ML082400214

Revision of Schedule for the Conduct of Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating, Units 2 & 3, License Renewal Application

ML082400214
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/02/2008
From:	Brian Holian Division of License Renewal
To:	Joseph E Pollock Entergy Nuclear Operations
Green, Kimberly NRR/DLR/RPB2 415-1627
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Download: ML082400214 (6)

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September 2, 2008 Mr. Joseph E. Pollock Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE CONDUCT OF REVIEW OF THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

Dear Mr. Pollock:

Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, license renewal application. This schedule has been updated to reflect a change in the scheduled date for the issuance of the safety evaluation report (SER) with open items, the draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), and subsequent milestones for both the safety and the environmental reviews.

The issuance date of the SER with open items has been extended by approximately four months for a number of reasons, which include: 1) following the Regions inspection, it was necessary for Entergy to supplement the application with additional information that affected several reviews that are still being finalized; 2) the staff has been working (for both the SER, and DSEIS) to respond to an unusually large number of contentions; and 3) SER changes are being incorporated as part of the staffs corrective actions stemming from the recent Office of the Inspector General report, necessitating extension of some internal milestones and additional reviews of the document.

The issuance date of the draft SEIS has been delayed by approximately three months. The primary reason for this delay is the exceptionally high number of public comments on the scope of the staffs environmental review. Staff has required more time to review, bin, and address these comments than is usual for a license renewal review. Additionally, the enclosed schedule includes a current best-estimate date for the final SEIS issuance.

J. Pollock If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact me (301-415-1183). For questions on either the safety review or environmental review, contact Kim Green (301-415-1627, kimberly.green@nrc.gov) or Drew Stuyvenberg (301-415-4006, andrew.stuyvenberg@nrc.gov), respectively.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc w/encl: See next page

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INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVISION OF SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive License Renewal Application (LRA) 4/30/07 4/30/07 Federal Register Notice (FRN) Published - Receipt & Availability 5/14/07 5/11/07 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview 6/27/07 6/27/07 FRN Published - Acceptability/Opportunity for Hearing & Intent 8/1/07 8/1/07 FRN Published - Notice of Intent to Conduct Environmental Scoping 8/10/07 8/10/07 Audit - Aging Management Programs (AMPs) and Time-Limited Aging 8/27-31/07 8/27-31/07 Analyses (TLAAs)

Audit - Environmental 9/10-14/07 9/10-14/07 9/24-26/07 9/24-26/07 Public Meeting - Environmental Scoping 9/19/07 9/19/07 Audit - Scoping & Screening Methodology 10/9-12/07 10/9-12/07 Environmental Scoping Period Ends 10/12/07 10/12/07 Audit - Aging Management Reviews (AMRs) 10/22-26/07 10/22-26/07 Audit - AMP/TLAA/AMR 11/27-29/07 11/27-29/07 Deadline for Filing Hearing Requests and Petitions for Intervention 11/30/07 11/30/07 Environmental Requests for Additional Information (RAIs) Issued 12/10/07 12/5/07 Environmental RAIs - Response Received 1/14/08 3/7/08 1/28-2/1/08 1/28-2/1/08 Inspection - Regional 2/11-15/08 2/11-15/08 Audit - 4th Optional AMP/TLAA/AMR 2/19-21/08 2/19-21/08 Safety RAIs - Issued 3/28/08 5/28/08 Safety RAIs - Responses Received 4/28/08 6/27/08 Public Exit Meeting - Regional Inspections 6/18/08 6/18/08 Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) issued 12/12/08 FRN Published - Availability / Comment on draft SEIS 12/19/08 Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with Open Item(s) - Issued 1/5/09 Public Meeting - draft SEIS 2/09 End of draft SEIS Comment Period 3/4/09 Inspection - Final Optional TBD ACRS Subcommittee Meeting on SER with Open Item(s) 3/09 SER Open Item(s) - Response(s) Received 3/2/09 SER - Issued 7/27/09 ACRS Full Committee Meeting on SER 9/09 Final SEIS - Issued (based on anticipated comments) 2/12/10 FRN Published - Availability of Final SEIS 2/19/10 Commission Decision (hearing pending) TBD ENCLOSURE

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Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:

Senior Vice President Mr. Paul Eddy Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New York State Department P.O. Box 31995 of Public Service Jackson, MS 39286-1995 3 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12223-1350 Vice President Oversight Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Regional Administrator, Region I P.O. Box 31995 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jackson, MS 39286-1995 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety &

Licensing Senior Resident Inspectors Office Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Indian Point 2 and 3 P.O. Box 31995 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jackson, MS 39286-1995 P.O. Box 59 Buchanan, NY 10511 Senior Vice President and COO Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire 440 Hamilton Avenue Assistant Attorney General White Plains, NY 10601 New York Department of Law 120 Broadway Assistant General Counsel New York, NY 10271 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

440 Hamilton Avenue Mr. Raymond L. Albanese White Plains, NY 10601 Four County Coordinator 200 Bradhurst Avenue Manager, Licensing Unit 4 Westchester County Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Hawthorne, NY 10532 Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB Mayor, Village of Buchanan P.O. Box 249 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 Buchanan, NY 10511 Mr. Paul D. Tonko Mr. William DiProfio President and CEO PWR SRC Consultant New York State Energy, Research, and 48 Bear Hill Road Development Authority Newton, NH 03858 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Garry Randolph PWR SRC Consultant Mr. John P. Spath 1750 Ben Franklin Drive, 7E New York State Energy, Research, and Sarasota, FL 34236 Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399

Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 cc:

Mr. William T. Russell Robert Snook PWR SRC Consultant Assistant Attorney General 400 Plantation Lane Office of the Attorney General Stevensville, MD 21666-3232 State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street Mr. Jim Riccio P.O. Box 120 Greenpeace Hartford, CT 06141-0120 702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Ms. Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Washington, DC 20001 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mr. Phillip Musegaas Washington, DC 20004 Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Mr. Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Tarrytown, NY 10591 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mr. Mark Jacobs Washington, DC 20004 IPSEC 46 Highland Drive Mr. Martin J. ONeill, Esq.

Garrison, NY 10524 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mr. R. M. Waters Washington, DC 20004 Technical Specialist Licensing 450 Broadway The Honorable Nita Lowey P.O. Box 0249 222 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 310 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249 White Plains, NY 10605 Mr. Sherwood Martinelli Ms. Joan Leary Matthews 351 Dyckman Street Senior Counsel for Special Projects Peekskill, NY 10566 Office of General Counsel NYS Department of Environmental Ms. Susan Shapiro, Esq. Conservation 21 Perlman Drive 625 Broadway Spring Valley, NY 10977 Albany, NY 12233-5500 Mr. John Sipos Ms. Manna Jo Greene Assistant Attorney General Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

New York State Department of Law 112 Little Market Street Environmental Protection Bureau Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 The Capitol Albany, NY 12224