ML053420202

Vermont Yankee - Letter from Jason C. Zorn to Administrative Judges Enclosing Supplement 17 to the Hearing File Index and Affidavit of G. Edward Miller, Jr

ML053420202
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	11/28/2005
From:	Zorn J NRC/OGC
To:	Anthony Baratta, Karlin A, Rubenstein L Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Zorn, Jason 415-1797
References
50-271-OLA, ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA, RAS 10772
Download: ML053420202 (6)

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November 28, 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:

The NRC Staff hereby provides notice that the hearing file for this proceeding has been updated pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d). The Staff is also producing updates to its privilege logs as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), and is continuing to preserve and maintain all privileged documents during the pendency of this proceeding.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jason C. Zorn Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Index Supplement Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Affidavit of G. Edward Miller, Jr.

cc: Service List

ENCLOSURE 1 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX SUPPLEMENT 17 - November 28, 2005 Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

427 ML053180014 11/3/2005 E-mail, Ennis, NRR, to Daflucas, Entergy, Re: VY EPU Draft Environmental Assessment.

428 ML053180028 11/3/2005 E-mail, Ennis, NRR, to Shadis, NEC, Re: VY EPU Draft SE.

429 ML053180031 11/3/2005 E-mail, Ennis, NRR, to Shadis, NEC, Re: VY EPU Draft SE.

430 ML053180018 11/3/2005 E-mail, Ennis, NRR, to Sherman, Vt DEP, Re: VY EPU Draft SE.

431 ML053180019 11/3/2005 E-mail, Ennis, NRR, to Sherman, Vt DEP, Re: VY EPU Draft SE.

432 ML053260140 11/3/2005 E-mail, Nichols, Entergy, to Ennis, NRR, Re: VY EPU Supplement 41.

433 ML053180015 11/3/2005 E-mail, Shadis, NEC, to Ennis, NRR, Re: VY EPU SER.

434 ML053180033 11/3/2005 E-mail, White, RGN-I, to White, VT DEP, Re: VY EPU Draft SE.

435 ML053180023 11/4/2005 E-mail, Anderson, RGN-I, to Ennis, NRR, Et. Al., Re: VY EPU Steam Dryer. (Note:

the attachment is proprietary to Entergys contractor, GE, and will be identified as such in the Staffs Hearing File Supplement 18).

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ENCLOSURE 2 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS SUPPLEMENT 17 - November 28, 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.

PDP Accession Author Title/ Document Document Addressee / Comment Page No. Number Name/

Description:

Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation: Affiliation 17-01 ML053180027 Ennis R B, E-mail, Ennis, 11/3/2005 E-Mail Scarbrough T G, Contains NRC Staff 32 NRC/NRR NRR, to NRC/NRR discussion Scarbrough, concerning results of NRR, Et. Al., Re: VY steam dryer VY EPU Steam inspection.

Dryer Redacted version (factual information) will be made available for Supplement 18 17-02 ML053180029 White J R, E-mail, White, 11/3/2005 E-Mail Ennis R B, Contains NRC Staff 30 NRC/RGN-I RGN-I, to Ennis, NRC/NRR discussion NRR, Re: VY concerning results of EPU Steam VY steam dryer Dryer. inspection.

Redacted version (factual information) will be made available for Supplement 18 1 of 1

November 28, 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 G. EDWARD MILLER, JR. CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d)

I, G. Edward Miller, Jr., being first duly sworn, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). I serve as a Project Manager in Plant Licensing Branch I-2, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing. 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/

G. Edward Miller, Jr.

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

)

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

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

)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing letter from Jason C. Zorn, Counsel for NRC Staff, to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, dated November 28, 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 28th day of November, 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 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP New England Coalition 2300 N St., NW P.O. Box 98 Washington, DC 20037-1128 Edgecomb, ME 04556 (E-mail: jay.silberg@pillsburylaw.com (E-mail: shadis@prexar.com matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com) shadis@ime.net)

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:

(E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us) aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com)

Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.** Jared Lindsay, Esq.**

Law Clerk Law Clerk 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: jmr3@nrc.gov) (E-mail: jjl5@nrc.gov)

/RA/

Jason C. Zorn Counsel for NRC Staff