ML073540531
| ML073540531 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Oyster Creek |
| Issue date: | 09/05/2007 |
| From: | Webster R Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic |
| To: | Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-219-LR, ASLB 06-844-01-LR, RAS 14806 | |
| Download: ML073540531 (7) | |
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rJ~5 H60'O6 RUTGERS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC 123 Washington Street Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Newark, NJ 07102-3094 School of Law - Newark Phone: (973) 353-5695 Fax: (973) 353-5537 September 5, 2007 VIA E-MAIL and U.S. MAIL Judge E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission r'a~uaun4 to 10 CJR §2. 1207()3 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Re: Submittal of Proposed Questions Pursuant to 10 C.P.R. § 2.1207(a)(3) Regarding Errata to NRC Staff Rebuttal Testimony; AmerGen Energy Company, LLC (License Renewal Proceeding for Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station) Docket No. 50-219
Dear Judge Hawkens:
In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.1207(a)(3), Citizens aresubmitting confidential information in the form of the attached questions for the Board to consider asking Dr. Mark Hartzman of theNRC Staff during the hearing in September. These questions are based on the errata to the NRC staff rebuttal testimony which was submitted on August 23, 2007.
Respectfully Submitted, Richard Webster cc: Service List (with copy of nonconfidential information only)
DOCKETED USNRC December 19, 2007 (9:55am)
OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND ADJUDICATIONS STAFF Carter H. Strickland, Jr., Esq.+ Julia L. Huff, Esq.*+ Kathleen J. Shrekgast, Esq.# Richard Webster, Esq.+
Staff Attorney Staff Attorney Staff Attorney Staff Attorney cstricidand@kinoy.rutgsers.edu jhuff@kinoy.rutgers.edu kshrekgast@kinoy.rutgers.edu rwebster@kinoy.rutgers.edu Admitted in New Jersey Pursuant to 1:21-3(c) + Also admitted in New York # Also admitted In Pennsylvania
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY In the Matter of )
) Docket No.. 50-0219-LR AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC
) ASLB No. 06-844-01-LR (License Renewal for the Oyster Creek )
Nuclear Generating Station) September 5, 2007
.)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Richard Webster, of full age, certify as follows:
I hereby certify that on September 5, 2007, I caused Submittal of Proposed Questions Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.1207(a)(3) Regarding Errata to NRC Staff Rebuttal Testimony to be served via email and U.S. Postal Service (as indicated) on the following:
Administrative Judge E. Roy Hawkens, Chair (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop- T-3 F23 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: erh nrc.gov Administrative Judge Dr. Paul B. Abramson (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: pba@nrc.gov I
Administrative Judge Dr. Anthony J. Baratta (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: aib5@nre.gov Law Clerk Debra Wolf (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Atomic Safety & Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop- T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: DAW1 @nrc.gov CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE AND COVER LETTER ONLY Secretary of the Commission (Email and original and 2 copies via U.S Postal Service)
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@(NRC. GOV Office of General Counsel (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OGCMAILCENTE-R@!RC.GOV' Mitzi Young (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: m ay@nrc.gov Mary C. Baty (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: 0-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: mcb I @nrc.gov Alex S. Polonsky, Esq. (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: apolonsky@morganlewis.com 2
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Morgan, Lewis, &Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: ksutton@,morganlewis.com Donald Silverman, Esq. (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Morgan, Lewis, &Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 E-mail: dsilverman@morganlewis.com J. Bradley Fewell (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
Exelon Corporation 200 Exelon Way, Suite 200 Kennett Square, PA 19348 E-mail: bradley. fewell@exceloncorp, com John Covino, DAG (Email and U.S. Postal Service)
State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Office of the Attorney General Hughes Justice Complex 25 West Market Street P.O. Box 093 Trenton, NJ 08625 E-mail: iohn.corvino@dol.lps. state.nj.us Valerie Gray (Email)
State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Office of the Attorney General Hughes Justice Complex 25 West Market Street P.O. Box 093 Trenton, NJ 08625 E-mail: valerie.gray@dol.lps.state.nj.us.
Paul Gunter (Email and U.S. Postal Service) c/o Nuclear Information and Resource Service 6930 Carroll Ave., Suite 340 Takoma Park, MD 20912-4446 E-mail: paul@beyondnuclear.org Edith Gbur (Email)
Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, Inc.
364 Costa Mesa Drive. Toms River, New Jersey 08757 E-mail: gburl@comcast.net 3
Paula Gotsch (Email)
GRAMMIES 205 6'h Avenue Normandy Beach, New. Jersey 08723 E-mail: paulagotsch@verizon.net Jeff Tittel (Email)
New Jersey Sierra Club 139 West Hanover Street Trenton New Jersey 08618 E-mail: Jeff,Tittel@sierraclub. org Peggy Sturmfels (Email)
New Jersey Environmental Federation 1002 Ocean Avenue Belmar, New Jersey 07319 E-mail: psturmfels@cleanwater.org Michele Donato, Esq. (Email)
PO Box 145 Lavalette, NJ 08735 E-mail: mdonato@micheledonatoesq.com Signed: _ ,___ _ ___
Richard Webster Dated: September 5, 2007 4
- "EjWENT A119 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chair Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Anthony J. Baratta In the Matter of )) Docket No. 50-219 AMERGEN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC )
OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR ).
GENERATING STATION
) September 5,2007 License Renewal for Oyster Creek Nuclear .)
Generating Station CITIZENS' PROPOSED QUESTIONS REGARDING NRC STAFF ERRATA TO THEIR TESTIMONY PRELIMINARY STATEMENT In accordance with an Order from the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (the "Board"), dated August 28, 2007, these proposed questions for the Board to ask Dr. Mark Hartzman of the NRC Staff are submitted on behalf of Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch, Inc., Grandmothers, Mothers and More for Energy Safety, New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, New Jersey Sierra Club, and New Jersey Environmental Federation (collectively "Citizens").
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OARIMINE PROPOSED QUESTIONS
- 1. Proposed Questions for Dr. Hartzman A. Purpose The purpose of the questioning is to establish why Dr. Hartzman changed his testimony and whether he regards the change as significant.
B. Proposed Questions I. How did you learn that your rebuttal testimony contained a misstatem ent?
- 2. When you found this out, did you regard the misstatement as significa: nt?
- 3. Please explain your answer number 2.
- 4. Who decided that it was necessary for you to change your testimony?
- 5. Isn't it possible that the corrosion of the drywell actually extends furth .er than shown in Dr. Hausler's plots, which did not cover the whole of the drywell?
- 6. Do you now believe that the drywell shell could have an effective factor of safety of less than 2.0 during refueling?
7, What is the likelihood of the effective factor of safety being less than 2.0?
Respectfully submitted Richard Webster, Esq RUTGERS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC Attorneys for Petitioners Dated: September 5, 2007 2