ML20045D227
| ML20045D227 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Pilgrim |
| Issue date: | 06/08/1993 |
| From: | Stowe W BOSTON EDISON CO. |
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| Shared Package | |
| ML20045D209 | List: |
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| OLA, NUDOCS 9306280109 | |
| Download: ML20045D227 (5) | |
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- e UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION j
before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 (Spent Fuel Pool Expansion)
(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)
RESPONSE OF BOSTON EDISON COMPAhT TO THE MASSACHUSETTS ATIORNEY GENERAL'S REQLTST FOR A IIEARING AND PETITION TO INTER \\ThT This is an operating license amendment proceeding concerning the addition of spent fuel storage racks to an existing spent fuel pool. It involves Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station ("PNPS"),
which is owned and operated by Boston Edison Company (" Boston Edison") pursuant to an operating license issued by the Commission on June 1,1972 and amended several times thereafter.
A single petition has been filed requesting a hearing and seeking leave to intervene in the proceeding and leave to participate as an interested state. The petition is subject to the NRC's Rules of Practice,10 C.F.R. 5 2.714.
'Ihe proposed expansion of spent fuel pool storage capacity at PNPS involves no novel technicalissues that have not been reviewed in the context of a number of other spent fuel pool storage expansion proceedings. It does not involve any consolidation or densification either of assemblies within the pool or pins within the assemblies. Rather, it simply involves the placement in presently unused space in the pool of additional racks of similar design to those presently resident in the pool. The proposal will have a slight impact on the heat load of the pool and does 9306280109 930611 PDR ADOCK 05000293 0
require the modification of several technical specifications; hence the requirement for the instant license amendment application.
Boston Edison accepts that the petitioner is the Attorney General of the Commonwealth, that his papers have been timely filed and that, subject to his tendering a supplement to his petition in which he identifies one or more admissible contentions, the petitioner has sufficient standing to intervene in this matter. It should be noted, however, that Boston Edison does not accept that the
" concerns" asserted by petitioner in his hearing request constitute valid, litigable contentions in accordance with 10 C.F.R. 5 2.714. Based upon the understanding that petitioner may at a later date file a supplement wherein specific contentions are asserted, Boston Edison will defer further response until that filing.
Respectfully submitted, Boston Edison Company By its attorneys William 5. Stowe John M. Fulton Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 Date: June 8,1993 (617) 424-2544 l
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of -
Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 (Spent Fuel Fool Expansion)
(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the Response of Boston Edison Company to the Massachusetts Attorney General's Request for a Hearing and Petition to Intervene along with the Notices of Appearance of John M. Fulton and William S. Stowe were served by first-class mail on the parties listed below on this date.
Office of the Secretary Atta: Docketin and Service Branch U.S. Nuclear R ulatory Commission Washington,D.
20555 Ann P. Hodgdon, Esq.
Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Joseph W. Rogers, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General 131 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02111 i
William S. Stowe Assistant General Counsel Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 4
Date: June 8,1993 (617) 424-2544 i
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50-293 (Spent Fuel Pool Expansion) _
(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Notice is hereby given of the appearance of the undersigned for Boston Edison Company.
Respectfully submitted, k
John M. Fulton Senior Counsel Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 Date: June 8,1993 (617) 424-2553 r
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a UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGUIATORY COMMISSION -
before the ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of Boston Edison Company Docket No. 50 293 (Spent Fuel Pool Expansion)
(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)
NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Notice is hereby given of the appearance of the undersigned for Boston Edison Company.
Respectfully submitted, William 5. Stowe Assistant General Counsel Boston Edison Company 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 Date: June 8,1993 (617) 424-2544 1
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