ML12311A225
| ML12311A225 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 11/06/2012 |
| From: | Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC |
| To: | Kennedy M, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 23710, 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML12311A225 (12) | |
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UNITE D STATE S N UCLEAR REGULATORY C OMMI SS I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 November 6, 2012 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Michael F. Kennedy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station Units 2 and 3)
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR
Dear Administrative Judges:
Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards December 18, 2008, Memorandum and Order (Addressing Requests that the Proceeding be Conducted Pursuant to Subpart G), slip op. at 13, the Licensing Board's Order (Granting Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures), dated January 30, 2009, at 1, and the Licensing Boards Order (Granting Staffs Motion for an Extension of Time), dated October 31, 2012, at 2, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been supplemented for this proceeding. Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS).
An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 45 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.
On or about November 12, 2012, the documents identified in the hearing file will be made available via the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD), which may be accessed at the following URL: http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, Indian PT Hearing File, Supplement 45 in the Indian_PT_2&3_50-247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHD.
In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing a privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process privilege, which is appended hereto as Attachment 2. Also attached is the Declaration of John W. Lubinski formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2.
Judge McDade November 6, 2012 Judge Kennedy Judge Wardwell The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged documents identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding.
Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, certifying that all relevant materials required by this section have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as to documents identified by October 30, 2012.
Finally, the NRC Staff notes that it has made a good faith effort to identify and characterize all documents meeting the criteria of 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203 in this proceeding. In identifying these documents, the Staff does not concede their relevance to the license renewal issues to be decided in this proceeding.
Sincerely, Signed (electronically) by Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff
Enclosures:
Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 45 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of John W. Lubinski Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel cc w/Encls.: Service List
Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 45 - November 6, 2012 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 45-0001 ML12270A387 09/26/2012 2012/09/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0002 ML12270A384 09/26/2012 2012/09/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0003 ML12270A390 09/26/2012 2012/09/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0004 ML12271A082 09/27/2012 2012/09/27 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0005 ML12271A084 09/27/2012 2012/09/27 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0006 ML12283A016 10/09/2012 2012/10/09 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0007 ML12284A289 10/10/2012 2012/10/10 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC Request for an LRA Conference Call - Buried Piping 45-0008 ML12285A222 10/11/2012 2012/10/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0009 ML12285A227 10/11/2012 2012/10/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0010 ML12285A234 10/11/2012 2012/10/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0011 ML12286A003 10/11/2012 2012/10/11 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0012 ML12289A000 10/12/2012 2012/10/12 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0013 ML12289A001 10/12/2012 2012/10/12 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0014 ML12286A411 10/12/2012 2012/10/12 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0015 ML12286A349 10/12/2012 2012/10/12 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0016 ML12286A005 10/12/2012 2012/10/12 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Meeting Summary 45-0017 ML12289A070 10/15/2012 2012/10/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal RAI Responses 45-0018 ML12290A852 10/16/2012 2012/10/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0019 ML12291A836 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0020 ML12292A036 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0021 ML12292A035 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0022 ML12291A883 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0023 ML12292A037 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0024 ML12291A777 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0025 ML12291A776 10/17/2012 2012/10/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0026 ML12292A015 10/18/2012 2012/10/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IPEC License Renewal - Response to RAI SET 2012-02 45-0027 ML12292A135 10/18/2012 2012/10/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0028 ML12292A932 10/18/2012 2012/10/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - IPEC License Renewal - Clarification of Underground Piping Information 45-0029 ML12292A034 10/18/2012 2012/10/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0030 ML12292A933 10/18/2012 2012/10/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal - Clarification of Underground Piping Information
Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 45 - November 6, 2012 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 45-0031 ML12292A130 10/18/2012 2012/10/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC License Renewal Conference Call Request 45-0032 ML12293A380 10/19/2012 2012/10/19 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Fw: Draft Indian point opinion 45-0033 ML12299A302 10/25/2012 2012/10/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft Indian Point Biological Opinion 45-0034 ML12300A344 10/25/2012 2012/10/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft Indian Point Biological Opinion 45-0035 ML12300A408 10/26/2012 2012/10/26 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Draft Indian Point Biological Opinion 45-0036 ML12305A343 10/31/2012 2012/10/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - Cricket Valley DEIS Section 7 45-0037 ML12305A344 10/31/2012 2012/10/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - Cricket Valley EIS Documents Page and FEIS Chapter 1 45-0038 ML12305A342 10/31/2012 2012/10/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - Cricket Valley FEIS Section 1 45-0039 ML12305A338 10/31/2012 2012/10/31 Indian Point LR Hearing - Cricket Valley FEIS Section 6 45-0040 ML12114A211 07/05/2012 Draft License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance, LR-ISG-2012-01, "Wall Thinning Due to Erosion Mechanisms."
45-0041 ML12237A022 09/25/2012 G20120586/LTR-12-0375/EDATS: SECY-2012-0403 - Response Ltr to Deborah Brancato & Phillip Musegaas re: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 -
Compliance with the Clean Air Act Section 401.
45-0042 ML12237A005 09/25/2012 G20120613/LTR-12-0456/EDATS: OEDO-2012-0503 - Response Ltr to Janice A. Dean & Edward McTiernan re: Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 2 and 3 - Compliance with the Clean Water Act Section 401.
45-0043 ML12237A162 09/25/2012 G20120617/LTR-12-0443/EDATS: SECY-2012-0419 - Entergy Letter re IP 401 Certification.
45-0044 ML12285A084 09/26/2012 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 1, 2 & 3 - Correction to Previous Responses Regarding Unit 1 Buried Piping and Unit 2 Auxiliary Feedwater Pump Room Fire Event.
45-0045 ML12285A232 09/28/2012 Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 & 3 - Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Renewal Application.
45-0046 ML12300A391 10/17/2012 Indian Point, Units 2 & 3 - Reply to Request for Additional Information Regarding the License Renewal Application.
45-0047 ML12242A349 08/27/2012 Transmittal: Corrections to PWR Reactor Internals Inspection and Evaluation Guidelines (MRP-227-A).
Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 45 - November 6, 2012 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosures as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.
Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP ML12269A416 T. Ghosh/NRC/ 2012/09/25 Indian 09/25/2012 E-Mail w/ P. Santiago, M. Email 6 001 RES Point LR Hearing - attachment Rubin, R. forwarding DRAFT AFFIDAVIT Tregoning draft GHOSH LTRP.docx NRC/RES document
Attachment:
Draft Affidavit DP ML12269A496 T. Ghosh/NRC/ 2012/09/25 Indian 09/25/2012 E-Mail P. Santiago, N. Internal 2 002 RES Point LR Hearing - Siu, S. discussion of RE: DRAFT Gonzalez, M. changes to AFFIDAVIT GHOSH Rubin, R. draft of LTRP.docx Tregoning affidavit.
NRC/RES; B.
Harris NRC/
OGC DP ML12269A499 R. Tregoning/ 2012/09/25 Indian 09/25/2012 E-Mail T. Ghosh, P. Internal 2 003 NRC/RES Point LR Hearing - Santiago, N. discussion of Re: DRAFT Siu, S. changes to AFFIDAVIT GHOSH Gonzalez, M. draft of LTRP.docx Rubin, affidavit.
NRC/RES; B.
Harris NRC/
OGC DP ML12269A501 T. Ghosh/NRC/ 2012/09/25 Indian 09/25/2012 E-Mail w/ N. Bixler, J. Email 6 004 RES Point LR Hearing - attachment Jones Sandia forwarding w/ attachment this National Labs draft time RE: FYI - Draft (SNL); D. document affidavit in response Harrison to NYS's motion last NRC/NRR/DRA
Attachment:
week Draft Affidavit 1
Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 45 - November 6, 2012 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP ML12286A346 B. Balsam 2012/10/12 Indian 10/12/2012 E-Mail w/ J. Crocker Internal 4 005 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - attachment NOAA; M. discussion FW: conference call Wentzel, regarding to discuss Entergy D. Logan, information report re. sturgeon NRC/NRR received from Entergy DP ML12286A004 M. Wentzel 2012/10/12 Indian 10/12/2012 E-Mail w/ B. Balsam, D. Internal 7 006 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - attachment Logan discussion RE: conference call NRC/NRR regarding to discuss Entergy information report re. sturgeon received from Entergy DP ML12298A371 J. Daily 2012/10/24 Indian 10/24/2012 E-Mail K. Green, D. Internal 3 007 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - Morey discussion RE: Entergy filing for NRC/NRR regarding RAPB review - may review of new need to include this information into the SSER regarding buried piping.
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Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 45 - November 6, 2012 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP ML12299A300 D. Logan 2012/10/25 Indian 10/25/2012 E-Mail J. Crocker, J. Internal 2 008 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - Williams NOAA; discussion of RE: Draft Indian B. Balsam, M. draft biological Point Biological Wong opinion Opinion NRC/NRR DP ML12300A193 D. Logan 2012/10/26 Indian 10/26/2012 E-Mail M. Wentzel Internal 61 009 NRC/NRR Point LR Hearing - w/attachment NRC/NRR discussion of FW: Draft Indian draft biological Point Biological opinion Opinion
Attachment:
Partial Draft Biological Opinion 3
Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 45 - November 6, 2012 Addressee Author Name Estimated Accession Document Document Name ID # & Author Title Comment Page Number Date Type & Addressee Affiliation Count Affiliation DP ML12289A277 S. Rosenberg Indian Point Nuclear 10/25/2012 Memo D. Morey Internal 4 010 NRC/NRR/ Generating, Units 2 NRC/NRR memorandum
& 3-Follow-up regarding Request for follow-up Additional request for Information Related additional to Amendment 9 to information License Renewal Application-Reactor Vessel Internals Program and the Reactor Vessel Internals Inspection Plan.
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November 6, 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 & 50-286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )
DECLARATION OF JOHN W. LUBINSKI I, John W. Lubinski, do hereby state as follows:
- 1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal (DLR) in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR).
My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staffs review and evaluation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application.
- 2. As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staffs pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 45.
- 3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in , and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staffs review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staffs analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency
position with respect to the matters discussed therein. The documents comprise part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staffs review of the pending license renewal application.
- 4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of the documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members and/or the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staffs ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff members involved in these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made.
- 5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 45.
- 6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d).
John W. Lubinski Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 6th day of November, 2012
November 6, 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 & 50-286-LR
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) ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating )
Units 2 and 3) )
AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL J. WENTZEL I, Michael J. Wentzel, do hereby state as follows:
- 1. I am employed as a Program Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.
I currently serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application (LRA). Among my other duties as project manager, since June 2012, I have been responsible for compiling and producing the NRC Staffs (Staff) hearing file and mandatory disclosures in the NRC adjudicatory proceeding for the Indian Point LRA.
- 2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified as of October 30, 2012.
- 3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d).
Michael J. Wentzel Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 6th day of November, 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. 50-247/286-LR
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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including: - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 45, Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, dated November 6, 2012, Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 45 - Deliberative Process Privilege, and Declaration of John W.
Lubinski, dated November 6, 2012, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, this 6th day of November, 2012.
Signed (electronically) by Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-4113 E-mail: anita.ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: November 6, 2012