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 F, McDade L G, Wardwell R E 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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September 30, 2015 Administrative Judge Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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 Administrative Judge Dr. Richard E. Wardwell 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 Board's 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 UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 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 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 ID# Accession Number Document Date Title 80-0001 ML15237A040 08/25/20152015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] RE: RAI Set 2015-01 80-0002 ML15237A036 08/25/20152015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - RAI Set 2015-01 80-0003 ML15244B508 09/01/20152015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] IPEC LRA Commitment 32 Clarification 80-0004 ML15244B479 09/01/20152015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - [External_Sender] IPEC LRA RAI Response Set 2015-02 80-0005 ML15244B509 09/01/20152015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IPEC LRA Commitment 32 Clarification 80-0006 ML15251A237 09/01/2015Reply 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. - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 1 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. ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 001 ML15258A001 J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - Entergy Responses to RAI Set 2015-01 for Indian Point 08/25/2015E-Mail A. Hiser, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 DPP-80-002 ML15237A038 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - Entergy Responses to RAI Set 2015-01 for Indian Point 08/25/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR C. Hovanec, NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response

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Entergy letter NL-15-092 [See public disclosures at 79-0004, ADAMS Accession No. ML15236A017] 73 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 2 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 003 ML15237A363 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/08/25 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: IP FSEIS Supplement 08/25/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment A. Ghosh, NRC/OGC S. Turk, NRC/OGC Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS Supplement input

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draft FSEIS Supplement Input [Also withheld under Attorney-Client privilege] 5 DPP 004 ML15239A635 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/08/27 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Indian Point License Renewal Commitment 49 08/27/2015E-Mail M. Modes, NRC/ R-I/DRS M. Gray, NRC/ R-I/DRS Internal discussion regarding license renewal commitment 49 for Entergy's reactor vessel internals program 3 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 3 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 005 ML15245A005 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - Entergy Responses to Indian Point RAI Set 2015-02 09/01/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response

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

ML15251A237] 11 DPP-80-006 ML15244A029 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Entergy Responses to RAI Set 2015-01 for Indian Point 09/01/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR C. Hovanec, NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 DPP-80-007 ML15244A738 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/01 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Entergy Responses to RAI Set 2015-01 for Indian Point 09/01/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR C. Hovanec, NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 4 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 008 ML15245A382 D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/02 Indian Point LR Hearing - comments on IP input 09/02/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 97 DPP-80-009 ML15246A015 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/03 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Entergy Responses to Indian Point RAI Set 2015-02 09/03/2015E-Mail B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 DPP-80-010 ML15247A367 B. Fu, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/03 Indian Point LR Hearing - Re: Entergy Responses to Indian Point RAI Set 2015-02 09/03/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 3 DPP-80-011 ML15247A187 D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/04 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Point: ADAMS code for a report in Entergy's April 2015 RAI response 09/04/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 5 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 012 ML15247A368 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/04 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: Indian Point: ADAMS code for a report in Entergy's April 2015 RAI response 09/04/2015E-Mail D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 DPP-80-013 ML15253A589 D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/09 Indian Point LR Hearing - INPUT: draft Supplemental EIS aquatic input 09/09/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment J. Danna, NRC/NRR/DLR D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR R. Green, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 95 DPP-80-014 ML15253A588 D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/09 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: comments on IP input 09/09/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 96 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 6 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 015 ML15258A000 D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - Indian Point, Suppl. 2: Aquatic Resources Cumulative Impacts section 09/14/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 4 DPP-80-016 ML15258A003 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: INPUT: draft Supplemental EIS aquatic input 09/14/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 97 DPP 017 ML15258A002 J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/14 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: RARB TRP Meeting 09/14/2015E-Mail D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 3 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 7 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 018 ML15259A218 D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - INPUT:

draft Supplemental EIS aquatic cumulative impacts 09/15/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment J. Danna, NRC/NRR/DLR D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR R. Green, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 4 DPP-80-019 ML15259A217 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/15 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: 2014 REMP Data for Indian Point 09/15/2015E-Mail W. Ford, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input 3 DPP-80-020 ML15259A219 D. Logan, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/16 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE: INPUT: draft Supplemental EIS aquatic input 09/16/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR D. Wrona, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 99 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 8 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 021 ML15260B429 J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - Concise Summary of Potential Violation 09/17/2015E-Mail D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion 2 DPP-80-022 ML15260A662 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - Remaining IP FSEIS Sections 09/17/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment S. Turk, NRC/OGC Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input

[Also withheld under the Attorney-Client privilege] 96 DPP-80-023 ML15260A659 M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/17 Indian Point LR Hearing - Remaining IP FSEIS Supplement Sections for BC Review 09/17/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment J. Danna, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding draft FSEIS supplement input

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Draft FSEIS supplement input 81 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 9 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 024 ML15261A884 J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - EA Worksheet IP RAI Response 9-18-2015.docx 09/18/2015E-Mail w/ Attachment D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion

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Internal worksheet regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion 8 DPP-80-025 ML15261A698 D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: Summary of Potential Incomplete and Inaccurate Information Violation at Indian Point 09/18/2015E-Mail C. Miller, NRC/NRR/DLR J. Marshall, NRC/NRR/DLR M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR Y. Diaz-Sanabria, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion 3 - Indian Point License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 80 - September 30, 2015 10 ID # Accession Number Author Name & Author Affiliation Title Document Date Document Type Addressee Name & Addressee Affiliation Comment Page Count DPP 026 ML15261A697 J. Gavula, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/18 Indian Point LR Hearing - RE:

Concise Summary of Potential Violation -Revised per our Conversation 09/18/2015E-Mail D. Morey, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response for recurring internal corrosion 3 DPP-80-027 ML15265A186 W. Holston, NRC/NRR/DLR 2015/09/22 Indian Point LR Hearing - FW: IP Coatings RAI responses 09/22/2015E-Mail M. Wentzel, NRC/NRR/DLR Internal discussion regarding RAI response 2 September 30, 2015 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) )

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 Commission's (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR). My supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staff's 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 Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. The documents are listed in Attachment 2 to the submission of the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 80. 3. I have personally reviewed the documents identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that they contain pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application. The documents contain either the Staff's 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 Staff's 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 Staff's 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 Staff's 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 )

) 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 Commission's (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 ) (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 NRC's 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