ML16131A666
| ML16131A666 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/10/2016 |
| From: | Lawrence Mcdade Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 51102 | |
| Download: ML16131A666 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) May 10, 2016 ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties)
On March 29, 2016, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) notified the Licensing Board of recent developments potentially relevant to the Track 2 proceeding.1 During the maintenance outage that commenced on March 7, 2016, Entergy conducted visual and ultrasonic testing of the baffle-former assembly bolts in Indian Point Unit 2.2 It was revealed that approximately one quarter of the baffle-former bolts show signs of degradation.3 Due to Entergys findings, on March 30, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Motion with the Board, requesting that the Board defer for thirty-five days the Track 2 hearing schedule, including post-hearing 1 Letter from Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman, Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, and Dr. Richard Wardwell, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Mar.
29, 2016).
2 Id. at 1.
3 Id. at 1-2.
filings and evidentiary submissions.4 The motion also proposed that a status update be filed by the parties no later than May 6, 2016.5 The Board granted that motion on April 1.6 On May 6, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Status Report, requesting an additional deferral of thirty-two days, and submission of a second status report to be filed no later than June 7, 2016.7 The parties stated that this deferral will allow Entergy to continue replacement of degraded baffle-former bolts at Indian Point Unit 2, as well as to finalize reports and analyses of the baffle-former bolt issue, including a root cause analysis and related technical analyses.8 Additionally, the parties stated that the NRC Staff will use this time to complete its own independent inspections and reviews of the baffle-former bolt issue.9 Finding good cause for the parties request, the Board hereby grants the additional deferral. The scheduling of the post-hearing filings and the filing of further evidentiary submissions is deferred and will be rescheduled by order of the Board. Additionally, a second status report shall be filed by the parties no later than June 7, 2016.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 10, 2016 4 Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral (Mar. 30, 2016) at 5.
5 Id.
6 Order (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral) (Apr. 1, 2016)
(unpublished).
7 Joint Status Report Regarding Track 2 Schedule Deferral (May 6, 2016) at 1.
8 Id. at 2.
9 Id.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Catherine L. Scott, Esq.
Mail Stop O-7H4M Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 David E. Roth, Esq.
ocaamail@nrc.gov Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
Brian Harris, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Anita Ghosh, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Christina England, Esq.
Mail Stop O-16C1 Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Joseph Lindell, Esq.
hearingdocket@nrc.gov John Tibbetts, Paralegal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop O-15D21 Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 catherine.scott@nrc.gov; beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; Lawrence G. McDade, Chair brian.harris.@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge david.roth@nrc.gov; lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; christina.england@nrc.gov; Richard E. Wardwell catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge joseph.lindell@nrc.gov; richard.wardwell@nrc.gov john.tibbetts@nrc.gov Michael F. Kennedy OGC Mail Center Administrative Judge OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov michael.kennedy@nrc.gov William B. Glew, Jr.
Alana Wase, Law Clerk Organization: Entergy alana.wase@nrc.gov 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 wglew@entergy.com Julie Reynolds-Engel, Law Clerk Julie.Reynolds-Engel@nrc.gov
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties)
Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.
Goodwin Proctor, LLP Covington & Burling LLP Exchange Place, 53 State Street 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Boston, MA 02109 Washington, DC 20004 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com mswinehart@cov.com Daniel Riesel, Esq. Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq. Steven C. Filler Adam Stolorow, Esq. Peter A. Gross Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Counsel for Town of Cortlandt 724 Wolcott Ave.
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. Beacon, NY 12508 460 Park Avenue mannajo@clearwater.org; New York, NY 10022 stephenfiller@gmail.com; driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com peter@clearwater.org astolorow@sprlaw.com; nduncan@sprlaw.com Andrew Reid, Esq.
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Organization: Hudson River Sloop Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Clearwater, Inc.
Martin J. ONeill, Esq. Ved Nanda Center for International and Brooke McGlinn, Esq. Comparative Law Grant Eskelsen, Esq. 1075 Waite Drive Ryan Lighty, Esq. Boulder, CO 80303 Lesa G. Williams-Richardson, Legal Secretary lawyerreid@gmail.com Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Richard Webster, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Public Justice, P.C.
Washington, DC 20004 For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
ksutton@morganlewis.com 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Washington, D.C. 20006 bmcglinn@morganlewis.com rwebster@publicjustice.net grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com rlighty@morganlewis.com lrichardson@morganlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.
dcalhoun@morganlewis.com Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs mfreeze@morganlewis.com NYC Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Flushing, NY 11373 Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq. mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Assistant County Attorney Office of Robert F. Meehan, Robert D. Snook, Esq.
Westchester County Attorney Assistant Attorney General 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor Office of the Attorney General White Plains, NY 10601 State of Connecticut mjr1@westchestergov.com 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us 2
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties)
David A. Repka, Esq. John J. Sipos, Esq.
Victoria Hsia, Esq. Lisa S. Kwong, Esq.
Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal Brian Lusignan, Esq.
Winston & Strawn Mihir Desai, Esq.
1701 K Street NW Assistant Attorneys General Washington, DC 20006 Teresa Manzi, Legal Assistant drepka@winston.com Siobhan Blank, Legal Assistant vhsia@winston.com Office of the Attorney General CSisco@winston.com of the State of New York The Capitol, State Street Paul Gallay, Esq. Albany, New York 12224 Deborah Brown john.sipos@ag.ny.gov James Bacon, Esq. lisa.kwong@ag.ny.gov Ramona Cearley, Secretary brian.lusignan@ag.ny.gov Riverkeeper, Inc. mihir.desai@ag.ny.gov 20 Secor Road teresa.manzi@ag.ny.gov Ossining, NY 10562 siobhan.blank@ag.ny.gov pgallay@riverkeeper.org dbrown@riverkeeper.org jbacon@riverkeeper.org Kathryn M. DeLuca, Esq.
rcearley@riverkeeper.org Laura Heslin, Esq.
Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 kathryn.deluca@ag.ny.gov laura.heslin@ag.ny.gov Sean Murray, Mayor Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Village of Buchanan Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 smurray@villageofbuchanan.com administrator@villageofbuchanan.com
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 10th day of May, 2016 3
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Michael F. Kennedy Dr. Richard E. Wardwell In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BD01 (Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) May 10, 2016 ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties)
On March 29, 2016, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy) notified the Licensing Board of recent developments potentially relevant to the Track 2 proceeding.1 During the maintenance outage that commenced on March 7, 2016, Entergy conducted visual and ultrasonic testing of the baffle-former assembly bolts in Indian Point Unit 2.2 It was revealed that approximately one quarter of the baffle-former bolts show signs of degradation.3 Due to Entergys findings, on March 30, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Motion with the Board, requesting that the Board defer for thirty-five days the Track 2 hearing schedule, including post-hearing 1 Letter from Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., to Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman, Dr. Michael F. Kennedy, and Dr. Richard Wardwell, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Mar.
29, 2016).
2 Id. at 1.
3 Id. at 1-2.
filings and evidentiary submissions.4 The motion also proposed that a status update be filed by the parties no later than May 6, 2016.5 The Board granted that motion on April 1.6 On May 6, 2016, the parties filed a Joint Status Report, requesting an additional deferral of thirty-two days, and submission of a second status report to be filed no later than June 7, 2016.7 The parties stated that this deferral will allow Entergy to continue replacement of degraded baffle-former bolts at Indian Point Unit 2, as well as to finalize reports and analyses of the baffle-former bolt issue, including a root cause analysis and related technical analyses.8 Additionally, the parties stated that the NRC Staff will use this time to complete its own independent inspections and reviews of the baffle-former bolt issue.9 Finding good cause for the parties request, the Board hereby grants the additional deferral. The scheduling of the post-hearing filings and the filing of further evidentiary submissions is deferred and will be rescheduled by order of the Board. Additionally, a second status report shall be filed by the parties no later than June 7, 2016.
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland May 10, 2016 4 Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral (Mar. 30, 2016) at 5.
5 Id.
6 Order (Adopting Joint Motion for Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral) (Apr. 1, 2016)
(unpublished).
7 Joint Status Report Regarding Track 2 Schedule Deferral (May 6, 2016) at 1.
8 Id. at 2.
9 Id.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
)
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR
) and 50-286-LR (Indian Point Nuclear Generating, )
Units 2 and 3) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Catherine L. Scott, Esq.
Mail Stop O-7H4M Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 David E. Roth, Esq.
ocaamail@nrc.gov Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.
Brian Harris, Esq.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Anita Ghosh, Esq.
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Christina England, Esq.
Mail Stop O-16C1 Catherine E. Kanatas, Esq.
Washington, DC 20555-0001 Joseph Lindell, Esq.
hearingdocket@nrc.gov John Tibbetts, Paralegal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop O-15D21 Mail Stop T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 catherine.scott@nrc.gov; beth.mizuno@nrc.gov; sherwin.turk@nrc.gov; Lawrence G. McDade, Chair brian.harris.@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge david.roth@nrc.gov; lawrence.mcdade@nrc.gov anita.ghosh@nrc.gov; christina.england@nrc.gov; Richard E. Wardwell catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov; Administrative Judge joseph.lindell@nrc.gov; richard.wardwell@nrc.gov john.tibbetts@nrc.gov Michael F. Kennedy OGC Mail Center Administrative Judge OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov michael.kennedy@nrc.gov William B. Glew, Jr.
Alana Wase, Law Clerk Organization: Entergy alana.wase@nrc.gov 440 Hamilton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 wglew@entergy.com Julie Reynolds-Engel, Law Clerk Julie.Reynolds-Engel@nrc.gov
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties)
Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Matthew W. Swinehart, Esq.
Goodwin Proctor, LLP Covington & Burling LLP Exchange Place, 53 State Street 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Boston, MA 02109 Washington, DC 20004 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com mswinehart@cov.com Daniel Riesel, Esq. Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director Victoria Shiah Treanor, Esq. Steven C. Filler Adam Stolorow, Esq. Peter A. Gross Natoya Duncan, Paralegal Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
Counsel for Town of Cortlandt 724 Wolcott Ave.
Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. Beacon, NY 12508 460 Park Avenue mannajo@clearwater.org; New York, NY 10022 stephenfiller@gmail.com; driesel@sprlaw.com; vtreanor@sprlaw.com peter@clearwater.org astolorow@sprlaw.com; nduncan@sprlaw.com Andrew Reid, Esq.
Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Organization: Hudson River Sloop Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Clearwater, Inc.
Martin J. ONeill, Esq. Ved Nanda Center for International and Brooke McGlinn, Esq. Comparative Law Grant Eskelsen, Esq. 1075 Waite Drive Ryan Lighty, Esq. Boulder, CO 80303 Lesa G. Williams-Richardson, Legal Secretary lawyerreid@gmail.com Doris Calhoun, Legal Secretary Mary Freeze, Legal Secretary Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Richard Webster, Esq.
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Public Justice, P.C.
Washington, DC 20004 For Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.
ksutton@morganlewis.com 1825 K Street, NW, Suite 200 martin.oneill@morganlewis.com Washington, D.C. 20006 bmcglinn@morganlewis.com rwebster@publicjustice.net grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com rlighty@morganlewis.com lrichardson@morganlewis.com Michael J. Delaney, Esq.
dcalhoun@morganlewis.com Director, Energy Regulatory Affairs mfreeze@morganlewis.com NYC Department of Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Flushing, NY 11373 Melissa-Jean Rotini, Esq. mdelaney@dep.nyc.gov Assistant County Attorney Office of Robert F. Meehan, Robert D. Snook, Esq.
Westchester County Attorney Assistant Attorney General 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor Office of the Attorney General White Plains, NY 10601 State of Connecticut mjr1@westchestergov.com 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us 2
Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR ORDER (Adopting Track 2 Hearing Schedule Deferral at Request of the Parties)
David A. Repka, Esq. John J. Sipos, Esq.
Victoria Hsia, Esq. Lisa S. Kwong, Esq.
Carlos L. Sisco, Paralegal Brian Lusignan, Esq.
Winston & Strawn Mihir Desai, Esq.
1701 K Street NW Assistant Attorneys General Washington, DC 20006 Teresa Manzi, Legal Assistant drepka@winston.com Siobhan Blank, Legal Assistant vhsia@winston.com Office of the Attorney General CSisco@winston.com of the State of New York The Capitol, State Street Paul Gallay, Esq. Albany, New York 12224 Deborah Brown john.sipos@ag.ny.gov James Bacon, Esq. lisa.kwong@ag.ny.gov Ramona Cearley, Secretary brian.lusignan@ag.ny.gov Riverkeeper, Inc. mihir.desai@ag.ny.gov 20 Secor Road teresa.manzi@ag.ny.gov Ossining, NY 10562 siobhan.blank@ag.ny.gov pgallay@riverkeeper.org dbrown@riverkeeper.org jbacon@riverkeeper.org Kathryn M. DeLuca, Esq.
rcearley@riverkeeper.org Laura Heslin, Esq.
Assistant Attorneys General Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York 120 Broadway, 26th Floor New York, New York 10271 kathryn.deluca@ag.ny.gov laura.heslin@ag.ny.gov Sean Murray, Mayor Kevin Hay, Village Administrator Village of Buchanan Municipal Building 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 smurray@villageofbuchanan.com administrator@villageofbuchanan.com
[Original signed by Brian Newell ]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 10th day of May, 2016 3