ML14225A847

Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, License Renewal Application Environmental Review (TAC MD5411 and MD5412)

ML14225A847
Person / Time
Site:	Indian Point
Issue date:	08/28/2014
From:	Michael Wentzel License Renewal Projects Branch 2
To:	Entergy Nuclear Operations
Wentzel M, 301-287-
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TAC MD5411, TAC MD5412
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 August 28, 2014 Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Indian Point Energy Center 450 Broadway, GSB P.O. Box 249 Buchanan, NY 10511-0249

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (TAC NOS. MD5411 AND MD5412)

Dear Sir or Madam:

By letter dated April 23, 2007, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (Entergy), submitted an application and associated environmental report pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, to renew the operating licenses for Indian Point Nuclear Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3 (IP2 and IP3), for review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The NRC staff documented its findings related to the environmental review of Entergys license renewal application in Supplement 38 to NUREG-1437, Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GEIS)

(SEIS), which was issued in December 2010. In June 2013, NRC issued a final plant-specific supplement to the GEIS. The 2013 supplement to the final SEIS included corrections to impingement and entrainment data presented in the final SEIS, revised conclusions regarding thermal impacts based on newly available thermal plume studies, and an update of the status of the NRC's consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act with the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding the shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon.

By letter dated February 19, 2014, Entergy submitted updated information relevant to the impacts from the operation of IP2 and IP3 on various aquatic species in the Hudson River. The NRC staff is reviewing the updated information, and has identified in the enclosure, areas where additional information is needed to complete the review. Further requests for additional information may be issued in the future.

Items in the enclosure were discussed with Ms. Dara Gray, and a mutually agreeable date for the response is within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you have any questions, please contact me at 301-287-9249, or by e-mail michael.wentzel@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA Lois James for/

Michael Wentzel, Project Manager Projects Branch 2 Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-247 and 50-286

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE REVIEW OF THE INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (TAC NOS. MD5411 AND MD5412)

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REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO INDIAN POINT NUCLEAR GENERATING UNIT NOS. 2 AND 3 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Please provide data related to Entergys February 19, 2014 letter transmitting updated aquatic impact information two different formats, referred to here as Format 1 and Format 2. The NRC staff request the data as CSV (comma-separated variable) files with column formats specified below. The NRC staff request the data for taxon and region codes defined in Tables 1 and 2.

Table 1. Taxon Codes Taxon Species 1 Alewife Table 2. Region Codes 2 Bay Anchovy Region River Region 3 American Shad 1 YK (Mile 12- 23) 4 Bluefish 2 TZ (Mile 24- 33) 13 Hogchoker 3 CH (Mile 34- 38) 19 Atlantic Menhaden 4 IP (Mile 39- 46) 22 Blueback Herring 5 WP (Mile 47- 55) 25 Rainbow Smelt 6 CW (Mile 56- 61) 27 Shortnose Sturgeon 7 PK (Mile 62- 76) 28 Spottail Shiner 8 HP (Mile 77- 85) 29 Atlantic Sturgeon 9 KG (Mile 86- 93) 30 Striped Bass 10 SG (Mile 94-106) 32 Atlantic Tomcod 11 CS (Mile 107-124) 34 White Catfish 12 AL (Mile 125-152) 35 White Perch 13 all regions 1 - 12 combined 45 Weakfish 75 Gizzard Shad Format 1 Data: Please provide the following data from the Fall Shoals Survey (FSS), Beach Seine Survey (BSS) and Long River Survey (LRS):

(1) the unstandardized River Segment 4 annual densities (if AKRF calculated these as in the FSEIS as the 75th percentile of the weekly densities--if AKRF used some other measure, then please submit both that measure and the 75th percentile of the weekly densities) for each survey (FSS, BSS, and LRS);

(2) the unstandardized River Segment 4 annual CPUE (catch per unit effort) used in the AKRF analysis for each survey (FSS and LRS);

(3) the unstandardized Riverwide CPUE for each survey (FSS, BSS, and LRS); and (4) the Riverwide unstandardized abundance index (with an indication for each taxon of which sampling program was used for its construction) used by AKRF for trends analysis for each year and taxon listed in Table 1.

ENCLOSURE

Note that the NRC staff recognizes that the updated analysis provided in the February 19 submittal used only YOY (young-of-the year) data collected during weeks 28 through 42 during the BSS, weeks 29 through 42 during the FSS, and weeks 17 through 27 for the LRS. Please provide the units for each measurement. The NRC staff requests that the format of each of these files be supplied in the format shown in Table 3, with each taxon in Table 1 presented in an individual column and each year presented in an individual row.

Table 3. Format for the nine Format 1 data files.

American Bluefis Gizzard Year Alewife Bay Anchovy Shad h Shad 1985

2011 Format 2 Data: The NRC staff requests the weekly YOY density; weekly YOY catch; weekly total catch; weekly number of samples; and weekly volume sampled, all by year, region, and taxon for each sampling program (FSS, BSS, and LRS). Please provide the units for each measurement. Note, Region 13 as used in the tables of weekly catch is the total weekly catch from regions 1 - 12 as defined in Table 2. The format of each of these files is presented in Table 4.

Table 4. Detailed format for nine Format 2 files.

For regional trend analysis based on density:

FSS Weekly Density Den sity TAX progra lifesta startdat enddat (#/m seden nsam ON Region m ge year e e Week 3) sity ple 1979

- Each 1-75 1-12 FSS YOY 2011 Week LRS Weekly Density Den sity TAX progra lifesta startdat enddat (#/m seden nsam ON region m ge year e e Week 3) sity ple 1979

- Each 1-75 1-12 LRS YOY 2011 Week BSS Weekly Density Den TAX progra lifesta startdat enddat sity seden nsam ON region m ge year e e Week (#/m sity ple

3) 1979

- Each 1-75 1-12 BSS YOY 2011 Week For regional and riverwide trend analysis based on CPUE:

FSS Weekly Catch Vol um River Count # e Progr Regi Regio Commo LC1/Y Total Sampl (m3 am Year Week on n Taxon n Name OY Count es )

1979- Each FSS 2011 Week 1-13 1-75

LRS Weekly Catch Tota River Count l #

Progr Regi Regio Commo LC1/Y Cou Sample Volu am Year Week on n Taxon n Name OY nt s me 1979- Each LRS 2011 Week 1-13 1-75 BSS Weekly Catch River Count Total Progr Regi Regio Commo LC1/Y Cou am Year Week on n Taxon n Name OY nt # Samples 1979- Each BSS 2011 Week 1-13 1-75 For riverwide trend analysis based on the Abundance Index:

FSS Abundance Index Year Program Lifestage Taxon Index Seindex 1979-2011 FSS YOY 1-75 LRS Abundance Index Year Program Lifestage Taxon Index Seindex 1979-2011 LRS YOY 1-75 BSS Abundance Index Year Program Lifestage Taxon Index Seindex 1979-2011 BSS YOY 1-75