ML091540211
| ML091540211 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/09/2009 |
| From: | Leeds E Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| To: | Spano A Westchester County, NY |
| Boska J, NRR/DORL, 301-415-2901 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML091540223 | List: |
| References | |
| G20090308, LTR-09-0226, SECY-2009-0258, TAC ME1365 | |
| Download: ML091540211 (5) | |
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Mr. Andrew J. Spano County Executive Westchester County Michaelian Office Building White Plains, NY 10601
Dear Mr. Spano:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your May 19, 2009, letter addressed to Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko. In your letter, you requested that the agency move its June 15, 2009, meeting with Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., from NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD, to Westchester County, NY. As you know, Entergy is the licensee for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3), which are located in Westchester County.
Although portions of this meeting are open to the public to observe, the purpose of this meeting is for Entergy to present to the NRC staff proposed plans to transfer IP3 spent fuel to the IP2 spent fuel pool, and from there into dry cask storage at the independent spent fuel installation that already exists at the site. Entergy has indicated that it will need license amendments approved by the staff before it can conduct this activity, and will submit the license amendment requests at a later time. The agency selected the Rockville location because a large number of NRC staff must participate in this meeting in order to understand the proposals and the licensing activities the licensee will be requesting.
The NRC considers public involvement in, and information about, our activities to be a cornerstone of strong, open regulation of the nuclear industry. We recognize the public's interest in the proper regulation of nuclear activities and provide opportunities for citizens to be heard. As you noted in your letter, many other parties are also interested in the discussion.
Therefore, the NRC will make this meeting available to the public at our Rockville location and also through a listen-only telephone conference and a Webcast accessible from the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov. The NRC will also provide a telephone number for members of the public to call to ask questions during the public question portion of the meeting. This information has been published in the NRC's meeting notice, which is enclosed. I trust that this is responsive to your request for enhanc.ed public access to this meeting.
Sincerely,
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
As stated cc: Listserv
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 JlJne 1, 200Q MEMORANDUM TO: Douglas V. Pickett, Acting Chief Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor LicenSingg . <>
FROM: John P. Boska, Senior Project Manager LQ ~~
Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
SUBJECT:
FORTHCOMING MEETING WITH ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC., INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, AND HOlTEC, INC.
DATE & TIME: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
lOCATION: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
One White Flint North Commission Hearing Room, 0-1 F16 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852 PURPOSE: To discuss the licensee's proposed license amendments to permit the transfer of spent fuel from the Unit 3 spent fuel pool to the Unit 2 spent fuel pool.
CATEGORY 1:
- This is a Category 1 Meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.
Proprietary information will be discussed in the second part of this meeting. This portion of the meeting will be closed to members of the public who have not been granted access to the information by the owner of the information.
The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in a meeting, or need a meeting notice or a transcript or other information from a meeting in another format (e.g., Braille, large print),
please notify the NRC's meeting contact. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
MEETING CONTACTS: John Boske>, NRR John Goshen, NMSS 301-415-2~!01 301-492-3325 John. Bosk2t@nrc.gov John.Goshen@nrc.gov
- Commission's Policy Statement on "Enhancing PUblic Participation in NRC Meetings" (67 FR 36920), May 28,2002 Enclosure
-2 TELECONFERENCElWEBCAST: Interested members of the public can participate in this meeting via a toll-free teleconference, in a listen-only mode. Call 888 282-9631 and enter code 8694304#. The teleconference and webcast are not available during proprietary discussions. The meeting is also available via webcast. Go to www.nrc.gov, near the top right is a tab for Public Meetings and Involvement. Select Public Meeting Schedule, find this meeting on the list and select webcast. To ask questions during the public question pe'riod, call 301-415-2123. A background document is available from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), Accession No. ML090770625, which is accessible electronically from the ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room on the Internet at the NRC Web site, http://www.nrc.gov/reading rm/adams.html.
PARTICIPANTS: Participants from the NRC include members of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), and the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS).
NRC ENTERGY HOLTEC R. Nelson, NRR J. McCann S. Anton R. Lorson, NMSS P. Conroy T. Morin E. Benner, NMSS E. Weinkam K. Cummings L. Campbell, NMSS R. Walpole K. Phy J. Boska, NRR M. Runion et. al.
S. Jones, NRR J. Defrancesco K. Wood, NRR J. Skonieczny G. Thomas, NRR A. Stewart et. al. et. al.
To receive a summary of this meeting and begin receiving other plant-specific e-mail distributions, you must subscribe to the Operating Reactor Correspondence electronic distribution for this plant via http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver/plants-by-region.html.
Once subscribed, if you wish to discontinue receiving electronic distribution, you may unsubscribe at any time by visiting the same web address above.
Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286
Enclosure:
Agenda cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv
PROPOSED AGENDA ENTERGY MEETING ON SPENT FUEL TRANSFER JUNE 15. 2009 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Times Are Approximate
- 1. Introductions
- 2. Overview of Spent Fuel Transfer Project (1 :00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m., Entergy)
- 3. Overview of Licensing Actions to be Requested (1 :15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m., Entergy)
- 4. Questions (1 :30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., NRC staff)
- 5. Questions for the NRC (1 :45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., members of the public)
- 6. Meeting closed to the pUblic for proprietary discussions
- 7. Transfer Canister/Cask Design (2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Entergy)
- 8. Analysis of Off-normal Events (3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Entergy)
- 9. Questions (3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., NRC staff)
Enclosure
June 9, 2009 Mr. Andrew J. Spano County Executive Westchester County Michaelian Office Building White Plains, NY 10601
Dear Mr. Spano:
On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your May 19, 2009, letter addressed to Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko. In your letter, you requested that the agency move its June 15, 2009, meeting with Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., from NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD, to Westchester County, NY. As you know, Entergy is the licensee for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3), which are located in Westchester County.
Although portions of this meeting are open to the public to observe, the purpose of this meeting is for Entergy to present to the NRC staff proposed plans to transfer IP3 spent fuel to the IP2 spent fuel pool, and from there into dry cask storage at the independent spent fuel installation that already exists at the site. Entergy has indicated that it will need license amendments approved by the staff before it can conduct this activity, and will submit the license amendment requests at a later time. The agency selected the Rockville location because a large number of NRC staff must participate in this meeting in order to understand the proposals and the licensing activities the licensee will be requesting.
The NRC considers public involvement in, and information about, our activities to be a cornerstone of strong, open regulation of the nuclear industry. We recognize the public's interest in the proper regulation of nuclear activities and provide opportunities for citizens to be heard. As you noted in your letter, many other parties are also interested in the discussion.
Therefore, the NRC will make this meeting available to the public at our Rockville location and also through a listen-only telephone conference and a Webcast accessible from the NRC's Web site at http://www.nrc.gov. The NRC will also provide a telephone number for members of the public to call to ask questions during the public question portion of the meeting. This information has been published in the NRC's meeting notice, which is enclosed. I trust that this is responsive to your request for enhanced public access to this meeting.
Sincerely, IRA by Bruce Boger forI Eric J. Leeds, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosure:
As stated cc: Listserv DISTRIBUTION: G20090308/LTR-09-0226/EDATS: SECY-2009-0258 See next page ADAMS Accession Nos.
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