ML080720481

Vermont Yankee - NRC Staff Declaration of Position

ML080720481
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	03/12/2008
From:	Baty M NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
06-849-03-LR, 50-271-LR, RAS M-7
Download: ML080720481 (3)

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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) )

NRC STAFF DECLARATION OF POSITION In its November 17, 2006 Initial Scheduling Order at 9, the Atomic Safety and Licensing requested that the NRC Staff (Staff) provide a brief declaration as to whether it supports the Intervenor(s) or the Applicant on each of the admitted contentions. The Staff now declares that, for reasons that will be set forth in the Staffs initial and rebuttal statements of position, it will submit that NECs three contentions (concerning metal fatigue, the steam dryer, and flow-accelerated corrosion) challenging Entergys application for renewal of Vermont Yankees operating license cannot be sustained.

Respectfully submitted,

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 12th day of March 2008

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, ) Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC STAFF DECLARATION OF POSITION 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 12th day of March, 2008.

Alex S. Karlin, Chair Office of Commission Appellate Administrative Judge Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: O-16G4 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: OCAAmail@nrc.gov Thomas S. Elleman* Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Administrative Judge Director of Public Advocacy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Department of Public Service 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Raleigh, NC 27612 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge Peter C.L. Roth, Esq*

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 33 Capitol Street Washington, DC 20555-0001 Concord, NH 3301 E-mail: rew@nrc.gov E-mail: peter.roth@doj.nh.gov Office of the Secretary Ronald A. Shems, Esq.*

Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Karen Tyler, Esq.

Mail Stop: O-16G4 Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 91 College Street Washington, DC 20555-0001 Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov E-mail: rshems@sdkslaw.com Ktyler@sdkslaw.com

Marcia Carpentier, Esq. David R. Lewis, Esq.*

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq Mail Stop: T-3F23 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: mxc7@nrc.gov E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com matias.traviesodiaz@pillsburylaw.com 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 NRC Staff