ML13192A284

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Firstenergy Nuclear Operating Company'S Answer Supporting the NRC Staff'S Motion to Strike Portions of Petitioners Reply
ML13192A284
Person / Time
Site: Davis Besse Cleveland Electric icon.png
Issue date: 07/11/2013
From: Burdick S, Jenkins D, Matthews T
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co, Firstenergy Service Company, Morgan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-346-LA, ASLBP 13-928-LA-BD01, RAS 24808
Download: ML13192A284 (4)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

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In the Matter of )

) Docket No. 50-346-LA FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING )

COMPANY )

) July 11, 2013 (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1) )

)

FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING COMPANYS ANSWER SUPPORTING THE NRC STAFFS MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PETITIONERS REPLY In accordance with 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC) files this Answer supporting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Staffs July 1, 2013 Motion to Strike Portions of Joint Petitioners Reply or, in the Alternative, for Leave to Reply (Staff Motion). The Staff Motion requested that the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) strike portions of Petitioners Reply in Support of Petition to Intervene and for an Adjudicatory Public Hearing of FENOC License Amendment Request1 (Reply), dated June 21, 2013, for raising new arguments not within the scope of the Petitioners May 20, 2013 Petition to Intervene and for an Adjudicatory Public Hearing of FENOC License Amendment Request (Petition) and that do not satisfy the late-filing requirements in 10 C.F.R. § 2.309(c).2 Alternatively, the Staff moved for leave to respond to the new arguments, and provided its response in the Staff Motion.3 1

The Petitioners are Beyond Nuclear, Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario, Dont Waste Michigan, and the Ohio Sierra Club.

2 Staff Motion at 1.

3 Id. at 1, 10-12.

FENOC supports the Staffs request to strike portions of the Reply. The Staff Motion is generally consistent with FENOCs June 28, 2013 Motion to Strike Portions of Petitioners Reply (FENOC Motion). The FENOC Motion identifies a few additional parts of the Reply to be stricken that are not identified in the Staff Motion (i.e., Reply footnote 2, the first paragraph of Reply Section I.C, and Reply Section III).4 FENOC concludes that those parts also should be stricken for the reasons provided in the FENOC Motion.

FENOC also supports the Staffs request for leave to respond to the new arguments in the Reply.5 In particular, the Staff demonstrates that the new arguments raised by Petitioners do not support their standing or the admissibility of their single proposed contention in this proceeding.6 FENOC agrees with the Staffs arguments. Other arguments not raised by the Staff also support rejecting the new arguments raised by Petitioners in their Reply. As FENOC requested in the FENOC Motion, if the Board decides to consider the new arguments and references contained in the Reply, then FENOC requests an opportunity to respond to the new information in writing or during the oral argument.7 For the foregoing reasons, FENOC supports the Staff Motion and the Board should strike the new arguments impermissibly provided in Petitioners Reply, or should reject those arguments for the substantive reasons provided by the Staff.8 4

See FENOC Motion at 5-7.

5 See Staff Motion at 10-12.

6 See id.

7 FENOC Motion at 2.

8 FENOC also would like to clarify one statement in the Staff Motion. The Staff stated: FENOC indicates that the separate plant design change resulting from the removal of the original SGs and the installation of the replacement SGs is being pursued under 10 C.F.R. § 50.59 without the need for prior NRC approval. Staff Motion at 2. While the Staff is correct that the replacement of the Davis-Besse steam generators is being performed as a design modification in accordance with the provisions of 10 C.F.R. § 50.59, and approval of the modification was not requested as part of the January 18, 2013 License Amendment Request, FENOC has not completed its entire 50.59 review to determine if any further NRC approval is needed. As explained in FENOCs answer to the Petition, FENOC does not anticipate that any additional license amendments will be needed, but the 50.59 review cannot be completed until the analyses and manufacturing of the replacement 2

Respectfully submitted, Executed in Accord with 10 C.F.R. § 2.304(d)

Timothy P. Matthews Stephen J. Burdick Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202-739-5527 E-mail: tmatthews@morganlewis.com David W. Jenkins Senior Corporate Counsel II FirstEnergy Service Company Mailstop: A-GO-15 76 South Main Street Akron, OH 44308 Phone: 330-384-5037 E-mail: djenkins@firstenergycorp.com Counsel for FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Dated in Washington, DC this 11th day of July 2013 steam generators are complete. If the 50.59 review process determines that an additional license amendment is necessary for the replacement of the steam generators, FENOC will seek one at that time . . . . FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Companys Answer Opposing Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing Regarding Technical Specification License Amendment Request at 23 (June 14, 2013).

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

)

In the Matter of )

) Docket No. 50-346-LA FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING )

COMPANY )

) July 11, 2013 (Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, on this date, a copy of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Companys Answer Supporting the NRC Staffs Motion to Strike Portions of Petitioners Reply was filed through the E-Filing system.

Signed (electronically) by Stephen J. Burdick Stephen J. Burdick Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Phone: 202-739-5059 Fax: 202-739-3001 E-mail: sburdick@morganlewis.com Counsel for FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company DB1/ 74890140.1