ML20071Q024

Amicus Curiae Brief Supporting Miami Valley Power Project Motion to Reopen Record for Admission of Eight Contentions on QA & Util Character & Competence.Hearings Only Comprehensive Way to Address Problems.W/Certificate of Svc

ML20071Q024
Person / Time
Site:	Zimmer
Issue date:	06/03/1983
From:	Amadon P, Carpenter T, Fremont S, Kraus T, Mercier A, Reiter R, Mary Spencer AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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NUDOCS 8306080250
Download: ML20071Q024 (7)

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-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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, ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Mr. John H. Frye III '83 M -6 P1 :40

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COMPANY, ET AL.  : DOCKET NO. 50-358 (William H. Zimmer Nuclear  :

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Power Station)  :

CASE'8 AMICUS. CURIAE BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MVPP'S MOTION TO REOPEN

~THE RECORD FOR ADMISSION OF EIGHT CONTENTIONS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE

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u, The Coalition for Affordable, Safe Energy (CASE), files this

' Ami cus Curiae brief in support of the Miani Valley Power Proj ect's (MPPP) motion to. reopen the. licensing hearings on their eight cen .

tentions concerning ,

(1) the systematic Quality Asarance ("QA")

breakdown and its consequences of the William H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station ("Zimmer"); and (2).the lack of corporate character and competence.of the' applicant,.C.G. & E.,

to. operate a nuclear power.

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'For nearly three years now the people of Southern Ohio and

--Northern Kentucky have lived with the uncertainty of Zimmer. We  ;

have watehed the " war of words" escalate between the NRC and C.G.&E.,

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I the NRC and the concerned public, C.G.&E. and the public, and even -

C.G.&E. and its partners in Columbus and Dayton with very little being accomplished. The initiallallegations of'a massive QA break-

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down at Zimmer and willful corporate violations of NRC regulations still remain unsolved. We believe that there cannot be significant

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J progress toward resolving the Zimmer nightmare until licensing hearings into the MVPP contentions begin. To date, all efforts to settle the problems atLZimmer by either the' NRC or the utility

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have resulted in piecemeal studies or actions. Licensing hearings

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offer the'only-comprehensive way of airing and addressing all problems and finally establishing a groundwork of fact from which

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corrective action can proceed.

We also t'h ink the MVPP has earned the chance to finish the job dt started in unravelling the Zimmer coverup and all of its reper- -!

cussions. We find it significant that it took a poorly financed, understaffed legal team working for a citizens' organization to discover problems of major proportion at Zimmer wnen the NRC staff 1

and utility officials, present at the plant from the beginning of construction, failed to do so. This indicates to us a need for a legal ~ inquiry, such as lidensing hearings, into the MVPP~ allegations

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and also an inquiry into why the NRC staff and utility officials did not identify any major deficiencies in all the years they ob-served and directed construction at Zimmer.

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The NRC and C.G.&E. suffer from a severe credibility problem with the public and this needs to be faced. C.G.&E., for its part, has taken a less than helpful attitude toward all of the controvelsy surrounding Zimmer. They have refused to participate in any public

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forums set up to discuss Zimmer, most notably the City of Cincinnati's Environmental Advisory Council Hearings in September of 1982. And, most recently in March of 1983, C.G.&E. filed a 341 page response to the MVPP allegations characterizing all the charges made by MVPP as "not valid ' or previously identified and "already being addressed".

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3 We find this response. curious when viewed in the light of the most recent NRC Evaluation Team (NET) report on the Quality of Construction at i the 'Zimmer Nuclear Pow'er ~ Station. In many respects the NET report pdrallels allegations that MVPP filed with the NRC in August

'of 1982, ; particularly 'in the contention that - th'e as-built ~ condition of the plant'does not match the' final version of the Sargent and Lundy design for Zimmer. Where is the truth in this debate? We believe that-the MVPP should be allowed to' prove'its case before

- the Atomic Safety and -Licensing Board (Board) . And likewise, C.G.&E. should be given the opportunity to argue its position before -

the Board in'an attempt to clear its name and record.

In our estimation the NRC has a unique opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to restoring public confidence in Zimmer while L assuring.that Zimmer'will be built safely .and properly. 'Any effort at this time by the NRC to prevent a full disclosure of the facts abcnit Zimmer will only prolong the inevitable to the detriment of all the people of Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Unless and until al. the safety problems at Zimmer are addressed and corrected the residents of this area can-look forward to far greater expense in the long run of events and a much increased chance of a major operating accident. We do not find these alternatives acceptable i .

nor.should the IGC.

Respectfully submitted, d LWN - -b PEillip W. Abhdon, Chairperson, Coalition for Affordable, Safe Energy (C.A.S.E. Steering Committee Members' signatures attached)

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1)8 L We,'the' undersigned' organizations of the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana Tri-State i area charge our Federal, State, and Local lawmakerc;and regulators to take the necessary political and legaltsteps to assure that until all safety problems are resolvedr that the' William H. Zimmer Nuclear Power Station is not' licensed:and that the consumers are not required to' pay any further rate increases in any

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COM'4ISSION DC3:ft?r ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

'83 Jgl-6 P1 :39 Mr. John H. Frye III .-

J6dge Stanley M. Livingston' '

-d Dr. Frank F. Hooper In the Matter of  :

CINCINNATI GAS AND ELECTRIC  :

COMPANY, ET AL,  : DOCKET NO. 50-358 (William H. Zimmer Nuclear  :

Power Station)  :

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of Motion for~ Leave to File Amicud Curiae and Amicus Curiae Brief in the above-captioned proceed-ing have been served on the following persons by posting the same ,

in the' U.S. Mails, postage prepaid, this 3rd day of June 1983.* .

Mr. John Frye III

, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission i

Washington, D.C. 20555' Dr. Frank F. Hooper Troy B. Conner, Esq. '

School of Natural Resources Conner, Moore & Corber University of Michigan 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Washington, D.C. 20006 William'J. Moran,JEsq. John D. Woliver, Esq. "'

3 General Counsel P.O. Box 47 Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. 550 Kilcore Street P.O. Box 960 Batavia, Ohio 45103 l

Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 g l , Chairman

, W. Peter Heile, Esq. Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal I Assistant City Solicitor ,

Board Room 214, City Hall U.S. Nuclear Regulatdry Commission Cincinnati, Ohid 45220 Washington, D.C. 20555

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Mary Reder Docketing and Service Section Box 270 Office of the Secretary Route 2 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission California, Kentucky 41007 Washington, D.C. 20555 -

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Board of Kentucky U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 209 St. Clair Street Washington, D.C. 20555 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

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Andrew B. Dennison

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Washington, D.C. 20555 oMichael C. Farrar, Esq.

Atomic Safety'& Licensing Appeal George Pattison Board Prosecuting Attorney U.S. Nuclear-Regulatory Commission Clermont County Wa'shington, D.C. 20555 154 Main Street Batavia, Ohio 451.03 Admin,istrative Judge M. Stanley Livingston 1005 Calle Largo ~-

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