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DOCPli e , >n jBefore- the- Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. Erit N e ;

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Power Corporation ) Docket No. 5 0-2 71-O LA)

(Vermont . Yankee Nuclear )Power Station) )

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NECNP'S RESPONSE TO LICENSEE'SFIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES AND REQUEST

FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS TO NECNP

NECNP makes the following responses to those questions which,

relate to Contention No. 1:

INTERROGATORY NO. 1,

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-Identify all evaluations, analyses or other documents that

support or relate the statement: "the RHR system will have to be

used to.a greater extent than previously."

Fesponse:

The following documents have been identified to date:

1. Vermont Yankee Spent Fuel Storage Rack Replacement

Report, April, 1986.

2. Vermont Yankee Re sponse to Request for Additional

Information - Proposed Change No. 133, Spent Fuel Pool

Expansion, Nov. 21, 1986.

3. . Vermont Yankee Response to Request for Additional

Information - Proposed Change No. 133, Spent Fuel Pool,

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Expansion, Ma rch 19, 1987, and references therein. )1

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Applicant (this docket), June 25,c1987 and ' attached

' Af fidavit of John 'N.- Ridgely.1

5. Safety ' Evaluation by - the Of fice of' Nuclear Reactor,

~ Regulation Relating' to ' a , Modification to the Spent Fuel. Pool

f or Pacility Operating License No. ' DPR-28, Vermont Yankee,

Nuclear -Power ' Corporation, Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Sta-

tion, Docket No. 5 0-271, Ju ne 10, 1977.

6.- Id., Supplement 1, June 20, 1977.

7. L'e tte r f rom' D. E. .Vandenburg, (Vice President, Vermont

Yankee)! to[NRC, No v. 5 ,' 19 7 6, cited at ALAB-869, S1.Op. at

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8. References given' at ALAB-869, S1.Op. at 5-8, July 21,1987.

INTERROGATORY NO. 2

Identify all documents that support or relate to the assump-tion that the RHR system is required to augment the Spent Fuel

Fool Cooling System or that the RHR system is necessary to cool

-both the core and the fuel pool during a refueling outage.Response:

.The documents responsive to this request that have been

identified to date are those numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 8.

INTERROGATORY NO. 3

Identify all documents that support or relate to the basis

for maintaining the spent f uel pool water temperature of 140*F.Response:

The documents identified to date are the Standard Review|

Plan for the Review of Sa fety Analysis Reports, NUREG-75/0 8 7, i

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INTERROGATORY NO. 4

Identify all documents on which each contention you intendto" litigate is based.

Response:

All documents thus f ar identified as responsive to this

request (as it relates to Contention 1) have.been identified in

=the'above responses.

INTERROGATORY NO. 8

' Identify all documents on which you rely or may rely or willrely to support ~your position'on each.of the admitted conten- '

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Response:

- All documents thus f ar identified which are responsive tothis request (as it: relates to Contention 1) have been identifiedin the above responses.

INTERROGATORY NO. 9

Identify all persons on whose f actual knowledge, opinion or j

expertise you rely or may or will rely for your position on eachof the admitted contentions.

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Response:

To date, NECNP has relied upon Vermont Yankee's written sub-

missions and those of the NRC Staff, as identified above, for thepurposes of formulating its position on Contention 1. Th is

response is provided voluntarily without waiving any objection

NECNP may later have to disclosure of the identities of persons

informally consulted but not retained by NECNP.

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INTERROGATORY NO. 10

Identify persons who will prepare or assist in the prepara-'

tion- of; your- written presentation and oral argument under 10 CFRi

2.1113.: . Describe'the. subject-matter of their presentation and

'its' substance and: provide .the documents or ' portions : thereof upon,

whi'ch they rely or will._ rely.'

IResponse':

NECNP has thus f ar identified ' no ' persons who will prepare or

-assist in'the preparation of its written presentation.or oral:a rgument under 10 CFR 2.1113.. This response ~is provided

voluntarily without waiving .any:. objection NECNP may later have to

discussing 'the identities of persons informally consulted but ' not~

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Power Corporation. ) Docket No. 5 0-2 71-O LA)-

|(Vermont Yankee Nuclear. )-Power' Station). )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned certifies that on, July 2 7,1987 "NECNP's

Response to Licensee's First Se t.of Interrogatories and RequestFor Production of Documents to NECNP", were served on the follow-

ing parties to this case by first class mail:

Charles' Bechhoefer, Ch airmanAtomic Safety and Licensing Board PanelU. S . Nuclear Regulatory CommissionWashington, D.C. 20555

Glenn O. Br igh t .Atomic Safety ~ and Licensing' Board PanelU. S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission' Washington,JD.C. 20555

Dr. James H. Ca rpen ter 'Atomic Safety and Licensing Board PanelU.S. Nuclear. Regulatory CommissionWashington, D. C. ,20555

Secretary of the CommissionAttn Docketing and Service SectionU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionWa shington, D.C. 20555

Christine N. Kohl, ~ Ch airman' Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal BoardU. S . Nuclear Regulatory CommissionWashington, D.C. 20555

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An n Ho dgdon,s.|Es q'.'Of fice of L the Gen'eral Counsel'.Be thesda

~U.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionWa shing ton, 2 D. C. -205551

Diana'SidebohhamR.F.D.1#2'Putneyh Vermont. 05346:

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, Th o ma s G . . Dignan,- Es q.= Ropes. & Gray.. _225 ' Fr anklin' St reetBoston,-MA' 02110

Gary J. Edles- Atomic' Safety. and Licensing Appeal Board~ U. S. s Nuclear Regulatory Commission..

Washington, D.C. 2 0555-

Howard A. J Wilber -Atomic Safety and. Licensing Appeal BoardU. S. . Nuclear. Regulatory Commission '

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' Geof f rey M. . Huntington,' Es q.Of fice: of _ the Attorney General-Environmental Protection AgencyState. House ' Annex25 Capitol Street' Concord, NH. 03301-6397

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