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2006/07/11-Summary of Public Scoping Meeting Conducted Related to the Review of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, License Renewal Application
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Issue date:	07/11/2006
From:	Emch R; NRC/NRR/ADRO/DLR/REBB
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	Hernandez S, NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-4049
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July 11, 2006LICENSEE:Entergy Nuclear Operations, IncFACILITY: Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station

SUBJECT:

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETINGS CONDUCTED RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION,

LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. MC9670)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff conducted environmental scoping meetings related to the review of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (VYNPS) license

renewal applications submitted by Entergy Nucl ear Operations, Inc. (Entergy). Two public meetings were conducted on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at the Latchis Theatre, 50 Main Street, Brattleboro, Vermont. Approximately 200 people attended the meetings. The attendees

included members of the public, representatives of the NRC staff, NRC contractors from

Argonne National Laboratory, Entergy, the applicant, local citizen organizations, and local news

media. Public comments and questions addressed a wide range of issues including spent fuel

storage and disposal, emergency planning, security, and alternatives to license renewal.

In addition to the public meetings, the staff held an extended open house related to the environmental review scoping process in the vicinity of VYNPS on June 6, 2006. The open

house provided members of the public with an opport unity to talk informally with the staff and view NRC informational displays and brochures. Approximately 25 people attended the open

house. A combined listing of attendees for the public meetings and the extended open house is provided in Enclosure 1. Enclosure 2 is a copy of the meeting handout provided during the

extended open house. Enclosure 3 is a copy of the meeting handouts provided during the

scoping meetings open house. The official corrected transcripts for the afternoon and evening

meetings, and for the extended open house, are publicly available at the NRC Public Document

Room (PDR), located at One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, or from the NRC's Agencywide Docum ents Access and Management System (ADAMS). The ADAMS Public Electronic Reading Room is accessible at http://adamswebsearch.nrc.gov/dologin.htm.

The transcripts for the afternoon and evening meetings, and for the extended open house are listed under Accession Nos. ML061840033, ML061840029, and ML061840036, respectively. A copy of the slides used during the NRC's

presentation is also available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML061790476. Persons who do

not have access to ADAMS, or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS, should contact the NRC's PDR reference staff by telephone at 1-800-397-4209, or

301-415-4737, or by e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov.

/RA/Richard L. Emch, Jr., Senior Project Manager Environmental Branch B

Division of License Renewal

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-271

Enclosures:

1. Listing of Attendees

2. Meeting Handout (Extended Open House)

3. Meeting Handouts (Scoping Meetings) cc w/encls.: See next page

1. Meeting Summary (w /Encls. 1 ,2 & 3):

ML061920495

2. Afternoon Transcript (Corrected):

ML061840033

3. Evening Transcript (Corrected):

ML061840029

4. Extended Open House Transcript (Corrected):

ML061840036

5. Slides:

ML061790476

6. Package:

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ENCLOSURE 1 JUNE 6 - 7, 2006 Participants AffiliationRani FranovichU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)Chip CameronNRC Richard EmchNRC Andrew LuuNRC Anissa CoatesNRC Blake PurnellNRC Cynthia Harbaugh NRC Eric BennerNRC Etoy HiltonNRC Evan KetoNRC Samuel HernandezNRC Frank GillespieNRC Johnny EadsNRC Michael MasnikNRC Michael WeberNRC Nathan GoodmanNRC Patricia MilliganNRC Robert SchaafNRC Steven HamrickNRC Neil SheehanNRC Chris NolanNRC Lisa GibnerNRC Diane ScrenciNRC David PeltonNRC Beth SienelNRC David MillerArgonne National Laboratory (ANL)

Peter HollandTranscriptionist Nita HarrisonNew England Coalition (NEC)

Sally ShawNEC Janet SchwarzNEC Tom SidebothamNEC Diana SidebothamNEC Sarah KotkovNEC Ruth E. ClarkNEC N. GarberNEC Raymond ShadisNEC Deb KatzCitizens Awareness Network (CAN)

Beth AdamsCAN Lynn CroughCAN Carol BoyerCAN LIST OF PARTICIPANTS VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS (Continued) JUNE 6 - 7, 2006 Participants AffiliationPamela WalkerCANChris NordCAN Claire ChangCAN Hattie NesterCAN Judy DavidsonNuclear Free Vermont (NFV)

Mary Alice HechertNEC / CAN

Clay Turnbull NEC/CAN/NFVChris WilliamsNuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)

Robert EnglishNone Evan MulhollandNone Marian KelnerNone Gary SachsNone Mark CastronovaNone Larry LukensNone Beth McElweeNone Eesha WilliamsNone Elizabeth WoodNone Vedrana WrenNone Joan HormanNone Governor Thomas B. SalmonNone Mike HamerNone Cora BrooksNone Nancy NelkinNone MeganNone Megg RogersNone Joshua DostisNone Sherry ZabriskieNone Elizabeth AmmeNone D.P. ShawNone Dr. A. J. MadkourNone Jane MichandNone Monica F. FrassettoNone Salvador ArmadorNone Jill NeitlichNone Bill BurtonNone Jane NewtonNone G. SpenlstraNone Chris HayesNone David N. MonmaneyNone Frank R. WilsonNone LIST OF PARTICIPANTS VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS (Continued) JUNE 6 - 7, 2006 Participants AffiliationLisa LePageNoneVeronica RileyNone Michael CarrierNone Brian FinnNone Thomas SimonNone Brian K. NaeckNone Tiea ZehnbavesNone Eve FinkenstadtNone Chris TaboneNone Stan KocNone Josh WafflemanNone Jared BristolNone Karen RyanNone Mary Lan AnidonNone C. Mark SerranoNone Jacob IselinNone Mary IselinNone Wendy SlaterNone George IselinNone Paul D. BousquetNone Emma StamasNone Bob McCormickNone Steven HooperKeene Sentinel Newspaper Darry MaddenBrattleboro Reformer Jake Berry Keen Sentinel Newspaper Dan BarlowRutland Herald Richie DavisThe Recorder Jon OlenderRutland Herald Christina LaineProgressive Christian AvardVermont Guardian Jason HenskeBrattleboro Reformer Kate CasaVermont Guardian William IrwinVermont (VT) Dept of Health Timothy M. JonesMassachusetts Attorney General's Office Janice HealyMassachusetts Attorny General's Office TJ PoorVT Department of Public Services Bill PearsonVT Earth Institute Sarah HofmannVT Department of Public Services Bill PearsonVermont South Institute LIST OF PARTICIPANTS VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS (Continued) JUNE 6 - 7, 2006 Participants AffiliationDan MacArthurMarlboro County Emergency Management DirectorMarisa EberHinsdale High School Julie MooreVT Agency of Natural Resources John F. Angil IIVermont Emergency Management Dart EverettBrattleboro Development Center Sunny MillerTraprock Peace Center Charles JenksTraprock Peace Center Shawn BanfieldVermont Energy Partnership Richard DenbySIT Glenn WalkerGES Jeffrey LewisBDCE Deborah RegerLeftovers Affinity Martha DrakeLeftovers Affinity Susan KeeseVPR Jon BlockeAttorney Ruth Van HouterChesterfield Resident Joan C. ShawLocal Resident Nancy NelkinLocal Resident Russ RoskinskiLocal Resident John W. LynchLocal Resident Paul SteidlerLocal Resident Carrie TowleLocal Resident Nancy CromptonLocal Resident Loren KramerLocal Resident Bunder MadkomLocal Resident Shaun MurphyLocal Resident John DreyfussLocal Resident George ClainLocal Resident Karen MurphyLocal Resident Mike MulliganLocal Resident Ted SullivanLocal Resident Robert EnglishLocal Resident SeanLocal Resident Mike FoleyLocal Resident Sheila HollisLocal Resident Stave DarronLocal Resident Ann Elizabeth HowesLocal Resident David McElweeEntergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee (Entergy)

Catherine EldridgeEntergy John DoughertyEntergy LIST OF PARTICIPANTS VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS (Continued)

JUNE 6 - 7, 2006 Participants AffiliationDebra TisdaleEntergyDebbie PropsterEntergy Rob WilliamsEntergy J. AnvaruEntergy Steven NaeckEntergy Paul RaineyEntergy Jim CallaghanEntergy Ken SweetEntergy Chuck EdwardsEntergy Kari FinnellEntergy George ThomasEntergy F.T. WalderkofflerEntergy Bruce HallEntergy Mary Ann WilsonEntergy John TwarogEntergy Patrick RyanEntergy Jill BrochuEntergy Jim DeVincentEntergy Larry SmithEntergy Brian CosgroveEntergy Robert GreenfieldEntergy Mary DowerEntergy Sam WenderEntergy Anthony L. StevensEntergy George WierzbowslEntergy David M. PattersonEntergy David MannaeEntergy Terri C. SmithEntergy Renee DurhamEntergy Joe WardEntergy Pat CorbettEntergy John J. PatrickEntergy Carol Ann TwetanEntergy Larry CummingsEntergy Jim TaylorEntergy Larry DoucetteEntergy Mark PropsterEntergy Michael LaporteEntergy Dan JeffriesEntergy Dennis GirroirEntergy LIST OF PARTICIPANTS VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING MEETINGS (Continued)

JUNE 6 - 7, 2006 Participants AffiliationMichael FloryEntergyEmily TinkhamEntergy Ellen CotaEntergy Lynn DeWaldEntergy Bernard ButeauEntergy George CrowleyEntergy Welcome to the NRC's Open House Associated with the Environmen tal Review for the Proposed License Renewal at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station This open house is intended to provide an opportunity for interested members of the public and staff from other Federal, State, and local agencies to interact with the NRC staff in an

informal information exchange.

The NRC is gathering information necessary to prepare an Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) related to the proposed renewal of the operating license for Vermont

Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Please note that if you wish to provide formal comments

regarding the scope of the environmental review for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, they must be presented to the transcriptionist located in the hallway, the NRC staff will not

accept comments during today's informal discu ssions. Additionally comments can be presented at either session of tomorrow's transcribed public meetings or provided in writing or

electronically by June 23, 2006. Comments received after this date will be considered while

developing the draft SEIS if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure

consideration only for comments received on or before June 23, 2006. Written comments on

the scope of the SEIS should be sent to:

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services

Office of Administration

Mailstop T-6D 59

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Submittal of electronic comments may

be sent by e-mail to the NRC at VermontYankeeEIS@nrc.gov. Thank you for your participation.

Welcome to the NRC's Open House Associated with the Environmen tal Review for the Proposed ENCLOSURE 3 License Renewal at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station This open house is intended to provide an opportunity for interested members of the public and staff from other Federal, State, and local agencies to interact with the NRC staff in an

informal information exchange.

The NRC is gathering information necessary to prepare an Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) related to the proposed renewal of the operating license for Vermont

Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Please note that if you wish to provide formal comments

regarding the scope of the environmental review for Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, they must be presented at either session of t oday's transcribed public meetings or provided in writing or electronically by June 23, 2006. Co mments received after this date will be considered while developing the draft SEIS if it is practical to do so, but the NRC staff is able to assure

consideration only for comments received on or before June 23, 2006. Written comments on

the scope of the SEIS should be sent to:

Chief, Rules and Directives Branch Division of Administrative Services

Office of Administration

Mailstop T-6D 59

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Comments may be hand-delivered to the NRC at 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays. Submittal of electronic comments may

be sent by e-mail to the NRC at VermontYankeeEIS@nrc.gov. Thank you for your participation.

AGENDA FOR PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING PROCESS FOR VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2006 Two Meeting Sessions - 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.*I.Welcome and Purpose of Meeting15 minutes (F. Cameron)

II.Overview of License Renewal Process 10 minutes (R. Franovich)

III.Overview of Environmental Review Process20 minutes (R. Emch)IV.Public CommentsAs Required (F. Cameron)

V.Closing/Availability of Transcripts5 minutes (F. Cameron)

The NRC staff will host informal discussions one hour prior to each meeting session. No formal comments on the proposed scope of the En vironmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be accepted during the informal discussions. To be considered, comments must be provided

either at the transcribed public meetings (see agenda, above) or in writing, as described in the

attached Federal Register Notice.

Note to Licensee: Entergy from R. Emch dated July 11, 2006

Subject:

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