ML15273A315

NRC Staff Hearing File Update 80

ML15273A315
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	09/30/2015
From:	Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC
To:	Kennedy M, Lawrence Mcdade, Richard Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS 28331
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UNITE D STATE S N UCLEAR REGULATORY C OMMI SS I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 September 30, 2015 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Dr. Richard E. Wardwell Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Michael F. Kennedy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3)

Docket Nos. 50-247-LR and 50-286-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards December 18, 2008, Memorandum and Order (Addressing Requests that the Proceeding be Conducted Pursuant to Subpart G), slip op. at 13, the Licensing Board's Order (Granting Consent Motion Regarding Mandatory Disclosures), dated January 30, 2009, at 1, the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) herein notifies the Licensing Board and the parties that the hearing file has been supplemented for this proceeding. Materials in the hearing file may be accessed through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of each item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 80 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about October 10, 2015, the documents identified in the hearing file may be accessed through ADAMS or through the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD), which may be accessed at http://adams.nrc.gov/ehd/. The hearing file will be contained in the Staff Discovery Materials tab of the EHD, in a sub-folder entitled, Indian PT Hearing File, Update 80 in the Indian_PT_2&3_50-247&50-286-LR" folder.

In addition, as required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing a privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process; appended hereto as Attachment

2. Also attached is the Declaration of Christopher G. Miller formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and

Judge McDade September 30, 2015 Judge Kennedy Judge Wardwell maintain the privileged documents identified in these logs during the pendency of this proceeding.

Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c), attached is the Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, certifying that all relevant materials required by this section have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as to documents identified by September 23, 2015.

Finally, the NRC Staff notes that it has made a good faith effort to identify and characterize all documents meeting the criteria of 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b) and 10 C.F.R. § 2.1203 in this proceeding. In identifying these documents, the Staff does not concede their relevance to the license renewal issues to be decided in this proceeding.

Sincerely,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 80 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Christopher G. Miller Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel cc w/Encls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 80-0001 ML15237A040 08/25/2015 2015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RAI Set 2015-01 80-0002 ML15237A036 08/25/2015 2015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - RAI Set 2015-01 80-0003 ML15244B508 09/01/2015 2015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] IPEC LRA Commitment 32 Clarification 80-0004 ML15244B479 09/01/2015 2015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] IPEC LRA RAI Response Set 2015-02 80-0005 ML15244B509 09/01/2015 2015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC LRA Commitment 32 Clarification 80-0006 ML15251A237 09/01/2015 Reply to Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, License Renewal Application, SET 2015-02.

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Certain documents otherwise subject to inclusion in the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for this proceeding have been determined by the NRC Staff to contain information subject to withholding from public disclosures as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15258A001 J. Gavula, 2015/08/25 Indian Point 08/25/2015 E-Mail A. Hiser, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Entergy NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 001 Responses to RAI Set regarding RAI 2015-01 for Indian Point response DPP- ML15237A038 M. Wentzel, 2015/08/25 Indian Point 08/25/2015 E-Mail w/ W. Holston, Internal 73 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Entergy Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 002 Responses to RAI Set regarding RAI 2015-01 for Indian Point C. Hovanec, response NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

J. Gavula, Entergy letter NRC/NRR/DLR NL-15-092 [See public disclosures at 79-0004, ADAMS Accession No.

ML15236A017]

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Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15237A363 M. Wentzel, 2015/08/25 Indian Point 08/25/2015 E-Mail w/ A. Ghosh, Internal 5 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: IP Attachment NRC/OGC discussion 003 FSEIS Supplement regarding draft S. Turk, FSEIS NRC/OGC Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement Input

[Also withheld under Attorney-Client privilege]

DPP- ML15239A635 M. Wentzel, 2015/08/27 Indian Point 08/27/2015 E-Mail M. Modes, Internal 3 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Indian NRC/ R-I/DRS discussion 004 Point License Renewal regarding Commitment 49 M. Gray, license renewal NRC/ R-I/DRS commitment 49 for Entergys reactor vessel internals program 2

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15245A005 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/01 Indian Point 09/01/2015 E-Mail w/ W. Holston, Internal 11 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Entergy Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 005 Responses to Indian regarding RAI Point RAI Set 2015-02 B. Fu, response NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

Entergy letter NL-15-109 [See public disclosures at 80-0006, ADAMS Accession No.

ML15251A237]

DPP- ML15244A029 W. Holston, 2015/09/01 Indian Point 09/01/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 006 Entergy Responses to regarding RAI RAI Set 2015-01 for C. Hovanec, response Indian Point NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR DPP- ML15244A738 W. Holston, 2015/09/01 Indian Point 09/01/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 007 Entergy Responses to regarding RAI RAI Set 2015-01 for C. Hovanec, response Indian Point NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR 3

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15245A382 D. Wrona, 2015/09/02 Indian Point 09/02/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Logan, Internal 97 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - comments Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 008 on IP input regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input DPP- ML15246A015 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/03 Indian Point 09/03/2015 E-Mail B. Fu, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 009 Entergy Responses to regarding RAI Indian Point RAI Set response 2015-02 DPP- ML15247A367 B. Fu, 2015/09/03 Indian Point 09/03/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 3 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Re: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 010 Entergy Responses to regarding RAI Indian Point RAI Set response 2015-02 DPP- ML15247A187 D. Logan, 2015/09/04 Indian Point 09/04/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Indian NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 011 Point: ADAMS code for regarding RAI a report in Entergy's response April 2015 RAI response 4

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15247A368 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/04 Indian Point 09/04/2015 E-Mail D. Logan, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Indian NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 012 Point: ADAMS code for regarding RAI a report in Entergy's response April 2015 RAI response DPP- ML15253A589 D. Wrona, 2015/09/09 Indian Point 09/09/2015 E-Mail w/ J. Danna, Internal 95 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - INPUT: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 013 draft Supplemental EIS regarding draft aquatic input D. Logan, FSEIS NRC/NRR/DLR supplement input M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS R. Green, supplement NRC/NRR/DLR input DPP- ML15253A588 D. Logan, 2015/09/09 Indian Point 09/09/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Wrona, Internal 96 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 014 comments on IP input regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input 5

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15258A000 D. Logan, 2015/09/14 Indian Point 09/14/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Wrona, Internal 4 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Indian Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 015 Point, Suppl. 2: Aquatic regarding draft Resources Cumulative FSEIS Impacts section supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input DPP- ML15258A003 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/14 Indian Point 09/14/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Logan, Internal 97 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 016 INPUT: draft regarding draft Supplemental EIS D. Wrona, FSEIS aquatic input NRC/NRR/DLR supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input DPP- ML15258A002 J. Gavula, 2015/09/14 Indian Point 09/14/2015 E-Mail D. Morey, Internal 3 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: RARB NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 017 TRP Meeting regarding RAI response 6

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15259A218 D. Wrona, 2015/09/15 Indian Point 09/15/2015 E-Mail w/ J. Danna, Internal 4 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - INPUT: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 018 draft Supplemental EIS regarding draft aquatic cumulative D. Logan, FSEIS impacts NRC/NRR/DLR supplement input M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS R. Green, supplement NRC/NRR/DLR input DPP- ML15259A217 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/15 Indian Point 09/15/2015 E-Mail W. Ford, Internal 3 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: 2014 NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 019 REMP Data for Indian regarding draft Point FSEIS supplement input DPP- ML15259A219 D. Logan, 2015/09/16 Indian Point 09/16/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 99 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 020 INPUT: draft regarding draft Supplemental EIS D. Wrona, FSEIS aquatic input NRC/NRR/DLR supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input 7

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15260B429 J. Gavula, 2015/09/17 Indian Point 09/17/2015 E-Mail D. Morey, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Concise NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 021 Summary of Potential regarding RAI Violation response for recurring internal corrosion DPP- ML15260A662 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/17 Indian Point 09/17/2015 E-Mail w/ S. Turk, Internal 96 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Remaining Attachment NRC/OGC discussion 022 IP FSEIS Sections regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input

[Also withheld under the Attorney-Client privilege]

DPP- ML15260A659 M. Wentzel, 2015/09/17 Indian Point 09/17/2015 E-Mail w/ J. Danna, Internal 81 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Remaining Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 023 IP FSEIS Supplement regarding draft Sections for BC Review FSEIS supplement input

Attachment:

Draft FSEIS supplement input 8

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15261A884 J. Gavula, 2015/09/18 Indian Point 09/18/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Morey, Internal 8 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - EA Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 024 Worksheet IP RAI regarding RAI Response 9 response for 2015.docx recurring internal corrosion

Attachment:

Internal worksheet regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion DPP- ML15261A698 D. Morey, 2015/09/18 Indian Point 09/18/2015 E-Mail C. Miller, Internal 3 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 025 Summary of Potential regarding RAI Incomplete and J. Marshall, response for Inaccurate Information NRC/NRR/DLR recurring Violation at Indian Point internal M. Wentzel, corrosion NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR Y. Diaz-Sanabria, NRC/NRR/DLR 9

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15261A697 J. Gavula, 2015/09/18 Indian Point 09/18/2015 E-Mail D. Morey, Internal 3 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 026 Concise Summary of regarding RAI Potential Violation - response for Revised per our recurring Conversation internal corrosion DPP- ML15265A186 W. Holston, 2015/09/22 Indian Point 09/22/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 2 80- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: IP NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 027 Coatings RAI responses regarding RAI response 10

September 30, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3) )

DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER G. MILLER I, Christopher G. Miller, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Division of License Renewal (DLR) in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staffs review and evaluation of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application.

2. As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staffs pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 80.

3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in , and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staffs review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staffs analyses, recommendations, opinions, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency

position with respect to the matters discussed therein. The documents comprise part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staffs review of the pending license renewal application.

4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of the documents could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members and/or the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staffs ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff members involved in these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made.

5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staffs Hearing File Index Supplement 80.

6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d)

Christopher G. Miller Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of September, 2015

September 30, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )

Units 2 and 3) )

AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL J. WENTZEL CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)

I, Michael J. Wentzel, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I currently serve as a project manager for the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3 license renewal application (LRA). Among my other duties as project manager, since September 2014, I have been assisting with the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the LRA at issue in this proceeding.

2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete for documents identified as of September 23, 2015.

3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Accord with 10 CFR 2.304(d)

Michael J. Wentzel Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 30th day of September 2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket Nos. 50-247-LR, 50-286-LR

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(Indian Point Nuclear Generating )

Units 2 and 3) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Indian Point Hearing File, including: - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 80; Attachment 2 -

Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 80 - Deliberative Process Privilege; Declaration of Christopher G. Miller, dated September 30, 2015; and Affidavit of Michael J. Wentzel, dated September 30, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, this 30th day of September, 2015.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Anita Ghosh Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-4113 E-mail: ania.ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: September 30, 2015