ML13203A278

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Nextera'S Unopposed Motion for Leave to File a Reply to Answers to Nextera'S Motion for Summary Disposition of Contention 4D
ML13203A278
Person / Time
Site: Seabrook NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 07/22/2013
From: Lewis D R
NextEra Energy Seabrook, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
To:
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 24838, 50-443-LR, ASLBP 10-906-02-LR-BD01
Download: ML13203A278 (3)


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July 22, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of ) ) Docket No. 50-443-LR NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC )

) ASLBP No. 10-906-02-LR (Seabrook Station, Unit 1) )

NEXTERA'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A REPLY TO ANSWERS TO NEXTERA'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY DISPOSITION OF CONTENTION 4D NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC ("NextEra") hereby moves for leave to file the attached reply to the answers of the NRC Staff and of Friends of the Coast/New England Coalition

("FOTC/NEC")

1 to NextEra's motion for summar y disposition of Contention 4D.

2 This motion is unopposed. FOTC/NEC has consented but reserv es its right to respond. The NRC Staff has also consented. For purposes of judicial econom y, the Staff suggests that the Board consider establishing a schedule for the parties to brief the sole remaini ng issue concerning consideration of uncertainty. Alternatively, the Staff resp ectfully requests the opportunity to respond to NextEra's Reply. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.323(c), the Board may grant a party leave to file a reply based on compelling circumstances, such as where the moving party demonstrates that it could not have reasonably anticipated the arguments to wh ich it seeks leave to reply. Here, the Staff Answer and FOTC/NEC Answer take the position that the cost-benefit determinations for severe

1 NRC Staff Answer to NextEra's Motion for Summary Disposition of Friends of the Coast/New England Coalition Contention 4D (SAMA Analysis Atmospheric Modeling) (July 15, 2013) ("Staff Answer"); Friends of the Coast and New England Coalition's Answer to NextEra's Motion for Summary Disposition of Contention 4B (SAMA Source Terms) and Contention 4D (SAMA Analysis Atmospheric Modeling) (July 15, 2013) ("FOTC/NEC Answer").

2 NextEra's Motion for Summary Disposition of Friends of the Coast/New England Coalition Contention 4D (SAMA Analysis Atmospheric Modeling) (May 10, 2013) ("Motion").

2 accident mitigation alternatives ("SAMA") should be based on upper bound estimates derived from an uncertainty analysis using the 95 th percentile core damage frequency. As discussed in the attached reply, this position appears inconsistent with substantial Commission precedent and guidance, and therefore could not reasonably ha ve been anticipated by NextEra. Further, NextEra could not have anticipated that FOTC/NEC would admit the reasonableness of the atmospheric dispersion model used in NextEra's SAMA analysis, abandon every claim set forth in Contention 4D challenging the reasonableness of that model, and yet still argue that NextEra must nevertheless base its cost-benefit determinat ions on the results of a sensitivity analysis performed in order to demonstrate the now-stipulated reasonableness of the original model. For these reasons, the Board shoul d grant this unopposed Motion.

CERTIFICATION In accordance with 10 C.F.R. §2.323(b), counsel for NextEra conferred with the representatives of the other parties in a sincere effort to resolve the matters at issue in the instant Motion prior to the filing of the Motion, as reflected by the parties' consent and comments reflected above. Respectfully Submitted,

/Signed electronically by David R. Lewis /

Steven C. Hamrick NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 220

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: 202-349-3496

David R. Lewis Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2300 N St. NW

Washington, DC 20037

Telephone: 202-663-8474

Dated: July 22, 2013 Counsel fo r NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board In the Matter of )

) Docket No. 50-443-LR NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC )

) ASLBP No. 10-906-02-LR (Seabrook Station, Unit 1) ) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing NextEra' s Unopposed Motion for Leave to File A Reply to Answers to NextEra's Motion for Summary Disposition of Contention 4D has been served through the E-Filing system on the par ticipants in the above-captioned proceeding, this 22nd day of July 2013.

/Signed electronically by David R. Lewis/

David R. Lewis