ML070540189

Updated Hearing File

ML070540189
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	02/15/2007
From:	Barkman M NRC/OGC
To:
M L Barkman, NRC/OGC, 301-45-1117
References
50-293-LR, ASLBP 06-848-02-LR, RAS 13065
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February 15, 2007 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Paul B. Abramson 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 Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

Docket No. 50-293-LR; ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

The NRC Staff hereby provides its notice that it has updated the hearing file for this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d) as modified by the Board's Order Regarding Schedule for Proceeding and Related Matters (November 29, 2006). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in the hearing file is appended hereto as Attachment 1. The Staff is also producing, as Attachment 2, 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

R. Cole February 15, 2007 P. Abramson A. Young proceeding. Also attached are the Affidavit of Perry Buckley, as required by 10 C.F.R.

§ 2.336(c), and the Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo, Director of the Division of License Renewal, formally invoking the deliberative process privilege.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Molly L. Barkman Counsel for the NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Index Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Affidavit of Perry Buckberg Declaration of Pao-Tsin Kuo cc:

Attached Service List

Page 1 of 5 ATTACHMENT 1 PILGRIM LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX Supplement 3 - February 15, 2007 Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

03-01 ML070440359 1/4/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) FW: Pilgrim in the News.

03-02 ML070080409 1/5/2007 2007/01/05-Comment (10) submitted by Lea Wood on Massachusetts Attorney Generals PRM 51-10, regarding to Amend 10 CFR Part 51.

03-03 ML070080406 1/5/2007 2007/01/05-Comment (9) submitted by Nina Keller on Massachusetts Attorney Generals Petition for Rulemaking PRM-51-10 to Amend 10 CFR Part 51.

03-04 ML063480099 1/5/2007 Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Application Review (SHPO NO. RC 36661).

03-05 ML070050153 1/8/2007 01/24/2007 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting to Discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

03-06 ML070380578 1/10/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) Fluence Values.

03-07 ML070380577 1/10/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) FW: Pilgrim LRA Amendment 11.

03-08 ML070380551 1/10/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) Pilgrim LRA Amendment 11.

03-09 ML070250175 1/10/2007 Pilgrim, License Renewal Application Amendment 11.

03-10 ML070110513 1/11/2007 SRM-M070111 - Affirmation: I. SECY-06-0227 Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee LLC & Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. (Vermont Yankee LBP-06-20 Reconsidn Denied; II. SECY-06-0238 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Intervenor Pilgrim Watchs Appeal of LBP-06-23.

Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

Page 2 of 5 03-11 ML070120427 1/12/2007 Press Release-I-07-002: NRC to Hold Public Meetings on Draft Environmental Impact Report for Pilgrim Nuclear Plant License Renewal Application.

03-12 ML070180520 1/13/2007 2001/01/13-Comment (10) submitted by Richard DiPrima on Shaws PRM-51-11 re Application of national Academy of Science BEIR-VII Standard to Dose Radiation Calculation.

03-13 ML070180504 1/15/2007 2007/01/15-Comment (16) submitted by Richard DiPrima on Massachusetts Attorney Generals PRM-51-10 re to Amend 10 CFR Part 51.

03-14 ML070370589 1/16/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: Documents from Pilgrim.

03-15 ML070230286 1/16/2007 Pilgrim, License Renewal Application Amendment 12.

03-16 ML070170610 1/17/2007 01/30/2007 Notice of Meeting Between NRC Staff &

Entergy Management to Inform Entergy Management of Results of NRC Team Inspection Covering Scoping &

Aging Management Portions of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Application For A Renewed License.

03-17 ML070380549 1/17/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) FW: Pilgrim License Renewal Application Amendment 12.

03-18 ML070370587 1/17/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: Entergy Info on Drywell Liner UT Measurements.

03-19 ML070380227 1/17/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Pilgrim LRA Amendment 12.

03-20 ML063540010 1/18/2007 12/18/2006 Summary of Conference Call With Entergy Nucelar Operations, Inc., Regarding the Pilgrim License Renewal Application.

Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

Page 3 of 5 03-21 ML070430254 1/18/2007 Comment (1) Of Joan Bartlett Re Pilgrim Power Plan In Plymouth, Requesting Part Of The Negotiations Between Entergy And Town Of Plymouth Include Preservation Of Entergy Land So That For Safety Reasons, No More Development Will Take Place Near The Plant.

03-22 ML070380545 1/18/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) FW: Drawing.

03-23 ML070380092 1/18/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd: FW: Drawing.

03-24 ML070440395 1/18/2007 E-mail: (PD) Upcoming Pilgrim Environmental License Renewal Meeting.

03-25 ML070380088 1/22/2007 E-mail: (PD) Drywall Air Gap Foam.

03-26 ML070230087 1/22/2007 SRM-M070122A-Affirmation: I. SECY-06-0240 Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC & Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. LBP-06-20: Entergy Nuclear Generation Co. (Pilgrim) LBP-06-23; II. SECY-07-0003 Exelon Generation Co., LLC (Early Site Permit Clinton ESP).

03-27 ML070360071 1/23/2007 Letter from NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service dated January 23, 2007 regarding Essential Fish Habitat Request for Consultation for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

03-28 ML070230491 1/23/2007 Press Release-I-07-004: NRC to Discuss Preliminary Results of License Renewal Inspection for Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant.

03-29 ML070330562 1/24/2007 DSEIS Meeting Presentation, Preliminary Results of Environmental Review Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

Page 4 of 5 03-30 ML070330558 1/24/2007 Meeting Agenda for Public Meeting to Discuss the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

03-31 ML070440355 1/26/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) Backgrounder.pdf.

03-32 ML070440358 1/26/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) Meteorology/Modeling Considerations for Various NRC Regulatory Licensing Programs.

03-33 ML070440356 1/26/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) Scan001 (30).pdf.

03-34 ML070430260 1/28/2007 Comment (2) of Rebecca Hall Opposing the Re-Licensing of Pilgrim Nuclear Plant in 2008.

03-35 ML070300671 1/29/2007 2007/01/29-Comment (33) submitted by Mary Lampert on Shaws PRM-51-11 re Application of National Academy of Science BEIR-VII Standard to Dose Radiation Calculation.

03-36 ML070380543 1/29/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) FW: Pilgrim LRA Amendment 13.

03-37 ML070380579 1/29/2007 E-MAIL: (PA) PNPS Meeting 1.30.07?.

03-38 ML070370295 1/29/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) DLR Briefs.

03-39 ML070370413 1/29/2007 Pilgrim - License Renewal Application Amendment 13.

03-40 ML070370298 1/30/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Pilgrim LRA Amendment 13.

03-41 ML070440402 1/30/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Re: Pilgrim SEIS.

03-42 ML070370272 1/30/2007 EMAIL: (PD) FSAR Excerpt.

03-43 ML070440323 1/30/2007 Pilgrim License Renewal Inspection Exit Meeting Slides.

03-44 ML070440406 1/31/2007 E-mail: (PD) Pilgrim Follow Up Information.

Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:

Page 5 of 5 03-45 ML070370286 1/31/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Re: Inspection Exit Meeting - Plymouth -

01.30.07 (from M. Lampert).

03-46 ML070370290 1/31/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Re: Inspection Exit Meeting - Plymouth -

01.30.07.

Page 1 of 9 ATTACHMENT 2: PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE Supplement 3: February 15, 2007 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 No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DP-03-01 ML070190153 Cheruvenki G S,

NRC/NRR/AD ES/DCI E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd:

Pilgrim PT Curve Amendment MD1218 Conference Call.

11/16/2006 E-Mail Chang K, NRC Comments on future conference call.

3 DP-03-02 ML070190159 Wen P C, NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Re:

RPV Intervals -

Pilgrim.

11/21/2006 E-Mail Cheruvenki G S, Davis J A, Hsu K R, Medoff J, NRC Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-03 ML070190160 Cheruvenki G S,

NRC/NRR/AD ES/DCI E-MAIL: (PD) RPV Internals - Pilgrim.

11/21/2006 E-Mail Davis J A, Medoff J, Wen P C, NRC Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-04 ML070190156 Cheruvenki G S,

NRC/NRR/AD ES/DCI E-MAIL: (PD) Pilgrim

- LRA.

11/27/2006 E-Mail Buckberg P H, NRC Comments and recommendations for SER 3

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 2 of 9 DP-03-05 ML070190155 Cheruvenki G S,

NRC/NRR/AD ES/DCI E-mail: (PD) Fwd:

Pilgrim - LRA.

11/29/2006 E-Mail Davis J A, NRC Comments and recommendations for SER 4

DP-03-06 ML070440360 Sheehan N A, NRC/OPA/R GN-I/FO E-MAIL: (PD) Draft Press Release for 1/24 Pilgrim License Renewal Meetings.

1/3/2007 E-Mail, Press Release Williamson A R, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR/REBB Draft Press Relief 3

DP-03-07 ML070380031 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) RAI B.1.16.1 (torus room water).

1/3/2007 E-Mail Davis J A, Hoang D V, Meyer G W, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR, NRC/RGN-I/DRS/EB1 Comments and recommendations for RAI 3

DP-03-08 ML070380027 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Re:

RAI B.1.16.1 (torus room water).

1/3/2007 E-Mail Hoang D V, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for RAI 2

DP-03-09 ML070380023 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Pilgrim Open Issues.

1/4/2007 E-Mail Ellis D, Entergy Nuclear Generation Co Comments and recommendations for RAI 3

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 3 of 9 DP-03-10 ML070110581 Williamson A R, NRC/NRR E-MAIL: (PD) PNPS Draft Report Summary Findings Poster.

1/4/2007 E-Mail Franovich R L, NRC Draft summary of environmental findings 3

DP-03-11 ML070110579 Williamson A R, NRC/NRR E-MAIL: (PD) PNPS news.

1/4/2007 E-Mail Raymond W J, NRC Comments on news article 2

DP-03-12 ML070380021 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd:

Questions &

Comments On Pilgrim RAI B.1.16.1.

1/8/2007 E-Mail Davis J A, Hoang D V, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for RAI 5

DP-03-13 ML070380106 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD)

Response to Pilgrim LRA Amendment 10.

1/8/2007 E-Mail Davis J A, Hoang D V, Meyer G W, OHara T L, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR, NRC/RGN-I/DRS/EB1, NRC/RGN-I/DRS/PSB2 Comments and recommendations for RAI 5

DP-03-14 ML070290127 Wen P C, NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd:

FYI: Receipt of the SER Input on Evaluation of Flaw Evaluations - Pilgrim LRA.

1/12/2007 E-Mail Davis J A, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for SER 12

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 4 of 9 DP-03-15 ML070370591 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD)

Simons Addition.

1/12/2007 E-Mail Medoff J, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for RAI 7

DP-03-16 ML070370588 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Re:

Fwd: Documents from Pilgrim.

1/16/2007 E-Mail Davis J A, Hoang D V, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for RAI 2

DP-03-17 ML070440397 Williamson A R, NRC/NRR E-MAIL: (PD) Fwd:

Pilgrim Alert.

1/18/2007 E-Mail Raymond W, Comments on news article 4

DP-03-18 ML070360117 NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR/RLR A

E-Mail Re: SER

[Attachment 1]: (PD)

Package 18 - Final Safety Evaluation Report for the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station License Renewal Application Evaluation.

1/19/2007 E-Mail, Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER)

Comments and recommendations for SER 5

DP-03-19 ML070360136 NRC E-Mail Re: SER

[Attachment 2]: (PD)

Section 3 Aging Management Review Results.

1/19/2007 Safety Evaluation Report Comments and recommendations for SER 215

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 5 of 9 DP-03-20 ML070380032 Rodriguez V M,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD)

Clarification.

1/19/2007 E-Mail Jones J, - No Known Affiliation Comments and recommendations for SER 2

DP-03-21 ML070440398 Williamson A R, NRC/NRR E-mail: (PD) Re: FYI

- Four Northeast Plants Informed of Monticello Shutdown.

1/19/2007 E-Mail Davis J, Emch R L, Masnik M T, NRC Comments on news article 4

DP-03-22 ML070380119 Jones J, Legin Group, Inc E-MAIL: (PD) RE:

SER.

1/19/2007 E-Mail Rodriguez V M, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-23 ML070290145 Rodriguez V M,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD)

Resending - Pilgrim SER.

1/19/2007 E-Mail Buckberg P, Sanabria Y D, NRC Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-24 ML070360155 NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR/RLR A

E-Mail SER Section 2 [Attachment 1]:

(PD) Section 2 -

Structures and Components Subject to Aging Management Review (Draft).

1/23/2007 E-Mail, Safety Evaluation Report Comments and recommendations for SER 137

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 6 of 9 DP-03-25 ML070360193 No Known Affiliation E-Mail SER Section 2 [Attachment 2]:

(PD) PNPS Section 2 Comments.

1/23/2007

- No Document Type Applies Comments and recommendations for SER 1

DP-03-26 ML070360213 NRC E-Mail SER Section 2 [Attachment 3]:

(PD) Section 2 Structures and Components Subject to Aging Management Review (Tech Edits Incorporated).

1/23/2007 Safety Evaluation Report Comments and recommendations for SER 150 DP-03-27 ML070380117 Dresser R, Legin Group, Inc E-MAIL: (PD) SER Section 2.

1/23/2007 E-Mail Buckberg P H, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-28 ML070290247 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR/RLR A

Email Drywell Air Gap Form.

1/23/2007 E-Mail Hoang D V, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for SER 2

DP-03-29 ML070290133 Medoff J, NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR/RLR C

E-MAIL: (PD) FYI -

Pilgrim LRA: Here is the BWRVIP-49 Draft Audit Report Input that I Wrote for TLAA 4.7.2.3.

1/24/2007 E-Mail Davis J A, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR/RLRC Comments and recommendations for SER 4

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 7 of 9 DP-03-30 ML070360224 Legin Group, Inc.

E-Mail Requested Documents

[Attachment 1]: (PD)

Section 4 Time-Limited Aging Analyses (Version A Draft).

1/25/2007 E-Mail, Safety Evaluation Report Comments and recommendations for SER 40 DP-03-31 ML070360231 Legin Group, Inc.

E-Mail Requested Documents

[Attachment 2]: (PD)

Section 4 Time-Limited Aging Analyses (Version B Draft).

1/25/2007 Safety Evaluation Report Comments and recommendations for SER 38 DP-03-32 ML070360505 Legin Group, Inc.

E-Mail Requested Documents

[Attachment 3]: (PD)

Section 4 Time-Limited Aging Analysis (Version A Tech Edits Incorporated).

1/25/2007 Safety Evaluation Report, Draft Comments and recommendations for SER 44

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 8 of 9 DP-03-33 ML070360538 Legin Group, Inc.

E-Mail Requested Documents

[Attachment 4]: (PD)

Section 4 Time-Limited Aging Analyses (Version B Tech Edits incorporated).

1/25/2007 Safety Evaluation Report, Draft Comments and recommendations for SER 43 DP-03-34 ML070360573 Legin Group, Inc.

E-Mail Requested Documents

[Attachment 5]: (PD)

PNPS Section 4

[Johns] Comments.

1/25/2007 Safety Evaluation Report Comments and recommendations for SER 1

DP-03-35 ML070360589 Legin Group, Inc.

E-Mail Requested Documents

[Attachment 6]: (PD)

PNPS Section 4

[Jennifers]

Comments.

1/25/2007

- No Document Type Applies Comments and recommendations for SER 1

DP-03-36 ML070380114 Jones J, Legin Group, Inc E-MAIL: (PD)

Requested Documents.

1/25/2007 E-Mail Buckberg P H, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-37 ML070380085 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR/RLR A

E-MAIL: (PD) Phone Conference 1 2007.

1/26/2007 E-Mail, Meeting Summary Ellis D, Entergy Corp Draft record of phone conference 5

PDP No.

Accession Number Author Name/

Affiliation:

Title/Description:

Document Date Document Type Addressee /

Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count Page 9 of 9 DP-03-38 ML070440401 Williamson A R,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) Pilgrim Follow Up.

1/29/2007 E-Mail Franovich R L, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments on scoping summary report 2

DP-03-39 ML070380069 Buckberg P H,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD)

Possible Region I SER Input.

1/29/2007 E-Mail Meyer G W, NRC/RGN-I/DRS/EB1 Comments and recommendations for SER 3

DP-03-40 ML070390139 Stubbs A, NRC/NRR/AD ES/DSS/SBP B

E-MAIL: (PD) Draft Pilgrim SER.

1/30/2007 E-Mail Pope S, Information Systems Labs, Inc Comments and recommendations for SER 148 DP-03-41 ML070440404 Williamson A R,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-mail: (PD) Re: FYI

- Four Northeast Plants Informed of Monticello Shutdown.

1/30/2007 E-Mail, Highlights Wrona D J, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comment on meeting summary 3

DP-03-42 ML070440396 Williamson A R, NRC/NRR E-MAIL: (PD) Re:

Pilgrim Follow Up.

1/30/2007 E-Mail Franovich R L, NRC/NRR Comments and recommendations for replying to question after scoping meeting 2

DP-03-43 ML070380111 Rodriguez V M,

NRC/NRR/AD RO/DLR E-MAIL: (PD) SER Section 4.

1/31/2007 E-Mail Medoff J, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Comments and recommendations for SER 43

February 15, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION

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Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR

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OPERATIONS, INC.

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ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

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AFFIDAVIT OF PERRY BUCKBERG CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c)

I, Perry Buckberg, do hereby state as follows:

1.

I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Stations license renewal application (LRA).

2.

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

3.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

/Original Signed By/

Perry Buckberg Executed in Rockville, MD this 15th day of February, 2007

February 15, 2007 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION

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Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR

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OPERATIONS, INC.

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ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

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DECLARATION OF PAO-TSIN KUO I, Pao-Tsin Kuo, do hereby state as follows:

1.

I am employed as the Director of the Division of Licensing Renewal (DLR) in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).

My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staffs review and evaluation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station license renewal application.

2.

As part of their responsibilities in preparing the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified several documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staffs deliberative process. Those documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the February 15, 2007, submission of the Staffs Hearing File.

3.

I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain predecisional information concerning the Staffs review of the license renewal application. All documents contain either the Staffs analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters discussed therein. Each of the documents comprises part of the deliberative process necessary to the Staffs review of the pending license renewal application.

4.

Further, I have determined that disclosure of these documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members and/or the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staffs ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff members involved in these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made.

5.

Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the February 15, 2007 submission of the Hearing File Supplement 1.

6.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

/Original Signed By/

Pao-Tsin Kuo Executed in Rockville, MD this 15th day of February, 2007

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

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )

Docket No. 50-293-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

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ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the letter notifying the administrative judges and the parties that the hearing file and mandatory disclosures, privilege log, accompanying declaration, and affidavit in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail and deposit in the U.S. Mail Service or by deposit in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions internal mail system as indicated by a single asterisk(*), or by deposit in the U.S. mail system, as indicated by a double asterisk (**) this 15th day of February 2007.

Administrative Judge*

Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: rfc1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge*

Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: amy@nrc.gov Sheila Slocum Hollis**

Duane Morris LLP 1667 K Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 E-mail: sshollis@duanemorris.com Administrative Judge*

Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: pba@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate

• Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAMail@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary*

Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board*

Mail Stop: T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Molly H. Bartlett, Esq.**

52 Crooked Lane Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: mollyhbartlett@hotmail.com Chief Kevin M. Nord**

Fire Chief & Director Duxbury Emergency Management Agency 668 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: nord@town.duxbury.ma.us Fax: 781-934-6530 Terence A. Burke, Esq.**

Entergy Nuclear 1340 Echelon Parkway Mail Stop: M-ECH-62 Jackson, MS 39213 David R. Lewis, Esq.**

Paul A. Gaukler, Esq.

Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1137 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com paul.gaukler@pillsburylaw.com Town Manager**

Town of Plymouth 11 Lincoln St.

Plymouth, MA 02360 E-mail: msylvia@townhall.plymouth.ma.us

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Molly L. Barkman Counsel for the NRC Staff