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{{#Wiki_filter:December 22, 2011   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of
{{#Wiki_filter:December 22, 2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of                                         )
    )        ) ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION  
                                                          )
  ) Docket No. 50
ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION                               )       Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR                               )
-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR
OPERATIONS, INC.                                         )
  ) OPERATIONS, INC.
                                                          )
    )        ) (Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station)
(Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Station)                      )
  )  NRC STAFF'S ANSWER TO PILGRIM WATCH'S REQUEST TO SUPPLEMENT PETITION FOR REVIEW OF LBP-11-20 and LBP 23   On December 12, 2011, Pilgrim Watch sought to supplement its petitions for review to includ e a December 9, 2011 report by Congressman Edward Markey ("Report").
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
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 issue s raised by Pilgrim Watch in its petitions for review of the Board decisions in this license renewal proceeding
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 T he  Report discusses the Chairman's exercise of emergency authority, the individual  
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).


1Pilgrim Watch's Request to Supplement Petition for Review of Memorandum and Order (Denying Pilgrim Watch's Requests for Hearing on Certain New Contentions ASLBP No. 06
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.
-848-02-LR, August 11, 2011 (Filed August 26, 2011) and Pilgrim Watch's Petition for Review of Memorandum and Order (Denying Pilgrim Watch's 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).
Accordingly, the Request to Supplement the Petitions for Review should be denied.
2 USEC Inc. (American Centrifuge Plant), CLI 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);
Respectfully submitted,
cf. Duke Power Co. (William B. McGuire Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2), ALAB
                                              /Electronically signed/
-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
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
). Commissioners' views and voting record s regarding the creation of the NRC Near-Term Task Force (TF) on the Fukushima accident, and the process by which the TF's recommendations will be addressed. The Report does not discuss the Pilgrim Nuclear Generating Statio n in particular or the Board's Orders that are the subject of Pilgrim Watch's petition s 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 Board's decisions. It thus provides no legal or factual basis for overturning the Board's decision s. Accordingly, the Request to Supplement the Petitions for Review should be denied.
Respectfully submitted,             Susan Uttal
/Electronically signed/
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 22 nd day of December, 2011


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE COMMISSION In the Matter of                                     )
)  ) ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.
                                                    )
) Docket No. 50
ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.                     )       Docket No. 50-293-LR
-293-LR ) (Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)  
                                                    )
)   )    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing "NRC Staff's Answer to Pilgrim Watch's Request to Supplement Petition for Review of LBP 20 and LBP-11-23" has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 22nd day of December, 2011: Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T
(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)                      )
-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
                                                    )
-0001 E-mail: Richard.Cole@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T
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:
-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
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
-0001  E-mail: Paul.Abramson@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T
-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
-0001 E-mail: Ann.Young@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate    Adjudication Mail Stop: O
-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
-0001 E-mail: OCAAMAIL.Resource@nrc.gov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T
-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
-0001 (VIA INTERNAL MAIL ONLY)
Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O
-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555
-0001 E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov


Sheila Slocum Hollis Duane Morris LLP 505 9 thWashington, DC 20004 St., NW, Suite 1000 E-mail: sshollis@duanemorris.com Terence A. Burke, Esq.
Sheila Slocum Hollis                         Terence A. Burke, Esq.
Entergy Nuclear 1340 Echelon Parkway Mail Stop: M
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.
-ECH-62 Jackson, MS 39213 E-mail:   tburke@entergy.com Mary Lampert 148 Washington Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E- mail:  mary.lampert@comcast.net David R. Lewis, Esq.
148 Washington Street                        Paul A. Gaukler, Esq.
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.
Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037
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
-1137 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com paul.gaukler@pillsburylaw.com Chief Kevin M. Nord Fire Chief & Director Duxbury Emergency Management Agency 668 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: nord@town.duxbury.ma.us Town Manager Town of Plymouth 11 Lincoln St.
                                            /Signed (electronically) by/
Plymouth, MA 02360 E-mail: marrighi@townhall.plymouth.ma.us Richard R. MacDonald Town Manager 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail:   macdonald@town.duxbury.ma.us Matthew Brock Assistant Attorney General Commonwealth of Massachusetts One Ashburton Place 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  
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}}
- O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415
-5236 E-mail: Susan.Uttal@nrc.gov Date of signature: December 22, 2011}}

Revision as of 11:27, 12 November 2019

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 )

)

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

OPERATIONS, INC. )

)

(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 )

)

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

)

(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) )

)

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

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