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consternation about what constitutes an emergency.
nei ther of those in my recollection did I consider
practical.
And we didn t pursue them.
What did you mean by the last
statement,
The MRS review commission recommendations are viewed
as an interim solution to a problem that requires
long- range
planning and thought"
That their recommendations didn t make any
sense but we were being nice about
it.
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for identification and was retained by counsel.
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13 t Mr. Barrett, a document marked for identification as
Exhibit 17,
which is encaptioned Nuclear Waste.
there a need for federal interim storage by the U. S.
monitored retrievable storage review commission?
November ' 89, bearing Bates numbers PA-172230 through
PA-172270.
Do you have that document before you?
Yes.
And let me tell you that this document is
an excerpt from the entire -- of the entire report
issued by the U. S. monitored retrievable storage
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review commlSSlon.
Did you ever have an opportunity to review
this document in the course of the performance of your
duties as an official at the Department of Energy?
I believe
so.
Let me turn your attention to page bearing
Bates number PA-172244.
Okay.
d like to ask you to read the
passage,
the paragraph that begins at the very bottom of the
left-hand column of that page
starting, " However, the
schedule linkage.
Yes.
Do you see that?
Could you read that paragraph up to
including number
five. ve read that.
Let me as k
you to focus your
Okay.
attention to the first statement of that
section,
specifically, " However,
the schedule linkage presently
in the NWPAA (MRS construction may not begin until the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission issues a license with a
construction of a repository) would make it impossible
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for an MRS to be operational more than three years
before the repository.
Yes.
Do you see that statement?
Do you agree with that statement?
MR. CRAWFORD:
Obj ection.
As ked
and
answered.
In general,
yes.
Do you agree with it as stated here to be
accurate and correct?
It'
s a judgment
call.
Same obj ection.
MR. CRAWFORD:
I don t disagree with it -- I don
disagree with that
statement.
(Deposi tion Exhibit Barrett 18 was marked
for identification and was retained by counsel.
Mr. Barrett, the court reporter has handed
you a document marked for identification as Exhibi
18.
Do you have that before you?
Yes.
This document is the report to Congress on
reassessment of the civilian radioactive waste
management program dated November 1989 issued by the
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Exhibit 22.
The second full paragraph contains the
statement that, " This schedule, based on a realistic
assessment of acti vi ty
durations and past
experience,
shows a significant slip for the start of repository
operations from the year 2003 to approximately 2010.
The current restrictions in the amendments act linking
the repository and MRS make it impossible for DOE to
accept waste at an MRS facility on a schedule
independent from that of the repository.
that statement?
Do you see
Yes.
Based on your testimony earlier this
afternoon concerning linkage, can I assume correctly
that you would agree with that statement?
Yes.
I would also -- the very next
sentence says that DOE indicates a preference that it
be don~ through the negotiator.
SQ in a selective
reading, yes,
and, '
I agree with
you.
You agree that as the law stood in 1990
in fact,
as the law stands today it would be
impossible for the DOE to accept waste at an MRS
facili ty on
a schedule that is independent from that
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of the repository, correct?
MR. CRAWFORD:
Objection, compound.
Obj ection,
as ked
and answered.
Correct?
Correct.
MR. CRAWFORD:
Obj ection, compound.
Objection, asked and answered.
,8
And proceeding on to page five, the last
sentence of the carryover
paragraph, do you agree with
the statement that if the current linkages to the
reposi tory
are maintained -Regular
Arabic five?
yes.
Arabic five,
Oh, up top.
Do you agree with the statement " If the
current linkages to the repository are maintained, it is estimated that the commencement of facility
operations and initial acceptance of SNF /HLW by DOE
would not start until 2007.
MR. CRAWFORD:
Obj ection.
As ked
and
answered.
Yes.
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Off the
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
YANKEE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY;
CONNECTICUT YANKEE ATOMIC POWER
COMPANY; MAINE YANKEE ATOMIC
POWER COMPANY;
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abeyance and just don t change
it.
Because before, the last time one of these
was done there was an MRS in the system and there was
numerical numbers put
in.
Then the MRS -- due to
events beyond our control we couldn t do the MRS, and
it became pretty obvious you could not do 1998.
was unlikely to do 1998.
To go and rewhip your
numbers around, what value was that going to be?
Because it was moot at that
What was moot?
point.
What was moot at that
point?
From my perspective -- I wasn t really much
invol ved in all
these -- the whole thing is moot as to
what the numbers are because we focused on trying to
perform and bring capacity on line, not what the
administrati ve aspect of this
perspecti ve.
was.
From my
That'
s why I don t consider this one way
or the other.
You said " from my perspective I wasn
really much involved in all these.
When you said
all these, " what are you referring to?
ACRs, DCSs, contract language, etc.
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Because they were moot because of what was
happening on the bigger picture?
Because we were focused on trying to
address the 1998 date through the -- at this time
through the mul
tipurpose canisters.
We had
negotiations, and we were focused on trying to get the
reposi tory done under extremely difficult budget
condi tions
So I as the deputy director, which
s what I was then, did not focus on
guess that'
this.
And trying to go and change around contracts to me was
not a proper utilization of
resources.
and other
Because the whole issue of annual capacity
reports and acceptance priority ran kings
a repository plan in place?
MR. CRAWFORD:
such administri via was moot until such time as you had
Obj ection to the extent it
mischaracterizes prior
testimony.
Until we had a facility in a place to move
the material.
That was our primary focus, was to
create a facility so we could start to move the
material.
That was my main
focus.
So is my statement correct that all thls
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administri via
such as acceptance priority ran kings
and
annual capacity reports were, ln your opinion, moot
until that time?
MR. CRAWFORD:
Obj ection, vague.
Obj ection
to the extent it mischaracteri zes prior testimony.
They were
priority. all? your priority They weren priority, that' fair. They were not not on my priority.
They weren
high
Because until you had a repository plan in
place, in your words it was
moot, correct?
accept that.
Okay.
Yeah
, I' ll
Yes.
MR. CAYNE:
Let' s take a five- minute break.
It'
s 3:48.
(There is a recess from the record.
OSl tion Exhibit Barrett 39 was marked
for identification and was retained by counsel.
Mr. Barrett, the court reporter has handed
you a document marked for identification as Exhibit
39, which is the acceptance priority ranking and
annual capacity report issued March 1995, and it bears
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the first page are 0676 through 0748.
that document before you?
I do.
Do you have
Now, March 1995, this date is subsequent to
the 1994 plan you were referring to a moment
ago,
correct?
Correct.
What was that 1994 plan?
Program plan.
And that program plan did not reflect in
the table the -- the acceptance schedule did not
reflect an MRS facility, correct?
That'
s my recollection.
You can look at it again, sir, if you need
to refresh your
recollection.
You probably
Did this have a table in it?
know what the table
is.
The program plan.
Mr. Barrett -You re asking about this one?
No.
Strike that.
I asked you I think
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for identification and was attached to the
transcript.
Mr. Barrett, the court reporter has handed
you a document marked for identification as Exhibit
57.
It 1S captioned Determination of Cost- effective
Waste Management Receipt
Rates.
It 1$ by R. W. McKee,
And it
c-K-
It starts at Bates PA- 221971.
continues through PA- 221980.
Do you have tha t
document before you?
I believe
so.
I can t read the Bates
number at the bottom, but go
ahead.
Yes.
And you ll see that the first two pages of
this consecutively-Bates- numbered document appear to
be the same other than the fact that the first page
looks as if a buck slip covered over a portion of the
left-hand column, correct?
Correct.
Do you know a person named R. W. McKee?
No.
Have you ever heard of that person?
ve heard the name.
Are you familiar with Pacific Northwest
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Laboratory?
Yes.
What is Pacific Northwest Laboratory?
It'
s a contractor in Richland, Washington.
Were those contractors relied on often by
the Department of Energy in connection with the
development, design, and construction of the waste
management system?
MS. HERRMANN:
Obj ection.
Vague.
We use them as advisors and analysts for
the waste management
system.
Do you continue to so use them through
today?
No.
Through when did you use them? Through the
late eighties.
another name
There
also
the top
the
first page, H. D. Huber, H-
Do you know that
indi vidual?
No.
Did you ever rely o~ the work of Pacific
Northwes t
Laboratory?
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MS. HERRMANN:
Obj ection.
Vague.
I used it as
input.
For what purposes?
For advice on systems analysis.
Did you ever personally assign work out to
be performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory?
I don t remember me personally, but my
staff did.
Did you authorize your staff to assign work
out to Pacific Northwest Laboratory?
Yes.
I take it then you considered the work of Pacific Northwest Laboratory to be competent?
Yes.
I turn your attention to page Bates number
PA- 221972.
It'
s the second page of the document.
Actually, returning to the first page, do you see the
buck slip on the first page?
It says, '
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conference papers, volume
two, " high
priority.
I see it.
Is that your writing?
No.
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MS. HERRMANN:
Obj ection.
Speculation.
m not sure they
were.
Do you believe that this paper was
unauthorized by your department?
MS. HERRMANN:
I don t know.
Same obj ection.
Do you believe it likely someone in your
department, an employee of yours, would have requested
that Pacific Northwest Laboratory prepare the paper
reflected by Exhibit 57?
MS. HERRMANN:
I don t know.
Same obj ection.
How would this paper have been used by your
office?
MS. HERRMANN:
Obj ection.
Speculation.
Paper, not at
Excuse me?
all.
all.
The paper, not at
How would the analysis set forth ~n Exhibit
57 have been used by your office?
The paper is a summary of a
report.
The
report was submitted to the department, I would
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assume.
The report is what we would
use.
The paper
gi ven at the
conference is just a paper given at a
conference.
Fine.
Let'
s go back to that series of
questions now that I understand what you re doing.
Would your office have authorized the
report summarized in the paper, specifically Exhibit
57?
MS. HERRMANN:
Obj ection.
Speculation.
so.
I don t know for sure, but probably
For what purpose would your office have
authorized that report?
MS. HERRMANN:
Same obj ection.
For input to the Department of Energy
regarding the overall design of the
system.
And you see that according to the
abstract,
the abstract states, does it not, that a comprehensive
logistics and cost analysis has been carried out to
determine if there are potential benefits to the
high- level
waste management system for receipt rates
MTU per year design basis
other than the current 3, 000
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I see it,
yes.
m trying to figure out
what the question was.
Simply whether you see it.
I see it.
Not a hard question.
How would your office have gone about
authorizing payment for this report?
process have been?
Wha t
would the
Generally we request -- first we decide
what we wanted done.
In the case of a report like
this one we would have asked them to analyze logistics and cost analyses for the system for a range of
scenarios.
To find that scope of work agreed to on a
contractual basis, either person hours or dollar
value, the contractor would execute the report, submit
the report.
The report would be reviewed by the
Department of Energy, and then payment would be made
if it was a satisfactory
report.
Would a number of individuals have to, in
the chain of command, authorize such a report?
Generally.
And I take it there would be documentation
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