ML050830031

Vermont Yankee - Letter from Brooke D. Poole to Administrative Judges Enclosing Supplement 5 to the Hearing File Index, an Update to the Privilege Log, and Affidavit of John P. Boska

ML050830031
Person / Time
Site:	Vermont Yankee
Issue date:	03/22/2005
From:	Poole B NRC/OGC
To:	Anthony Baratta, Karlin A, Rubenstein L Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Julian E
References
50-271-OLA, ASLBP 04-832-02-OLA, RAS 9610
Download: ML050830031 (8)

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March 22, 2005 Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Administrative Judge Lester S. Rubenstein Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4270 E Country Villa Drive Mail Stop: T-3F23 Tucson, AZ 85718 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Anthony J. Baratta Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE LLC and ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station)

Docket No. 50-271-OLA

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d), the NRC staff hereby provides notice that the Hearing File for this proceeding has been updated. As required by 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the staff is producing an update to the privilege log at this time. The staff is continuing to preserve and maintain all privileged documents during the pendency of this proceeding. Also enclosed is the Affidavit of John P. Boska.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brooke D. Poole Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Hearing File Supplement Privilege Log - Proprietary Privilege Log - Deliberative Process Affidavit of John P. Boska

ENCLOSURE 1 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES HEARING FILE INDEX SUPPLEMENT 5 - March 22, 2005 Package - Meeting on VY Steam Dryer Accession Number Document Date Title/Description 132 ML050280373 02/14/2005 Summary of 09/29/2004 Meeting with Entergy on Steam Dryer Analysis for Vermont Yankee.

133 ML050590145 09/29/2004 Vermont Yankee Attendance List for Sept. 29, 2004 Meeting re:Steam Dryer Analysis.

134 ML042890417 09/29/2004 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station - Proposed Technical Specification Change No. 263 - Supplement No. 20 Extended Power Uprate - Meeting on Steam Dryer Analysis Meeting Presentation Slides.

Package - Vermont Yankee EPU Supplement 24 Accession Number Document Date Title/Description 135 ML050750157 03/10/2005 Attachment 4, Vermont Yankee - Proposed Technical Specification Change No. 263 -

Supplement No. 24 Extended Power Uprate Response to RAI SRXB-A-6.

136 ML050750140 03/10/2005 Vermont Yankee - Technical Specification Proposed Change No. 263 - Supplement No. 24 Extended Power Uprate - Response to Request for Additional Information.

137 ML050750150 03/10/2005 VYC-1924, Rev 0, Exhibit 2, Vermont Yankee - Proposed Technical Specification Change No. 263 - Supplement No. 24 Extended Power Uprate Response to RAI SPSB-C-35.

138 ML050750145 03/10/2005 VYC-1959, Rev. 1, Exhibit 1, Vermont Yankee - Proposed Technical Specification Change No. 263 - Supplement No. 24 Extended Power Uprate Response to RAI SPSB-C-35.

Accession Number Document Date Title/Description 139 ML050630421 02/24/2005 E-mail, Gucwa, Entergy Nuclear Northeast, to Ennis, NRR, re: VY EPU Supplement 23.

ENCLOSURE 2 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT 5 - MARCH 22, 2005 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 trade secrets, privileged or confidential commercial or financial information subject to withholding from public disclosure pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.390. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, designated proprietary, and subject to protected status under Section 2.390.

Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page Number Name/Affiliation: Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation ML050750159 Entergy Nuclear Attachment 3, 03/10/2005 Technical 25 Northeast, Vermont Yankee - Specifi-Entergy Nuclear Proposed Technical cation, Operations, Inc Specification Change Bases No. 263 - Change Supplement No. 24 Extended Power Uprate Response to RAI SRXB-A-6.

ENCLOSURE 3 VERMONT YANKEE EPU HEARING FILE AND MANDATORY DISCLOSURES PRIVILEGE LOG - DELIBERATIVE PROCESS SUPPLEMENT 5 - MARCH 22, 2005 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 disclosure 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.

Accession Author Title/Description: Document Document Addressee / Comment Page Number Name/Affiliation: Date Type Addressee Count Affiliation ML050630429 Tatum, J.E., E-mail, Tatum, NRR, 02/16/2005 E-Mail Trimble, D.C., 2 NRC/NRR to Trimble, NRR, re: NRC/NRR VY EPU, Manual Actions to Isolate Service Water Leaks.

ML050630408 Ennis, R.B., E-mail, Ennis, NRR, 03/03/2005 E-Mail Trimble, D.C., 3 NRC/NRR to Trimble, NRR, re: NRC/NRR VY EPU, Manual Actions to Isolate Service Water Leaks.

ML050630402 Tatum, J.E., E-mail, Tatum, NRR, 03/03/2005 E-Mail Ennis, R., 4 NRC/NRR to Trimble, NRR, and Trimble, D.C.,

Ennis, NRR, re: VY NRC/NRR EPU, Manual Actions to Isolate Service Water Leaks.

March 16, 2005 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA LLC and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

AFFIDAVIT OF JOHN P. BOSKA CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d)

I, John P. Boska, being first duly sworn, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Senior Project Manager in the Division of Licensing Project Management in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Among other things, I am managing the preparation of the hearing file and mandatory disclosures in connection with the extended power uprate license amendment request 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 (d) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as of the date of this certification.

3. I hereby certify that the foregoing is true and complete to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

/RA/

John P. Boska

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR VERMONT YANKEE ) Docket No. 50-271-OLA LLC and ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 04-832-02-OLA

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(Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the NRC Staff letter dated March 22, 2005, providing notice of the availability of the hearing file, with attachment, together with the affidavit of John P. Boska, in the captioned proceeding have been served on the following by deposit in the United States mail, first class; or as indicated by an asterisk (*), by deposit in the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions internal mail system; and by e-mail as indicated by a double asterisk (**), this 22nd day of March, 2005.

Alex S. Karlin, Chair** Dr. Anthony J. Baratta**

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge 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: ask2@nrc.gov E-mail: ajb5@nrc.gov Lester S. Rubenstein** Office of the Secretary**

Administrative Judge ATTN: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: O-16C1 4270 E Country Villa Drive U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tucson, AZ 85718 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: lesrrr@comcast.net E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate John M. Fulton, Esq.

Adjudication* Assistant General Counsel Mail Stop: O-16C1 Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 440 Hamilton Avenue Washington, DC 20555-0001 White Plains, NY 10601

Jay E. Silberg, Esq.** Raymond Shadis**

Matias Travieso-Diaz, Esq.** Staff Technical Advisor Douglas Rosinski, Esq.** New England Coalition Shaw Pittman, LLP P.O. Box 98 2300 N St., NW Edgecomb, ME 04556 Washington, DC 20037-1128 E-mail: shadis@prexar.com E-mail: jay.silberg@shawpittman.com shadis@ime.net matias.travieso-diaz@shawpittman.com douglas.rosinski@shawpittman.com Sarah Hofmann, Esq.** Anthony Z. Roisman, Esq.**

Special Counsel National Legal Scholars Law Firm Department of Public Service 84 East Thetford Rd.

112 State Street - Drawer 20 Lyme, NH 03768 Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 E-mail: aroisman@valley.net E-mail: sarah.hofmann@state.vt.us Jonathan M. Block, Esq.** Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.

94 Main Street Law Clerk P.O. Box 566 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Putney, VT 05346-0566 Mail Stop: T-3F23 E-mail: jonb@sover.net U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: jmr3@nrc.gov)

Christopher M. Wachter, Esq.

Law Clerk Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 (E-mail: cmw@nrc.gov)

/RA/

Robert M. Weisman Counsel for NRC Staff