ML14022A107
| ML14022A107 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 01/22/2014 |
| From: | Vietti-Cook A L NRC/SECY |
| To: | Keating W R, Kennedy J P, Lynch S F, Markey E J, McGovern J P, Tierney J F, Tsongas N, Warren E US HR (House of Representatives), US SEN (Senate) |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| 50-443-LR, ASLBP 10-906-02-LR-BD01, RAS 25511 | |
| Download: ML14022A107 (7) | |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20555-0001 SECRETARY The Honorable Edward J. Markey United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Markey:
January 14, 2014 On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), I am responding to your letter of December 18, 2013 , to Chairman Allison Macfarlane in which you recommended that the NRC make no decision on the June 1, 2010 , application made by NextEra Energy Seabrook for a twenty year renewed operating license for the Seabrook plant until the concrete degradation the plant is experiencing is fully tested , understood and remedied by way of an amendment to NextEra's current operating license. More specifically , you asked that the Commission affirm that no decision on the license renewal application for the Seabrook operating license be made until an analysis of tests with respect to the phenomenon of alkali silica reaction (ASR) being performed by the University of Texas is completed and peer review of the results is done. You further requested that NextEra seek and obtain a license amendment that would incorporate measures that would result in the monitoring of the progression of any ASR and predict the remaining service life of the plant before and after any repair. Due to the fact that the license renewal application for the Seabrook Unit 1 plant is a subject of a current adjudication before an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board , I must advise that under agency regulations , the Commission has an appellate role in proceedings commenced before its Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards. Because of that role , I trust that you will understand that the Commissioners must remain impartial during the pendency of a case , whether it is before a Licensing Board or on appeal to the Commission. However, I am referring your concerns to the attention of the NRC staff. A copy of your letter and this response , as well as any response of the NRC staff , when i ssued , will be served on the participants in the Seabrook license renewal proceeding. Sincerely , Annette Vietti-Cook Secretary of the Commission Identical letter sent to: The Honorable Edward J. Markey United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Elizabeth Warren United States Senate VVashington , D.C. 20510 The Honorable John Tierney United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable James P. McGovern United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Stephen F. Lynch United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable William R. Keating United States House of Representatives Washington , D.C. 20515 The Honorable Niki Tsongas United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy Ill United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
)
NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC ) DOCKET NO. 50-443-LR (Seabrook Station, Unit 1) )
) (License Renewal) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO SENATOR EDWARD J. MARKEY, ET AL., IN RESPONSE TO DECEMBER 18, 2013, LETTER have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001
Administrative Judge Paul S. Ryerson, Chair
paul.ryerson@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Michael F. Kennedy michael.kennedy@nrc.gov
Administrative Judge Richard E. Wardwell richard.wardwell@nrc.gov
Anthony C. Eitreim, Esq.
Chief Counsel
anthony.eitreim@nrc.gov
Carter Thurman, Law Clerk
carter.thurman@nrc.gov
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the Secretary of the Commission
Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001
Hearing Docket
hearingdocket@nrc.gov
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel
Mail Stop: O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Catherine Kanatas, Esq.
catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov David Roth, Esq.
david.roth@nrc.gov Mary Spencer, Esq. mary.spencer@nrc.gov Anita Ghosh, Esq. anita.ghosh@nrc.gov David Cylkowski, Esq.
david.cylkowski@nrc.gov Esther Houseman, Esq.
esther.houseman@nrc.gov Edward Williamson, Esq.
edward.williamson@nrc.gov John Tibbetts, Paralegal
john.tibbetts@nrc.gov
OGC Mail Center OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication
Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 ocaamail@nrc.gov
NEXTERA ENERGY SEABROOK, LLC (Seabrook Station Unit 1) - Docket No. 50-443-LR LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY TO SENATOR EDWARD J. MARKEY, ET AL., IN RESPONSE TO DECEMBER 18, 2013, LETTER 2NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., #220 Washington, DC 20004 Steven C. Hamrick, Esq.
steven.hamrick@fpl.com NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 700 Universe Boulevard Juno Beach, FL 33408 William Blair, Esq.
william.blair@fpl.com
Counsel for the Applicant Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-1122 David R. Lewis, Esq.
david.lewis@pillsburylaw.com
Friends of the Coast and New England Coalition (NEC) Post Office Box 98 Edgecomb, ME 04556
Raymond Shadis, Pro Se Representative
Debbie Grinnell debbie@c-10.org shadis@prexar.com Beyond Nuclear 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 400
Takoma Park, MD 20912 Paul Gunter, Director, Reactor Oversight Project paul@beyondnuclear.org New Hampshire Sierra Club 40 N. Main Street
Concord, NH 03870 Kurt Ehrenberg, Field Organizer kurtehrenberg@gmail.com
Seacoast Anti-Pollution League P.O. Box 1136
Portsmouth, NH 03802 Doug Bogen, Executive Director dbogen@metrocast.net State of New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
33 Capitol Street
Concord, NH 03301 K. Allen Brooks, Assistant Attorney General k.allen.brooks@doj.nh.gov Michael A. Delaney, Attorney General michael.a.delaney@doj.nh.gov Peter Roth, Assistant Attorney General peter.roth@doj.nh.gov State of Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General Environmental Protection Division One Ashburton Place, 18 th Floor Boston, MA 02108 Matthew Brock, Assistant Attorney General matthew.brock@state.ma.us Jillian Riley, Legal Analyst jillian.riley@state.ma.us
[Original signed by Clara Sola] Office of the Secretary of the Commission
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22 nd day of January 2014