ML102940426

NRC Staff Supplement 30 to Mandatory Disclosures/Hearing Docket

ML102940426
Person / Time
Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	10/21/2010
From:	Harris B NRC/OGC
To:	Abramson P, Cole R, Austin Young Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY/RAS
References
50-293-LR, ASLBP 06-848-02-LR, RAS J-288
Download: ML102940426 (11)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL October 21, 2010 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Paul B. Abramson 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 Administrative Judge Ann Marshall Young, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of Entergy Nuclear Generation Company and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station)

Docket No. 50-293-LR; ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

The NRC Staff provides notice that it has updated the hearing file for this proceeding pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(d), as modified by the Board's Order Regarding Schedule for Proceeding and Related Matters (November 29, 2006).

An index containing the ADAMS accession number, date, and title or description of the item in Hearing File Index, Supplement 30 is appended hereto as Attachment 1. As required by 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is producing an updated privilege log, identifying documents withheld under the deliberative process privilege, appended hereto as Attachment 2. Also, attached is the Declaration of Brian E. Holian formally invoking the deliberative process privilege with respect to the documents in Attachment 2. The Staff will preserve and maintain the privileged document identified in the log during the pendency of this proceeding. Further, pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.336(c) is the attached Affidavit of Lisa M. Regner.

Sincerely, Brian G. Harris Counsel for NRC Staff

Enclosures:

Attachment 1 - Hearing File Index, Supplement 30 Attachment 2 - Deliberative Process Privilege Log Declaration of Brian E. Holian Affidavit of Lisa M. Regner cc wlEncls.: Service List

Attachment 1 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 30 - October 21, 2010 ID # Accession Document Title Number Date 30-001 ML102880370 0511012010 2010105110 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing -

30-002 ML102880382 1011312010 2010110113 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - NRC update request 30-003 ML102880638 1011512010 2010110115 Pilgrim Renewal Hearing - Conference Call with NRC Page 1 of 1

Attachment 2 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 30 - October 21, 2010 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 disclosures as predecisional, deliberative information. Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 3 2.336(b)(5), the Staff is providing this log to identify the following documents, withheld under the "deliberative process" privilege.

ID# Accession Author Title Document Document Addressee Comment Estimated Number Name Date Type Name Page

& Author & Count Affiliation Addressee Affiliation DPP MLI 02780475 T. Setzer, 2010107128 Pilgrim 07/28/2010 E-Mail M. Internal 9 001 NRCIRI Renewal Hearing - Scheidner, discussion RE: medium voltage NRCIRI related -to cables medium voltage cables DPP ML102880341 P. 2010109102 Pilgrim 09/02/2010 E-Mail R. Conte, Internal 2 002 Kaufmann, Renewal Hearing - NRCIRI Discussion of NRCIRI FW: Pilgrim CST CST operability Piping Issue Update DPP ~ ~ 1 0 2 8 8 0 3 4 3M. 2010109102 Pilgrim 09/02/2010 E-Mail D. Jackson, Internal 3 003 Scheidner, Renewal Hearing - NRCIRI Discussion of NRCIRI RE: I Need An CST operability Update On Licensee Progress On Operability Of CST Piping and Guided Wave I - -

Testing ....EOM DPP MLI 02880352 D. 2010108103 Pilgrim 08/03/2010 E-Mail M. Internal 5 004 Jackson, Renewal Hearing - Scheidner, Discussion of NRCIR 1 RE: PILGRIM NRCIR1 CST operability BURIED CST PIPING OPERABILITY I DETERMINATION Page 1 of 3

Attachment 2 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 30 - October 21, 2010 Accession Author Title Document Document Addressee Comment Estimated Number Name Date Type Name Page

& Author & Count Affiliation Addressee Affiliation i

ML102880353 J. White, 2010108103 Pilgrirn 0810312010 E-Mail M. Internal 6 NRCIR1 Renewal Hearing - Scheidner, Discussion of RE: PILGRIM T. Lupold, M. CST operability BURIED CST Modes PIPING NRCIR1 OPERABILITY DETERMINATION 2010108103 pilgriK 08103120 10 E-Mail D. Lew, Internal 4 Jackson, Renewal Hearing - NRCIR1 Discussion of NRCIR1 RE: Guided Wave Buried Piping Testing of Pilgrim testing Buried Piping ML102880359 M. 2010108103 pilgrim 0810312010 E-Mail D. Jackson, Internal 5 Scheidner, Renewal Hearing - R. Conte Discussion of NRCIR1 FW: PILGRIM NRCIR1 CST operability BURIED CST PIPING OPERABILITY

, DETERMINATION 2010108103 Pilgrirn 08103120 10 -Mail M. Modes Scheidner, Renewal Hearing - NRCIR1 Discussion of NRCIR1 RE: PILGRIM CST operability BURIED CST PIPING OPERABILITY DETERMINATION 2010106130 Pilgrim 06/30/201< M.

Jackson, Renewal Hearing - Scheidner, discussion of NRCIR1 FW: Potential Item B. Smith preliminary of Interest at Pilgrim NRCIR1 tritium Page 2 of 3

Attachment 2 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Deliberative Process Privilege, Supplement 30 - October 21, 2010 Accession Author Title Document Addressee Comment Estimated Number Name Date Name Page

& Author & Count Affiliation Addressee Affiliation D. Lew, 2010106129 Pilgrim M. Virgilio, Internal 4 NRCIR1 Renewal Hearing - NRCIEDO discussion of Potential Item of preliminary Interest at Pilgrim tritium DPP ML102880369 D. Roberts, 2010106129 Pilgrim 4 01 1 NRCIR1 Renewal Hearing - discussion of FW: Pilgrim Tritium NRClR1 preliminary Monitoring Update tritium Page 3 of 3

October 21, 2010 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Nlatter of )

1 ENTERGY NIJCLEAR GENERATION ) Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. 1 ASLBP NO. 06-848-02-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) 1 DECLARATION OF BRIAN E. HOLIAN I, Brian E. Holian, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as the Director of the Divisior~of License Renewal ("DLR") in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation ("NRR").

Nly supervisory responsibilities include oversight of the NRC Staff's review and evaluation of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's license renewal application.

2. As part of their responsibilities in updating the hearing file and mandatory disclosures for these proceedings, NRC staff members under my supervision identified certain documents as privileged because they contained information concerning the Staff's pre-decisional deliberative process. The document is listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 30.

3. 1 have personally reviewed the document identified as privileged in Attachment 2, and have determined, in accordance with the guidance set forth in Management Directive 3.4, that it contains pre-decisional information concerning the Staff's review of the license renewal application. The document contains either Staff's analyses, recommendations, opiniorls, or evaluations, and may not necessarily reflect the final agency position with respect to the matters

discussed therein. The document comprises part of the deliberative process necessary for the Staff's review of the pending license renewal application.

4. Further, I have determined that disclosure of the document could result in harm to the agency, in that it would (a) prematurely disclose the preliminary views of individual Staff members and/or the Staff prior to reaching a final agency decision, and could thus create confusion as to the actual policy or views of the NRC Staff; (b) hinder the efficiency of the Staff, in that forced disclosure of its internal discussions on an unresolved issue would tend to chill all future deliberations and would interfere with the Staff's ability to engage in a free exchange of opinions and analyses prior to publishing its final review documents; and (c) imply or suggest incorrectly that the opinions of the Staff members involved in these communications are actually the final decisions of the agency, while no such final decision has yet been made.

5. Accordingly, I formally invoke the deliberative process privilege with respect to the document listed in Attachment 2 to the Staff's Hearing File Index Supplement 30.

6. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Brian E. Holian Executed in Rockville, Maryland this 21" day of October, 2010

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

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ENTERGY NUCLEAR GENERATION ) Docket No. 50-293-LR COMPANY AND ENTERGY NUCLEAR )

OPERATIONS, INC. ) ASLBP No. 06-848-02-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) )

AFFIDAVIT OF LISA M. REGNER CONCERNING MANDATORY DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT OF 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336(c)

I, Lisa M. Regner, do hereby state as follows:

1. I am employed as a Project Manager in the Division of License Renewal in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's ("NRC") Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. I serve as a project manager for the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station's license renewal application ("LRA").

2. I hereby certify that all relevant materials required to be disclosed pursuant to 10 C.F.R. 5 2.336 (b) and (c) in the captioned proceeding have been disclosed, and that the disclosures are accurate and complete as of the date of this certification.

3. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Executed in Rockville, MD this 21 day of October, 2010

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of 1

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ENTERGY NIJCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC. ) Docket No. 50-293-LR

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(Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Letter to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board regarding the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Hearing File, including: Attachment 1 - Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station License Renewal Hearing File Index Supplement 30, Attachment 2 -

Deliberative Process Privilege Log, Declaration of Brian E. Holian and Affidavit of Lisa M.

Regner have beer1 served upon the following through deposit in the NRC's internal mail system, with copies by electronic mail, or, as indicated by an asterisk, by deposit in the U.S. Postal Service, with copies by electronic mail this 21" day of October, 201 0:

Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Richard F. Cole Paul B. Abramson 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 Comrr~ission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Richard.Cole@nrc.gov E-mail: Paul.Abramson@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate Ann Marshall Young, Chair Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Mail Stop: T-3F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC-20555~0001 E-mail: ~CAAMAII-.~esource@nrc.qov E-mail: Ann.Young@nrc.qov Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Office of the Secretary Mail Stop: T-3F23 Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: 0-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (VIA INTERNAL MAIL ONLY) Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Hearinq.Docket@nrc.aov

Sheila Slocum Hollis* Terence A. Burke, Esq.*

Duane Morris LLP Entergy Nuclear 505 gthSt., NW, Suite 1000 1340 Echelon Parkway Washington, DC 20004 Mail Stop: M-ECH-62 E-mail: sshollis@duanemorris.com Jackson, MS 39213 E-mail: tburke@entergv.com Mary Lampert* David R. Lewis, Esq*.

148 Washington Street Paul A. Gaukler, Esq.

Duxbury, MA 02332 Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP E- mail: marv.lampert@comcast.net 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1 137 E-mail: david.lewis@pillsburvlaw.com paul.~aukler~pillsburvlaw.com Chief Kevin M. Nord* Town Manager*

Fire Chief & Director Duxbury Emergency Town of Plymouth Management Agency 11 Lincoln St.

668 Tremont Street Plymouth, MA 02360 Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: marri~hi~townhall.plvmouth.ma.us E-mail: nord@town.duxburv.ma.us Richard R. MacDonald*

Town Manager 878 Tremont Street Duxbury, MA 02332 E-mail: macdonald@town.duxburv.ma.us Counsel for the NRC Staff