ML17228A769
| ML17228A769 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 08/16/2017 |
| From: | Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC |
| To: | Sekazi Mtingwa, Ronald Spritzer, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-443-LA-2, ASLBP-17-953-02-LA-BD01, RAS 53960 | |
| Download: ML17228A769 (5) | |
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August 16, 2017 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair Nicholas G. Trikouros U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. Sekazi K. Mtingwa U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK LLC (Seabrook Station, Unit 1)
Docket No. 50-443-LA2
Dear Administrative Judges:
A letter from the C10 Research and Education Foundation (C-10) was forwarded to Commission adjudicatory employees that is potentially related to a disputed issue in the above-captioned proceeding. Therefore, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.348(c), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff (Staff) is serving this letter on the parties to the above-captioned proceeding. The letter is attached below and is also available under Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML17227A538.
Respectfully submitted,
/Signed (electronically) by/
Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of
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NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK LLC
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Docket No. 50-443-LA2
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(Seabrook Station, Unit 1)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305, I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing notification, dated August 16, 2017, have been filed through the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above-captioned proceeding, this 16th day of August, 2017.
/Signed (electronically) by/
Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O14-A44 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 287-9175 E-mail: Anita.Ghosh@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 16th day of August, 2017
May12,2017 Viaelectronicsubmission:OPA.resource@NRC.gov
Subject:
10CFR2.204DemandForInformation(DFI)
Mr.VictorMcCree ExecuveDirectorforOperaons UnitedStatesNuclearRegulatoryCommission Washington,D.C.205550001
DearMr.McCree:
OnbehalfoftheC10ResearchandEducaonFoundaon(hereinaerC10),44MerrimacStreet,Newburyport, Massachuses,01950,IsubmitthispeonpursuanttoCh.2.206,Title10,oftheCodeofFederalRegulaons(hereaer 10CFR).
DemandforInformationrequested
C10peonstheNRCtoissuedemandsforinformaonpursuantto10CFR2.204,andtothenissueanorderunder10 CFR2.202tolicenseeNextEra,ownerofSeabrookStaonwhoistheentyseekingapprovalofitsLAR1603License AmendmentRequest(SeabrookStaonLicenseAmendmentRequest1603;ReviseCurrentLicensingBasistoAdopta MethodologyfortheAnalysisofSeismicCategory1StructureswithConcreteAectedbyAlkaliSilicaReacon,August1, 2016,10CFR50.90,DocketNo.5443,SBKL16071.).ThisDFIappliestotheAugust1,2016,LAR1603andanyandall amendments,aachmentsandrevisions.
JustificationforEnforcementActionRequested
InitsresponsetoC10s"ledcontenonstothisLAR,NextEra(DocketNo.50443LA2,May5,2017,beforetheAtomic SafetyandLicensingBoardoftheNuclearRegulatoryCommission),NextEramakesanumberofstatementsthatpurport todemonstratethattheLAR1603shouldbeapprovedbytheNRCandthatthecontenonssubmiedbyC10should berejected.Asigni"cantnumberoftheirstatementsinsupportofthoseposionsrefertothetechnicaldatasubmied inLAR1603.
However,becausevirtuallyallofthestascsinthetechnicaldataareredacted,itisimpossibleforC10toassessthe validityofNextErasstatements.
Therefore,C10herewithrequeststheNRCtoapproveviathisDemandForInformaonthattheLAR1603documents bereleasedtoC10withnoporonsredacted.
C10Foundaon44MerrimacStreet,NewburyportMass.01950www.c10.org(978)4656646
C10Foundaon10CFR2.204DFI,5/12/2017 page2
C10understandsthatatleastsomeofthisinformaonitisseekingisproprietary,andC10iswillingtosigna con"denalityagreement.C10maintainsregular,secureocespaceinwhichthesedocumentswouldbekeepina locked"lingclosetandwouldbeavailableonlytoC10sstaandmembersoftheBoardofDirectors,tobeaccessedand usedonlyonthepremises.
ExamplesofsectionsofNextErasresponsetoC10scontentionsthatcannotbeadequatelyassessedduetothe extensiveredactioninLAR1603
1.para.1,page4:ASRinducedexpansioninreinforcedconcretehasaneect,similarinsomewaystoprestressing, thatmigatesthelossofstructuralcapacitythatwouldbeassumedbasedonthechangeinmaterialproperes,uptoa point.Withouttheredacteddatatosupportthisasseron,itisnotpossibleforC10toassessitsvalidity.
2.para.2,page7:Theoverallconclusionfromanalysesofstructurallimitstatesisthatlimitstatecapacityisnot degradedwhensmallamountsofASRexpansionarepresentinstructures.Presently,theASRexpansionlevelsin Seabrookstructuresarebelowthelevelsatwhichlimitstatecapaciesarereduced.(LARevaluaonSecon3.2.1.)
Withouthavingaccesstowhatsmallamountsnumbersareandthelevelsatwhichlimitstatecapaciesarereduced, C10cannotassessthevalidityoftheclaimsofLAR1603.
3.para.2,page16:TheLARexplicitlycallsforcoresampletesngasanintegralpartofitsASRmonitoring methodology,andtheresultsofthe"rstcampaignoftestsareincludedinatechnicaldocumentsubmiedaspartofthe LAR.Thestascalresultsofthetesngareredacted;therefore,again,C10ispreventedfrombeingabletoactually reviewandassesstheresults.
4.para.2,page17:AsexplainedthroughoutthetechnicaldocumentsunderlyingtheLAR,themechanicaleectofASR doesnotnecessarilyresultinanadverseimpacttostructuralcapacity,atleastuptothepointofexpansionthatwas observedintheprogram.Becausethestascaldataisredacted,C10cannotrevieworassesit;therefore,C10cannot knowuptowhatpointexpansionduetoASRwastested.SincethepointofLAR1603istoestablishavalidtesng methodologyfortheeectofASRonthestructuresatSeabrookStaon,havingthesestascsisvitalforadequate reviewoftheLAR.
5.para.2,page22:MPR4153evenprovidestheresultsofthosetests.Theseresults,whichstatetheoutcomeoftests onthematerialproperesofconcretetestedintheUniversityofTexasFSELbythecompanyMPRareredacted.
(MPR4153Secon4.1;Id.AtAppxD(ThroughthicknessexpansionToDatefortheFirstCampaignofExtensometers).
6.para.1,page36:The"rstcampaigntoexamineoutofplaneexpansionhasbeencompletedandinvolvedtesngof cores.TheresultsofthosetestsareavailableintheLAR.Theresultsareredacted.
7.para1,page43:Thistesngexaminesthecurrentelascmodulusoftheconcrete,whichinturnrequires compressivestrengthtesng.The"rstcampaigntoexamineoutofplaneexpansioninvolvedtesngofcores.Theresults ofthosetestsareavailableintheLAR.Peonerneitherreferencesnorchallengesthetestsconductedtodate.The Peoner(C10)cannotreferencenorchallengethetestresults,becausetheyareredacted.Thisisaclassicalcircular argumentadvancedbySeabrookStaonsownerNextEra.
C10Foundaon44MerrimacStreet,NewburyportMass.01950www.c10.org(978)4656646
C10Foundaon10CFR2.204DFI,5/12/2017 page3
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C10iswillingtosignandcommitfullytoacon"denalityagreement.C10requestsviathisDFIthatsuchanagreement bepreparedandcommunicatedtoC10andthatfollowingitsexecuonLAR1603withallitsamendments,aachments andrevisionsbereleasedtoC10forreviewandassessment.
Sincerely,
PatriciaLangSkibbee PresidentoftheBoardofDirectors C10Research&EducaonFoundaon 44MerrimacStreet Newburyport,MA01950 Ph:9784656646 Email:Patricia.skibbee@verizon.net
NatalieHildtTreat ExecuveDirector C10Research&EducaonFoundaon 44MerrimacStreet,Newburyport,MA01950 Ph:(978)4656646Email:natalie@c10.org
C10Foundaon44MerrimacStreet,NewburyportMass.01950www.c10.org(978)4656646