ML20236N845

New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution (Necnp) Response to Licensee First Set of Interrogatories & Request for Production of Document to Necnp.* Certificate of Svc Encl. Related Correspondence

ML20236N845
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	07/27/1987
From:	Weiss E HARMON & WEISS, NEW ENGLAND COALITION ON NUCLEAR POLLUTION
To:	VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER CORP.
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CON-#387-4153 OLA, NUDOCS 8708120127
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NECNP'S RESPONSE TO LICENSEE'S FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES AND REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS TO NECNP

, NECNP makes the following responses to those questions which relate to Contention No. 1:

INTERROGATORY NO. 1

-Identify all evaluations, analyses or other documents that support or relate the statement: "the RHR system will have to be used to.a greater extent than previously."

Fesponse:

The following documents have been identified to date:

1. Vermont Yankee Spent Fuel Storage Rack Replacement Report, April, 1986.

2. Vermont Yankee Re sponse to Request for Additional Information - Proposed Change No. 133, Spent Fuel Pool Expansion, Nov. 21, 1986.

3. . Vermont Yankee Response to Request for Additional Information - Proposed Change No. 133, Spent Fuel Pool ,

i Expansion, Ma rch 19, 1987, and references therein. )

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4. NRC Staf f'sl.Br ief in Opposition to the Br ief- of Applicant (this docket), June 25,c1987 and ' attached 1

' Af fidavit of John 'N.- Ridgely.

5. Safety ' Evaluation by - the Of fice of' Nuclear Reactor,

~ Regulation Relating' to ' a , Modification to the Spent Fuel. Pool f or Pacility Operating License No. ' DPR-28, Vermont Yankee Nuclear -Power ' Corporation, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Sta-tion, Docket No. 5 0-271, Ju ne 10, 1977.

6.- Id., Supplement 1, June 20, 1977.

7. L'e tte r f rom' D. E. .Vandenburg, (Vice President, Vermont Yankee)! to[NRC, No v. 5 ,' 19 7 6, cited at ALAB-869, S1.Op. at 5.

8. References given' at ALAB-869, S1.Op. at 5-8, July 21, 1987.

INTERROGATORY NO. 2 Identify all documents that support or relate to the assump-tion that the RHR system is required to augment the Spent Fuel Fool Cooling System or that the RHR system is necessary to cool

-both the core and the fuel pool during a refueling outage.

Response

.The documents responsive to this request that have been identified to date are those numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 8.

INTERROGATORY NO. 3 Identify all documents that support or relate to the basis for maintaining the spent f uel pool water temperature of 140*F.

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The documents identified to date are the Standard Review l

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INTERROGATORY NO. 4 Identify all documents on which each contention you intend to" litigate is based.

Response

All documents thus f ar identified as responsive to this request (as it relates to Contention 1) have.been identified in

=the'above responses.

INTERROGATORY NO. 8

' Identify all documents on which you rely or may rely or will rely to support ~your position'on each.of the admitted conten- '

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Response

- All documents thus f ar identified which are responsive to this request (as it: relates to Contention 1) have been identified in the above responses.

INTERROGATORY NO. 9 Identify all persons on whose f actual knowledge, opinion or j expertise you rely or may or will rely for your position on each of the admitted contentions.

Response

To date, NECNP has relied upon Vermont Yankee's written sub-missions and those of the NRC Staff, as identified above, for the purposes of formulating its position on Contention 1. Th is response is provided voluntarily without waiving any objection NECNP may later have to disclosure of the identities of persons informally consulted but not retained by NECNP.

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4-INTERROGATORY NO. 10 Identify persons who will prepare or assist in the prepara-i tion- of; your- written presentation and oral argument under 10 CFR 2.1113.: . Describe'the. subject-matter of their presentation and

'its' substance and: provide .the documents or ' portions : thereof upon whi'ch they rely or will._ rely.

IResponse':

NECNP has thus f ar identified ' no ' persons who will prepare or

-assist in'the preparation of its written presentation.or oral

a rgument under 10 CFR 2.1113.. This response ~is provided voluntarily without waiving .any:. objection NECNP may later have to discussing 'the identities of persons informally consulted but ' not ~

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that on, July 2 7,1987 "NECNP's Response to Licensee's First Se t.of Interrogatories and Request For Production of Documents to NECNP", were served on the follow-ing parties to this case by first class mail:

Charles' Bechhoefer, Ch airman Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U. S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Glenn O. Br igh t .

Atomic Safety ~ and Licensing' Board Panel U. S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission

' Washington,JD.C. 20555 Dr. James H. Ca rpen ter '

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear. Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. ,20555 Secretary of the Commission Attn Docketing and Service Section U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wa shington, D.C. 20555 Christine N. Kohl, ~ Ch airman

' Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board U. S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555

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Vermont; Department ' of Public.' Se rvice

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~U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wa shing ton, 2 D. C. -205551 Diana'Sidebohham R.F.D.1#2' Putneyh Vermont. 05346:

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225 ' Fr anklin' St reet Boston,-MA' 02110 Gary J. Edles

- Atomic' Safety. and Licensing Appeal Board

~ U. S. s Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 2 0555-Howard A. J Wilber -

Atomic Safety and. Licensing Appeal Board U. S. . Nuclear. Regulatory Commission '

- Wa shington, D.C. ' 2 0555

' Geof f rey M. . Huntington,' Es q.

Of fice: of _ the Attorney General-Environmental Protection Agency State. House ' Annex 25 Capitol Street

' Concord, NH. 03301-6397

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