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
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References
50-247-LR, 50-286-LR, ASLBP 07-858-03-LR-BD01, RAS-E-31
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/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 DOCKETED FAX.: (518) 402-9018 or (518) 402-9019 USNRC Website: www.dec.ny.gov M Alexander B. Grannis larch 17, 2008 (4:36j9iBrissioner 0O FFICE OF SECRETARY March 17, 2008 RULEMAKINGS AND A[)JUDICATIONS STAFF Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Dr. Kaye D. Lathrop Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Two White Flint North Two White Flint North 11545 Rockville Pike 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 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.

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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 Contaminatesas the Result of a Nuclear Accident, AERE-R 12355, Harwell Laboratory (1987), Howarth and Sandalls, Decontaminationand Reclamation ofAgriculturalLand Followinga NuclearAccident, AERE-R12666, Harwell Laboratory (1987), Brown et al., The Effectiveness of Various DecontaminationTechniquesjfor Reducing ExternalRadiationDoses to PeopleLiving in an Urban Environment, EUR 11408 EN (1988), Roed and Sandalls, Decontaminationinthe UrbanArea, 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 ohJ.Sipos Senior Attorney for Special Projects Assistant Attorney General New York State Department Office of the Attorney General of Environmental Conservation The Capitol 625 Broadway, 14"h Floor Albany, NY 12224 Albany, NY 12233-5500 (518) 402-2251 (518) 402-9190 John.siposaoag.state.nv.us ilmatthe(@iýw.dec.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. Docket Nos.

50-247-LR & 50-286-LR INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNITS 2 & 3 ASLBP No.

Regarding the Renewal of Facility Operating Licenses 07-858-03-LR-BDO1 No. DPR-26 and No. DPR-64 for an Additional 20-year Period 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 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mailstop 3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Two White Flint North Mailstop 3 F23 11545 Rockville Pike Two White Flint North Rockville, MD 20852-2738 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Zachary S. Kahn, Esq.

Lawrence.McDade@nrc.gov Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Richard E. Wardwell U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Administrative Judge Mailstop 3 F23 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Two White Flint North U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 11545 Rockville Pike Mailstop 3 F23 Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Two White Flint North Zachary.Kahn@nrc.gov 11545 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Marcia Carpentier Richard.Wardwell@nrc.gov Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Kaye D. Lathrop Mail Stop: T-3 E2B Administrative Judge U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Marcia.Carpentier@nrc.gov 190 Cedar Lane E.

Ridgway, CO 81432 Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Kaye.Lathrop@nrc.gov 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 Robert D. Snook, Esq.

Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Assistant Attorney General U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the-Attorney General Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 State of Connecticut hearingdocket@nrc.gov 55 Elm Street P.O. Box 120 Sherwin E. Turk, Esq. Hartford, CT 06141-0120 David E. Roth, Esq. robert.snook@po.state.ct.us Lloyd B. Subin, Esq.

Beth N. Mizuno, Esq. Justin D. Pruyne, Esq.

Christopher C. Chandler, Esq. Assistant County Attorney Kimberly A. Sexton, Esq. Office of the Westchester County Attorney Office of the General Counsel Michaelian Office Building U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 148 Martine Avenue, 6th Floor Mailstop 15 D21 White Plains, NY 10601 One White Flint North jdp3@westchestergov.com 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Daniel Riesel, Esq.

set@nrc.gov Thomas F. Wood, Esq.

der@nrc.gov Jessica Steinberg, J.D.

lbs3@nrc.gov Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C.

bnm1l@nrc.gov 460 Park Avenue Christopher.Chandler@nrc.gov New York, NY 10022 Kimberly.Sexton@nrc.gov driesel@sprlaw.com jsteinberg@sprlaw.com Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq.

Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Manna Jo Greene, Director Martin J. O'Neill, Esq. Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

Mauri T. Lemoncelli, Esq. 112 Little Market St.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mannajo@clearwater.org Washington, DC 20004 ksutton@morganlewis.com Stephen C. Filler, Esq.

pbessette@morganlewis.com Board Member martin.o'neill@morganlewis.com Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc.

mlemoncelli@morganlewis.com 303 South Broadway Suite 222 Elise N. Zoli, Esq. Tarrytown, NY 10591 Goodwin Procter, LLP sfiller@nylawline.com Exchange Place 53 State Street Nancy Burton Boston, MA 02109 147 Cross Highway ezoli@goodwinprocter.com Redding Ridge, CT 06876 NancyBurtonCT@aol.com William C. Dennis, Esq.

Assistant General Counsel Susan H. Shapiro, Esq.

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Weschester Citizen's Awareness Network 440 Hamilton Avenue (WestCan), Citizens Awareness Network (CAN),etc.

White Plains, NY 10601 21 Perlman Drive wdennis@entergy.com 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. Daniel E. O'Neill, Mayor Room 422 James Seirmarcho, M.S.

Legislative Office Building Village of Buchanan Albany, NY 12248 Municipal Bldg.

sarahwagneresq@gmail.com 236 Tate Avenue Buchanan, NY 10511-1298 Diane Curran, Esq. vob@bestweb.net Harmon, Curran, Speilberg & Eisenberg, LLP Suite 600 Michael J. Delaney, Esq.

1726 M Street, NW Vice President - Energy Department Washington, DC 20036 New York City Economic Development Corporation dcurran@harmoncurran.com (NYCEDC) 110 William Street Phillip Musegaas, Esq. New York, NY 10038 Victor Tafur, Esq. mdelaney@nycedc.com Riverkeeper, Inc.

828 South Broadway Arthur J. Kremer, Chairman Tarrytown, NY 10591 New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance phillip@riverkeeper.org (AREA) vtafur@riverkeeper.org 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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