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NRC Staff Hearing File Update 82
	ML15334A158
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	11/30/2015
From:	Amitava Ghosh; NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell; Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
	SECY RAS
References
	50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 28586
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UNITE D STATE S N UCLEAR REGULATORY C OMMI SS I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 November 30, 2015 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 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, 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 82 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about December 10, 2015, the documents identified in the hearing file may be accessed through ADAMS or through the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD), which may be accessed at http://adams.nrc.gov/ehd/. The hearing file will be contained in the Staff Discovery Materials tab of the EHD, in a sub-folder entitled, Indian PT Hearing File, Update 82 in the Indian_PT_2&3_50-247&50-286-LR" folder.

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; appended hereto as Attachment

2. Also attached is the Declaration of Christopher G. Miller formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and

Judge McDade November 30, 2015 Judge Kennedy Judge Wardwell maintain the privileged documents identified in these logs 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 November 23, 2015.

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 82 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Christopher G. Miller Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel cc w/Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 82-0001 ML15314A013 11/06/2015 2015/11/06 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] Re: Indian Point Consistency Decision 82-0002 ML15327A050 11/17/2015 2015/11/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: Draft Audit Plan 82-0003 ML15321A470 11/17/2015 2015/11/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - Draft Audit Plan 82-0004 ML15327A049 11/20/2015 2015/11/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: Draft Audit Plan 82-0005 ML15327A099 11/23/2015 2015/11/23 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: Draft Audit Plan 82-0006 ML15327A369 11/23/2015 2015/11/23 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft Audit Plan 82-0007 ML15327A097 11/23/2015 2015/11/23 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft Audit Plan

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 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 Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15328A013 M. Wentzel, 2015/10/30 Indian Point 10/30/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Logan, Internal 87 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Final OGC Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 001 and BC Comments on regarding draft the IP FSEIS D. Wrona, FSEIS Supplement NRC/NRR/DLR Supplement input and OGC comments

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement Input

[Also withheld under Attorney-Client privilege]

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Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15316A799 D. Logan, 2015/11/03 Indian Point 11/03/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 91 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Indian Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 002 Point: Entrainment and regarding draft Impingement Impact D. Wrona, FSEIS files for new supplement NRC/NRR/DLR Supplement

- response to internal input and OGC comments comments

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement Input

[Also withheld under Attorney-Client privilege]

DPP- ML15316A804 J. Gavula, 2015/11/05 Indian Point 11/05/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Morey, Internal 8 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Draft Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 003 Enforcement Action regarding RAI Worksheet for Indian response for Point - Revised per recurring Discussion internal corrosion

Attachment:

Internal worksheet regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion 2

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15314A016 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/09 Indian Point 11/09/2015 E-Mail J. Gavula, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Draft Audit NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 004 Needs regarding draft W. Holston, of audit needs NRC/NRR/DLR DPP- ML15314A014 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/09 Indian Point 11/09/2015 E-Mail w/ C. Miller, Internal 49 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: Re: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 005 Indian Point Consistency regarding New Decision J. Marshall, Yorks Indian NRC/NRR/DLR Point Consistency J. Danna, Decision NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

Y. Diaz-Sanabria, Indian Point NRC/NRR/DLR Consistency Decision [See D. Wrona, public NRC/NRR/DLR disclosures at 82-0001 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15314A013)]

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Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15314A015 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/09 Indian Point 11/09/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Logan, Internal 49 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: Re: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 006 Indian Point Consistency regarding New Decision Yorks Indian Point Consistency Decision

Attachment:

Indian Point Consistency Decision [See public disclosures at 82-0001 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15314A013)]

DPP- ML15314A027 W. Holston, 2015/11/10 Indian Point 11/10/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Email 4 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Draft Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR forwarding input 007 Audit Needs for draft of audit J. Gavula, needs NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

input for draft audit needs 4

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15314A882 J. Gavula, 2015/11/10 Indian Point 11/10/2015 E-Mail w/ W. Holston, Internal 9 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Recent SW Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 008 Leak at IP regarding Service Water Integrity Program

Attachment:

[Entergy Letter, NL-15-124, publically available at ADAMS Accession No. ML15292A217]

DPP- ML15316A786 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ J. Gavula, Internal 11 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Draft Audit Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 009 Plan regarding draft W. Holston, audit plan NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

draft audit plan DPP- ML15316A003 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail J. Danna, Email 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: Re: NRC/NRR/DLR forwarding OGC 010 Entergy Letter comments on Concerning Purported D. Wrona, New Yorks Objection of New York NRC/NRR/DLR Indian Point State Department of Consistency State dated Nov. 6, M. Moser, Decision 2015, Pursuant to the NRC/NRR/DLR Coastal Zone [Also withheld Management Act under Attorney-Client privilege]

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Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15316A531 J. Gavula, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 4 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Issues Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 011 related to Service Water regarding Integrity Program Service Water Integrity Program

Attachment:

draft discussion of issues related to Service Water Integrity Program DPP- ML15316A814 W. Holston, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Email 4 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - One minor Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR forwarding input 012 change to my audit for draft audit input. Highlighted in needs Word track. Bill

Attachment:

input for draft audit needs DPP- ML15316A825 W. Holston, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Re: Draft NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 013 Audit Plan regarding draft audit plan DPP- ML15316A533 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail J. Gavula, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Issues NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 014 related to Service Water regarding Integrity Program Service Water Integrity Program 6

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15316A811 W. Holston, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ J. Gavula, Internal 4 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Issues Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 015 related to Service Water regarding Integrity Program Service Water Integrity Program

Attachment:

draft discussion of issues related to Service Water Integrity Program DPP- ML15316A537 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail W. Holston, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: One NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 016 minor change to my regarding input audit input. Highlighted for draft audit in Word track. Bill needs DPP- ML15316A538 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail W. Holston, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: One NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 017 minor change to my regarding input audit input. Highlighted for draft audit in Word track. Bill needs DPP- ML15316A005 W. Holston, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail J. Gavula, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Recent NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 018 SW Leak at IP regarding Service Water Integrity Program 7

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15316A535 J. Gavula, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ W. Holston, Internal 7 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Recent Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 019 SW Leak at IP regarding Service Water Integrity Program

Attachment:

[Entergy Letter dated 12/21/2001, publically available at ADAMS Accession No. ML020090594]

DPP- ML15327A052 J. Gavula, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 9 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Recent SW Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 020 Leak at IP regarding Service Water Integrity Program

Attachment:

[Entergy Letter, NL-15-124, publically available at ADAMS Accession No. ML15292A217]

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Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 82 - November 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15316A822 W. Holston, 2015/11/12 Indian Point 11/12/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 4 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Revised IP Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 021 Audit Plan Input regarding input for draft audit plan

Attachment:

input for draft audit plan DPP- ML15321A417 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/17 Indian Point 11/17/2015 E-Mail J. Gavula, Internal 2 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Audit Need NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 022 Clarification regarding draft audit plan DPP- ML15327A051 J. Gavula, 2015/11/17 Indian Point 11/17/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 5 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Audit NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 023 Need Clarification regarding draft audit plan DPP- ML15321A469 M. Wentzel, 2015/11/17 Indian Point 11/17/2015 E-Mail J. Gavula, Internal 5 82- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Audit NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 024 Need Clarification regarding draft audit plan 9

November 30, 2015 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, 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER G. MILLER I, Christopher G. Miller, 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 82.

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 82.

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)

Christopher G. Miller Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of November, 2015

November 30, 2015 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, 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL J. WENTZEL CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)

I, Michael J. Wentzel, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) 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 September 2014, I have been assisting with the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.

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 November 23, 2015.

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 30th day of November 2015

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, 50-286-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 82; Attachment 2 -

Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 82 - Deliberative Process Privilege; Declaration of Christopher G. Miller, dated November 30, 2015; and Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, dated November 30, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, this 30th day of November, 2015.

/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 30, 2015