ML20062F765

Licensees Answer to Intervenors Petition for Review of ALAB-940.* Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20062F765
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	11/15/1990
From:	Dignan T PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ROPES & GRAY
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
References
CON-#490-11050 ALAB-940, OL, NUDOCS 9011280163
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION UN In the Matter of PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY Docket Nos. 50-443-OL OF HEW HAMPSHIRE, 21 gl. 50-444-OL (Seabrook Station, Units 1 (Offsite Emet-ency Planning and' Safety and 2)

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LICENSEES ANSWER TO INTERVENOR8' PETITION FOR REVIEW OF ALAB-940 Under date of November 7, 1990, the Attorney General of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (MAG), on behalf of himself and apparently also on behalf of.some other unnamed intervenors,'

filed, pursuant to 10'C.F.R. 5 2.286, a petition for review of a

-decisionfissued in'this proceeding by the Appeal Board on OctoberL 18, 1990, 'and denominated ALAB-940.2 Although the document filed is entitled "Intervenors' Petition-for Review of ALAB-940," one will search in Vain for any indication as to which.Intervenors are joining in this effort with MAG. -This failure precludes any other intervenor from

. briefing-this appeal should review be granted and forecloses the appealLof-any1 Commission decision by.such other intervenors..

2Public Service comoanv'of New Hameshire (Seabrook Station, Units-1 and 2), ALAB-940, 32 NRC- (Oct. 18, 1990), hereafter cited-as "ALAB-940"'and to the slip opinion.

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e-s 3- I ALAB-940 stands for two unremarkable propositions, either of which-is sufficient to sustain the result reached by the Appeal Board. The first proposition is that the successful completion of low power' testing is not a prerequisite to the issuance of a full power license.3 The second is that a case for reopening a closed record cannot be manufactured out of a single operating personnel error, which error did not endanger the public health and safety when it occurred and which error is correctable by ,

further training.'

ALAB-940 does not present a case where the Appeal Board resolved a factual issue necessary for decision contrary to the resolution of that same issue by the Licensing Board'.5 And, given the unremarkable nature of the basic propositions which were decided in it, it hardly presents any important question of .

public policy, procedure, or public safety.'

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3 MAB-94 0 'at 8-21.

'ALAB-940 at 21-32.

5 10 C.F.R. 5 2.786(b) (4) (2) . Compare, Public Service l Comoany of New Hamoshire (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-937, 32 NRC' (Sept.13, 1990).

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l CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, the Intervenors' Petition for Review of ALAB-940 should be denied.

Respectfully submitted, uj ,

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l' George H. Lewald l' Kathryn Selleck Shea

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4 CUCpliED V5hbC CERTIFICATE OF SERVICB

'SO NOV 16 N1 :17 I, Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., one of the attorneys for the Licensees herein, hereby certify that on November 15, 1990 I made service with Federal of the within Express, document prepaid, for deliverybyto depositing (or wheYdcopiiigg,egleSQy' indicated, by depositing in the United States mail, first g~ c lassp cy" postage paid, addressed to) the individuals listed below:

Kenneth M. Carr, Chairman Thomas M. Roberts, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission One White Flint North One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville:.MD 20852 Rockville, MD 20852 Forrest J. Remick, Commissioner James R. Curtiss, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Commission One White Flint North One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Rockville, MD 20852 Kenneth C. Rogers, Commissioner William C. Parler, Esquire U.S. Nuclear Regulatory General Counsel Commission Office of the General Counsel one White Flint North One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Rockville, MD 20852 G. Paul Bollwerk, III, Chairman Mr. Howard A. Wilber.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel Appeal Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission -Commission Fifth Floor Fifth Floor 4350 East-West Highway 4350 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814 Alan S. Rosenthal, Esquire Mr. Thomas S. Moore Atomic Safety and Licensing Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Panel Appeal Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission Fifth Floor Fifth Floor 4350 East-West Highway 4350 East-West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Bethesda, MD 20814

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Administrative Judge Ivan Smith Administrative Judge Kenneth A.

Chairman, Atomic Safety and McCollom Licensing-Board 1107 West Knapp Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Stillwater, OK 74075

. Commission East West Towers Building 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD _20814 Administrative Judge Richard F. II. Joseph Flynn, Esquire Cole, Atomic Safety and Office of General Counsel Licensing Board Federal Emergency Management U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency Commission- 500 C Street, S.W.

East West Towers Building Washington, DC 20472 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Mr. Richard R. Donovan Diane Curran, Esquire Federal Emergency Management Andrea C. Ferster, Esquire Agency Harmon, Curran & Tousley Federa'l Regional Center Suite 430 130 228th Street, S.W. 200.1 S Street, N.W.

Bothell, WA 98021-9796' Washlrqton, DC 20009 Robert R.. Pierce, Esquire' John P. Arnold, Attorney General

Atomic Safety and Licensing ' George Dsna Bisbee,' Associate Board Attornny General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Office of the Attorney General Commission 25 Capitol Street East-Wes1* Towers Building Concord, NH 03301-6397 4350 East West Highway Bethesda, MD 20814 Adjudicatory File Mitzi A. Young, Esquire

' Atomic-Safety and Licensing Edwin J. Reis, Esquire

~ Board Panel ~ Docket (2 copies) Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 'U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commission East West Towers Building One White Flint North, 15th Fl.

4350 East West Highway 11555 Rockville Pike-Bethesda, MD 20814 Rockville,LMD 20852 r

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• Atomic Safety and Licensing Robert A. Backus, Esquire Appeal Panel Backus, Meyer & Solomon U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 116 Lowell Street Commission P.O. Box 516 Mail Stop EWW-529 Manchester, NH 03105 Washington, DC 20555 Philip Airens, Esquire Suzanne P. Egan, City Solicitor Assistann Attorney General Lagoulis, Hill-Wnilton &

Departmer t of the Attorney Rotondi General 79 State Street Augusta, ME 04333 Newburyport, MA 01950 Paul'McEachern, Esquire Stephen A. Jonas, Esquire Shaines & McEachern Leslie Greer, Esquire Maplewood Avenue Matthew Brock, Esquire P.O. Box 360 Massachusetts Attorney General L Portsmouth, NH 03801 One Ashburton Place Boston, MA 02108

• Senator Gordon J. Humphrey R. Scott Hill-Whilton, Esquire l l U.S. Senate Lagoulis, Hill-Whilton &

Washington, DC- 20510 Rotondi 1 (Attn: Tom Burack) 79 State Street Newburyport, MA 01950

• Senator Gordon J.-Humphrey Barbara J. Saint Andre, Esquire One Eagle Square, Suite 507 Kopelman and Paige, P.C.

Concord,'NH 03301 101 Arch Street

_(Attn: Herb Boynton) Boston, MA 02110 l

Ashod N. Amirian,_ Esquire Judith H. Mizner, Esquire 145 South Main Street 79 State Street, 2nd Floor P.O. Box 38 Newburyport, MA 01950 Bradford, MA 01835 Gary W. Holmes, Esquire Marjorie Nordlinger, Esquire Holmes-& Ells Office of the General Counsel 47 Winnacunnet' Road One White Flint North Hampton, NH 03842 11555 Rockville Pike l Rockville, MD 20852

'Mr. Jack Dolan Federal Emergency Management Agency - Region I J.W. McCormack Post Office &

Courthouse Building, Room 442 Boston, MA 02109 p;

i George Iverson, Director N.H. Office of Emergency Management State House Office Park South 107 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 7 Y

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