational at the time I drafted the letter but when I signed the letter stating they were, I was convinced in my own mind that they were based on the information that I had received / assumed as stated above. It was not until the time period surrounding the Cooper Station emergency drill on March 10, 1982 that I became aware that some of the mobile units were not operational.

I have read over this three page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney as Mr. Matakas typed it for me. I have

i Continuation of Sworn Statement by Individual D-2 4 acknowledged its contents with my inttists corrected errors and it is the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief;-

SIGNED: /s/ Individual D-2 DATE/ TIME: 3/18/82 1706 Hours SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME AT 5:06 PM THIS 18th DAY OF MARCH, 1982, AT COLUMBUS, NE

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Sworn Statement by Individual D-3 at Columbus, NE on March 19, 1982 I, Individual D-3, hereby make the following voluntary statement to Mr. R. A.

Matakas and Mr. Charles Hackney who have identified themselves to me as Investigator / Inspector with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made.

I am currently the Engineering Manager, Power Projects Group, for NPPD. Ky supervisor is Mr. Larry Kuncl.

In 1980-1981 I attended NPPD meetings relating to the formulation of early warning system plan for Cooper Nuclear Station. There was no formal chairman for any of the meetings. Those people who attended the meetings were Individual D-6, Individual D-2, Individual D-4, Individual D-1, Individual D-5, Mr. Kamber and myself. Sometime between January and June 1981' it was decided on that we would present a plan to the Board of Directors which consisted of nine fixed sirens, thirty-two mobile sirens mounted on vehicles belonging to local volunteer fire departments and six police cruisers. ' After the plan was accepted, there was no discussion in any of the meetings that I attended regarding the actual implementation of the mobile units relating to training, procedural instructions to the volunteer firb departments, etc.;

however, there was some discussion that these items had to be considered.' I was assigned the responsibility of Project Manager but I was not assigned or delegated the authority over the other divisions that were participating in the project. Because of this, one of the problems that I had after assigning EKHIBIT (18)

Continuation of Sworn Statment of Individual D-3 2 Individual D-6 the job of lead engineer over the project, was that Individual D-6 was getting instructions from the different divisions (such as Licensing, Operations and Public Relations) which I was not aware of. The actual implementation of the project was more or less left up to Individual D-6. On occasion Individual D-6 asked for help but I was not able to give it to him.

I had six other engineers working for me and they were all assigned other projects. I did not ask upper management for assistance because in the past when I have requested such assistance, I had not received any. I have provided Mr. Matakas documentation to this effect. Individual D-6'did not provide me with any status reports regarding the project; however, he did tell me verbally what he was doing. In his verbal reports he led me to believe that he was satisfactorily accomplishing the task of getting the mobile siren units installed and operational. From July through September 1981 I was in the hospital and did'not receive any information from Individual D-6. In retrospect, I feel that this project was beyond Individual D-6's ability but I did not have anyone else to assign and Individual D-6 did have experience in the area of civil defense.

Regarding the February 8,1982 letter from Individual D-2 to the NRC wherein he states the Cooper Early Warning System has d n installed and is operational, I was aware that this letter was being sent. One or two days prior to February 8 I was informed that Individual D-2 had to respond to the NRC and I had conversation with Individual D-6 about it. He told me that he had made some checks and that the sirens "would be installed," indicating that they would be installed very shortly. As far as the information he gave to

Continuation of Sworn Statement of Individual D-3 3 Individual D-2's Licensing Division, I was not present and do not know what he actually told them. I received a copy of the February 8 letter on a later date but did not talk to Individual D-6 about it.

The briefing that Individual D-4 gave to the NRC on March 9,1982 was based on a draft that was prepared by Individual D-6. The draft was essentially identical to the handout Individual D-4 gave to the NRC which in effect stated that the system had been installed and was operational. I attended a meeting with both Individual D-4 and Individual D-6 prior to the briefing and Individual D-6 did state that the system was installed and was operational.

I have read over this two page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make c,orrections/ changes and this statement 1s the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNED: Individual D-3 DATE/ TIME: 3/19/82 1314 hrs.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME AT 1:14 PM, THIS 19th DAY OF MARCH, 1982 AT COLUMBUS, NE

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Matakas, NRC Investigator, and Mr. Charles Hackney, NRC Inspector. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made. I am currently the Lict nsing Manager for NPPD and my supervisor is Individual D-2. I have been employed at NPPD for approximately four years.

During the latter part of 1980 and first half of 1981 I attended NPPD manage-ment meetings regarding the installation of an early warning system at the Cooper Nuclear Station. Sometime between January and June 1981 we decided on the current system which consists of nine fixed sirens, thirty-two mobile sirens (which wuuld be operated by volunteer fire departments in the communities surrounding Cooper Station) and six police cruisers operated by local Sheriff's departments. To my knowledge no official minutes were kept of these meetings.

The Early Warning System was a NRC/NPPD action item and I physically maintain the action item tracking system. I have attached to this statement a copy of the only documentation in the tracking system that we have regarding the Cooper Nuclear Station early warning system. At this time I felt that the commitment was complete when the nine fixed sirens were in place and the

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Cooper Nuclear Station early warning system as an action item and drafted the M 4484 June 30, 1980 letter (LQA8100215). Attached to this s.t.etement ts the NPPD Cooper Nuclear Station NUREG 0737 implementation reports required as of July 1, 1981. I was not aware of any written procedures (as of March 9, 1982) that had been generated by NPPD regarding operational procedures of the thirty-two mobile units in case of an emergency at the Cooper Nuclear Station. At the time of the June 30, 1981 letter I opined that by the end of July 1981, all of the mobile siren units would be either installed on volunteer firemen vehicles or put together and ready to be installed in case of an emergency at the Cooper Nuclear Station. I formed this opinion based on conversations with l

Individual D-3 and Individual D-6. To my knowledge no one from either QA or i

Licensing ever physically checked on the progress of Individual D-6's work as l the Lead Engineer over the project. As far as the letter to the NRC (dated February 8, 1982) stating that the Coopsr Nuclear Station early warning was installed and operational, I had no input as to the content of the letter and did not see it until I got my copy of the letter. When I read this letter I felt that the system was in fact insta11eci and would meety the commitment set forth in 10 CFR 50, Appendix E. On March 9,1982 I gave a briefing to the NRC relating to the Cooper Nuclear Station early warning system. In the I

briefing I stated that the CNS EWS had been installed, was operational and the volunteer fire departments operating the mobile system knew how to react in case of a site emergency, given the proper instruction. The handout that I gave to the NRC (dated March 5, 1982) was basically a smooth copy that I made from a draft that was provided to me by Individual D- and which had been drafted by Individual D-6. Also, on the Friday before the briefing I received

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Continuation of Sworn Statement of Individual D-4 3 information verbally from Individual D-3 that the mobile siren system had been completed. The conversations I had with Individual D-3 left me with the opinion that the information he was giving to me had been given to him by Individual D-6. I did not realize until two days after the briefing that the information I had provided to the NRC regarding the mobile siren system was not true. At this time I learned from the NRC that several of the mobile siren units were either still in the boxes or questionable as to their use.

At the time (March 9, 1982), I felt that the information that I was providing to tne NRC was true and accurate.

I have read over this two page statement and discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make corrections / changes and this statement is the truth to the best of my recollection and belief.

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The following information concerning the early warning system of the Cooper Nuclear Station pertains to nine (9) fixed sirens, thirty-two (32) volunteer firemen using mobile sirens, :d six sheriffs' cruisers.

3. Siren Status A. The nine (9) fixed sirens have been installed. Of the nine (9) two (2) have electric power at this time. One siren, at Longhorn, Missouri, must be moved due to an error in location and one siren at Peru, Nebraska, is on hold of further construction until July 1,1981.

At that time the mayor and city council will decide if that siren must be moved. If there are no further del ays , the Longhorn siren relocations, possible relocation of the J . ru siren, and power hook up will be completed by July 10, 1981.

h. A11 of the mobile siren equipment has been received at the Cooper St.n ;. . wrehouse as of this date. This equipment will be distributed

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feen d_ layed. Due to a computer misprint at the factory only one (2) encoder was shipped with the sirens. Six (6) more encoders are due to arrive by July 3,1982. -

2. Siren Control A. 2rimary control of the fixed sirens is at the Sheriff's Dispatch Office in Rock Port, Missouri, and Auburn, Nebraska. This primary control is for incidents connected to the nuclear plant.

B. Control of mobile siren equipment will rest with the volunteer file departments in Rock Port and Watson, Missouri; Peru, Brownville, Nemaha, and Shubert, Nebraska. This equipment will be operated by volunteer firemen.

C. Six (6) of 1.be fixed sirens are designed with a third fire signal to be used by the local government for local emergencies. These towns will also have' encoders to control their. siren. Local emergencies include fire and tornados.

3. Interim Period During the installation period of the fixed sirens and until all mobile equipment is distributed, the local Sheriff's Departments' ::id Fire Departments have agreed to use existing mobile equipment to w::rn in the event of an intident at the nuclear plant. Present plans also include using the existing phone systems.

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Matakas, NRC Investigator, and Mr. Charles Hackney, NRC Inspector. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made. I am currently employed as a Licensing Engineer with NPPD and my supervisor is Individual D-4. I have been employed by NPPD for about eighteen months.

I did not attend any of the NPPD meetings regarding either the formation or implementation of the Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) Early Warning System (EWS).

Basically, I became aware of the CNS EWS through reading correspondence between the NRC and NPPD regarding the system. And in August of 1981, I went to the Nemaha County Sheriff's office to observe a test of the fixed siren system.

Around the July-August 1981 time frame I recall talking to Individual D-6 about the CNS EWS but I do not specifically recall the exact conversations.

I believe it was sometime around February 1, 1982, that I was involved in a telephone conversation between myself, Individual D-4 and Mr. Charles Hackney of the NRC. I believe Individual D-4 and I took the call over the speaker phone in Individual D-4's office. Essentially, Mr. Hackney was asking us about the status of the CNS EWS and further inquired as to whether the volunteer EXHIBIT (20)

Continuation of Sworn Statement of Individual D-5 2 I fire department personnel operating the mobile siren units knew their responsibilities. Pretty much what we told Mr. Hackney was that the fixed l

and mobile siren units were installed and operational and had been turned over to the local governments. We further discussed how one fixed unit did not work during an August 1981 test bat we told him that the deficiency had since been corrected and retested. Mr. Hackney asked us to make our response in l

writing and I believe that same day I had conversation with Individual D-6 about the CNS EWS. I'm fairly sure that I told him the reason I was asking him about the systein was because of an inquiry from the NRC. During this

! conversation Individual D-6 indicated to me that the fixed sirens were in place and the mobile siren units were either mounted on volunteer fire department vehicles or they were put together ready for immediate use on ,

I specifically recall asking Individual D-6 if the volunteer fire vehicif department personnel knew what their responsibilities were in case of a CNS emergency and he told me that they did. The information that Individual D-6 provided to me as stated abova, confirmed what we had already told Mr. Hackney to be true. .I don't recall the exact circumstance, but Individual D-2 was i informed of our commitment to the NRC to respond in writing what we had told Mr. Hackney and it was decided that I would draft the letter. Based on the aforementioned conversation between myself, Individual D-4 and Mr. Hackney and the conversation that I had with Individual D-6 I wrote the February 8, 1982 (LQA8200081) letter to the NRC for Individual D-2's signature, stating in effect that the CNS EWS was in.;411ed and was operational. I inadvertently referenced a January 2,1981 letter from Individual D-2 to Mr. H. Denton describing the system when I had intended to reference a June 30, 1981 letter

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I have read over this two page statement and discussed its contents with Mr.

Matakas and Mr. Hackney. I have had the opportunity to make corrections / changes I

and this statement is the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Matakas who has identified himself to me as an Investigator with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I make this statement with no threats or promises having been made.

I am currently an engineering technician in the NPPD Nuclear Engineering Department. I have been employed by NPPD for' twenty-two years. I am also the Civil Defense Director for Platte County, NE.

l During the last part of 1980/first part of 1981 I attended meetings regarding development of an early warning system for the Cooper Nuclear Station. Primarily these meetings were attended by Individ0a1 D-3, Individual D-4, Individual D-5, Mr. Kamber, Individual D-2, Individual D-1 and myself. I did not attend all of the meetings. The early warning system had to be developed in compliance with 10 CFR 50, Appendix E. However, I had not read the complete appendix until just now when Mr. Matakas showed it to me. My boss, Individual D-3, i

assigned me to be, in effect, the Project Engineer for the Cooper Nuclear Station Early Warning System. At first we were going to use a complete stationary alert system, then we switched to a partial stationary and partial mob,ile (skid mounted) alert system and finally sometime between January and June 1981 we decided on the present system which consists of nine stationary units and thirty-two vehicle mounted mobile units. I spent a great deal of l

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communities were those of Watson, Missouri, Rock Port, Missouri, Peru, Nebraska, Brownville, Nebraska, Nemaha, Nebraska and Shubert, Nebraska. About fifty percent of my contacts with the fire chiefs was by telephone. On occasion I would ask the chiefs if they had all of their units installed. I cannot say that at any time was I absolutely sure that any of the communities had their l

mobile units all installed. When I was out in the field I had observed quite a few of the mobile units installed and during various conversations with the fire personnel in these communities, I had been informed that they were trying to get them all installed. At no time had tayone fiom any of the communities told me that they either had all the units installed or that they had them all ready to be installed. I don't recall the exect circumstances, but shortly before February 8, 1982, Individual D-5 came to me and asked me to give him a report on the status of the siren system. It was late in the day when he O

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...; and he told me that he had three units operational, two units were not operatonal but he was trying

.] M~ D/ rs.b e l V f to get someone tp take the remaining two units. I called from COWNVH17Y(6) and I believe that he told me that he only had one unit installed but that he was working on the other units. I could not get of anyone from I guess it was just wishful thinking that they had theirs done based on the fact that sometime previous to this I had Cobrm (fI 1 asked one of the firemen from another department to give hand on installing their units. I belieye the person that I asked to do this was THD///Ja*L ri-C donemukl7y(E.)

from but I am not sure. Based on this information, I told Individual D-5 that all the mobile and stationary sirens for the Cooper Station Early Warning System were installed and operational. I knew I was not giving Individual D-5 accurate information and I guess I told him what I did was because I was under a lot of pressure and I wanted'to meet their deadline.

I guess in nty own mind I felt that in the next couple of days all of the units would be installed and operational. I really don't know if I turned the information in to Individual D-5 verbally, or in writing. I definitely did not tell either Individual D-2, Mr. Hill, Individual D-1, Individual D-4 or

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1 him the latter, I did not discuss with him how I came about my conclusion.

I have read over this three page statement and have discussed its contents with both Mr. Matakas and Mr. Hackney as Mr. Matakas typed it for me. I have acknowledged its contents with my initials, corrected errors and it is the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief.

SIGNED: /s/ Individual D-6

t. DATE/ TIME: 3/18/82 S:07 p.m.

. " SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME AT 8:07 p.m., THIS 18th DAY OF MARCH, 1982,

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1NDIVIDUAL D-1 IS MR. CECIL R. JONES, NPPD ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER.

INDIVIDUAL D-2 IS MR. JAY M. PILANT, NPPD' DIVISION MANAGER OF LICENSING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.

INDIVIDUAL D-3 IS MR. RICHARD D. BOYLE, NPPD ENGINEERING MANAGER.

INDIVIDUAL D-4 IS MR. JEFFREY D. WEAVER, NPPD LICENSING MANAGER.

INDIVIDUAL D-5 IS MR. XIM C. WALDEN, NPPD LICENSINb ENGINEER.

INDIVIDUAL D-6 IS MR. MYRL5 E. HADCOCK, NPPD ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN.

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