ML12122B018
| ML12122B018 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/01/2012 |
| From: | Sherwin Turk NRC/OGC |
| To: | Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 22385, 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML12122B018 (6) | |
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May 1, 2012 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR/286-LR
)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )
Units 2 and 3) )
NRC STAFFS THIRD STATUS REPORT IN RESPONSE TO THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDS ORDER OF FEBRUARY 16, 2012 In accordance with the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards (Board) Order (Granting NRC Staffs Unopposed Time Extension Motion and Directing Filing of Status Updates)
(Order), issued on February 16, 2012, the NRC Staff (Staff) herewith provides the following information:
- 1. As indicated in the Staffs previous status reports,1 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy or Applicant) submitted additional information to the Staff on February 17, 2012, concerning its Reactor Vessel Internals Aging Management Program and Inspection Plan.2 The Staff is continuing its review of that information, and plans to issue requests for additional information (RAIs) to the Applicant within the next two weeks (i.e., on or about May 15, 2012).
As the Staff has stated previously, the Staff will be unable to file its testimony and state its 1
See (1) NRC Staffs [First] Status Report in Response to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards Order of February 16, 2012 (March 1, 2012) (First Report), at 1-2; NRC Staffs April 2012 Review Status Report for Indian Point Units 2 and 3 (Apr. 2, 2012) (Second Report), at 2. See also NRC Staffs Statement in Response to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards Order of February 3, 2012 (Feb. 8, 2012).
2 Letter from Fred Dacimo, Vice President, Operations License Renewal to NRC Document Control Desk,
Subject:
License Renewal Application - Revised Reactor Vessel Internals Program and Inspection Plan Compliant with MRP-227-A, Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (NL-12-037) (Feb. 17, 2012) (ADAMS Accession No. ML12060A312).
position on Contention NYS-25 (Reactor Vessel Internals) and the related portion of Contention NYS-38/RK TC-5 until it completes its review of this matter.3 The Staff will provide further information to the Board and parties concerning this matter as its review progresses. As the Staff has stated previously,4 a deferral of the Staffs filings on Contention NYS-25 and the related portion of Contention NYS-38/RK TC-5 should not affect the litigation of any other portion of Contention NYS-38/RK TC-5 or any other admitted contention.
- 2. As the Staff has indicated previously, the Staff does not currently anticipate issuing any requests for additional information concerning the Applicants metal fatigue calculations;5 in addition, the Staff does not anticipate addressing those calculations in a supplemental safety evaluation report.
- 3. The Staff plans to reinitiate consultations with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regarding its recent listing of the Atlantic sturgeon as an endangered species under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Staff does not anticipate that this development will affect the planned issuance of a Draft Supplement to the Staffs Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) on other matters.
- 4. The Staff anticipates issuing the Draft FSEIS Supplement on or before May 31, 2012; see Tr. 1107. The Draft FSEIS Supplement is expected to address certain information regarding aquatic impacts. As the Staff has stated previously, issuance of the Draft FSEIS Supplement should not affect the litigation of any admitted contention other than Riverkeeper Contention EC-8.6 3
Staffs First Report, at 2. The Staff has previously estimated that it will issue a Supplement to the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) to address these matters in August 2012. See Second Report, at 2.
The Staff presently has no further information regarding the projected SER Supplement issuance date, pending its receipt and review of the Applicants answers to the Staffs planned RAIs.
4 Id.
5 See Transcript of Telephone Conference (Apr. 16, 2013) (Tr.), at 1117-18.
6 Staffs First Report, at 2.
- 5. The Staff is not currently aware of any other matter that has the potential to further delay this proceeding. In accordance with the Boards direction (Order, at 2), the Staff will notify the Board as soon as it becomes aware of any event with potential to alter the hearing schedule in this proceeding.
Respectfully submitted,
/Signed (electronically) by/
Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1533 E-mail: sherwin.turk@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of May, 2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247/286-LR
)
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC STAFFS THIRD STATUS REPORT IN RESPONSE TO THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARDS ORDER OF FEBRUARY 16, 2012, dated May 1, 2012, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by Electronic Information Exchange this 1st day of May, 2012.
Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Office of Commission Appellate Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Adjudication Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: O-16G4 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.gov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Office of the Secretary Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Josh Kirstein, Esq.
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Anne Siarnacki, Esq.
Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 U. S, Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: Michael.Kennedy@nrc.gov Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 E-mail: Josh.Kirstein@nrc.gov E-mail: Anne.Siarnacki@nrc.gov
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Assistant County Attorney Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Office of Robert F. Meehan, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Westchester County Attorney 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 E-mail: MJR1@westchestergov.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. John J. Sipos, Esq.
Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Charlie Donaldson, Esq.
Jonathan Rund, Esq. Assistants Attorney General Raphael Kuyler, Esq. New York State Department of Law Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Environmental Protection Bureau 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20004 Albany, NY 12224 E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com E-mail: John.Sipos@ag.ny.gov E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: jrund@morganlewis.com E-mail: rkuyler@morganlewis.com Janice A. Dean, Esq.
Martin J. ONeill, Esq. Assistant Attorney General, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Office of the Attorney General 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000 of the State of New York Houston, TX 77002 120 Broadway, 25th Floor E-mail: martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com New York, NY 10271 E-mail: Janice.Dean@ag.ny.gov Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Joan Leary Matthews, Esq.
Goodwin Procter, LLP Senior Attorney for Special Projects Exchange Place New York State Department of 53 State Street Environmental Conservation Boston, MA 02109 Office of the General Counsel E-mail: ezoli@goodwinprocter.com 625 Broadway, 14th Floor Albany, NY 12233-1500 E-mail: jlmatthe@gw.dec.state.ny.us William C. Dennis, Esq. John Louis Parker, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel Office of General Counsel, Region 3 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. New York State Department of 440 Hamilton Avenue Environmental Conservation White Plains, NY 10601 21 South Putt Corners Road E-mail: wdennis@entergy.com New Paltz, NY 12561-1620 E-mail: jlparker@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Daniel E. ONeill, Mayor Manna Jo Greene James Seirmarco, M.S. Karla Raimundi Village of Buchanan Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Municipal Building 724 Wolcott Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Beacon, NY 12508 E-mail: vob@bestweb.net E-mail: mannajo@clearwater.org E-mail: smurray@villageofbuchanan.com E-mail: karla@clearwater.org Robert Snook, Esq. Daniel Riesel, Esq.
Office of the Attorney General Thomas F. Wood, Esq.
State of Connecticut Victoria Shiah, Esq.
55 Elm Street Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.
P.O. Box 120 460 Park Avenue Hartford, CT 06141-0120 New York, NY 10022 E-mail: robert.snook@ct.gov E-mail: driesel@sprlaw.com E-mail: vshiah@sprlaw.com Phillip Musegaas, Esq. Michael J. Delaney, Esq.
Deborah Brancato, Esq. Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs Riverkeeper, Inc. New York City Department of Environmental 20 Secor Road Protection Ossining, NY 10562 59-17 Junction Boulevard E-mail: phillip@riverkeeper.org Flushing, NY 11373 E-mail: dbrancato@riverkeeper.org E-mail: mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov
/Signed (electronically) by/
Sherwin E. Turk Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1533 E-mail: sherwin.turk@nrc.gov