ML20017A076

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Order (Admitting Exhibits, Closing the Record of the September 2019 Evidentiary Hearing, and Providing Additional Instruction for Supplemental Proposed Findings)
ML20017A076
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 01/17/2020
From: Ronald Spritzer
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
50-443-LA-2, ASLBP 17-953-02-LA-BD01, RAS 55534
Download: ML20017A076 (4)


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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. Sekazi K. Mtingwa In the Matter of NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC (Seabrook Station, Unit 1)

Docket No. 50-443-LA-2 ASLBP No. 17-953-02-LA-BD01 January 17, 2020 ORDER (Admitting Exhibits, Closing the Record of the September 2019 Evidentiary Hearing, and Providing Additional Instruction for Supplemental Proposed Findings)

On January 3, 2020, and per this Boards November 25, 2019 Order1, C-10 submitted Exhibit INT0512. The Board hereby admits INT051 into the evidentiary record for the Seabrook proceeding. In response to INT051, NextEra and the NRC Staff submitted NER077 and NRC091, respectively. The Board hereby admits both NER077 and NRC091 into the record for this proceeding. In a subsequent filing, NextEra filed NER005-R4, its revised exhibit list. The Board hereby strikes the previous revised exhibit list, NER005-R3, and in its place, admits NER005-R4.

In its December 18, 2019, Revised Post-Evidentiary Hearing Schedule Memorandum, and contingent upon any questions regarding the parties additional testimony, this Board 1 Licensing Board Order (Granting C-10s Motion to Compel Mineralogical Data and Request to Submit Supplemental Written Testimony Concerning the Data; Denying C-10s Motion to Submit Additional Exhibits) (Nov. 25, 2019) (unpublished) [hereinafter Granting C-10s Motion to Compel].

2 C-10 first submitted exhibit INT051 in December 2019. The exhibit was subsequently refiled to correct the filing date and include the appropriate cover sheet. The exhibit now reads INT051-R to indicate its refiled status.

conveyed its intent to close the record for the evidentiary hearing on January 10, 2020.3 Based on the testimony received, we find that further testimony on the issue of chemical composition is not necessary. As such, the record for the September 2019 evidentiary hearing is hereby closed.

We reiterate that the parties may file supplemental proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law on or before January 31, 2020.4 Filings should be limited to the specific issues raised in Dr. Saoumas new written testimony and any rebuttal testimony filed by NextEra and the NRC Staff.

The parties should identify in their supplemental proposed findings of fact any study or other documentation in the record of this proceeding that addresses the question whether differences in the chemical composition of ASR gel may (or may not) affect either (1) the structural impacts of ASR, or (2) the adequacy of the CCI methodology for ASR expansion monitoring.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Ronald M. Spritzer, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland January 17, 2020 3 Licensing Board Memorandum (Revised Post-Evidentiary Hearing Schedule) (Dec. 18, 2019)

(unpublished) [hereinafter Revised Post-Evidentiary Hearing Schedule]; Granting C-10s Motion to Compel at 17.

4 Granting C-10s Motion to Compel at 17.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of

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NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC

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Docket No. 50-443-LA-2 (Seabrook Station, Unit 1)

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(License Amendment)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Admitting Exhibits, Closing the Record of the September 2019 Evidentiary Hearing, and Providing Additional Instruction for Supplemental Proposed Findings) have been served upon the following persons by Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 ocaamail@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair Administrative Judge ronald.spritzer@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros Administrative Judge nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Dr. Sekazi K. Mtingwa Administrative Judge sekazi.mtingwa@nrc.gov Taylor Mayhall, Law Clerk Taylor.Mayhall@nrc.gov Molly Mattison, Law Clerk Molly.Mattison@nrc.gov Ian R. Curry, Law Clerk Ian.curry@nrc.gov Stephanie Fishman, Law Clerk stephanie.fishman@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16B33 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Hearing Docket hearingdocket@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: O-14A44 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Anita Ghosh, Esq.

anita.ghosh@nrc.gov Jeremy Wachutka, Esq.

jeremy.wachutka@nrc.gov David E. Roth, Esq.

david.roth@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center: Members of this office have received a copy of this filing by EIE service.

NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC (Seabrook Station Unit 1) - Docket No. 50-443-LA-2 ORDER (Admitting Exhibits, Closing the Record of the September 2019 Evidentiary Hearing, and Providing Additional Instruction for Supplemental Proposed Findings) 2 NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., #220 Washington, DC 20004 Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.

steven.hamrick@fpl.com NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

paul.bessette@morganlewis.com Ryan K. Lighty, Esq.

ryan.lighty@morganlewis.com Grant Eskelsen, Esq.

grant.eskelsen@morganlewis.com C-10 Research & Education Foundation 44 Merrimac Street Newburyport, Mass. 01950 Natalie Hildt Treat natalie@c-10.org Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, & Eisenberg, LLP 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Diane Curran, Esq.

dcurran@harmoncurran.com

[Original signed by Clara Sola ]

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day of January 2020.