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02/04/2003 Letter to Administrative Judges Typographical Error in 01/22/2003, Response to Amended Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing Filed by Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone and Star Foundation
ML030360097
Person / Time
Site: Millstone Dominion icon.png
Issue date: 02/04/2003
From: Hodgdon A
NRC/OGC
To: Cole R, Elleman T, Austin Young
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Byrdsong A T
References
+adjud/rulemjr200506, 50-336-OLA-2, ASLBP 03-808-02-OLA, RAS 5670
Download: ML030360097 (2)


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RAS 5670 DOCKETED 02/05/03 February 4, 2003 Ann Marshall Young, Chair Dr. Thomas S. Elleman Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board 704 Davidson St.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Raleigh, NC 27609-5543 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, D.C. 20555 Dr. Richard F. Cole Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, D.C. 20555 In the Matter of DOMINION NUCLEAR CONNECTICUT, INC.

(Millstone Power Station, Unit No. 2)

Docket No. 50-336-OLA-2

Dear Administrative Judges:

The Staffs Response to Amended Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing Filed by Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone and Star Foundation, filed January 2, 2003, contained a typographical error. The final sentence in the next to the last paragraph on page 17 should conclude than in public hearings rather than and in public hearings. A corrected page is attached to this letter. The Staff regrets any inconvenience caused by this error.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Ann P. Hodgdon Counsel for NRC Staff cc w/encl: Service list

explicitly defines such administrative measures. The proposed amendment would allow containment penetrations, including the equipment door and personnel airlock door, to be maintained open under administrative controls. As discussed in Attachment 2, page 8, of the application, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut will establish administrative controls to ensure that any containment penetration which provides direct access to the outside atmosphere, including the equipment door and personnel airlock door, can be manually closed within 30 minutes of a fuel handling accident. The administrative controls are explicitly discussed in the application in (pages 7 and 8), Attachment 4 (Insert G), and Attachment 5 (pages B 3/4 9-1a and B 3/4 9-1b).

The Petitioners final asserted interest focuses on general concerns relating to terrorism.

Petition at 3. There is no indication that the granting of this license amendment will have any impact on terrorism or the likelihood of a terrorist attack. Beyond that, the Commission recently decided that such contentions are inadmissible under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc. (Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Unit 3), CLI 27, 56 NRC __ (slip op. Dec. 18, 2002), at 5, or the Atomic Energy Act, Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C. (Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation), CLI-02-25, 56 NRC __ (slip op. Dec. 18, 2002) at 7-9, 20-21. The Commission stated that such issues are better addressed by other means than in public hearings. Id.

Thus, Petitioners have not identified any general areas of concern that are within the scope of this proceeding.