ML072750629

Vermont Yankee - NRC Staff Answer to NEC Motion to File a Timely New or Amended Contention

ML072750629
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Site:	Vermont Yankee File:NorthStar Vermont Yankee icon.png
Issue date:	10/01/2007
From:	Baty M, Subin L NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-271-LR, ASLBP 06-849-03-LR, RAS 14218
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, ) Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

NRC STAFF ANSWER TO NEC MOTION TO FILE A TIMELY NEW OR AMENDED CONTENTION Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. §§ 2.309(h)(1) and 2.323(c), the Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) herein answers New England Coalition, Inc.s (NEC) Motion to File a Timely New of Amended Contention dated September 4, 2007 (Sept. 4 Motion). The contention in NECs Sept. 4 Motion is identical to its July 12 Contention except it is based on Entergys final fatigue calculations, which were disclosed on August 2, 2007. For the reasons set forth in NRC Staff Answer to NEC Motion to File a Timely New or Amended Contention (Aug. 6, 2007), the Staff does not object to admission of NECs proposed contention.

Respectfully submitted,

/RA/

Lloyd B. Subin Counsel for NRC Staff

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for NRC Staff Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 1st day of October, 2007

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

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, ) Docket No. 50-271-LR LLC, and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 06-849-03-LR

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of NRC Staff Answer to NRC Motion to File A Timely New or Amended Contention in the above-captioned proceeding have been served on the following by electronic mail with copies by deposit in the NRCs internal mail system or, as indicated by an asterisk, by electronic mail, with copies by U.S. mail, first class, this 1st day of October, 2007.

Alex S. Karlin, Chair Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov Thomas S. Elleman* Sarah Hofmann, Esq.*

Administrative Judge Director of Public Advocacy Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Department of Public Service 5207 Creedmoor Road, #101 112 State Street - Drawer 20 Raleigh, NC 27612 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: elleman@eos.ncsu.edu E-mail: sarah.hofmann.state.vt.us Richard E. Wardwell Ronald A. Shems, Esq*

Administrative Judge Karen Tyler, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, PLLC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 91 College Street Washington, DC 20555-0001 Burlington, VT 05401 E-mail: rew@nrc.gov E-mail: rshems@sdkslaw.com Ktyler@sdkslaw.com Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Marcia Carpentier, Esq.

Mail Stop: O-16G4 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: OCAAmail@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: mxc7@nrc.gov

Peter C.L. Roth, Esq.* Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.*

Environmental Protection Bureau National Legal Scholars Law Firm Office of the Attorney General 84 East Thetford Rd.

33 Capitol Street Lyme, NH 03768 Concord, New Hampshire 03301 E-mail:

E-mail: peter.roth@doj.nh.gov aroisman@nationallegalscholars.com David R. Lewis, Esq.*

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com matias.travieso-diaz@pillsburylaw.co

/RA/

Mary C. Baty Counsel for the NRC Staff