ML20027E107

Advises That State of Il Show Cause Petition Provides No Possible Justification for Withholding Issuance of Ol,Based on D Bridenbaugn 820408 Testimony

ML20027E107
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	04/12/1982
From:	Steptoe P ISHAM, LINCOLN & BEALE
To:	Harold Denton Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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FOIA-82-328 NUDOCS 8211120060
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- * $# It Mo Y'M Yme og on March 24, 1982, the Office of the Attorney f_n g General of the State of Illinois filed a " Request to Insti--

tute a Show Cause Proceeding and for Other Relief" in this NI5/F/3 docket alleging the existence of certain improper hole- h:t s gcq drilling practices at LaSalle. This request was accompanied by affidavits of gc,g a former construction worker at LaSalle, and a e Br1 en aug , an engineering consultant to the Attorney General's Office. kf'b' Ih4effe On April 8, 1982, Mr. Bridenbaugh, testifying 4/1 itt te before the Illinois Commerce Commission on behalf of the # NNI Attorney General's Office in opposition to Commonwealth (# >'IIM l Edison's pending request for rate relief, admitted that fy $T l his affidavit did not justify deferring startup testing ,Mlat/o/i l

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with respect to hole-drilling _befor_e_t;he plant becomes 24'5/04p l ra di_oac tive. Mr. Brilienbaugh conceded that the plant will JfM// f not become radioactive until af ter the fuel is loaded. A 44 /(.c p copy of the pertinent portions of the transcript is enclosed. g/ g it'j//},.7 barde.

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s Mr. Harold Denton April 12, 1982 Page Two In light of these admissions under oath, and the undisputed fact that it will take many weeks following issuance of a license authorizing fuel load and low power testing for fuel load to be accomplished, the Attorney General's show cause petition provides no possible justifi-cation for withholding issuance of the requested license.

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NOTICE OF FILING Mr. Philip P. Steptoe Mr. James G. Keppler Mr. Michael I. Miller Regional Administrator Isham Lincoln & Beale U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission One First National Plaza 799 Roosevelt Road 42nd Floor Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Mr. Harold Denton, Director of Mr. Richard Hoefling Nuclear Reactor Regulation Office of Executive Legal Director U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Codunission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7920 Norfolk Avenue Maryland National Bank Bldg.,Rm.9605 Bethesda, Md. 20814 Washington, D.C. 20555 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 13, 1982 we filed by mailing to the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 20025 Comments of the People of Illinois on Commonwealth Edison Company's Presentation of March 31, 1982, a copy of which is attached. TYRONE C. FAHNER

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