ML11356A190

NRC Staff'S Answer to Pilgrim Watch'S Request to Supplement Petition for Review of LBP-11-20 and LBP-11-23

ML11356A190
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	12/22/2011
From:	Uttal S NRC/OGC
To:	NRC/OCM
SECY RAS
References
RAS 21613, 50-293-LR, ASBLP 06-848-02-LR, LBP-11-20, LBP-11-23
Download: ML11356A190 (4)

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December 22, 2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION ) Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. )

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station) )

NRC STAFFS ANSWER TO PILGRIM WATCHS REQUEST TO SUPPLEMENT PETITION FOR REVIEW OF LBP-11-20 and LBP-11-23 On December 12, 2011, Pilgrim Watch sought to supplement its petitions for review to include a December 9, 2011 report by Congressman Edward Markey (Report). 1 The Staff of the NRC objects to the supplementation of the petition for review on the grounds that it is not relevant or material to the issues raised by Pilgrim Watch in its petitions for review of the Board decisions in this license renewal proceeding. 2 The Report discusses the Chairmans exercise of emergency authority, the individual 1

Pilgrim Watchs Request to Supplement Petition for Review of Memorandum and Order (Denying Pilgrim Watchs Requests for Hearing on Certain New Contentions ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR, August 11, 2011 (Filed August 26, 2011) and Pilgrim Watchs Petition for Review of Memorandum and Order (Denying Pilgrim Watchs Request for Hearing on New Contentions Relating to Fukushima Accident) Sept. 8, 2011 (Filed September 23, 2011), (December 12, 2011) (Agencywide Documents and Access Management System Accession No. ML11346A570).

2 USEC Inc. (American Centrifuge Plant), CLI-06-10, 63 NRC 451, 470 (2006) (reminding parties of their obligation to inform the board, the Commission, and other parties of relevant new developments in a proceeding); cf. Duke Power Co. (William B. McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2), ALAB-143, 6 AEC 623, 625 (1973) (parties are required to inform the board and other parties of new information that is relevant and material to the matters being adjudicated).

Commissioners views and voting records regarding the creation of the NRC Near-Term Task Force (TF) on the Fukushima accident, and the process by which the TFs recommendations will be addressed. The Report does not discuss the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station in particular or the Boards Orders that are the subject of Pilgrim Watchs petitions for review. It provides no new information or data that are relevant to any factual issue raised by Pilgrim Watch before the Board. It addresses none of the legal issues involved in the appeal of the Boards decisions. It thus provides no legal or factual basis for overturning the Boards decisions.

Accordingly, the Request to Supplement the Petitions for Review should be denied.

Respectfully submitted,

/Electronically signed/

Susan Uttal Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1582 E-mail: Susan.Uttal@nrc.gov Dated at Rockville, Maryland This 22nd day of December, 2011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-293-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC Staffs Answer to Pilgrim Watchs Request to Supplement Petition for Review of LBP-11-20 and LBP-11-23 has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 22nd day of December, 2011:

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Cole@nrc.gov E-mail: Paul.Abramson@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate Ann Marshall Young, Chair Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: O-16G4 Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAMAIL.Resource@nrc.gov E-mail: Ann.Young@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the Secretary Mail Stop: T-3F23 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: O-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (VIA INTERNAL MAIL ONLY) Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov

Sheila Slocum Hollis Terence A. Burke, Esq.

Duane Morris LLP Entergy Nuclear 505 9th St., NW, Suite 1000 1340 Echelon Parkway Washington, DC 20004 Mail Stop: M-ECH-62 E-mail: sshollis@duanemorris.com Jackson, MS 39213 E-mail: tburke@entergy.com Mary Lampert David R. Lewis, Esq.

148 Washington Street Paul A. Gaukler, Esq.

Duxbury, MA 02332 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP E- mail: mary.lampert@comcast.net 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1137 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com paul.gaukler@pillsburylaw.com Chief Kevin M. Nord Town Manager Fire Chief & Director Duxbury Emergency Town of Plymouth Management Agency 11 Lincoln St.

668 Tremont Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: marrighi@townhall.plymouth.ma.us E-mail: nord@town.duxbury.ma.us Richard R. MacDonald Matthew Brock Town Manager Assistant Attorney General 878 Tremont Street Commonwealth of Massachusetts Duxbury, MA 02332 One Ashburton Place E-mail: macdonald@town.duxbury.ma.us Boston, MA 02108 Martha.Coakley@state.ma.us Matthew.Brock@state.ma.us

/Signed (electronically) by/

Susan L. Uttal Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-5236 E-mail: Susan.Uttal@nrc.gov Date of signature: December 22, 2011