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Prairie Island Indian Community'S Initial Disclosures Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 2.336
ML090690030
Person / Time
Site: Prairie Island  Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/09/2009
From: Mahowald P
Prairie Island Indian Community
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 2841
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March 9, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITYS INITIAL DISCLOSURES PURSUANT TO 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336, the Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) hereby makes the following initial disclosure. This disclosure is based on information currently reasonably available to PIIC and will be supplemented as appropriate.

I. Witness Identification The persons listed below may be called as witnesses to present evidence at the hearing.

Other potential witnesses will be disclosed as they are identified.

A. Contention 1 -

Subject:

Analysis of historical and archaeological resources that may be affected by the proposed license renewal, including information concerning pitfalls that could adversely affect the plan to avoid damage to historical and archaeological resources.

Ronald C. Schirmer, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology Minnesota State University, Mankato 358 Trafton Science Center N Mankato, MN 56001 Tel. (507) 389-6504

Emily K. Hildebrant Graduate Student Department of Anthropology Minnesota State University, Mankato 358 Trafton Science Center N Mankato, MN 56001 Tel. (507) 389-6504 PIIC will supplement this response as necessary to include any additional witnesses.

B. Contention 2 -

Subject:

The SAMA analysis and the Sandia Site Restoration Study methodology.

Clarke T. Goset Certified General Appraiser Clarke T. Goset Real Estate Services P.O. Box 80605 Minneapolis, MN 55408 Tel: (612) 879-0473 Kimberly A. Block Registered Real Property Appraiser Clarke T. Goset Real Estate Services P.O. Box 80605 Minneapolis, MN 55408 Tel: (612) 879-0473 PIIC will supplement this response as necessary to include any additional witnesses.

C. Contentions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11.

PIIC has not yet identified witnesses for these contentions. PIIC will supplement this response as necessary when witnesses are identified.

II. Documents Relevant to PIICs admitted contentions are as follows. PIIC does not separately list, but incorporates by reference, all documents filed in this docket and in the PINGP LRA docket. In addition, due to network and server issues, additional relevant documents may be located and disclosed in subsequent productions.

A. Contention 1 - Documents principally related to the historical and archaeological resources that may be affected by the proposed license renewal, including information concerning pitfalls that could adversely affect the plan to avoid damage to historical and archaeological resources include:

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1. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Standard Review Plans For Environmental Reviews For Nuclear Power Plants Supplement 1: Operating License Renewal, October 1999 (NUREG-1555).
2. The 106 Group, Ltd., Cultural Resources Assessment for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Goodhue, Minnesota, January 2008.
3. Various maps shows the lands held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Prairie Island Indian Community.
4. Digging in at Prairie Island, which upon information and belief, was published in the NSP News on or about September 1967.
5. Prairie Island: From antiquity to atoms, a publication produced by Northern States Power Company.
6. Letter from Ronald C. Schirmer, Ph.D. to Ron Johnson and Mike Wadley dated July 4, 2008.
7. Final Environmental Statement (FES), prepared by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), for the original operating licenses for the PINGP, May 1973.
8. Email from P. Mahowald to Raelynn Asah, James Holthaus and Mike Wadley dated 11/26/08 regarding dredging construction.
9. Letter from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus dated 04/08/08 regarding Environmental Report.
10. Letter from P. Mahowald to M. Wadley dated 08/06/08.
11. Letter from P. Mahowald to D. Sparby and M. Wadley dated 10/02/08 regarding Literature Search and Assessment Report.
12. Letter from C. Clark and P. Glass to P. Mahowald and D. Aafedt dated 08/15/2008 regarding Cultural Resource Assessment.
13. Letter from K. Huxford to R. Johnson dated 02/12/09 regarding Yellow finding.
14. Letter from PIIC Tribal Council to M. Wadley dated 02/07/08 regarding draft Environmental Report.
15. Letter from PIIC Tribal Council to D. Sparby dated 03/26/08 regarding agenda items for April 1, 2008 meeting.
16. Letter from N. Johnson to J. Callahan and attached Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Emergency Response Agreement.
17. Letter from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus dated 12/27/07 regarding relicensing.
18. Letter from PIIC Tribal Council to D. Sparby dated 04/18/07 regarding meeting discussion items.
19. Letter from J. Holthaus to P. Mahowald and H. Westra regarding letter and report to Minnesota Historic Preservation Officer.
20. Email from J. Holthaus to P. Mahowald 05/29/08 regarding Bartron Site Field Research Procedures.
21. Email from J. Holthaus to P. Mahowald and H. Westra date 04/07/08 regarding Environmental Report.
22. Email from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus and H. Westra dated 04/08/08 regarding Environmental Report.
23. Email from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus dated 04/24/08 regarding meeting with PIIC Tribal Council.

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24. Email from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus dated 06/04/08 regarding traffic studies.
25. Email from J. Holthaus to P. Mahowald dated 06/02/08.
26. Email from J. Holthaus to P. Mahowald dated 08/14/08 regarding site audit schedule.
27. Email from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus and R. Asah dated 11/26/08 regarding dredging and pond expansion.
28. Email from J. Holthaus to P. Mahowald dated 12/01/08 regarding dredging and pond expansion.
29. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 04/21/08 regarding meeting.
30. Email from R. Schirmer to E. Hildebrant, H. Westra, J. Holthaus, and R Jones-Loss dated 05/16/08 regarding Bartron Site field work.
31. Email from E. Hildebrant to R. Schirmer, H. Westra, J. Holthaus, and R Jones-Loss dated 05/22/08 regarding Bartron Site field work.
32. Email from E. Hildebrandt to H. Westra dated 09/05/08 regarding archaeological issues.
33. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 10/01/07.
34. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 10/18/07.
35. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 10/24/07.
36. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 10/29/07.
37. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 11/13/07 regarding license renewal process.
38. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 11/23/07.
39. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 01/11/08 regarding license renewal process.
40. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 01/12/08 regarding meeting.
41. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 03/08/08 regarding correspondence.
42. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 03/31/08 regarding meeting request.
43. Correspondence from M. Wadley to R. Johnson date 03/31/08 regarding license renewal.
44. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 04/07/08 regarding environmental report.
45. Correspondence/email from P. Mahowald to J. Holthaus dated 04/08/08 regarding environmental report.
46. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 04/21/08 regarding meeting.
47. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 05/14/08 regarding archaeological issues.
48. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 07/11/08 regarding environmental report.
49. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 10/01/08 regarding site audit.
50. Correspondence from M. Wadley to R. Johnson dated 10/03/08 regarding archaeological procedure.
51. Email from J. Holthaus to H. Westra dated 11/16/07 regarding license renewal process.

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52. Email from J. Holthaus to H. Westra dated 10/08/08 regarding site audit issues.
53. Email from J. Holthaus to H. Westra dated 12/15/08 regarding archaeological procedures.
54. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 12/18/08 regarding excavation procedures.
55. Email from J. Holthaus to H. Westra dated 12/19/08 regarding cultural resource management plan.
56. Email from H. Westra to J. Holthaus dated 10/09/08 regarding aerial photos.
57. Literature Search and Assessment of Historical and Archeological Resources, Powerpoint Presentation dated November 12, 2008.
58. Correspondence from R. Clouse to L. Foushee dated January 23, 1993.
59. Correspondence from R. Schirmer and E. Hildebrant to R. Johnson and M.

Wadley dated July 4, 2008 B. Contention 2

60. Chanin and W. Murfin, Site Restoration: Estimation of Attributable Costs from Plutonium-Dispersal Accidents, SAND96-0957, Unlimited Release, UC-502, (May 1996).
61. Childhood Cancer in the Vicinity of Nuclear Power Plants: The 2007 KiKK Study - IPPNW Physicians Issue Warning: Young children develop cancer more frequently when they live near nuclear power plants (NPP). It has to be assumed that radioactive emissions from NPP stacks are indeed not as harmless as previously believed. Now it is time to act, information published by IPPNW/Ulm Physicians Initiative - January 2008.

C. Contention 5

62. Gardner MJ, Hall AJ, Downes S, et al., Follow-up of children born to mothers resident in Seascale, West Cumbria (birth cohort), BMJ 1986; 295:822-827.
63. Silva-Mato A, Viana D, Fernandez-SanMartin MI et al., Cancer risk around the nuclear power plants of Trillo and Zorita (Spain), Occup Environ Med 2003; 60:521-527.
64. Spix C, Schmiedel S, Kaatsch P et al., Case-control study on childhood cancer in the vicinity of nuclear power plants in Germany 1980-2003, European Journal of Cancer 2008; 44:275-284
65. Childhood Cancer in the Vicinity of Nuclear Power Plants: The 2007 KiKK Study - IPPNW Physicians Issue Warning: Young children develop cancer more frequently when they live near nuclear power plants (NPP). It has to be assumed that radioactive emissions from NPP stacks are indeed not as harmless as previously believed. Now it is time to act, information published by IPPNW/Ulm Physicians Initiative - January 2008.

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66. See Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2004, Featuring Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives, which is available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/116330621/PDFSTART.
67. Cancer in Minnesota, 1988-2002, published by the Minnesota Department of Health, available at http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hpcd/cdee/mcss/camn2005index.html
68. Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures 2006, published by the American Cancer Society, http://www.cancerplanmn.org/Minnesota_Cancer_Facts_and_Figures.html
69. Baker PJ, Hoel DG, Meta-analysis of standardized incidence and mortality rates of childhood leukemia in proximity to nuclear facilities, European Journal of Cancer Care 2007; 16:355-363.
70. NRC report entitled Liquid Radioactive Release Lessons Learned Task Force Final Report, dated September 1, 2006 (ML062650312).
71. NRC Preliminary Listing of Events Involving Tritium Leaks (Mar. 28, 2006),

ML060930382.

72. NRC Preliminary Notification of Event or Unusual Occurrence PNO-RIII 016A, Potential Off-site Migration of Tritium Contamination (Update)

(December 7, 2005), ML053410293.

73. NRC Preliminary Notification of Event or Unusual Occurrence, PNO-IV 001, Followup For Tritium Contamination Found In Water Onsite (March 17, 2006), ML060760584
74. NRC Preliminary Notification of Event or Unusual Occurrence, PNO-II 012, Onsite Groundwater Tritium Contamination (October 11, 2007),

ML073111396.

75. NRC Preliminary Notification of Event or Unusual Occurrence, PNO-11 01 1, Tritium Leakage (October 11, 2007), ML072890262.
76. NRC Press Release, 11-07-24, NRC Begins Special Inspection at Byron Nuclear Station to Review Corrosion and Leakage of Equipment Cooling Water Pipe (October 23, 2007), ML072960643.
77. NRC Information Notice 2004-05, Spent Fuel Pool Leakage To Onsite Groundwater, March 3, 2004; NRC Information Notice 2006-13, Ground-Water Contamination Due to Undetected Leakage of Radioactive Water, July 10, 2006;
78. General Accounting Office, Information on the Tritium Leak and Contractor Dismissal at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, (GAO/RCED-98-26)

November 1997.

D. Contention 6

79. Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC) Response to Generic Letter 2004-02, Potential lmpact of Debris Blockage on Emergency Recirculation During Design Basis Accidents at Pressurized-Water Reactors, for the Prairie lsland Nuclear Generating Plant, dated August 31, 2005, ML052440054.
80. The Generic Aging Lessons Learned report (NUREG-1801).

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E. Contention 7

81. Declaration of Richard T. Lahey, Jr., Ph.D., submitted in support of a comparable contention associated with the license renewal application for Indian Point.

F. Contention 8

82. NRC First Revised Order EA-03-009, Issue of Order Establishing Interim Inspection Requirements for Reactor Pressure Vessel Heads at Pressurized Water Reactors, dated February 20, 2004 (Order).
83. NRC Bulletin 2003-02, Leakage From Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetrations And Reactor Coolant Pressure Boundary Integrity.

G. Contention 11

84. Declaration of Dr. Joram Hopenfeld (November 29, 2007) for the Indian Point license renewal application.
85. NRC Information Notice No 86-106 Feedwater Line Break (December 16, 1986);
86. NRC Bulletin 87-01 Thinning Pipe Walls in Nuclear Plants (July 9, 1987)
87. NRC Information Notice 2006-008, Secondary Piping Rupture at Mihama Power Station in Japan, March 16,2006 (ML 05291008)
88. NRC Information Notice 1991-019, Steam Generator Feedwater Distribution Piping Damage, March 12, 1991 (ML031190553).
89. Morning Report 5-93-0042, Steam Generator Feedring Nozzle Through Wall Erosion, June 15, 1993 (ML020630459).
90. NRC Information Notice 1997-084, "Rupture of Extraction Steam Piping,"

December 11, 1997 (ML031050037).

91. Statement by Dr. F. Peter Ford, transcript of January 26, 2005, meeting of the ACRS Subcommittee on Thermal Hydraulics at 198 (January 26, 2005)

(ML050400613).

92. NUREG/CR-6936, Probabilities of Failure and Uncertainty Estimate Information for Passive Components - a Literature Review, May 2007.

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III. Tangible Things No relevant tangible things have been identified at this time.

Respectfully Submitted,

/Signed electronically by Philip R. Mahowald/

Philip R. Mahowald PRAIRIE ISLAND INDIAN COMMUNITY 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 Tel. (651) 267-4006 Counsel for Prairie Island Indian Community Dated: March 9, 2009 8

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of Prairie Island Indian Communitys Initial Disclosures Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 2.336, dated March 9, 2009, was provided to the Electronic Information Exchange for service on the individuals listed below, this 9th day of March, 2009.

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Esq., Chair Dr. Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Email: wjf1@nrc.gov Email: gxa1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Secretary Dr. Thomas J. Hirons Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop O-16 C1 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 secy@nrc.gov; hearingdocket@nrc.gov Email: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.

Mail Stop O-16 C1 David E. Roth, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Maxwell C. Smith, Esq.

Washington, DC 20555-0001 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Mail Stop O-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; david.roth@nrc.gov; maxwell.smith@nrc.gov 9

David R. Lewis, Esq. Peter M. Glass, Esq.

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq. Xcel Energy Services, Inc.

Stefanie M. Nelson, Esq. 414 Nicollet Mall Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 2300 N Street, N.W. E-mail: peter.m.glass@xcelenergy.com Washington, DC 20037-1122 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com E-mail: matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com E-mail: stefanie.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

/Signed electronically by Philip R. Mahowald/

Philip R. Mahowald 10

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR Northern States Power Co. ) 50-306-LR

)

(Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, ) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATION OF PHILIP R. MAHOWALD Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), I, Philip R. Mahowald, an attorney, hereby certify as follows:

1. I am the General Counsel for the Prairie Island Indian Community and counsel for the Intervenor in the above-caption docket.
2. Included with this certification are the disclosures required under 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 for the Intervenor in the above-caption docket.
3. To the best of my knowledge, and except as otherwise noted in these disclosures, the attached disclosures include all relevant materials required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 and are accurate and complete as of the date of this certification.

I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this 9th day of March, 2009, at Welch, Minnesota.

Signed (electronically) by Philip R. Mahowald Philip R. Mahowald Prairie Island Indian Community State of Minnesota County of Goodhue 11

12 Attachment 2 Confidential and Proprietary Information Certain documents other otherwise required to be disclosed for which a claim of privilege or protected status is being made.

Title Author(s) Position Date Comment Notes Name(s)

Replacement and Clarke T. Goset Appraiser/ 01/04/08 Contains confidential Reconstruction and Kimberly A. Consultant valuation appraisal for land, Appraisal Block homes, commercial buildings and infrastructure.

Annual Audited Schecter, Auditors/ Annually Contains highly PIIC will produce if relevant Financial Statements Docken, Kantor Consultant confidential financial and subject to an acceptable information. protective order.

PIIC Feasibility Health Patricia M. October Contains feedback and Study McGovern et al. 2005 information regarding health issues.

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Attachment 3 Privilege Log Certain documents other otherwise required to be disclosed for which a claim of privilege or protected status is being made.

Pending - Not Yet Complete 14

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