ML073320809
| ML073320809 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 11/21/2007 |
| From: | Doris Lewis Entergy Nuclear Generation Co, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP |
| To: | NRC/OCM |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-293-LR, ASLBP 06-848-02-LR, LBP-07-13, RAS 14682 | |
| Download: ML073320809 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Commission November 21, 2007 DOCKETED USNRC November 21, 2007 (11:03am)
In the Matter of
)OFFICE OF SECR RULEMAKINGS Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and )
Docket No. 50-293-LR ADJUDICATIONS Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
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ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR
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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)
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ENTERGY'S ANSWER OPPOSING PILGRIM WATCH'S APPEAL OF LBP-07-13 Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. ("Entergy")
hereby answer and oppose Pilgrim Watch's Appeal' of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board's Order granting Entergy's Motion for Summary Disposition of Pilgrim Watch Contention 3.2 The Board's order is interlocutory, and therefore Pilgrim Watch's appeal is impermissible at this juncture.
The Order granted summary disposition of only one of Pilgrim Watch's two contentions admitted into the Pilgrim license renewal proceeding. Pilgrim Watch's other contention --
Contention 1 -- will go to hearing in early 2008.3 Thus, with Contention 1 still at issue, Pilgrim Watch has retained its status as an intervenor in this proceeding. An order granting summary disposition of some, but not all, of an intervenor's contentions does not dismiss the intervenor from the proceeding and is interlocutory in nature. A petition for review of such an order, therefore, must await the issuance of a reviewable decision. Public Service Co. of New Pilgrim Watch's Brief on Appeal of LBP-07-13 Memorandum and Order (Ruling of Motion to Discuss Petitioner's Contention 3 Regarding Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives) ("Appeal").
LBP-07-13 Memorandum and Order (Ruling of Motion to Discuss Petitioner's Contention 3 Regarding Severe Accident Mitigation Alternatives) ("Order").
3 Memorandum and Order (Ruling on Entergy's Motion for Reconsideraton of [LBP]-07-12), November 14, 2007.
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Hampshire (Seabrook Station, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-731, 17 N.R.C. 1073, 1074 (1983);
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. (Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2), ALAB-736, 18 N.R.C. 165 (1983); Metropolitan Edison Co. (Three Mile Island Nuclear Station, Unit 1),
ALAB-807, 21 N.R.C. 1195, 1198 n.3 (1985); Florida Power and Light Co. (Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 3 and 4), LBP-85-29, 22 N.R.C. 300, 331 (1985).
The NRC's rules grant no right to review interlocutory orders. See Pa'ina Hawaii (Material License Application), CLI-06-18, 64 N.R.C. 1, 3 (2006). Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.341 (f)(2), a petition for review of an interlocutory order will be granted only if the requesting party demonstrates that the order threatens the party with an immediate and serious irreparable impact which as a practical matter cannot be alleviated through a petition for review of the presiding officer's final decision, or affects the structure of the proceeding in a pervasive or unusual manner. Pilgrim Watch has not addressed these standards or made any such demonstration.
Consequently, for the foregoing reasons, Pilgrim Watch's Appeal should be denied.
Respectfully Submitted, David R. Lewis Paul A. Gaukler PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1128 Tel. (202) 663-8000 Counsel for Entergy Dated: November 21, 2007 2
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Commission In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
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Docket No. 50-293-LR ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of"Entergy's Answer Opposing Pilgrim Watch's Appeal of LBP-07-13" were served on the persons listed below by deposit in the U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid, and where indicated by an asterisk by electronic mail, this 21st day of November, 2007.
- Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop 0-16 Cl U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 OCAAMAIL(anrc.gov
- Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Esq., Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 amy@nrc.gov
- Secretary Att'n: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop 0-16 C1 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 secyQnrc.gov; hearingdocket@(nrc. gov
- Administrative Judge Dr. Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 rfc I (nrc. gov
- Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 pba(2nrc.gov
- Susan L. Uttal, Esq.
- Andrea L. Silvia, Esq.
- David E. Roth, Esq
- Kimberly A. Sexton, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop 0-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 slu@,nrc.gov; alcl @nrc.gov; der@nrc.gov; KAS2@~nrc.gov
- Ms. Mary Lampert 148 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332 marv.lamnert(Ocomcast.net Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
- Mr. Mark D. Sylvia Town Manager Town of Plymouth 11 Lincoln St.
Plymouth MA, 02360 msy1via(atownhall.plvmouth.ma.us
- Chief Kevin M. Nord Fire Chief and Director, Duxbury Emergency Management Agency 688 Tremont Street P.O. Box 2824 Duxbury, MA 02331 nord@town.duxbury.ma.us
- Richard R. MacDonald Town Manager 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 macdonald@town.duxbury.ma.us
- Sheila Slocum Hollis, Esq.
Duane Morris LLP 1667 K Street, N.W.
Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006 sshollis(iduanemorris.com David R. Lewis 2