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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s In the matter of ) A;plicat:fcn No. IR = 120 3

62GrTSE ET.ZC:RIC CERP. Ji 1 App 14--efm No. XIM - 0013 ..

(D@erts to the Philippines l D:cket No. 110 - 0495 W =~ * ~ " * ' - ~ -" d  ;

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== :ar. lear vi tery e---<m eter referred to as the g 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 -- -l :._ e 2:a a;propriate j

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

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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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t II. Idare4Ma*4m of Interest i

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

N wastir4heuss Electric corpcratica (hereinafter referred to as we ") ..

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

(PNPP-1) at Napet Peint, it:rmg, Bataan, Ph41dT4 "aa.

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

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S mmMrfain to tbs Philippines that are to be supplied by Westinghcuse. n. . . . ._

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1. 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

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 fcrm-f-fm rm ,

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

current G rsetaar legislaticn, ireinding the 9cncrable  !

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

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 enviramental tws of an expected r-e'aar facility.

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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

th.mx=-1c .and ~ .uysupp1.m,:t.deythe  ;

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

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

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 -d 4

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 tt

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

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'**==1 las that crie country cannot 1: pose a requirement up:n .. q a foruign natica cr up:n its citi= ens within tra *=r -4*-r421

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

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

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e export licWine ag211catiens II:nited to the cN.icIl cf t.h issues With ea  !

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

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

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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 -

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

--- = ' 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 .

. with ccepcrects and stuismant etained fra suppliers other than I the U.s. Las, teatever probles pened by the mPP-1 cn the -

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qvr Inmively within the regulatory authority and laws of the ]

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

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

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' 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. j

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! To inject core critaria thart tdiat is required by l Statutes would be ignoring the traditimal forms of d

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cutual adjuct=ent of interests which has diur . Mad l $

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farsign naticns. It would maan a detarieratian of the C5 ..

I k credential as a reliable suppliar of nuclear aq"4== + and [

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t catarials 5d11cft is cne M the goals istandai to be achieved by tNPA. i 3

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- 3. Mint issume arising frcIn the app"**= to export a relaar .e, .

r 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 <

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ex ine and zw1., relative to nuclear expert lic-se ar"~4m , a 1,

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. f i

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

-l l' 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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be seen that the P5414r4= Coverment m4== the fact _ _ ,

1. 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 ...

-l matters within the jurisdiction of the Ph111; pine coverment . . . .,p

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

and the c-4 == 4 m in particular aust respect an$ 7 =. 4 I

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.

- 4. Miat : -- I fcnnat snould the emenf ==4m adopt to examine arf 4 feraign health, safety and erw4m==+=1 issume falling within its pH 84-**m(, , , , .,,

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en rf _m==r+=1 issues adversely affect the cranen Man == and I L

security of the CS f v1

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the pr+=h4tity of which is far fetched with respect to , , . , , e Pb41*y4= applicaticn fer exp::rt license, it is rem ==4_ _

1 that the r_- Mi fcz=st that the C:nmirten should a$cpt , ,

j is a ncn-adversarf type of inquiry apprewd=*45 a legislative .,

r ccanittee hearing. "Ja parties /participartts will initially . _ _ _

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a -a - 1.gits.cy a th.1.- mterests med g f m e m a d by m - ==4- s m t ,a,e -

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i investige*xi sonst will be aliced to ask cuesticms to elicit _- . _ , . - _. : q details and infer =aticn fram the parties / participants detemined to . . . . _ _ . .

be eligible by the -==4~ to participate in the fix;uiry. $

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A party / participant shall have no right to mmd_ ._~.

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

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

W inc=. 21s wuld a1emi the emiurien czzplete centrcl 3 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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dmastic reactor linanming W#"e=7 Shculd the socpe of review be different, - - {

and if so, in what preci** way? l

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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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a af **= rent IGC health, safety cr er:vLm

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.]A ge14~**ma that for others? q=-47*-=1'y, are such cmsidaraticrJ ge14=hle

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' to nieke a ff:xiing cn the effects of the ex;x:xt of a riv-Tw 1 t  ;;

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 ..__.r. J 4

see any other sutstantial factual er legal ~=<d-tim = which w: : - .=.:

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

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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 . _ - . _. s l.

ad eo say the 1s.st, t. e -~~., and .:nia do  ;?

ti-violence to the equal pr +m<m provisicns of the US c:nsti- .

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y tuticn. It would go against the C5 statutcry assurance 3-arsF to . .

the ! EPA that the Q11ted States is a reliable and effective ._

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m uer e ,_ faeuu.e and fm. Such a e-t1a,  :. .... 4 uny lead other estim= to view the US as a P+3 and ' -

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issuance er Scn-issuance of the ex@ 11 cense a; plicatic,J fcrth. --1.m certer - aprecumd-~ - m f

any naticnal def m these c:xr:tries will ::nks as to which 4 supplier count:*/ they Will *i..:rn to for WAir riv-'w pcNer

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