ML15212A669

NRC Staff Hearing File Update 78

ML15212A669
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	07/31/2015
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 28096
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UNITE D STATE S N UCLEAR REGULATORY C OMMI SS I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 July 31, 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 78 is appended hereto as Attachment 1.

On or about August 10, 2015, the documents identified in the hearing file will be made available via the Electronic Hearing Docket (EHD), which may be accessed at the following URL:

http://ehd.nrc.gov/EHD_Proceeding/home.asp. The hearing file will be contained in a sub-folder entitled, Indian PT Hearing File, Update 78 in the Indian_PT_2&3_50-247&50-286-LR" folder of the EHD.

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 July 31, 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 July 24, 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 78 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 78 - July 31, 2015 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 78-0001 ML15180A204 06/29/2015 2015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0002 ML15180A316 06/29/2015 2015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0003 ML15180A205 06/29/2015 2015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0004 ML15180A317 06/29/2015 2015/06/29 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0005 ML15182A446 06/30/2015 2015/06/30 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] Agreement- New York State Department of State File #F-2012-1028 78-0006 ML15182A456 07/01/2015 2015/07/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0007 ML15182A457 07/01/2015 2015/07/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Draft RAI Set 2015-02 78-0008 ML15161A086 07/01/2015 Biological Assessment on the Northern Long-eared bat and Indiana bat for Indian Point License Renewal.

78-0009 ML15161A066 07/01/2015 NRC to FWS, Request for concurrence with the NRC's determination that license renewal of Indian Point would not adversely affect the northern long-eared bat or Indiana Bat.

78-0010 ML15189A332 07/07/2015 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0011 ML15189A478 07/07/2015 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: NUREG-1930, Sup. 2 78-0012 ML15189A330 07/07/2015 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0013 ML15189A335 07/07/2015 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: NUREG-1930, Sup. 2 78-0014 ML15189A333 07/07/2015 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0015 ML15189A336 07/07/2015 2015/07/07 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: NUREG-1930, Sup. 2 78-0016 ML15170A456 07/07/2015 RAI for the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, License Renewal Application, Set 2015-02.

78-0017 ML15189A479 07/08/2015 2015/07/08 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: Draft Phone Call Summary 78-0018 ML15195A193 07/13/2015 2015/07/13 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 78-0019 ML15195A618 07/14/2015 2015/07/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA 78-0020 ML15196A013 07/14/2015 Letter from D. Stilwell, FWS, to D. Wrona, NRC, Concurrence with Determination that Indian Point License Renewal is not likely to Adversely affect the Indiana Bat or Northern Long-Eared Bat.

78-0021 ML15196A096 07/15/2015 2015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary -

IPEC LRA 78-0022 ML15196A102 07/15/2015 2015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: FWS Concurrence re: Biological Assessment 78-0023 ML15196A098 07/15/2015 2015/07/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - FWS Concurrence re: Biological Assessment 78-0024 ML15201A137 07/20/2015 2015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary -

IPEC LRA 78-0025 ML15201A020 07/20/2015 2015/07/20 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RE: FW: Draft Phone Call Summary - IPEC LRA

Attachment 1 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 Accession Document ID# Title Number Date 78-0026 ML15190A291 07/22/2015 070115, Summary of Telephone Conference Call Held Between NRC and Entergy Concerning the RAIs Pertaining to the Indian Point LRA Safety Review 78-0027 ML15188A383 07/31/2015 NUREG-1930, Supplement 2, "Safety Evaluation Report Related to the License Renewal of Indian Point Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 2 and 3."

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 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- ML15180A319 M. Wentzel, 2015/06/29 Indian Point 06/29/2015 E-Mail w/ B. Fu, Internal 8 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Draft IP Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 001 RAIs regarding draft W. Holston, RAIs NRC/NRR/DLR

Attachment:

draft RAIs DPP- ML15189A322 B. Fu, 2015/07/02 Indian Point 07/02/2015 E-Mail w/ W. Holston, Internal 14 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: Draft Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 002 IP RAIs regarding draft RAIs

Attachment:

draft RAIs DPP- ML15189A324 W. Holston, 2015/07/02 Indian Point 07/02/2015 E-Mail B. Fu, Internal 2 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Re: Draft NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 003 IP RAIs regarding draft RAIs DPP- ML15189A326 B. Fu, 2015/07/02 Indian Point 07/02/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 7 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Updated Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 004 RAI, regarding IP SIG regarding draft RAIs

Attachment:

draft RAIs 1

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15189A334 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/07 Indian Point 07/07/2015 E-Mail J. Danna, Internal 2 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Indian NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 005 Point FSEIS Supplement regarding draft Ready for Branch Chief FSEIS Concurrence Supplement DPP- ML15189A328 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/07 Indian Point 07/07/2015 E-Mail w/ W. Holston, Internal 9 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - Phone Call Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 006 Summary regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy

Attachment:

draft phone call summary DPP- ML15189A329 W. Holston, 2015/07/07 Indian Point 07/07/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 9 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: Phone Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 007 Call Summary regarding draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy

Attachment:

draft phone call summary 2

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15196A521 D. Wrona, 2015/07/15 Indian Point 07/15/2015 E-Mail w/ M. Wentzel, Internal 4 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 008 INPUT: Indian Point regarding draft FSEIS supplement - B.Grange, FSEIS FWS consultation NRC/NRR/DLR Supplement discussion input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input DPP- ML15196A371 B.Grange, 2015/07/15 Indian Point 07/15/2015 E-Mail w/ D. Wrona, Internal 4 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - INPUT: Attachment NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 009 Indian Point FSEIS regarding draft supplement - FWS FSEIS consultation discussion Supplement input

Attachment:

draft FSEIS Supplement input DPP- ML15196A523 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/15 Indian Point 07/15/2015 E-Mail D. Wrona, Internal 2 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 010 INPUT: Indian Point regarding draft FSEIS supplement - B.Grange, FSEIS FWS consultation NRC/NRR/DLR Supplement discussion input 3

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15197A010 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/16 Indian Point 07/16/2015 E-Mail B. Fu, Internal 3 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: FW: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 011 Draft Phone Call regarding draft Summary - IPEC LRA RAI and draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy DPP- ML15197A082 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/16 Indian Point 07/16/2015 E-Mail B. Fu, Internal 3 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: FW: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 012 Draft Phone Call regarding draft Summary - IPEC LRA RAI and draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy DPP- ML15201A004 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/20 Indian Point 07/20/2015 E-Mail W. Holston, Internal 3 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - FW: FW: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 013 Draft Phone Call regarding draft Summary - IPEC LRA RAI and draft summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy DPP- ML15201A005 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/20 Indian Point 07/20/2015 E-Mail W. Holston, Internal 3 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: FW: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 014 Draft Phone Call regarding draft Summary - IPEC LRA summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy 4

Attachment 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 78 - July 31, 2015 Addressee Author Name Accession Document Document Name Page ID # & Author Title Comment Number Date Type & Addressee Count Affiliation Affiliation DPP- ML15201A007 W. Holston, 2015/07/20 Indian Point 07/20/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 3 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: FW: NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 015 Draft Phone Call regarding draft Summary - IPEC LRA summary of conference call between NRC and Entergy DPP- ML15203A126 M. Gray, 2015/07/22 Indian Point 07/22/2015 E-Mail H. Gray, Internal 2 78- NRC/R-I LR Hearing - FW: Last NRC/R-I discussion 016 Indian Point 2 and 3 regarding draft Steam Generator summary of Inspections conference call between NRC and Entergy DPP- ML15204A895 M. Wentzel, 2015/07/23 Indian Point 07/23/2015 E-Mail N. Martinez, Internal 2 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - IP NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 017 Reference regarding steam generator inspections DPP- ML15204A896 N. Martinez, 2015/07/23 Indian Point 07/23/2015 E-Mail M. Wentzel, Internal 2 78- NRC/NRR/DLR LR Hearing - RE: IP NRC/NRR/DLR discussion 018 Reference regarding draft FSEIS Supplement 5

July 31, 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 78.

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 78.

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 31st day of July, 2015

July 31, 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 July 24, 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 31st day of July 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 78; Attachment 2 -

Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 78 - Deliberative Process Privilege; Declaration of Christopher G. Miller, dated July 31, 2015; and Affidavit of Michael J.

Wentzel, dated July 31, 2015, in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, this 31st day of July, 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: anita.ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: July 31, 2015