ML052640035

Entergy'S Ninth Supplemental Discovery Disclosures

ML052640035
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	09/14/2005
From:	Silberg J Entergy Nuclear Operations, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Byrdsong A T
References
50-271-OLA, ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA, RAS 10486
Download: ML052640035 (5)

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Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board OFFICE OF SECRETARY RULEMAKINGS AND

) ADJUDICATIONS STAFF In the Matter of

) Docket No. 50-271 ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE, LLC and ENTERGY ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. (Operating License Amendment)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

ENTERGY'S NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY DISCLOSURES Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d), Applicants Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. ("Entergy") hereby make the following supplemental discovery disclosures.

Documents and Data Compilations Additional non-privileged, non-proprietary documents and data compilations relevant to the admitted contentions are being provided to the parties as follows: one compact disk is being provided to the Vermont Department of Public Service ("DPS") with respect to Contentions DPS 1 and 2; one compact disk is being provided to the New England Coalition ("NEC") with respect to Contentions NEC 3 and 4; and two compact disks are being provided to the NRC Staff with respect to Contentions DPS 1 and 2 and NEC 3 and 4.

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In addition, following is a supplement to the log provided on March 31, 2005 of documents ("Proprietary Documents") that counsel for Entergy in good faith believes contain information that qualifies under 10 C.F.R. § 2.390(a)(4) and (b)(4)(i)-(v) as a trade secret and commercial or financial information of Entergy or its vendors and contractors and should be protected in accordance with the terms of the Board's Order (Protective Order Governing Non-Disclosure of Proprietary Information) dated March 1,2005:

Documents relating to Contentions DPS 1&2:

Document Bates Range Document Title Company Number EPU005093 EPU 121088 - Vermout Yankee Nuclear Power Station License No. DPR-28 (Docket No. 50-271)

EPU 121387 Technical Specification Proposed Change No. 263, Supplement No.5 Extended Entergy Power Uorate - Resoonse to Request for Additional Information; The S&W portion of his document Is Response to RAI IEPB-B-5. S&W Proprietary Basis: This document reveals a portion of the S&W BOP power uprate evaluation process and specifically describes the methods used to assess the Impact of extended power uprate on radiation levels on-site and off-site.

EPU005105 EPU 121388 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED LICENSE EPU 121443 AMENDMENT EXTENDED POWER UPRATE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER TATION DOCKET NO. 50-271 Electrical and Instrumentation and Controls Branch Entergy (EEIB) Electrical Engineering Section (EEIB-A) RAI's related to SBO and STeam Dryer questions and responses.

EPU005106 EPU 121444 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROPOSED LICENSE EPU 121500 AMENDMENT EXTENDED POWER UPRATE VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER STATION DOCKET NO. 50-271 Electrical and Instrumentation and Controls Branch Entergy (EEIB) Electrical Engineering Section (EEIB-A) RAI's related to SBO and STeam Dryer questions and responses.

EPU005107 EPU 121501 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Electrical and Instrumentation and EPU 121567 Controls Branch (EEIB) Electrical Engineering Section (EEIB-A) RAI questions Entergy related to SBO, Steam Dryer, Strain guages, power ascension testing.

EPU005108 EPU 121568 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Electrical and Instrumentation and EPU 121635 Controls Branch (EEIB) Electrical Engineering Section (EEIB-A) RAI questions Entergy related to SBO, Steam Dryer, Strain guages, power ascension testing.

EPU005109 EPU 121636 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Electrical and Instrumentation and EPU 121701 Controls Branch (EEIB) Electrical Engineering Section (EEIB-A) RAI questions Entergy related to SBO, Steam Dryer, Strain guages, power ascension testing.

EPU 121702 - REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Electrical and Instrumentation and EPUOO5110 EPU 121763 Controls Branch (EEIB) Electrical Engineering Section (EEIB-A) RAI questions Entergy related to SBO, Steam Dryer, Strain guages, power ascension testing.

These documents are being provided to DPS pursuant to the terms of the Board's March 1, 2005 Protective Order, under which the documents and the proprietary information they

contain can only be made available to persons executing Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements substantially identical to the form included in Attachment A to the Protective Order.

Documents relating to Contentions NEC 3&4:

Document Bates Range Document Title Company Number Stone &

Engineering Report

Title:

WBS 1.4.1.5 Circulating Water/ Condenser / Cooling Tower Webster EPU548057 - EPU Task Report; Circulating Water System Task Engineering Report S&W Proprietary J501766 EPU 548240 Basis: This document reveals a portion of the S&W BOP power uprate evaluation process and specifically describes the methods used to evaluate the Circulating Water ystem Including Condenser and Cooling Tower.

Entergy is hereby providing and identifying documents relating to NEC Contention 4, which was dismissed by the Board as moot in its Memorandum and Order LBP-05-24 (September 1, 2005). This discovery is provided for completeness, since the Board's Memorandum and Order grants NEC leave to file a new or amended contentions challenging the adequacy of Entergy's seismic and structural analysis of the Vermont Yankee cooling towers.

Provision of this discovery does not constitute an admission by Entergy that such a contention, if filed, would be admissible.

Respectfully submitted, Jay E. Silberg Matias F. Travieso-Diaz Douglas J. Rosinski PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20037-1128 Tel. (202) 663-8063 Counsel for Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Dated: September 14, 2005

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

)

In the Matter of )

) Docket No. 50-271 ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT )

YANKEE, LLC and ENTERGY ) ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) (Operating License Amendment)

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of "Entergy's Eighth Supplemental Discovery Disclosures" and "Certification of Entergy's Ninth Supplemental Discovery Disclosures - Affidavit of Craig J. Nichols" were served on the persons listed below by deposit in the U.S. mail, first class, postage prepaid, and where indicated by an asterisk by electronic mail, this 14th day of September, 2005.

• Administrative Judge *Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Lester S. Rubenstein Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 4760 East Country Villa Drive Mail Stop T-3 F23 Tucson AZ 85718 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission lesrrr(gcomcast.net Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 ask2(Pnrc.pov

• Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Dr. Anthoy J. Baratta Mail Stop T-3 F23 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop T-3 F23 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 aib5(Pnrc.gov

• Secretary Office of Commission Appellate Att'n: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Adjudication Mail Stop 0-16 Cl Mail Stop 0-16 CI U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm ission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 secy(,nrc.gov, hearingdocket(~nrc.gov

• Sarah Hofmann *Sherwin E. Turk, Esq.

Special Counsel *Robert Weisman, Esq.

Department of Public Service *Jason C. Zorn, Esq.

112 State Street - Drawer 20 *Antonio Fernandez, Esq.

Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Office of the General Counsel Sarah.Hofmann()state.vt.us Mail Stop 0-15 D21 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 set()nrc.pov, rmw(inrc.gov, jcz(),nrc.gov, axf2(tnrc.gov

• Anthony Z. Roisman *Jonathan M. Block National Legal Scholars Law Firm 94 Main Street 84 East Thetford Rd. P.O. Box 566 Lyme, NH 03768 Putney, VT 05346-0566 aroisman(~nationallegalscholars.com ionb(Dsover.net

• Jonathan Rund *Raymond Shadis Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel New England Coalition Mail Stop T-3 F23 P.O. Box 98 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Shadis Road Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Edgecomb ME 04556 jmr3nanrc.pov shadis(Pprexar.com Matias F. Travieso-Diaz