ML19320B361

Protests & Appeals Ruling That Evacuation & Other Significant Issues Will Not Be Admitted by NRC to Facility CP Hearings.People Must Be Allowed to Speak at Hearings. Certificate of Svc Encl

ML19320B361
Person / Time
Site:	Bailly
Issue date:	06/25/1980
From:	Schultz G AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Grossman H Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8007100235
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q d p washington, DC 20555 c3 cffde 0:g,qg34 .,, (Cf S&*gY 5tuc.n m' To the NRC & Interested parties: y Idyl d' This letter is to most vigorously protest & appeal the ruling that the evaculation issue and other extremely significant issues will not be admitted by the NRC to the construction permit hearings of Bailly One Nuclear I. I have no expertise as a lawyer or technician, but I feel I must speak from the point of view of a citizen (and a psychologist) of what I see going on. I must admit that I am trained primarily to deal with relatively harmless individual insanity rather than the monstrous corporate insanity I see here, but =y expertise is in peoples feelings, and I as fairly certain that in the lonc run the American people's feelings about Nuclear Power will determine the future of this e nte rpris e. I cannot speak for others, but I feel obligated to air =y deep feelings on this issue hoping that someone will hear.

The Nuclear P,wer issue is beginning to remind me of Vietnam - a collossal, distructive mistake into which so much money and so many egos were invested that it ground on horribly for years until masses of people rose up in protest. In i

the Nuclear area, an intelligent child can grasp the basic issues involved and would be frightened, yet we adtits seem to be caught in a system beyond our Control.

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When I find myself in a social situation which is extremely frustrating, I've learned to ask myself - what's going on, what is the game? What is my " game",

what is the other person's game. To be honest, my " game" is to prevent Bailly and other Nuclear plants from being built or cperated until it can be prove,n to me that they are safe for present and future generations, that there are ade-quate waste disposal sites, evacuation plans, that it is econcmically justi-fiable (including the taxpayer's burden) and many other issues, eg. radiological damage levels, mining issues, etc. I de=and that the whole issue be given public hearings before a com= unity is saddled with a plant. I cannot be silent when I see an overwhelming amount of evidence that many very critical issues about Nuclear Power have not been resolved, and when the demand for electricity does not Justify it, and when alternative energy sources has a scarcely been explored.

I'm also trained to atte=pt to understand the other person's peint of view - in this case the NRC's behavior seems to be a " game" whose covert assumptions and rules should be made clear. I have no ancmosity toward any indiv duals in the NRC; it cppears to me they have an impossible job: to both prc=ote and to regulate the industry and to protect the public's saf ety. I'm surc that they are Just following policys and directives and believe that what they are dcing is good and right. Based on certain premises, it seems to me that the NRC's -

game in the Bailly hearings is to:

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1. Get thc plants built.

2. Make only token efforts to have " hearings" so that democratic appearences can be kept up, feign i= partiality. (If necessary pS A 25 I i 8007100 SL3f5 , _ . .

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Mcv3 a fcw "tokan" intsvanors but gag them, limit what t'sy can say.

3. Discuss only minor issues at the hearings - discuss trivia .

exhaustively - ignor the life and death issues. Hide behind the " bifurcated system." Don't take an overview or a moral stand. Ignore Three Mile Island, disallow troublesome, or impolite people, disturbing issues, and the rany other Nuclear near-misses and deaths from radiation.

4. Have extreme faith in a technological solution to every problem and neglect the fact that very falable humans will put these technological solutions in effect. Assume that technology & bureacurcy can solve all problems. Nature and human nature can be subdued with money, equipment and rules.

I as especially concerned with the evacuation of the maximum security prison in which I work and which is only 10 miles or so from the Bailly site.

It is insane to tell me that we will postpone the discussion on now to evacuate the 1700 + men in that prison (some of whom are dangerous) until after the nuclear plant is built. When I hear that, I feel someone must believe I am a fool and that their " system" for dealing with the proble= is a mockery of sanity and justice. If the NRC " system" works that wa'y then we must have a hearino which examines that system itself. If my life and safety and that of

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others doesn't fit the " system" then the system must be changed. The NRC may be only following the rules and directives of Congress and the Executive Branch, but I'm sure the NRC helps draf t those rules and directives. Are you happy with your rules, your roles? Can you stand up?

Another example is Congress' new directive that new plants after October 1979 mt.st comply with new siting regulations; this leaves people who have been pre-viously saddled with a nuclear plant in a rather curious position. Are we to accept a dangerous plant and/or a dangerous site simply because it was built or started before October 1979? Who wrote these rules? Why?

Since my personal budget for fiscal 1980 is somewhat less than the $426,821,000 allocated to the NRC, I can only do what I can to express an alternative view.

I am very frustrated and angry. I think it immoral for the NRC not to take a moral stance and allow the people who live in this area a strong legal way to explore these issues publicly. Although the NRC position is understandable given certain assumptions, beliefs, and pressures, I believe that it is from a common sense view literally crazy and immoral and I will rake every attempt I can to provide opportunities for other points of view to be he.ard. Our land,  !

our lake, our lives are at stake. It is no time to mince words, play stupid j games. The collective " crimes" which have occured throughout history by people "following rules," and " obeying orders" should teach us that ve must sometimes cuestion these very rules and systems which cppress and destroy peoples lives. 4 I

" Business as usual" will not be accepable to a growing number of people whose lives will be threatened. I demand that my voice and the voice of others who

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t CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

.- s I hereby certify that I have, this 25th day of June,1980, caused copics of my protest to be served by first class mail to the following:

• Heroert Grossman, Chairman Edward W. Ossan, Jr., Esq.

Atomic Safety & Licensing Suite 4600 Board Panel One IBM Plaza U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chicago, Illinois 60611 Commi ssion Washington, D.C. 20555 Robert L. Graham, Esq.

One IBM Plaza Dr. Richard F. Cole 44th Fir.

Atomic Safety & Licensing Chicago, Illinois 60611 Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory George and Anna Grobowski

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Comni ssion 7413 W. 136th Lane Washington, D.C. 20555 Cedar Lake, Indiana 46303 Mr. Glenn 0. Bright Dr. George Schultz Atomic Safety & Licensing 110 California Street Board Panel Michigan City, Indiana 46360 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comni ssion Kathleen H. Shea, Esq.

Washington, D.C. 20555 Lowenstein, Newman, Reis Axelrad & Toll Diane B. Cohn 1025 Connecticut Ave. , N.W.

Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 2000 P Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036 Richard L. Robbins, Esq.

Lake Michigan Federation Robert J. 'vollen, Esq. 53 West Jackson Blvd.

c/o BPI Chicago, Illinois 60604 109 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Steven C. Goldberg Counsel for the NRC Staff Michael I. Swygert, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 25 East Jackson Blvd. Washington, D.C. 20555 Chicago, Illinois 60604

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Atomic Safety & Licensing Clifford Mezo, Acting President Board Panel Local 1010 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comnission United Steelworkers of America Washington, D.C. 20555 3703 Euclid Avenue East Chicago, Indiana 46312 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel William H. Eichhorn, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Eichhorn, Morrow & Eichhorn Washington, D.C. 20555 5243 Hohman Avenue Hammond, Indiana 46329 Docketing & Service Section Office of the Secretary Stephen Laudig, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 445 -N. Pennsylvania Street Washi:.gton, D.C. 20555 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Richard Lugar Birch E. Bayh, Jr.

John Bracemas Floyd J. Fithian

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