ML051450254

Vermont Yankee - Letter from Brooke D. Poole to Administrative Judges Enclosing Supplement 8 to the Hearing File Index, an Updated Privilege Log, and Affidavit of John P. Boska

ML051450254
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	05/24/2005
From:	Poole B NRC/OGC
To:	Anthony Baratta, Karlin A, Rubenstein L Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Brooke Poole, OGC, 415-1556
References
50-271-OLA, ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA, RAS 10013
Download: ML051450254 (7)

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May 24, 2005 Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Administrative Judge Lester S. Rubenstein Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4760 East Country Villa Drive Mail Stop: T-3F23 Tucson, AZ 85718 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE LLC and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

Docket No. 50-271-OLA

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d), the NRC staff hereby provides notice that the Hearing File for this proceeding has been updated. As required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the staff is producing an update to the privilege log at this time. The staff is continuing to preserve and maintain all privileged documents during the pendency of this proceeding. In accordance with the Licensing Boards Order of April 5, 2005, the Staff is producing the hearing file index supplement and the affidavit of John P. Boska only to the other parties to this proceeding.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brooke D. Poole Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Index Supplement (parties only)

Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Affidavit of John P. Boska (parties only)

ENCLOSURE 1 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX SUPPLEMENT 8 - May 24, 2005 Accession Number Document Date Title/Description 175 ML051390305 04/25/2005 E-Mail - Daflucas, Entergy, to Ennis, NRR, re: EPU Supplement 28, Attached to E-Mail.

176 ML051390132 04/27/2005 E-mail - Ennis, NRR, to Sherman, Vermont DPS, et al., re: Meeting Notice for 05/09/05 meeting.

ENCLOSURE 2 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS SUPPLEMENT 8 - MAY 24, 2005 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosure as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R.

§ 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the deliberative process privilege.

Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page Number Name/Affiliation: Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation ML051390138 Pettis, R.L., E-mail - Pettis, R.L., 04/26/2005 E-Mail Reddy, D.K., 2 NRC/NRR NRR, to Reddy, NRC/NRR NRR, re: VY EPU Testing Issue, on Transient Testing.

ML051390141 Scarbrough, T.G., E-mail - Scarbrough, 05/03/2005 E-Mail Holden, C.F., 3 NRC/NRR NRR, to Holden, NRC/NRR NRR, re: VY Internal Meeting Thursday 5/5 at 1 p.m., and Steam Dryer Analyses.

ML051390143 Ennis, R.B., E-mail - Ennis, NRR, 05/04/2005 E-Mail Wu, C., 4 NRC/NRR to Wu, NRR, et. al., NRC/NRR re: VY Internal Meeting Thursday 05/05 at 1 p.m., and Steam Dryer Analyses.

Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page Number Name/Affiliation: Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation ML051390144 Ennis, R.B., E-Mail - Ennis, NRR, 05/05/2005 E-Mail Holden, C.F., 3 NRC/NRR to Holden, NRR, and Roberts, D.J.,

Roberts, NRR, re: NRC/NRR Discussion With SRXB - Methods &

Codes Issue.

ML051390145 Terao, D., E-mail - Terao, NRR, 05/05/2005 E-Mail Scarbrough, 2 NRC/NRR to Scarbrough, NRR, T.G.,

re: VY EPU NRC/NRR Schedule, and Steam Dryer Analyses.

May 18, 2005 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA LLC and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN P. BOSKA CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d)

I, John P. Boska, being first duly sworn, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Senior Project Manager in the Division of Licensing Project Management in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the extended power uprate license amendment request at issue in this proceeding.

2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §2.336 (b) and (d) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as of the date of this certification.

3. I hereby certify that the foregoing is true and complete to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

/RA/

John P. Boska

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA LLC and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC Staff letter dated May 24, 2005, providing notice of the availability of the hearing file, together with attachments, in the captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class; or as indicated by an asterisk (*), by deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions internal mail system; and by e-mail as indicated by a double asterisk (**), this 24th day of May, 2005.

Alex S. Karlin, Chair** Dr. Anthony J. Baratta**

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3F23 Mail Stop T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov E-mail: ajb5@nrc.gov Lester S. Rubenstein** Office of the Secretary**

Administrative Judge ATTN: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: O-16C1 4760 East Country Villa Drive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tucson, AZ 85718 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: lesrrr@comcast.net E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate John M. Fulton, Esq.

Adjudication* Assistant General Counsel Mail Stop: O-16C1 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington, DC 20555-0001 White Plains, NY 10601

Jay E. Silberg, Esq.** Raymond Shadis**

Matias Travieso-Diaz, Esq.** Staff Technical Advisor Douglas Rosinski, Esq.** New England Coalition Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP P.O. Box 98 2300 N St., NW Edgecomb, ME 04556 Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: shadis@prexar.com E-mail: jay.silberg@pillsburylaw.com shadis@ime.net matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com douglas.rosinski@pillsburylaw.com Sarah Hofmann, Esq.** Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.**

Special Counsel National Legal Scholars Law Firm Department of Public Service 84 East Thetford Rd.

112 State Street - Drawer 20 Lyme, NH 03768 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: aroisman@valley.net E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Jonathan M. Block, Esq.** Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.**

94 Main Street Law Clerk P.O. Box 566 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Putney, VT 05346-0566 Mail Stop: T-3F23 E-mail: jonb@sover.net U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: jmr3@nrc.gov)

/RA/

Brooke D. Poole Counsel for NRC Staff