ML102560412
| ML102560412 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 09/13/2010 |
| From: | William Froehlich Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-282-LR, 50-306-LR, ASLBP 08-871-01-LR-BD01, RAS 18603 | |
| Download: ML102560412 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
William J. Froehlich, Chairman Dr. Gary S. Arnold Dr. Thomas J. Hirons In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-282-LR and 50-306-LR Northern States Power Co. (formerly Nuclear Management Company, LLC) ASLBP No. 08-871-01-LR-BD01 (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2) September 13, 2010 NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY HEARING An evidentiary hearing, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Part 2, Subpart L, will be held on Northern States Power Companys (NSP or the Applicant) application for renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-42 and DPR-60 for an additional 20 years of operation at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 (PINGP).1 At this hearing, the Board will question the Applicant, the NRC Staff, and Intervenor Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) about the sole remaining contention in this matter. That contention concerns whether the safety culture at PINGP can adequately provide reasonable assurance that the company can manage the effects of plant aging during the period of extended operation.2 Section 54.29(a) of the NRC regulations3 states that before granting a license renewal application, the Commission must find reasonable assurance that PIIC will adequately manag[e] the effects of aging during the 1
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Units 1 and 2 Application for Renewed Operating Licenses (Apr. 11, 2008) (ADAMS Accession No. ML081130673).
2 Licensing Board Order (Narrowing and Admitting PIICs Safety Culture Contention) (Jan. 28, 2010) (ADAMS Accession No. ML100280537) (unpublished).
3 10 C.F.R. § 54.29(a).
period of extended operation on the functionality of structure and components. PIIC challenges the notion that this reasonable assurance exists because of material in the Safety Evaluation Report about the leakage of borated water from PINGP Units 1 and 2 refueling cavities since 1998 and the Applicants alleged significant non compliances with NRC regulations.4 Both the Applicant and the NRC Staff oppose PIICs assertion that reasonable assurance is lacking.
The evidentiary hearing, which is open to the public, will occur as follows:
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 Time: 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Location: Dakota County Judicial Center - Courtroom 2E 1560 Highway 55 Hastings, MN 55033 It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD5
/RA/
William J. Froehlich, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland September 13, 2010 4
Prairie Island Indian Communitys Submission of a New Contention on the NRC Safety Evaluation Report (Nov. 23, 2009) at 4.
5 Copies of this memorandum and order were sent this date by the agencys E-Filing system to counsel for (1) Applicant NSP, (2) Intervenor PIIC, and (3) NRC Staff.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY )
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) Docket Nos. 50-282-LR
) 50-306-LR (Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, )
Units 1 and 2) )
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(License Renewal) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LB NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY HEARING have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
Office of Commission Appellate U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Hearing Docket E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop T-3F23 Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Edward Williamson, Esq.
William J. Froehlich, Chairman Beth Mizuno, Esq.
Administrative Judge Brian G. Harris, Esq.
E-mail: wjf1@nrc.gov Maxwell Smith, Esq.
Mary Baty, Esq.
Gary S. Arnold Brian Newell Administrative Judge E-mail: elw2@nrc.gov; beth.mizuno@nrc.gov E-mail: gary.arnold@nrc.gov brian.harris@nrc.gov ; maxwell.smith@nrc.gov mary.baty@nrc.gov ; bpn1@nrc.gov Thomas J. Hirons Administrative Judge OGC Mail Center : OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov E-mail: thomas.hirons@nrc.gov Kara Wenzel, Law Clerk E-mail: kara.wenzel@nrc.gov Ann Hove, Law Clerk E-mail: ann.hove@nrc.gov
2 DOCKET NOS. 50-282 AND 50-306-LR LB NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY HEARING Xcel Energy Services, Inc. Prairie Island Indian Community 414 Nicollet Mall 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 Welch, Minnesota 55089 Peter M. Glass, Counsel for Nuclear Philip R. Mahowald, Esq.
Management Company, LLC E-mail: pmahowald@piic.org Joyce A. Gasca Jean Borrett E-mail: peter.m.glass@xcelenergy.com E-mail: Joyce.A.Gasca@xcelenergy.com E-mail: jean.l.borrett@xcelenergy.com Nuclear Management Company, LLC Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1122 David R. Lewis, Esq.
Matias F. Travieso-Diaz, Esq.
Stefanie Nelson George, Esq.
Alison M. Crane, Esq.
Jason B. Parker, Esq.
E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.com stefanie.george@pillsburylaw.com alison.crane@pillsburylaw.com jason.parker@pillsburylaw.com
[Original signed by Evangeline S. Ngbea ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day of September 2010.