ML14296A398
| ML14296A398 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png |
| Issue date: | 10/23/2014 |
| From: | Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
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| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-271-LA, ASLBP 15-934-01-LA- BD01, RAS 26742 | |
| Download: ML14296A398 (4) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC, AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)
Docket No. 50-271-LA ASLBP No. 15-934-01-LA-BD01 October 23, 2014 ORDER (Scheduling Pre-Hearing Conference Call)
The Vermont Department of Public Service, on behalf of the State of Vermont, has requested an evidentiary hearing to challenge a proposal by Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. to amend its Site Emergency Plan to reflect reduced levels in the on-shift staffing and the Emergency Response Organization staffing at the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station,1 which is currently scheduled to cease operations by the end of 2014.2 Vermont contends that (1) the [Emergency Response Data System (ERDS)] link to the NRC [must] be retained during Vermont Yankees permanently shut down and defueled period; or (2) an alternate means similar to ERDS [must] be made available to provide equivalent 1 Vermont Department of Public Service Notice of Intention to Participate, Petition to Intervene, and Hearing Request (Sept. 22, 2014) [hereinafter Petition].
2 Letter from Christopher Wamser, Site Vice President, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, to Document Control Desk, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Proposed Changes to the Vermont Yankee Emergency Plan (Mar. 24, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14085A257);
see also 79 Fed. Reg. 42,539, 42,546 (July 22, 2014).
Radiation Monitoring System, Meteorological information, and Containment parameters relevant to the spent fuel pool conditions for as long as fuel remains within the spent fuel pool.3 To discuss pre-hearing matters, including the potential scheduling of oral argument on contention admissibility, the Board will hold a telephone conference call on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at 2:00 PM EDT.
The Boards law clerk, Nicole Pepperl, will contact the parties with the dial-in number and passcode. Members of the public or media who wish to listen to this conference call may do so, and should contact Ms. Pepperl at Nicole.Pepperl@nrc.gov for the listen-in number or with any questions regarding the call.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland October 23, 2014 3 Petition at 5; see also id. at 3-4 (citing 10 C.F.R. §§ 50.47, 50.57(a)(3), 50.92).
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of
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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC )
Docket No. 50-271-LA AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. )
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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Scheduling Pre-Hearing Conference Call) have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E. Roy Hawkens, Chairman Roy.Hawkens@nrc.gov Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Michael.Kennedy@nrc.gov Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: O15D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Beth Mizuno, Esq Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.
Brian Harris, Esq.
Edward Williamson, Esq.
John Tibbetts, Paralegal beth.mizuno@nrc.gov jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov brian.harris@nrc.gov edward.williamson@nrc.gov john.tibbetts@nrc.gov Nicole Pepperl, Law Clerk Nicole.Pepperl@nrc.gov Vermont Department of Public Service 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Aaron Kisicki, Esq.
aaron.kisicki@state.vt.us U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-7H4M Washington, DC 20555-0001 ocaamail@nrc.gov
DOCKET NO. 50-271-LR ORDER (Scheduling Pre-Hearing Conference Call) 2 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket hearingdocket@nrc.gov Entergy Services, Inc.
101 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 200012133 Susan Raimo, Esq.
sraimo@entergy.com
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 23rd day of October, 2014