ML071510064
| ML071510064 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 05/18/2007 |
| From: | Baty M, Curatola A NRC/OGC |
| To: | |
| A L Curatola, OGC, 301-415-8554 | |
| References | |
| 50-293-LR, ASLBP 06-848-02-LR, RAS 13660 | |
| Download: ML071510064 (13) | |
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May 18, 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 P. Abramson A. Young proceeding. Also attached are the Affidavit of Perry Buckberg, 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/
Andrea Curatola 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
ATTACHMENT 1:
PILGRIM LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX Supplement 6 - May 18, 2007 Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:
06-01 ML071290155 5/9/2006 (NPA-PD) Letter to Mary Lampert from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Heath and Human Services, Department of Public Health, Regarding Child Heath Statistics.
06-02 ML071380190 3/28/2007 Pilgrim, License Renewal Comments on Draft Safety Evaluation Report, Dated March 2007.
06-03 ML071200197 4/2/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Annulus drain line buckets.
06-04 ML071200177 4/2/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Fw: Revised Drywell UT Table and Annulus Drain VT-2 Datasheets.
06-05 ML071200188 4/3/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Conference Call Record 4/2/2007.
06-06 ML071200187 4/12/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Re: Conference Call Record 4/2/2007.
06-07 ML071280814 4/13/2007 E-MAIL: (NPA-PD) Entergy EFH Comment References doc - Pilgrim.
06-08 ML071200179 4/18/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Copy of PNPS LRA Annual Update Letter.
06-09 ML071160152 4/18/2007 Pilgrim, License Renewal Application Annual Update.
06-10 ML071290120 4/19/2007 E-mail: (NPA-PD) Entergy EFH Comment References2 - Pilgrim.
06-11 ML071280811 4/20/2007 E-MAIL: (NPA-PD) Entergy EFH Comment References - Pilgrim.
06-12 ML071210250 4/20/2007 Pilgrim, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Related to Repair of the Core Shroud Stabilizer Assemblies.
06-13 ML071290298 4/24/2007 E-MAIL (NPA-PD) Paper Abstract.
06-14 ML071210254 4/24/2007 Pilgrim, Revision to Entergy Response to NRC Request for Additional Information Related to Repair of the Core Shroud Stabilizer Assemblies.
06-15 ML071290387 4/25/2007 E-mail (NPA-PD) Additional Info/
References:
Sea Breeze Journal Article.
Accession Number Document Date Title/Description:
06-16 ML071240467 4/25/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Buried Pipes and Tanks Inspection Program - Pilgrim.
06-17 ML071280766 4/26/2007 E-mail: (NPA-PD) Link to Rutgers Slides on WRF Calcs - Pilgrim.
06-18 ML071240473 4/26/2007 E-MAIL: (PD) Re: PNPS Request.
06-19 ML071030053 4/27/2007 Summary of Conference Calls on April 2, 2007, With Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Regarding the Pilgrim License Renewal Application (TAC No. MC9669).
ATTACHMENT 2: PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER STATION LICENSE RENEWAL HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS PRIVILEGE Supplement 6: May 18, 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 06-01 ML071030259 Palla R L, NRC/NRR/
ADRA/DRA/
APLA E-MAIL: Documents from Entergys Supplement 3 Disclosure.
4/2/2007 E-Mail,
- Report, Technical, Slides and Viewgraphs Bixler N, Jones J, Sandia National Labs (SNL)
Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 108 06-02 ML071030282 Jones J A, Sandia National Labs (SNL)
E-MAIL: Re:
Documents from Entergys Supplement 3 Disclosure [from J.A.
Jones]
4/2/2007 E-Mail Palla R L, NRC/NRR/ADR A/DRA Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 2
06-03 ML071030284 Palla R L, NRC/NRR E-MAIL: Re:
Documents from Entergys Supplement 3 Disclosure.
4/3/2007 E-Mail Jones J A, Sandia National Labs (SNL)
Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 2
PDP No.
Accession Number Author Name/
Affiliation:
Title/Description:
Document Date Document Type Addressee /
Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count 06-04 ML071210060 Medoff J, NRC/NRR/
ADRO/DLR E-MAIL: Re: Pilgrim SER Comments and ACRS Questions.
4/3/2007 E-Mail Buckberg P H, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR Internal staff discussions regarding SER comments 3
06-05 ML071030292 Nash H L, NRC/NRR E-MAIL: Pilgrim Closed-Cycle Alternative.
4/4/2007 E-Mail Williamson A R, NRC/NRR Internal comments regarding SEIS 2
06-06 ML071290382 Palla R L, NRC/NRR E-mail: Fwd: Pilgrim:
Task 1 Initial Assessment Report.
4/9/2007 E-Mail Greene N A, Mitchell J A, Moody R E, Rikhoff J J, NRC Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 29 06-07 ML071290383 Jones J A, Sandia National Labs (SNL)
E-MAIL: Pilgrim:
Task 1 Initial Assessment Report.
4/9/2007 E-Mail, Report, Mis-cellaneous Palla R L, NRC/NRR Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 29 06-08 ML071290175 Palla R L, NRC/NRR/
ADRA/DRA E-MAIL: Link to NUREG/CR-6525 re:
SECPOP2000.
4/16/2007 E-Mail Rikhoff J J, NRC/NRR/ADR O/DLR/REBA Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 2
06-09 ML071290167 Rikhoff J J, NRC/NRR/
ADRO/DLR E-MAIL: Link to NUREG/CR-6525 re:
SECPOP2000 and Review of Initial Assessment Report.
4/17/2007 E-Mail Palla R L, NRC/NRR/ADR A/DRA/APLA Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 4
PDP No.
Accession Number Author Name/
Affiliation:
Title/Description:
Document Date Document Type Addressee /
Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count 06-10 ML071290161 Palla B, NRC/OGC E-MAIL: Comments on Economic Portion of Initial Assessment Report.
4/18/2007 E-Mail Jones J O, Sandia National Labs (SNL)
Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 3
06-11 ML071290290 Mitchell J A, NRC/RES E-mail: Re: SNL Task 1 Report on Pilgrim [From J.
Mitchell.]
4/24/2007 E-Mail Palla R L, NRC/NRR Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 2
06-12 ML071290412 Palla R L, NRC/NRR E-MAI: Attaching Emails Re: Sea Breeze Related Items.
4/25/2007 E-Mail Uttal S L, NRC/OGC Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 43 06-13 ML071290282 Palla R L, NRC/NRR/
ADRA/DRA/
APLA E-MAIL: Fwd:
Pilgrim.
4/25/2007 E-Mail Greene N A, Kotzalas M A, NRC/NRR/ADR A/DRA/AADB Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 3
06-14 ML071290285 Lilly M R, NRC/NRO E-MAIL: Pilgrim.
4/25/2007 E-Mail Lilly M R, Palla R L, NRC/NRO, NRC/NRR Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 2
06-15 ML071290269 Lilly M R, NRC/NRO/
DSER E-MAIL: Re: Fwd:
Pilgrim [from M.
Lilly].
4/25/2007 E-Mail Greene N A, Lilly M R, Mitchell J A, Palla R L, NRC/NRO, NRC/NRR, NRC/RES Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 4
PDP No.
Accession Number Author Name/
Affiliation:
Title/Description:
Document Date Document Type Addressee /
Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count 06-16 ML071290275 Greene N A,
NRC/NRR/
ADRA E-MAIL: Re: Fwd:
Pilgrim [from N.
Greene].
4/25/2007 E-Mail Lilly M R, Mitchell J A, Palla R L, NRC/NRO, NRC/NRR, NRC/RES Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 4
06-17 ML071280763 Mitchell J A, NRC/ADM/
DC E-MAIL: Pilgrim 4.
4/25/2007 E-Mail Greene N A, Lilly M R, Palla R L, NRC/NRO/DSE R,
NRC/NRR/ADE S, NRC/OGC Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 4
06-18 ML071280744 Palla R L, NRC/NRR/
DSSA E-MAIL: Pilgrim.
4/25/2007 E-Mail Greene N A, Kotzalas M A, NRC/NRR/ADE S
Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 4
06-19 ML071280802 Lilly M R, NRC/NRO/
DSER/RSA C
E-MAIL: Pilgrim5.
4/25/2007 E-Mail Palla R L, NRC/NRR/ADE S
Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 26 06-20 ML071290256 Palla R L, NRC/NRR/
ADRA/DRA/
APLA E-MAIL: Re: Fwd:
Pilgrim.
4/26/2007 E-Mail Rubin M P, NRC/NRR/ADR A/DRA/APLA Internal staff discussions regarding SAMAs 3
May 18, 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:
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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 18th day of May, 2007
May 18, 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:
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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.
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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 May 18, 2007, submission of the Staffs Hearing File.
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I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in Attachment 2, 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.
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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.
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Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to each of the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the May 18, 2007 submission of the Hearing File Supplement 5.
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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 18th day of May, 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 18th day of May 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
/RA/
Andrea Curatola Counsel for the NRC Staff