ML19343D389

Motion to Strike I Bross 810331 Affidavit.Affidavit Does Not Respond to Ld Hamilton Supplemental Affidavits But Constitutes Personal Attack of Affiant.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence

ML19343D389
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Site:	Allens Creek File:Houston Lighting and Power Company icon.png
Issue date:	04/27/1981
From:	Copeland J, Newman J BAKER & BOTTS, LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, REIS, AXELRAD & TOLL, TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC CO. (TU ELECTRIC)
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8105040397
Download: ML19343D389 (6)

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APPLICANT'S MOTION TO STRIKE AFFIDAVIT )I e,$'fy0,2 7Y,kh OF IRWIN BROSS ,,

1> D On March 9 and March 13, 1981, Applicant and Staff  %(9 4 6 \ -

in response to a Board recuest for additional information (Tr. 5775), respectively filed supplemental affidavits of Leonard D. Hamilton and Reginald Gotchy in support of the Staff's Motion for Su~. mary Dispositicn of Consolidated Contention (Cumings 9, Griffith 1, Johnson 1, Lemmer 5) on the health effects of low-level ionizing radiation.

By Board Order dated March 26, 1981, intervenors (represented by Mr. Doggett) were directed to inform the Board by April 6, whether Dr. Bross intended to file a response to the Hamilton and Gotchy affidavits, and if he did that such response must be filed by April 20, 1981. Intervenors filed their

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response to the Hamilton affidavit on March 31, 1981.-

The material in the March 31 Bross affidavit does not provide facts responding to the information provided by

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Dr. Hamilton. Instead, Dr. Bross has submitted a scurrilous personal attack on the Applicant's affiant. The Bross affidavit is replete with false assertions regarding Dr. Hamilton's qualifications,-*/ and unprofessional characterizations of Dr. Hamilton's work, which is never

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substantively refuted.-- Such false and scandalous rhetoric is unprofessional; it does not substitute for real evidence, and it should be stricken by the Board. Ginsburg v. Stern, 295 F.2d 699 3d Cir. (1961); Dyer v. Securities & Exchange Commission, 291 F.2d 774, 781-82 (8th Cir.1961) ; Tashman v.

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Community Improvement Corp., 243 F.2d 96 (3d Cir. 1957).

The Bross affidavit should also be stricken because it does not comply with the Board's offer to intervenors to file a response to Dr. Hamilton's supplemental affidavit.

The Bross affidavit does not respond to any of the substantive arguments raised by Dr. Hamilton.

• / Dr. Bross states that Dr. Hamilton "has never published a single original and competent paper in biostatistics, epidemiology, or public health." That false assertion is, of course, flatly contradicted in Dr. Hamilton's statement of qualifications.

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Bross labels Dr. Hamilton's analysis as " mickey-mouse arithmetic" and " technical sounding double-talk," but never provides any substantive response to that analysis.

• • • / As the cases infer, the obligation to ensure that scurrilous material is not brought before the court fests with counsel. Counsel for intervenors here should have exercised some discretion in deciding whether this material was appropriate for filing.

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x Dr. Hamilton made three central points in his affidavit:

(1) Dr. Hamilton explained why he and the BEIR Committee con-cluded that the Studies cited by Bross do not support his theories, and he referenced his analysis of the work of Bross and others in his original affidavit filed in support of the Staff's motion for summary disposition. (2) Dr. Hamilton explained that the dose response curves for the three major hypotheses drawn by Dr. Bross in his "1981 Assessment" do not conform to reality and demonstrate fundamental miscon-ceptions of these hypotheses. (3) Dr. Hamilton showed that Dr. Bross misrepresented data from cne of his own earlier reports (Tri-State data) and in so doing overstated the risks of obtaining leukemia.

None of these points is refuted by facts or analysis in Dr. Bross' " response". Instead, he relies upon ad-hominem attack. Moreover, his vague references to " tapes and

documents" of a March 17, 1981, meeting, and to his book,

! are wholly insufficient as evidence in support of his or intervenor's position.

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Applicant t'.ves to strike Dr. Bross' affidavit because it is scurrilous, and because it is not responsive to the Board's request for additional information.

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• Respectfully submitted, OF COUNSEL:

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'i LOWENSTEIN, NEWMAN, PIIS &

[Wobert Jab'k H.R. Culp Newman' AXELRAD David B. Raskin 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W. 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Washington, D.C. 20036 BAKER & BOTTS J. Gregory Copeland 3000 One Shell Plaza C. Thomas Biddle, Jr.

Houston, Texas 77002 3000 One Shell Plaza Houston, Texas 77002

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l UNITED STATES OF AMERICA l NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENFING BOARD In the Matter of )

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(Allens Creek Nuclear Generating )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of Applicant's Motion to Strike Affidavit of Irwin Bross has been served on the following individuals and entities by deposit in the United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, or by hand delivery as indicated by an asterisk, on this 27th day of April, 1981.

• Sheldon J. Wolfe, Esq. , Chairman Susan Plettman, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensin9 David Preister, Esq.

Board Panel Texas Attorney General's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P. O. Eox 12548 Washington, DC 20555 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 Dr. E. Leonard Cheatum Route 3, Box 350A Watkinsville, Georgia 30677 Hon. Charles J. Dusek Mayor, City of Wallis

• Mr. Gustave A. Linenberger P. O. Box 312 Atomic Safety and Licensing Wallis, Texas 77485 Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hon. Leroy H. Grebe Washington, DC 20555 County Judge, Austin County P. O. Box 99

• Chase R. Stephens Bellville, Texas 77418 Docketing and Service Section Office of the Secretary of Atomic Safety and Licensing l the Commission Board Panel i U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Reculatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Washington, DC 20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 I

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2-James M. Scott, Jr.

• Richard Black, Esq. 13935 Ivy Mount U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Sugar Land, Texas 77478 Co:=ission Washington, DC 20555 William Schuessler 5810 Darnell John F. Doher' Houston, Texas 77074 4327 Alconbury street Houston, Texas 77021 Stephen A. Doggett, Esq.

P. O. Box 592 Rosenberg, Texas 77471 Att: Clarence Johnson Bryan L. Baker Executive Director 1923 Hawthorne Box 237 U.S. Houston, Texas 77098 University of Houston Houston, Texas 7704 J. Morgan Bishop Margaret Bishop Carro Hinderstein 11418 Oak Spring 609 Fannin Street Houston, Texas 77043 Suite 521 Houston, Texas 77002 W. Matthew Perrenod 4070 Merrick D. Marrack Houston, Texas 77024 420 Mulberry Lane Bellaire, Texas 77401 Brenda McCorkle 6140 Darnell Houston, Texas 77074 F. H. Potthoff, III 1814 Pine Village Houston, Texas 77080 Wayne E. Rentfro P. O. Box 1335 Rosenberg, Texas 77471 AuL la n

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