ML15197A333

June 29, 2015 Summary of Meeting with Beyond Nuclear, Et. Al., Regarding Its 10 CFR 2.206 Petition Requesting Enforcement Action Against the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

ML15197A333
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	07/24/2015
From:	Alexander Chereskin Plant Licensing Branch 1
To:
Chereskin A
References
TAC ME8189
Download: ML15197A333 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 24, 2015 LICENSEE: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

FACILITY: James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant

SUMMARY

OF JUNE 29, 2015, MEETING WITH BEYOND NUCLEAR, ET. AL.,

REGARDING ITS 10 CFR 2.206 PETITION REQUESTING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (TAC NOS. ME8189)

On June 29, 2015, a Category 3 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of Beyond Nuclear, et. al. (the petitioners), at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of the meeting was to provide the petitioners an opportunity to address the NRC Petition Review Board (PRB) in accordance with Management Directive (MD) 8.11, "Review Process for 10 CFR 2.206 Petitions." The meeting notice and agenda dated June 11, 2015, is available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML15177A075. A list of attendees is provided as Enclosure 1.

On March 9, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12074A032), as supplemented on March 13, (ADAMS Accession No. ML12079A036), and March 20, 2012 (ADAMS Accession No. ML12081A284), the petitioners submitted a joint petition to the NRC, under Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2.206, regarding the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant.

The petitioners also submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated October 11, 2012, requesting various communications between the NRC Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), the Office of General Counsel, Region I, and the resident inspectors. The staff satisfied this request from the petitioners with a response on August 7, 2013 (ADAMS Accession No. ML13154A313). The petitioners stated that this information was necessary in order to address the PRB for a second time.

As described in MD 8.11, the petitioners are provided the opportunity to address the PRB in order to provide any relevant additional explanation and support for their petition after the PRB has communicated its initial recommendation. The purpose of this meeting was to provide the petitioners another opportunity to address the PRB provide additional relevant explanation and support for the petition request in light of the PRB's initial recommendation, and the information contained in the FOIA request and response. The petitioners' scripts and supplemental information are available at ADAMS Accession Nos. 15198A047, ML15198A051, and ML15198A054. This meeting was recorded by the NRC's Operations Center and transcribed by a court reporter. The transcript is available in ADAMS at Accession No. ML15197A307. The audio recording is available through the public document room with instructions for finding it at ADAMS Accession No. ML15197A327.

Members of the public were in attendance. Public Meeting Feedback forms were not received prior to issuance of this summary.

Please direct any inquiries to me at 301-415-2549, or Alexander.Chereskin@nrc.gov.

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Alexa er N. Chereskin, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 1-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317 and 50-318

Enclosure:

• 1. List of Attendees cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv Jessica Azulay (jessica@allianceforagreeneconomy.org)

Paul Gunter (paul@beyondnuclear.org)

Tim Judson (timj@nirs.org)

LIST OF ATTENDEES JUNE 29, 2015, PRB MEETING WITH BEYOND NUCLEAR, ET. AL., REGARDING ITS 10 CFR 2.206 PETITION REQUESTING ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST THE JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Alex Chereskin Samson Lee Patricia Jehle Merrilee Banic Robert Fretz Mandy Halter Brett Titus Tom Setzer*

Doug Pickett Booma Venkataraman Neil Sheehan*

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Licensee)

Chris Adner*

Jerry Nappi*

Petitioners and Members of the Public Jessica Azulay*

Paul Gunter Tim Judson Ruth Thomas*

Marvin Lewis*

• via teleconference Enclosure 1

Meetin Notice ML15177A075 ML15197A333 *via dated e-mail OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPLl-1/PM NRR/DPR/PGCB/PM NRR/DORL/LPLl-1/LA NAME AChereskin MBanic* KGoldstein*

DATE 7/24/2015 07/24/2015 07/23/2015 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPLl-1 /BC NRR/DORL/LPLl-1 /PM NAME MDudek AChereskin DATE 7/24/2015 7/24/2015