ML080860093

2008/03/17-Response to Boards'S Directives on the First Two Days of Oral Argument in the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., License Renewal Application for Indian Point, Units 2 and 3

ML080860093
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	03/17/2008
From:	Matthews J, Sipos J State of NY, Dept of Environmental Conservation, State of NY, Office of the Attorney General
To:	Lathrop K, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECYRAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS-E-31
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a , z.,: F/zx- I -L New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of General Counsel, 1 4 th Floor 625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-1500 FAX.: (518) 402-9018 or (518) 402-9019 Website: www.dec.ny.gov M 0O March 17, 2008 A[DOCKETED USNRC Alexander B. Grannis larch 17, 2008 (4:36j9iBrissioner FFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND)JUDICATIONS STAFF Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop -T-3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop -T-3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop -T-3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Re: License Renewal Application submitted by Entergy Indian Point Unit 2, LLC, Entergy Indian Point Unit 3, LLC, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Station, Unit-2 and Unit 3 Docket Nos. 50-247-LR/50-286-LR; ASLBP No. 07-858-03-LR-BDOI Dear Administrative Judges: The State of New York submits this letter pursuant to the Board's directives on the first two days of oral argument in the above captioned matter, held on March 10-11, 2008, in White Plains, New York. Specifically, the Board requested the State to inform it as to when the State would respond to two specific matters, and to provide citations regarding a third issue. These responses are set forth below.1. The State's response to Entergy's License Renewal Application (LRA) Amendment, dated January 22, 2008 (posted on ADAMS on February 6, 2008 -ML#080290659)

This LRA Amendment addresses New York State's Contention Number 26 (Metal Fatigue).

The State respectfully requests that it be permitted to file a revised contention by April 7, 2008.r~~&*~C~

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2. The State's response to NRC Staffs change in position at oral argument to New York State Contention Numbers 30 and 31 At oral argument on March 11, 2008, NRC Staff withdrew its position that New York State Contention Numbers 30 and 31 presented litigable issues. The State respectfully requests that it be permitted to respond to this change in NRC Staff position by March 31, 2008.3. Citations to Sandia Site Restoration Report re: fission particles During the second day of the hearing, Judge Lathrop inquired about citation(s) in the Sandia Site Restoration Report (SAND96-0957) relating to fission particles in the context of nuclear reactors.

See (Draft) Transcript of March 11, 2008 Proceedings at pp. 275-76. In response, the State of New York refers to Appendix E (Survey of Literature on Decontamination) and in particular to the discussion of the difficulties encountered in the clean up of'small-sized fission particles at Appendix E-9 to E-12 (discussing relatively low decontamination factors ("DF"), the Chernobyl reactor incident, and literature, e.g., Sandalls, Removal of Radiocaesium From Urban Surfaces Contaminates as the Result of a Nuclear Accident, AERE-R 12355, Harwell Laboratory (1987), Howarth and Sandalls, Decontamination and Reclamation ofAgricultural Land Following a Nuclear Accident, AERE-R12666, Harwell Laboratory (1987), Brown et al., The Effectiveness of Various Decontamination Techniquesjfor Reducing External Radiation Doses to People Living in an Urban Environment, EUR 11408 EN (1988), Roed and Sandalls, Decontaminationin the Urban Area, EUR 13013/1 EN (1990)). New York also refers to the discussions appearing at pp. 2-9 to 2-10 and 5-7 to 5-8 of the Sandia Report.Respectfully submitted, J ary Matthews Senior Attorney for Special Projects New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, 14"h Floor Albany, NY 12233-5500 (518) 402-9190 ilmatthe(@iýw.dec.state.nv.us ohJ.Sipos Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General The Capitol Albany, NY 12224 (518) 402-2251 John.siposaoag.state.nv.us cc: Service List UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR INDIAN POINT 2, LLC, ENTERGY NUCLEAR INDIAN POINT 3, LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNITS 2 & 3 Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating Licenses No. DPR-26 and No. DPR-64 for an Additional 20-year Period Docket Nos.50-247-LR

& 50-286-LR ASLBP No.07-858-03-LR-BDO1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on March 17, 2008, copies of the foregoing letter from the State of New York to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board were served on the following persons by regular first class mail and e-mail: Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop 3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov Richard E. Wardwell Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop 3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov Kaye D. Lathrop Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 190 Cedar Lane E.Ridgway, CO 81432 Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop 3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Zachary S. Kahn, Esq.Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop 3 F23 Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Zachary.Kahn@nrc.gov Marcia Carpentier Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3 E2B U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Marcia.Carpentier@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop 16 G4 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 ocaamail@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 hearingdocket@nrc.gov Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.David E. Roth, Esq.Lloyd B. Subin, Esq.Beth N. Mizuno, Esq.Christopher C. Chandler, Esq.Kimberly A. Sexton, Esq.Office of the General Counsel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mailstop 15 D21 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 set@nrc.gov der@nrc.gov lbs3@nrc.gov bnm1 l@nrc.gov Christopher.Chandler@nrc.gov Kimberly.Sexton@nrc.gov Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.Paul M. Bessette, Esq.Martin J. O'Neill, Esq.Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 ksutton@morganlewis.com pbessette@morganlewis.com martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com mlemoncelli@morganlewis.com Elise N. Zoli, Esq.Goodwin Procter, LLP Exchange Place 53 State Street Boston, MA 02109 ezoli@goodwinprocter.com William C. Dennis, Esq.Assistant General Counsel Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 wdennis@entergy.com Robert D. Snook, Esq.Assistant Attorney General Office of the-Attorney General State of Connecticut 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 robert.snook@po.state.ct.us Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.Assistant County Attorney Office of the Westchester County Attorney Michaelian Office Building 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor White Plains, NY 10601 jdp3@westchestergov.com Daniel Riesel, Esq.Thomas F. Wood, Esq.Jessica Steinberg, J.D.Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.460 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 driesel@sprlaw.com jsteinberg@sprlaw.com Manna Jo Greene, Director Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.112 Little Market St.Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Mannajo@clearwater.org Stephen C. Filler, Esq.Board Member Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.303 South Broadway Suite 222 Tarrytown, NY 10591 sfiller@nylawline.com Nancy Burton 147 Cross Highway Redding Ridge, CT 06876 NancyBurtonCT@aol.com Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.Weschester Citizen's Awareness Network (WestCan), Citizens Awareness Network (CAN),etc.

21 Perlman Drive Spring Valley, NY 10977 mbs@ourrocklandoffice.com Richard L. Brodsky, Esq.Assemblyman 5 West Main Street, Suite 205 Elmsford, NY 10523 richardbrodsky@msn.com Sarah L. Wagner, Esq.Room 422 Legislative Office Building Albany, NY 12248 sarahwagneresq@gmail.com Diane Curran, Esq.Harmon, Curran, Speilberg

& Eisenberg, LLP Suite 600 1726 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 dcurran@harmoncurran.com Phillip Musegaas, Esq.Victor Tafur, Esq.Riverkeeper, Inc.828 South Broadway Tarrytown, NY 10591 phillip@riverkeeper.org vtafur@riverkeeper.org Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor James Seirmarcho, M.S.Village of Buchanan Municipal Bldg.236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 vob@bestweb.net Michael J. Delaney, Esq.Vice President

-Energy Department New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)110 William Street New York, NY 10038 mdelaney@nycedc.com Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance (AREA)347 Fifth Avenue, Suite 508 New York, NY 10016 kremer@area-alliance.org John LeKay FUSE USA 351 Dyckman Street Peekskill, NY 10566 fuse usa@yahoo.com

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