ML071790105

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Vermont Yankee - NRC Staff Answer to NEC Motion to Defer Decision on Entergy'S Motion for Summary Disposition of NEC Contention 3 (Steam Dryer
ML071790105
Person / Time
Site: Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date: 06/26/2007
From: Baty M
NRC/OGC
To:
M C Baty, OGC,301-415-1324
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 13807
Download: ML071790105 (4)


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June 26, 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 VERMONT YANKEE, LLC ) Docket No. 50-271-LR AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )

) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR (Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

NRC STAFF ANSWER TO NEC MOTION TO DEFER DECISION ON ENTERGYS MOTION FOR

SUMMARY

DISPOSITION OF NEC CONTENTION 3 (STEAM DRYER)

INTRODUCTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.323(c) and the schedule set by the Board, Transcript of Pre-Hearing Conference (June 12, 2007) (Tr. at 559), the NRC Staff (Staff) herein answers New England Coalition, Inc.s (NEC) Motion to Withhold Decision of Entergys Motion for Summary Disposition of New England Coalition Contention 3 (Steam Dryer)

(Motion) filed by NEC on June 19, 2007. For the reasons set forth below, the Staff does not object NECs request.

DISCUSSION Pursuant to § 2.710(c), if party a cannot for a stated reason present facts by affidavit essential to justify its opposition to a motion for summary disposition, the presiding officer may refuse the application for summary disposition, postpone a decision to permit affidavits to be obtained, or make another appropriate order. See also Initial Scheduling Order (Nov. 17, 2006) (unpublished) at 7. The results of Vermont Yankees steam dryer inspections became available on June 19, 2007, after answers to Entergys Motion for Summary Disposition of New England Coalitions Contention 3 (Steam Dryer) (SD Motion) (April 19, 2007), were due. See Motion at 1-2. NEC

represents that the steam dryer inspection results constitute new evidence of the post-extended power uprate condition of the steam dryer and therefore are relevant to its contention that Entergys license renewal application does not include an adequate plan to monitor and manage the aging of the steam dryer during the period of extended operation. See Id. at 2.

In light of the NECs representations that steam dryer inspection results are relevant to its contention and NECs experts cannot review such results until June 27, 2007, and in view of Boards recent Order Granting NEC Motion for Extension of Time (June 21, 2007) (unpublished), the Staff does not object to NECs request that the Board defer its decision on Entergys SD Motion until after NEC submits its assessment of steam dryer inspection results on July 19, 2007.

CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, the Staff does not object to NECs Motion.

Respectfully submitted,

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 26th day of June, 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 VERMONT YANKEE, LLC ) Docket No. 50-271-LR AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of NRC STAFF ANSWER TO NEC MOTION TO DEFER DECISION ON ENTERGYS MOTION FOR

SUMMARY

DISPOSITION OF NEC CONTENTION 3 (STEAM DRYER) in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail with copies by deposit in the NRCs internal mail system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electronic mail, with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 26th day of June, 2007.

Alex S. Karlin, Chair Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: O-16C1 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: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Administrative Judge Director of Public Advocacy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Department of Public Service U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: rew@nrc.gov E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Thomas S. Elleman* Ronald A. Shems, Esq.*

Administrative Judge Karen Tyler, Esq.*

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 91 College Street Raleigh, NC 27612 Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu E-mail: rshems@sdkslaw.com Ktyler@sdkslaw.com Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Mail Stop: O-16C1 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: OCAAmail@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: mxc7@nrc.gov

Peter C. L. Roth, Esq.* David R. Lewis, Esq.*

Senior Assistant Attorney General Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.*

Office of the Attorney General Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 33 Capitol Street 2300 N Street, NW Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: peter.roth@doj.nh.gov E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.co Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.*

National Legal Scholars Law Firm 84 East Thetford Rd.

Lyme, NH 03768 E-mail:

aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for the NRC Staff