ML20024A102

Notifies That Pending Review of NRC-commissioned Study of Current Sabotage Problems at Nuclear Power Plants,Intervenor May Move to Reopen Evidentiary Record to Consider Ramifications of Study.Svc List Encl

ML20024A102
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Site:	Byron
Issue date:	06/09/1983
From:	Thomas D AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, IL
To:	Callihan D, Cole R, James Smith Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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LEGAL SERVICES CENTER Director ~ lilinois Institut f Tgh813gyE3 2 77 South Wacker Drive Cary S. Laser Chicago-Kent olle8e of Law Chicago, Illinois 60606 Co-Directors  : A 567-5050 Civil Division

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Robirts Strickler June 9, 1983

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$*c"Kd Ivan W. Smith, Esq. Dr. Richard F. Cole D vid C. Thomas Administrative Judge and Administrative Judge Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Faculty Atomic Safety and Licensing Board dS "9 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory h,$;'n C Board Sarah L. Flosi U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Dixon Callihan Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board c/o Union Carbide Corporation P.O. Box Y Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Re: In the Matter of Commonwealth Edison Company (Byron Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-454 and 50-455 Gentlemen:

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of Duke Power Company (William B. McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-143, 6AEC 623, 625 (1973), on June 8, 1983, l

counsel for Intervenor League of Women Voters of Rockford was alerted through newspaper accounts to the existence of an NRC-commissioned study of current problems of sabotage at nuclear power plants. The newspaper accounts

' were confirmed through conversations with the office of Congressman Markey, chairman of the subcommittee involved.

em Further investigation revealed that the study will not

'Q ao be released to the public until Tuesday, June 14, 1983; that it was conducted by the NRC Review Committee to Oo Review Safeguard Requirements at Power Reactors; that

'$ it was reviewed by Representative Markey, Chairman of

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eu the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation of the Full Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs:

08 and that Representative Markey wrote a letter to commis- @

$4 sion Chairman Nunzio Palladino, recommending that the Q gg commission place the sabotage question on its list of

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has been promised and expects to receive a copy of this document June 10, 1983.

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In.the Matter of Commonwealth Edison Company Page Two June 9, 1983 .

Because of its immediacy and relevance to the issues pertaining to sabotage litigated during the hearings on the ALARA contentions 42,111 and 1112, .Intervenor LWVR -

wishes to put the parties on notice that, pending re-view of this study, Intervenor may move to reopen' the evidentiary record in order to consider the ramification of this study.

Thank you.

Si erely,

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David C. Thomas DCT:AC:mm cc: Attached Service List I

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I SERVICE LIST COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY -- Byron Station Docket Nos. 50-454 and 50-455 Mr. Ivan W. Smith Michael Miller, Esq.

Administrative Judge and Chairman Isham, Lincoln & Beale Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel One First National Plaza Room 428 East West / West Towers Bldg. 42nd Floor 4350 East West Highway Chicago, IL 60603 Bethesda, MD 20114 Dr. Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Chief Hearing Counsel Office of the Executive Legal Director .

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. A Dixon Callihan Union Carbide Corporation P.O. Box Y Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Mr. Steven C. Goldberg '

Ms. Mitzi A. Young Office of the Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

. Atonde Safety and Licensing Appeal Board Panel l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Washington, D.C. 20555 l Secretary Attn: Chief, Docketing and Service Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Ms. Diane Chavez SAFE 326 N. Avon St.

Rockford, IL 61103 Dr. Bruce von Zellen Department of Biological Sciences l Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 60115 l Joseph Gallo, Esq.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale l

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