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Response to NRC First Set of Interrogatories.Contains Info Re Witness Identification,Licensee Mgt & Administrative Capabilities & Util Degree of Compliance W/Nrc Rules. Affidavit & Certificate of Svc Encl
	ML19260E104
Person / Time
Site:	Three Mile Island
Issue date:	01/19/1980
From:	Sholly S; AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	; NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD)
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(Throc Mil c- Ialand, Uni.t 1) ) INT ERVE':0R STEVES C . SilOI.LY DESPn's . TO FIPST SEE nF NHC ST AFF f NTEPRrG ATn q T US Intervenor St even C. Shally herein respor da to NRC Sta f f I n t e rro6 a t o r ie:i wi th proli.mi nary arwei n L. sed upon informarion a vai.la bl e thi: date. Intervonor regrett delay in answering

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           ' ' h w ei dm i n part. to an illness o f soveral day s .                                         Very general answers to Questi ons 1-4 were conununicated t o Ms .

Marcia Mulkey on 11 January 1930 by tele 3 hone. QUESTION 71 Intervenor has not yet identifted any witnesses for speci fi c content i.ona at t h i. s date, although preli mi n .try contacts have l'oen rado with a few persons with regard to Contenti.on 98 (Ewrgrmcy Planni ng) . The ability of thi.s Intervonor t o present *ci t nes s ea on the many wirious c ont e nt i. o ns will to dependent largely on the availabi.lity of fundi.nt, to cover wi t ness - related cos t s . It is very posnible that lack o f such Eundi.ng wi.11 force this Intervenor into reliance on being ,ay own " expert" and on c r -:; -e:.< .:ni cat i cn in order to advance M' CaSO. AS econ ah a ',li.t n eS S LS identifi.ed 8002130 b@

. 2_ supplom m al responses to th!s it errogatory will te i.csued. QUESTI00 J2 I na s ane'h te. the discoery process is ! .o t . >L co,jl te, t h i. s rtua n t i on is regarded no o D je c t i ona ble . Test; m it not rec}UI.rld t o 11'; fi3ed 'Jith Staff uhtil }5 days P r i. o 'J tG the session at t; '. i. c h i. t is to to prosented (10 CcR 2.743 (b).

Wi.th rcforcrce to docu'. n u to ut i li.n:d i.n prepa rin_, the to,ti.aony, a: testimony .elll Le limi.ted to NRC and Li.censee docta:e :t s with, at this date, a few except i.ons . The only excepti.o > whi ch are identi.f i.able at this dato are: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLCGY OF THE GREiTER IIARRISPURG METROPOLITAN AREA , by Williata G. McGlade and Alan R. Geyer, Pennsylvania Eureau of Topographi.c and Geologi.c Survey, 1976. AFTER ACTION REPO!:T : THREE MILE ISLAND NUCLEAR INCIDE',T , Commonwr alth o f Penns ylvani a , Department of Mi.li tary A f fain , 7 June 1979. Documents prepared by the President'a C ommi. n s i on on the Accident at Three Mile Island, i.ricl ud ing Sta ff Reports and Analyses. As other documents are identified, suppl emental responsen to thi s i nt e rrogatory wi.11 be issued. QUESTION v3 No such documents core ut i.li.zad . QUEST !T:N ' 'i Steven C. Sholly is the only such indi.vic cal nt this dato.

3 QEST mN J14-1 Evali:ation of Licondto :ana r t:roct a r.d admi ni st r.1- vo ca pa b il i.t ies i. s ccth oujecti.ve (co:apari ng Li cennee org. :i mi.on, i rules, p ra ct i. c e n , procc dun m , etc. aca l. n 3 L v. o c. ~ and .tnuustry s tan hrcis) and u tbject i '.e (:aaking an asSev n. cut of the capati l it i.e o f the Li.consee i n t.orir. of protection of publ i.c hm.:lth and safocy whilo dec. ling with the unirlw t i.t uati on per > er.t ed <c a result of thJ Unit 2 acci.dtat). What i. , sic.osted m h m > i. o t' m t s ita d .v co:r. >1.ri.n o wi t h NRC arul i ndustrv standarA for m rral n.pe r a t i o n s i. s not su f ficient in thi.s case b2cause this is clearly not a " nor u 1" s i.t un t i on . The presence of the dar.iaged and severel.s conta:ninuted Uni.t 2 reactor at tha darna site as Unt: 1 raw t place t hi. s case iln d o r s c:ac ',,n a t di Eferent and :r. ort s t ri.nge n t stundards with rec,pect t o raanagena nc and adrn ni.st rati.ve capa bi li.ti.es . The typ' of acti.vities whi.ch will be goi ng on with Unit 2 wi.11 cc:.sist o f a ct i.vi.t i es whi.ch will approxi.: :at o decomi s sioni ng , s oir.othi ng wtch chi.ch thero i s very li.ttle e?:porience (especi. ally with a reactor of thi s si.ze) and for whi.ch appli. cable standards are "oc yet fully developed Locause thi5 a ct i. vi.t v "as not antici >ated to occur for cor.m jears i.nto the future. The t a c t. s of the accident ancl mow Licensee nanaged i.tself during the cri s i a peri a and since that ti mo clearly indicate that L i.cen see's adni.ni s t ra ~. i ve and raa nae,ome'it ca pa bi. li t t e leave s omethi.n"a to be dew i. red for even nor:aal ope rat i.cns ,

4 Licensco's "?nsLart Report" i. S Elled '.zi t h li sts of p'tsornel and tlici.c ne'; t i rlo , and r:ow pat *:or: s oi resporsi bili ty and cc *nuni. cat. ,r,, l u r. le cc , no'.chere docs Li.cernce add r, > , the poor snowl.!t, i n th light of the U n.t 2 accident and li.st chaye3 wnich hs .- , men u.ade t o p: e'mnt such a shou'n e i.n tiie future. H:trolc. Dmten described Licensee as " t h i. n" in terms o f tecIln i. cal l al:lt , yet t he r. e is no apparer.t P.o Ve ig Li censet? to acqui.re <,. and .-;uperior talent to be used in the conduct o f i.t s oper at i.on > at Three ".ile Island. A showi.ng of "adequier" i.s not enot;h in thi s c a s e - - w'. 'n t 12 req' d red i_ s a showing of " superior talent and s ki.ll s . " Licencee nanagem nt and administ rative ca pa bil it i.es will be assa 4 sed under t hc following categories: A. The quality, completeness, and clari.ty of L i.c e ns ee ' s rule: . , regul at i.ons , policies, practices, ins t ruct i. ons , and procrdures. B. The degree of compliance with these items ( t hos e in " A" ) by Licensee personnel (such compli.ance being a di. rect reflecti.on of the quali.ty of L i. ce n s ee ' s administ rat i ve and canagement akills). C. The suffi ci.ency and quality of Li.censee's Quali.ty Assuracce/Quali.ty Centrol programs (cited by NUPEG-0616 as the " master control system available to rt anagrent to assure that all management control .jster= are operable and

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I. } } 10 gl'.ill i.t y a ;Id C O?!'ll f 't f > n ' 3 5 O f bi COllS t : t; mainte, arco pror. ram a, an ossenti.al rechanism 1)V Wlli Cil li'.a nl y', *' i;' U n t af >UrCS t}1at UC}UI pTFOT;t opGrilDi 1 ! t y and (+pPi'ali On Ll. ' afCC) arU II'a i ntili !!Od . Li.Cc u s e , 1 .a t .co i o rira ry <1ut i ea at thi.s ooi nt . i Paramnunt iS C}le Saf0 Cl Ganup and dOColita'Hi nat lOn o f UML t 2. II .O SOCOnd " d ut y" whi.ch Licensen has it to sa fely operate Uni.t 1. L i.cen s ee must clearly red conclus ixel y (' mon

t rato El'at i. t ' ,a s the nerossary .uag,ement and atimini.s t ra t L Ve capabi l i.t i os requi red to handlU '9th nCtiXiti_O t i ~,1.l t a n e 01! i l ' . I E C h i. S i9 nCC t 's o case, Li. co ns o . rm > t <

forced into i ts p ri:ca ry r< > s por', t ni. l a t y of Unit 2 ClCil!'JIP <li.(I duCont.ai.il'.ati.<_' Uy dt. .;yi.I .b ' O rlu i. : i , i C n lor NO3 tart O f CTl L C 1 unt i. l. 41;C11 t i_ O O a5 the POC46ailry FOSQUrCO:' -

. are a.atn n availa';1< to Licenso . Ilm n t'<:l i c st L b- a s u ~ed that. ikstart ' c i. '.1 n o t. it perniited i:x tl the NilC and the publi c are conEi.dont t:l in t hi cc ben has udded mw technical and. ' gem NL t~ al ent and ha- s u f Ei. c i en t ' ' rr>vi : 4 i itr p roce du::es o' ' poli ci es so that sal e operati o:t of Uni t 1 1.1 p ,s ibl e . Q UESTI ON 614-2 By " rostoro" Intervenor tears the proceus of ,,ahing Uair 2 opera!.le acuta as a :n telear unit . When this conte.tLon '.as articulated it appeared that Li.cens u was conmi t ted ':o returntr o Unit 2 to screice as a nuclear uni.t . It is now apparent that this ar.surption was r:o t c o r're ct . Licensee han annour. cod t h it

i. t i. a in the proco s o f studyl.ng exactly what to do with Unit 2, having menti.oned converai.on t o coal or cas o r deco'.ni.s s ioning as potential alternati.vos.

I nt e rve no r till 'oon request permi.s s ion o f the Board and

other parti.es to a:::end thi.s contenti.on t o re fl ect this un ce rta i.n status and the discussi.on in rcsponse to Inter:ogatory 14-1 aboVe. QUESTION 314-3 Intervenor i.s urable at this dat e to identify s peci. r. cally . such violati.ona, how wer , Intervenor is i.n the process of a revi.ew o f NRC Ins pecti or, reports and LER's a r <1 .iill t nrovide a II.S t i r!', of S uch Violat i.onS US Soon fiS thlS FO vi c el iS CC1pl'. I:0.

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                                            -i-Re.s r :Lfully            .l a d i l l e i.1, Steven C. Sholly 304 South Mar' ot Str mt
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556-32']3 DATED: 17 Jan... : ry 1950

A FFIn \VlT re- STEVEN C. SHrd.1 X State o! lo. ru yl va ni a )

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B, t o re to the s ubs cri. bel- p' re,onnal ly appea rs :d S t even C. Shol l v , who l o i nl. duly sworn, accordi.ng to la w , doth depose and sa) that t he in formti on cont ained in Intervonor Ste' on C . Sholly'a responsoo to NPC S*aff Intcrro7,atories 1, 2, 3, 4, 14-1, 14-2, ,nd 14-3 ar t r ur- c.d correct to the best of his knowl ed :, L i.n f or na t i e n , and Lelief, and further anyeth not .

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Sworn t o and subscri bed oorore r.m thi.s st ? I i (~' dr.v o f Janua ry , 1930

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