ML20236L816

State of Vermont Answer to New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution & Commonwealth of Ma Petition for Review of ALAB-876.* State of VT Urges Commission to Review & Reverse Aslab Rejection of Contention 2.Certificate of Svc Encl

ML20236L816
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	11/05/1987
From:	Mullett D VERMONT, STATE OF
To:	NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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References
ALAB-876, OLA, NUDOCS 8711110075
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.a, DOCKETED UNITED-STATES OF AMERICA

BEFORE THE-NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION W U -6 P2 :46 0FFICE 0F nuntinny

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In the Matter of ) BRANCH ,

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VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA 1 POWER CORPORATION ) (Spent Fuel: Pool l

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) November 5, 1987) 1 Power Station) ) j State of Vermont's Answer to NECNP and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Petitions for Review of ALAB-876 For the reasons stated in the petitions for review filed by NECNP and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State'of l Vermont, participating as an interested ~ state pursuant to.10.

i CFR 2.715(c), urges that the Commission grant review and reverse the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board's rejection of contention 2. It is-NEPA itself which sets the standard for determining whether an Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared, see 42 U.S.C. S4321 at Egg, and contention 2, as redrafted by the Licensing Board, properly recognizes the existence of a factual question as to whether the proposed expansion.of the pool constitutes "a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the-human environment.' Moreover, in view of the final Brookhaven report's conclusions regarding the possibility:of self-propagating cladding-fires in the pool, and t_he specific relationship between storage in high density racks and such 8711110075 871105 PDR ADOCK 05000271 G PDR

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• .J potentialjincidents, .this factualiquestionLis"certainlya j one of. significance in. assessing the impact.of the proposed.  !!

1 amendment on the health,isafety.and welfare.of;the citizens- 1 of-Vermont and thefsurrounding states.

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constitutes the:first spentifuell expansion proceedingJin; j

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evaluated through the' hearing. process, questions regarding.

contention'2 raise.'important. issues'of'public. policy,:and should be reviewed-under,the. authority of. 10'CFR .

1 52.786 (b) (4) (1) . _g Dated at Montpelier, Vermont this day.of'Noven.ber,

.1987. 1 Re ectfullyc bmitte'd,

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' Day /id . J. Mullett Special Assistant Attorney.

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a Vermont Department ,of  !

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'120 State Street Montpelier', VT 05602 (802) 828-2811 Counsel for State:of Vernont See "Sev,ere Accidents in Spent Fuel Pools in Support of Generic Safety Issue 82," Brookhaven National Laboratory, July 1987 (recommending a two.. year interval..between the discharge of freshly' discharged fuel and its storage in high' density racks).

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USNRC UNITED STATES'OF AMERICA WD4 P2:46

. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE $ SECMTARY 00CMEithG 4 SEitvlCF*

. BRANCH.

In the Matter of ).

VERMONT YANKEE ~ NUCLEAR .

Docket No.~50-271-OLAi POWER CORPORATION. ).

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear'  :)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersignedLcertifies that'onLNover.ber 5, 1987, copies' of the Answer of the State ofLVermont.to~ Applicant'siPetition for Review of ALAB-869,.and State of Vermont'sLAnswer-to NECNP.

and Commonwealth of. Massachusetts' Petitions-for-. Review of ,

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l ALAB-876 were served on the following. parties toL this case by -

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first class mail or as otherwise indicated: 1 l

l Charles Bechhoefer, Chairman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel l U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Glenn O. Bright Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. James H. Carpenter Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Secretary of the Commission Attn: Docketing and Service Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 (Federal Express)

.2 Christine N. Kohl, Chairman ,

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

' Washington, D.C.s 20555 i George Dean, Esq.

Assistant Attorney General-Commonwealth.of Massachusetts Department of-the Attorney General-One Ashburnton. Place-Boston, MA 02108 Ellyn R. Weiss,.Esq.-

Harmon & Weiss Suite 430 2001 S. Street, NW Washington, D. C. 20009 Ann Hodgdon, Esq.

Office of-the General Counsel-Bethesda U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Thomas G. Dignan, Esq.

Popes G Gray 225 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 j

q Gary J. E61es Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board l U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission _

Washington, D.C. 20555  !

Howard A. Wilber Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Geoffrey M. Huntington, Esq.

Office of the Attorney General Environn. ental Protection Agency State House Annex 25 Capitol Street Concord, NH 03301-6397 Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 ,

Lando W. Zech, Chairman U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

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Thomas M. Roberts, Commissioner U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 1

- Frederick M. Bernthal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory. Commission  ;

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Kenneth M. Carr .

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