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Category:LEGAL TRANSCRIPTS & ORDERS & PLEADINGS
MONTHYEARML20197J2871998-12-11011 December 1998 Initial Decision (Application for Senior Reactor Operator License).* Appeal of R Herring of NRC Denial of Application for SRO License Denied.With Certificate of Svc.Served on 981211 ML20151W5941998-09-11011 September 1998 Affidavit of Cd Payne.* Affidavit Re NRC Staff Proposed Denial of Rl Herring Application for Senior Reactor Operator License for Use at Catawba Nuclear Station,Units 1 & 2 ML20151Y0601998-09-11011 September 1998 Affidavit of DC Payne.* Supports Denial of Application of Rl Herring for SRO License ML20151W5721998-09-11011 September 1998 NRC Staff Presentation in Support of Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License for Dl Herring.* Staff Decision to Fail Dl Herring on Category a of SRO Exam,Clearly Justified. Staff Denial of Herring SRO License Should Be Sustained ML20151W6131998-09-0808 September 1998 Affidavit of Mn Leach in Support of NRC Staff Response to Rl Herring Written Presentation.* ML20151W6311998-09-0808 September 1998 Affidavit of ET Beadle.* Affidavit Relates to Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License Application for Rl Herring. with Certificate of Svc ML20237B6931998-08-13013 August 1998 Rl Herring (Denial of Operator License for Plant).* Rl Herring Submitted Written Presentation Arguments,Data, Info Matl & Other Supporting Evidence,Per Presiding Officer 980630 Order & 10CFR2.1233.W/one Oversize Drawing ML20237A3831998-08-12012 August 1998 NRC Staff Request for Extension of Time to File Response to Rl Herring Written Presentation.* Staff Respectfully Requests Motion for Extension of Time of 2 Wks to Respond to Herring Presentation Be Granted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20237B5571998-08-12012 August 1998 NRC Staff Request for Extension of Time to File Response to Rl Herring Written Presentation.* Granted by C Bechhoefer on 980818.W/Certificate of Svc.Served on 980818 ML20236T8511998-07-21021 July 1998 Specification of Claims.* Rl Herring Claims That Answer Given on Exam Was Correct When TSs Are Considered & When Design Basis Document Considered in Conjunction W/Duke Power Nuclear Sys Div.W/Certificate of Svc.Served on 980727 ML20236F5631998-06-30030 June 1998 Notice of Hearing.* Presiding Officer Has Granted Request of Rl Herring for Hearing on NRC Denial of Application for Operator License for Plant.W/Certificate of Svc.Served on 980630 ML20236F5391998-06-30030 June 1998 Memorandum & Order (Hearing File & Spec of Claim).* Orders That Brief Spec of Claims Should Be Filed by Herring,Telling Why He Believes Staff Erred in Grading Exam.Staff Must Furnish Hearing File.W/Certificate of Svc.Served on 980630 ML20149K8221997-07-29029 July 1997 Exemption from Requirements of 10CFR70.24, Criticality Accident Requirements. Exemption Granted TXX-9522, Comment Opposing Proposed GL on Testing of safety-related Logic Circuits.Believes That Complete Technical Review of All Surveillance Procedures Would Be Expensive & Unnecessary Expenditure of Licensee Resources1995-08-26026 August 1995 Comment Opposing Proposed GL on Testing of safety-related Logic Circuits.Believes That Complete Technical Review of All Surveillance Procedures Would Be Expensive & Unnecessary Expenditure of Licensee Resources ML20065P4491994-04-21021 April 1994 Comment Opposing Proposed Rule 10CFR50.55 Recommendation to Incorporate Proposed Rule to Adopt ASME Code Subsections IWE & Iwl ML20044G7371993-05-25025 May 1993 Comment on Proposed Rules 10CFR170 & 171, FY91 & 92 Proposed Rule Implementing Us Court of Appeals Decision & Rev of Fee Schedules;100% Fee Recovery,FY93. Opposes Rule ML20101R5931992-07-0606 July 1992 Comment on Proposed Rule 10CFR50 Re Loss of All Alternating Current Power & Draft Reg Guide 1.9,task DG-1021.Opposes Rule ML20091Q8661992-01-31031 January 1992 Comment Opposing Draft NUREG-1022,Rev 1, Event Reporting Sys,10CFR50.72 & 50.73,Clarification of NRC Sys & Guidelines for Reporting ML20087F7471992-01-15015 January 1992 Comment Opposing Rev 1 of NUREG-1022, Event Reporting Sys ML20246J6571989-08-31031 August 1989 Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty on Licensee in Amount of $75,000 for Violations Noted in Insp on 881127-890204. Payment of Civil Penalty Requested within 30 Days of Order Date.Evaluations & Conclusions Encl ML20247J8921989-08-31031 August 1989 Order Imposing Civil Monetary Penalty in Amount of $75,000, Based on Violations Noted in Insp on 881127-890204,including Operation in Modes 1-4 W/One Independent Containment Air Return & Hydrogen Skimmer Sys Inoperable for 42 Days ML20205N1471988-10-20020 October 1988 Comment on Petition for Rulemaking PRM-50-50 Re Provision That Authorizes Nuclear Power Plant Operators to Deviate from Tech Specs During Emergency.Request by C Young Should Be Denied ML20234D2821987-09-15015 September 1987 Joint Intervenors Emergency Motion to Continue Hearing for 2 Wks & for Immediate Prehearing Conference.* Urges That Hearing Re Offsite Emergency Planning at Plant,Scheduled for 870928,be Continued Until 871013.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20198C5771986-05-14014 May 1986 Transcript of 860514 Discussion/Possible Vote on Full Power OL for Catawba 2 in Washington,Dc.Pp 1-86.Viewgraphs Encl ML20203N4561986-02-20020 February 1986 Unexecuted Amend 6 to Indemnity Agreement B-100,replacing Item 3 of Attachment to Agreement W/Listed Info ML20151P2231985-12-31031 December 1985 Order Extending Time Until 860110 for Commissioners to Review ALAB-825.Served on 851231 ML20136H7231985-11-21021 November 1985 Decision ALAB-825,affirming Remaining Part of ASLB OL Authorization,Permitting Applicant to Receive & Store Spent Fuel Generated at Duke Power Co Oconee & McGuire Nuclear Power Facilities.Served on 851121 ML20138B3611985-10-11011 October 1985 Order Extending Time Until 851025 for Commission to Act to Review ALAB-813.Served on 851011 ML20137W4311985-10-0202 October 1985 Order Extending Time Until 851011 for Commission to Act to Review ALAB-813.Served on 851003 ML20134N5761985-09-0404 September 1985 Order Extending Time Until 851004 for Commission to Act to Review ALAB-813.Served on 850904 ML20126M2091985-07-30030 July 1985 Order Amending First Paragraph of Footnote 126 Re Need for Power & Financial Qualifications in ALAB-813 . Served on 850731 ML20129C2351985-07-26026 July 1985 Decision ALAB-813 Affirming Aslab Authorization of Issuance of Full Power Ol,Except Insofar as Receipt & Storage Onsite of Spent Fuel Generated at Other Facilities.Served on 850729 ML20126K7701985-07-26026 July 1985 Order Extending Time Until 850730 for Commission to Act to Review Director'S Decision DD-85-9.Served on 850729 ML20129K1651985-07-19019 July 1985 Order Extending Time Until 850726 for Commission to Act to Review Director'S Decision DD-85-9.Served on 850719 ML20129H9361985-07-10010 July 1985 Unexecuted Amend 5 to Indemnity Agreement B-100,changing Items 1 & 3 of Attachment ML20128K2171985-07-0808 July 1985 Order Extending Time Until 850719 for Commission to Act to Review Director'S Decision DD-85-9.Served on 850709 ML20127P0991985-06-28028 June 1985 Transcript of 850628 Supplemental Oral Argument in Bethesda, Md.Pg 99-169 ML20133C5201985-06-26026 June 1985 Undated Testimony of PM Reep Re Welding Inspector Concerns. Rept of Verbal Harassment Encl ML20127K7171985-06-24024 June 1985 Order Extending Time Until 850709 for Commission to Act to Review Director'S Decision DD-85-9 ML20126K6391985-06-17017 June 1985 Order Advising That Counsel Be Familiar W/Content of Commission Request for Public Comment on Decision to Exercise Discretionary Price-Anderson Act Authority to Extend Govt Indemnity to Spent.... Served on 850618 ML20126B8101985-06-13013 June 1985 Order Scheduling Supplemental Oral Argument on Pending Appeals on 850628 in Bethesda,Md Re Public Notice of Hearing Concerning Use of Facility for Receipt & Storage of Spent Fuel from Oconee & Mcguire.Served on 850613 ML20126E4601985-06-13013 June 1985 Notice of Supplemental Oral Argument on Pending Appeals on 850628 in Bethesda,Md.Served on 850613 ML20125B4251985-06-0707 June 1985 Responds to Aslab 850603 Order Requesting Response to NRC 850529 Filing Re Whether Notice of Proposal to Use Catawba to Store Oconee & McGuire Spent Fuel Discretionary or Required.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20126A7631985-06-0404 June 1985 Director'S Decision DD-85-9 Granting & Denying in Part Palmetto Alliance Request for Mod,Suspension or Revocation of CPs for Facilities Due to Harassment & Intimidation of QC Inspectors ML20129A6381985-06-0303 June 1985 Order Allowing Applicant to File & Serve Response to NRC 850529 Assertion Re Storage of Spent Fuel Generated at Another Facility Constituting Use of Commercial Utilization Facility No Later than 850607.Served on 850604 ML20128P1031985-05-29029 May 1985 Memorandum Responding to Palmetto Alliance/Carolina Environ Study Group & Staff 850517 Memoranda Asserting That Fr Notice Not Reasonably Calculated to Inform of Requests Re Spent Fuel.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20128P0001985-05-29029 May 1985 NRC Views on Whether Notice of Proposal to Use Facility to Store Oconee & McGuire Spent Fuel Required or Discretionary. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20127K0231985-05-20020 May 1985 Order Extending Time Until 850529 for Aslab to Act to File & Svc Reply Memoranda.Served on 850521 ML20127N0831985-05-17017 May 1985 Memorandum in Response to 850425 Aslab Order for Intervenors to Address Spent Fuel Storage Questions.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20127G2281985-05-17017 May 1985 Memorandum Responding to 850425 Aslab Order Addressing Four Questions Re Receipt & Storage of Spent Fuel.Certificate of Svc Encl 1998-09-08
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MONTHYEARML20151W5721998-09-11011 September 1998 NRC Staff Presentation in Support of Denial of Senior Reactor Operator License for Dl Herring.* Staff Decision to Fail Dl Herring on Category a of SRO Exam,Clearly Justified. Staff Denial of Herring SRO License Should Be Sustained ML20237A3831998-08-12012 August 1998 NRC Staff Request for Extension of Time to File Response to Rl Herring Written Presentation.* Staff Respectfully Requests Motion for Extension of Time of 2 Wks to Respond to Herring Presentation Be Granted.W/Certificate of Svc ML20237B5571998-08-12012 August 1998 NRC Staff Request for Extension of Time to File Response to Rl Herring Written Presentation.* Granted by C Bechhoefer on 980818.W/Certificate of Svc.Served on 980818 ML20234D2821987-09-15015 September 1987 Joint Intervenors Emergency Motion to Continue Hearing for 2 Wks & for Immediate Prehearing Conference.* Urges That Hearing Re Offsite Emergency Planning at Plant,Scheduled for 870928,be Continued Until 871013.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20127H0041985-05-17017 May 1985 Response to Aslab Questions on Adequacy of Notice of Proposed Use of Facility to Store Spent Fuel from Oconee & McGuire Facilities.Aslab Has No Jurisdiction Over Proposal. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20127N0831985-05-17017 May 1985 Memorandum in Response to 850425 Aslab Order for Intervenors to Address Spent Fuel Storage Questions.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20106G4911985-02-13013 February 1985 Opposition to Apellants Palmetto Alliance & Carolina Environ Study Group Brief Re Known But Uncorrected QA Program Workmanship Defects That Could Affect Issuance of Ol. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20101E8341984-12-21021 December 1984 Opposition to Intervenors Application for Stay Pending Administrative & Judicial Review.Intervenors Have Not Provided Evidence of Error in Any Rulings.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20108E0311984-12-10010 December 1984 Application for Stay Pending Administrative & Judicial Review of 840622 Partial Initial Decision & 840918 Supplemental Partial Initial Decision on Emergency Planning. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20097J3781984-09-17017 September 1984 Motion for Further Proceedings to Determine Extent & Significance of Foreman Override Practice at Plant.Further Discovery Requested ML20093N5861984-07-30030 July 1984 Motion for Changes to Transcript of Emergency Planning Hearing to Correct Matl Errors.Aslb Requested to Issue Order Directing That Evidentiary Record Be Amended,Incorporating Encl Changes ML20090F3441984-07-16016 July 1984 Motion for Extension of Time for Filing of Briefs to Provide That Briefs of All Parties Would Be Filed After Rendering of Remaining Partial Initial Decisions Now Expected in Oct. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20090G2661984-07-16016 July 1984 Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File Briefs Re 840702 Appeal of 840622 Partial Initial Decision on Emergency Planning.Granted on 840720 by Aslab ML20092N1411984-06-28028 June 1984 Answer Opposing Palmetto Alliance & Carolina Environ Study Group 840531 Motion to Compel Discovery Re Tdi Diesel Generators.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20093E3981984-06-27027 June 1984 Request for Action Under 10CFR2.206 to Institute Proceeding to Modify,Suspend or Revoke CP Re Alleged Instances of Harassment & Intimidation of QC Inspectors & Numerous Violations of 10CFR50,App B ML20091J4891984-05-31031 May 1984 Motion to Quash Subpoena for Tl Odom,Chairman,Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners.Certificate of Svc Encl. Related Correspondence ML20091K6001984-05-31031 May 1984 Joint Motion to Compel Discovery from Applicants Re 840326 Interrogatories & Requests to Produce Documents on Emergency Diesel Generator Contentions.Certificate of Svc Encl.Related Correspondence ML20205Q7791984-05-0101 May 1984 Response to Applicant 840411 Motion for Authorization to Issue License to Load Fuel & Conduct Certain Precritical Testing.Affidavit of Gn Lauber & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20083K6041984-04-11011 April 1984 Motion for Authorization to Issue License to Load Fuel & Conduct Certain Precritical Tests ML20088A0731984-04-0606 April 1984 Motion to Dismiss Intervenor late-filed Contention Re Crankshaft Design of Transamerica Delaval Emergency Diesel Generators.Intervenors Cannot Be Expected to Make Any Sound Contribution.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20087P4061984-04-0404 April 1984 Motion for Protective Order Re Further Response to Palmetto Alliance & Carolina Environ Study Group Interrogatories & Requests to Produce Documents on Contentions.W/Certificate of Svc.Related Correspondence ML20080L1461984-02-14014 February 1984 Motion for Extension of Time for Filing Partial Proposed Findings from 840222 to 840307.Consolidation Will Obviate Need for cross-referencing.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20086L3721984-02-0202 February 1984 Response Opposing Applicant Motion to Bifurcate Hearing Re Emergency Plan Contentions.Bifureation Would Inhibit Development of Adequate Record on Emergency Plan Issues. Affirmation of Svc Encl ML20079N3541984-01-25025 January 1984 Motion for Leave to File Reply Brief to Applicant & NRC Answers to Palmetto Alliance Motion for Directed Certification of ASLB Denial of Discovery on Newly Admitted Contentions ML20079N3611984-01-25025 January 1984 Brief in Reply to Applicant & NRC Answers to Palmetto Motion for Directed Certification of ASLB Denial of Discovery.Fair Hearing Should Be Held on Newly Admitted Contentions ML20079G5011984-01-18018 January 1984 Motion to Bifurcate Hearing & Request for Appointment of Separate ASLB to Rule on Emergency Plan Contentions ML20083J2341984-01-12012 January 1984 Petition for Directed Certification of ASLB 831230 Denial of Applicant Motion to Reconsider Order Revising & Admitting Emergency Planning Contention 11 Re Size of Emergency Planning Zone.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20083J4251984-01-0303 January 1984 Response Opposing Palmetto Alliance Motions to Direct Certification of ASLB Rulings on Discovery Re in Camera Witness Testimony & to Require That Record Remain Open Pending Opportunity for Discovery.W/Certificate of Svc ML20083C0511983-12-16016 December 1983 Motion for Direct Certification of ASLB 831213 & 14 Denials of Discovery by Palmetto Alliance on Issues Raised by in Camera Witnesses.Record Should Remain Open.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082L0951983-12-0202 December 1983 Answer Opposing Govt Accountability Project Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief & Motion to Strike.Portions of Motion & Affidavits W/O Record Support & Invalid.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082J4071983-12-0101 December 1983 Motion for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae Out of Time. Brief Would Address Commission 831117 Order Deferring Util 831115 Request to Stay ASLB Rulings Re Intervenor Contact W/ Util Employee Witnesses.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082J4451983-12-0101 December 1983 Amicus Curiae Brief Opposing Commission 831117 Order on Applicant Motion to Stay ASLB 831110 & Aslab 831114 Rulings. Order Violates Due Process Rights of Applicant.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082E1441983-11-23023 November 1983 Answer Opposing Applicant Motion for Stay of ASLB & Aslab Orders.Public Interest Favors Denying Motion.Applicants Failed to Prove Need for Extraordinary Relief Requested. Notice of Appearance & Certificate of Svc Encl ML20082E5321983-11-23023 November 1983 Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief Re Util Motion for Stay of ASLB Order Permitting Intervenor Contact W/Util Employees Scheduled to Testify ML20082E5481983-11-23023 November 1983 Amicus Curiae Brief on Util 831115 Request for Stay of ASLB 831114 Order Re Intervenor Contact W/Util Employees Scheduled to Testify in OL Hearings ML20086A9341983-11-15015 November 1983 Motion for Stay of ASLB 831110 & Aslab 831114 Orders Re Discussions Between Employee Witnesses & Intervenors.Since Hearing in Progress,Contact Between Util Employee Witnesses & Intervenor Inappropriate.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20081K6491983-11-0303 November 1983 Motion for Reconsideration of ASLB 830929 Order Revising & Admitting Contention 11 & for Rejection of Contention or Application of 10CFR2.758 Procedures or Referral of Ruling Per 10CFR2.730(f) ML20078B5791983-09-23023 September 1983 Response Opposing Palmetto Alliance 830909 Oral Motion to Reopen Discovery on Contention 6 Re RHR & HVAC Sys,Auxiliary Feedwater Sys & General Design.Issues Do Not Constitute New Info or New Contentions.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20078B8511983-09-23023 September 1983 Objection to ASLB 830914 Prehearing Conference Order, Motion for Reconsideration & Other Relief & Request for Certification or Referral.W/List of Witnesses to Be Subpoenaed Re Palmetto Contention 6 & Certificate of Svc ML20078C8151983-09-23023 September 1983 Objections to ASLB 830914 Prehearing Conference Order.Since Util Has Burden of Proof on Contention 44/18,util Should Have Opportunity to Provide Rebuttal Testimony ML20076L6661983-09-14014 September 1983 Petition Per 10CFR2.206 to Modify CP to Require Independent Contractor Review of as-built Conditions,Design Deficiencies & Qa/Qc Program & to Require Mgt Audit.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20080D4721983-08-26026 August 1983 Motion to Strike or to Require Palmetto Alliance to Comply W/Obligation to Specify Any Addl Concerns of WR Mcafee & Nr Hoopingarner Under Contention 6.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20080D5311983-08-26026 August 1983 Answer Opposing Util & NRC Motions for Summary Disposition of Contentions 11,17 & 27.Many Substantial & Matl Issues of Fact Exist Affecting Public Health & Safety & Environ. Certificate of Svc Encl ML20080C2231983-08-17017 August 1983 Response Opposing Palmetto Alliance 830805 Motion for Sanctions Against Util by Dismissing Motions for Summary Disposition.Motion Factually Inaccurate in Accusations & Legally Insufficient.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20076A8081983-08-15015 August 1983 Response Opposing Util & NRC Motions for Summary Disposition of Carolina Environ Study Group Contention 18/Palmetto Alliance 44.Matl Facts Do Not Relate to Reactor Ability to Withstand Stress.Affirmation of Svc Encl ML20077J5791983-08-15015 August 1983 Motion to Require Palmetto Alliance Compliance W/Terms of ASLB 830620 Memorandum & Order to Advise Other Parties of Addl Concerns within Scope of Contention 6.New Alleged Const Deficiencies Must Be Delineated.Certificate of Svc Encl ML20077J4581983-08-12012 August 1983 Answer Opposing Applicant Motion for Partial Summary Disposition of Contention 6 & Response to Staff 830803 Supporting Answer.Substantial & Matl Issues of Fact Exist ML20024E2931983-08-0505 August 1983 Motion for Sanctions Against Applicant Based on Behavior Re Discovery & Prehearing Procedures & Re Contentions 16 & DES- 19.Util Misrepresented Facts.Util Motion for Summary Disposition Should Be Dismissed.W/Certificate of Svc ML20024E3441983-08-0505 August 1983 Response to NRC & Util Motions for Summary Disposition of Contentions 16,DES-19 & 14.Matl Facts as to Which There Is Genuine Issue to Be Heard Encl for Contentions 16 & DES-19 ML20024C9911983-07-15015 July 1983 Motion for Partial Summary Disposition of Palmetto Alliance Contention 6.No Genuine Issue of Matl Fact Exists & Applicants Entitled to Favorable Decision.Argument & Documentation Supporting Motion Encl.Related Correspondence 1998-09-11
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. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $3(({0 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSI @ BRARDi gj dj
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In the Matter of ) Do "R
3bbhh413 H 50-414 DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al.
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(Catawba Nuclear Station, )
Units 1 and 2 ) ) November 3, 1982 PALMETTO ALLIANCE MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY FROM APPLICANTS WITH RESPECT TO PALMETTO ALLIANCE CONTENTIONS 16 AND 44 Pursuant to 10 CFR Section 2.740(f) , Palmetto Alliance hereby moves for an order compelling the Applicants, Duke Power Company, et al, to respond fully to " Palmetto Alliance Third Set of Interrogatories and Requests to Produce" filed September 27, 1982, which dealt with Palmetto Alliance's Contentions No. 16 and 44 on the subjects of spent fuel storage and reactor vessel embrittlement, respectively.
Applicant's Motion for Protective Order and Responses dated October 19, 1982, assert numerous unsubstantial and unwar-ranted objections to Palmetto Alliance's interrogatories and re-quests, and contain numerous evasive and incomplete answers and responses. Duke objected to answering 44 of 151 specific inter-rogatories on Palmetto Alliance's spent fuel storage contention g
No.16 and all of the 36 specific interrogatories on Palmetto Alliance's n-o 0
,31 reactor vessel embrittlement contention No. 44. Applicants assert wo
$8 that the information sought is not relevant to the subject matter o
fg of the contention as they choose to read it and not as written and oc
@@ admitted for litigation, and that responsive answers would cause them annoyance, oppression, undue burden and expense. They assert 55 meo that all communications with respect to the contention are b
privileged and not subject to discovery or even identification as called for by General Interrogatory No. 4.
With respect to discovery on Palmetto. Alliance conten-tions No. 44 on reactor vessel embrittlement Applicants have chosen not to respond at all on the authority of the Board's stay of discovery with respect to conditionally admitted contentions subject to the then-pending interlocutory appeal. Palmetto Alliance contention No. 44 on embrittlement was admitted, as clarified, by the Board's Order of July 8, 1982 at pp. 12 and 13 and is now an appropriate subject for discovery. Applicants should be compelled to respond to Palmetto Alliance's interrog-atories and requests for production on this subject.
With respect to discovery regarding Palmetto Alliance's spent fuel storage Contention No. 16 Applicant's fundamental lack of responsiveness flows from their election to " respond in light of their own reading"of the contention, Applicant's Responses at p. 5, instead of responding to the interrogatory as posed by this Intervenor. No rule of practice authorizes Duke Power Com-pany to recast either Palmetto Alliance's discovery questions or Palmetto Alliance's contentions to their liking, and therefore responses to the discovery, as posed, should by compelled.
Palmetto Contention No. 16, as admitted, reads in full:
Applicar.ts have not demonstrated their ability safely to store irradiated fuel assemblies from other Duke nuclear facilities so as to provide reasonable assurance that those activities do not endanger the health and safety of the public.
See Applicant's Responses at p. 5. Without authority Duke has chosen to provide "only that information which rele.tes to the safety of the actual storage, within the Catawba spent fuel pool, of Oconee and McGuire spent fuel assemblies, and whether those
0 spent fuel pools can accomodate the physical differences, if any, in those assemblies. " Applicant's Responses at p.5 .Thus Duke characterizes Palmetto Alliance's ' concern' as relating Solel,y to the differences, if any, between the spent fuel assem-blies from Catawba and those from Oconee and McGuire and whether those differences, if any, can be accomodated in the Catawba spent fuel pool." Id. Duke's belief regarding the nature of Palmetto Alliance's " concern" is immaterial and provides no basis for re-casting an explicit contention or interrogatory. None of the restrictions imposed by Duke on the subject of Palmetto Alliance's contention or the terms of its discovery are a proper basis for its objections or its evasive and incomplete responses.
Discovery in NRC licensing proceedings is available to a party "regarding any matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject matter involved in the proceeding, whether if re-lates to a claim or defense of the party seeking discovery or to the claim or defense of any other party... reasonably cal-culated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." 10 CFR Section 2.740 (b) (1) .
Duke asserts objections on relevance grounds to answer-ing numerous specific interrogatories on subjects such as water lcvel monitering instrumentation, Nos. 10 and 11, spent fuel area radiation monitering, Nos. 12 and 13, studies and technical sources underlying its criticality analysis, No. 17, past exper-ience with improper fuel element insertion, No. 19, and any pro-visions for storing control and burnable poison rods in the spent fuel pools, No. 23. Duke objects on relevance grounds to questions dealing with the selection and operation' corrosion and fission products removal components, No. 65 (i) , demineralizers and fil-
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ters,.No. 54 (b) and (c), loss of on site and off site power to the fuel pools, No. 73, spent fuel pool instrumentation used by Duke at other facilities, No. 75, spent fuel cask specifications No. 121, the. job titles and requirements for workers responsible for fuel storage-related activities, Nos. 124 and 125, and the impact resistance of the Catawba spent fuel pool structure, No.
149. Each of the questions clearly focus on a discoverable' spent fuel ~ safety claim or defense. Duke asserts objections to answer-ing nearly all interrogatories dealing with the extensive modi-fications made to the original fuel pool design which are alleg-edly adequate to accomodate the proposed increases and altera-tions in inventory. Duke objects to furnishing information con-cerning the original design heat removal capacity, No. 140, changes in storage cell design and cooling system design and the costs of such changes , Nos. 81 and 91.
While Duke continues to maintain that it has no present intention to store Oconee and McGuire spent fuel at Catawba it continues to press this application for authority to do so.
Palmetto Alliance maintains that such authority is unnecessary and that such activity can not be safely conducted. If Duke chooses-not to withdraw this unnamessary application it must be open to Palmetto Alliance to proba the Applicant's intentions, plans, need for the license authority sought and the costs and avail-ability of alternatives to Duke's proposal. Duke objects to interrogatories regarding its " Cascade Plan", No. 38, spent fuel storage alternatives to use of Catawba, No. 39, capacity increases from re-racking, Nos. 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, and 88, estimated time for pool capacity filling at Catawba, No. 92, the adequacy
. of Catawba capacity for its own' fuel as well as that from other
- - plants, No. 94, and the. impact of the availability of other dis-positions of spent reactor fuel on the plan for Catawba, Nos.
< 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 147, and 148. Such discovery must be available to Palmetto Alliance if it is to be able to fairly formulate its defense to Duke's application and to anticipate and respond to the claims and defenses of the other parties to this proceeding. Most of Duke's incomplete and evasive answers can i
only be cured with a clear and general direction to respond to j the questions as asked regarding the contention as admitted.
Contention No. 1, however, is exemplary of an obviously incom-plete response. "Specify any changes from original design. Dis-cuss in detail the reasons for such changes." Duke's answer:
i Smaller spent fuel pools were originally planned.
However,.when a potential need for additional storage capacity was' identified, the length of the pools was
- increased.
Applicant's Responses at p. 9. Such an answer is less than help-ful and is certainly incomplete and evasive.
A further example:
- 45. How many assemblies from Oconee and McGuire does the Applicant contemplate storing at Catawba? Give the quan-tity from each facility.
There are no firm plans at this time to ship spent fuel i from Oconee or McGuire to Catawba.
- 46. When does the Applicant anticipate transporting assem-
- blies from either facility to the Catawba facility?
! See response to Interrogatory 45 Applicants Responses at p. 24.
! In response to interrogatories No. 14 and 15 on the sub-
- ject of " pool leakage rate" Duke baldly states, without explan-ation
the response to this Interrogatory will be provided at a later date.
[ Applicants Responses at pp. 14 and 15. Why and when one might i
- ask, with the hope that some response may be compelled. l Additional incomplete or evasive responses appear in answer to Nos. 36, 44, 78, 90, 93, 106, 107, and 112. Palmetto Alliance respectfully urges the Board to compel Applicants to fully respond in order that it may " ascertain the facts" in this complex litigation, " refine the issues, and prepare adequately for a more expeditious hearing or trial." Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, (Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2) , ALAB-G13, 12 NRC 317 at 322 (1980).
November 3, 1982 L . s RbbertGui.d '
P.O. Box 12 Charleston, SC 29412 (803)795-8708 4
a UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the. Matter of )
) Docket No. 50-413 DUKE POWER COMPANY, et al. ) 50-414
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(Catawba Nulcear Station, )
Units 1 and 2 ) ) November 3, 1982 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of PALMETTO ALLIANCE MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY FROM APPLICANTS WITH RESPECT TO PALMETTO ALLIANCE CONTENTIONS 16 AND 44 in the above captioned matter, has been served upon the following by deposit in the United States Mail this 3rd day of November, 1982.
James L. Kelley, Chairman William L. Porter, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing -
Albert V. Carr, Jr., Esq.
Board Panel Ellen T. Ruff, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Duke Power Company Washington, D.C. 20555 P.O. Box 33189 l Charlotte, NC 28242 Dr. A. Dixon Callihan Union Carbide Corporation i P.O. Box Y Richard P. Wilson, Esq. :
Assistant Attorney General l Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11549 Columbia, SC 29211 Dr. Richard R. Foster P.O. Box 4263 Sunriver, Oregon 97701
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' Appeal Board George E. Johnson, Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of the Ixecutive Legal Commission Director Washington, D.C. 20555 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 i
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Environmental Coalition Charlotte, NC 28207 943 Henly Place Charlotte, NC 28207 Scott Stuckey Docketing and Service Station J. Michael McGarry, III Esq. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Debevoise & Liberman Commission 1200 Seventeenth St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20036 DONE this 3rd Day of Rhhg t Guild November , 1982. Attorney for Palmetto Alliance I
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