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Category:Memoranda
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Public Meeting Summary - 2022 Annual Assessment Meetings for Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants
ML21137A0022021-05-17017 May 2021
Public Meeting Summary - Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants, Docket Nos. 50-259, 50-260, 50-296, 50-327, 50-328, 50-390, and 50-391, Meeting Number 20210392
ML21060A9122021-03-17017 March 2021
Memo to File: Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for Initial and Updated Decommissioning Funding Plans for Watts Bar ISFSI
ML20127H8412020-05-0606 May 2020
Public Meeting Summary - Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Meeting No. 20200384
ML19142A3602019-05-21021 May 2019
May 9, 2019 Summary of Public Meeting; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
ML18227A5992018-08-23023 August 2018
Request to Use a Later Edition of the Asme Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI for Containment Inservice Inspection Activities
ML18165A3962018-06-14014 June 2018
Summary of Public Meeting Concerning Annual Assessment of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant - Docket Nos. 50-390 and 391
ML17356A2692017-12-20020 December 2017
Construction Lessons Learned Report
ML17332A2012017-11-28028 November 2017
Approval for Exceedance of the Watts Bar Maximum Baseline Inspection Samples
ML17192A0312017-06-26026 June 2017
Construction Inspection and Oversight Lessons Learned
ML17151A5092017-05-31031 May 2017
Public Meeting Summary - 2016 Annual Assessment Public Meeting Regarding Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
ML16252A2042016-09-0909 September 2016
Memo Ico Staff Review of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Security Plan, Training and Qualification Plan, Safeguards Contingency Plan, Revision 20 (Ns113989) for Verification of ASM Order EA-14-044 Implementation (Cac# L25130)
ML16194A2522016-07-12012 July 2016
Memorandum to T. Mossman Technical Assistance Request-Review of Physical Security Plan for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (CAC No. L25130)
ML16131A6172016-05-10010 May 2016
Summary of Public Meeting with Watts Bar, Units 1 and 2, to Discuss the Annual Assessment
ML15259A4172015-10-21021 October 2015
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Evaluation of the Final Rule for Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel for the Operating License Environmental Review for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2
ML15288A3052015-10-15015 October 2015
Readiness of Watts Bar Unit 2 to Receive an Operating License
ML15096A2042015-04-23023 April 2015
Reactor Oversight Process Transition Plan for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2
ML15104A2982015-04-10010 April 2015
March 26, 2015, Summary of Public Meeting with Watts Bar, Unit 2, Senior Management
ML15104A2392015-04-10010 April 2015
March 26, 2015, Summary of Public Meeting with Watts Bar, Unit 2, EOC Assessment
ML15084A4242015-03-25025 March 2015
March 17, 2015, Summary of Public Meeting with Watts Bar, Unit 1, Concerning Annual Assessment
ML15015A4772015-02-0202 February 2015
Environmental Protection Plan (Non-Radiological) Technical Specification Review
ML14247A4522014-08-28028 August 2014
FEMA Response to NRC for Watts Bar Nuclear Site
ML14234A1462014-08-20020 August 2014
Memo to D. Safer Re M141030: Welcome Package for D.Safer for the Briefing on Watts Bar Unit 2 License Application Review
ML14231B0102014-08-19019 August 2014
Summary of the Public Meeting to Discuss Aspects of Tva'S Response to 2009 Confirmatory Order, August 18, 2014
ML14197A6082014-08-0606 August 2014
July 1, 2014, Summary of Category 1 Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Seismic Hazard Reevaluations Associated with Implementation of Japan Lessons-Learned Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1
ML14364A1682014-06-0202 June 2014
Flowserve Corp., Vermont, Formal Evaluation of Deviations Reported - Notification of Defect - Watts Bar II
ML14015A4522014-01-16016 January 2014
Notice of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Open Items for Watts Bar Unit 2
ML14014A3262014-01-16016 January 2014
Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 1 Fire Protection Amendment Request
ML13352A4332013-12-19019 December 2013
Notice of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Status of Construction and Licensing of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2
ML13213A4102013-08-0202 August 2013
Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority on Watts Bar Electrical System LAR Review
ML13126A2522013-07-25025 July 2013
Request for Additional Information on the 2013 Decommissioning Funding Status Report
ML13149A1222013-05-30030 May 2013
Notice of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Regarding Status of Construction and Licensing of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2
ML13105A3942013-04-16016 April 2013
Location Change - Notice of Forthcoming Meeting for Public Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on 2.1 Response Extension Request, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
ML13078A4212013-03-19019 March 2013
Public Meeting Notice Tennessee Valley Authority, Browns Ferry, Sequoyah, Watts Bar for Commercial Grade Dedication Program
ML13072A1212013-03-19019 March 2013
Differing Professional Opinion Involving External Flooding (DPO-2012-003)
ML13035A0572013-02-0404 February 2013
2/7/13 Cancellation of Public Meeting with TVA Re 2.1 Response Schedule for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
ML13025A1742013-01-25025 January 2013
Meeting Notice with TVA to Discuss the Schedule to Respond to Recommendation 2.1 of the Near-Term Task Force Review of the Insights from the Fukushima Da-ichi Accident
ML13007A0452013-01-0808 January 2013
1/23/13 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority Proposed Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 License Amendment
ML12362A1132012-12-27027 December 2012
1/7/2013 Cancellation Notice of Public Meeting with TVA Re Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, Regarding a Proposed License Amendment Request
ML12319A1722012-11-14014 November 2012
Meeting Notice with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Hydrology Issues at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
IR 05000390/20100082012-07-0606 July 2012
Errata for Electronic Closure of Watts Bar Inspection Report 05000390/2010-008 Memo Dated July 21, 2011 (ML 112020591)
ML12158A5082012-06-12012 June 2012
Safety Concern Regarding Hydrology/Flooding Subsequent to May 31, 2012, Public Meeting
ML12109A4282012-05-17017 May 2012
Final TIA 4 18 12
ML12122A6742012-05-0303 May 2012
Open Door Policy in the Matter of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1-Safety Concern Regarding Hydrology/Flooding
ML12115A1652012-04-24024 April 2012
Follow-Up to Safety Concern Regarding Hydrology/Flooding
ML1207501092012-03-15015 March 2012
Notice of Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss Pre-submittal Planning for Licensing Basis Change Regarding Hydrology for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1
ML1204610612012-02-0606 February 2012
Minutes of the ACRS Plant Operations and Fire Proctection Subcommittee Meeting December 15, 2011 (Open)
ML1120205912011-07-21021 July 2011
IR 05000327-10-008, 05000328-10-008 for Electronic Closure of Sequoyah, and IR 05000390-10-008 for Watts Bar
IR 05000327/20100082011-07-21021 July 2011
IR 05000327-10-008, 05000328-10-008 for Electronic Closure of Sequoyah, and IR 05000390-10-008 for Watts Bar
ML1119507202011-07-15015 July 2011
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff Spot-Check Review of Tennessee Valley Authority'S One Hundred Percent Ownership Interest of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, on July 7, 2011 - Finding of No Potential Issues
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October 19, 1994 MEMORANDUM TO: Dennis K. Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional Affairs FROM: James L. Blaha Assistant for Opertions Office of the Executive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Attached you will find the "Talking Points" the Chairman requested following the staff's Environmental Justice briefing of October 18, 1994.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 504-1703.
Attachment:
As stated Distribution:
DIR RF BBurnett, NMSS EDO RF FMiraglia, NRR JLBlaha KCyr, OGC RLBangart PLohaus SDroggitis 5)
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055-0001 October 19, 1994 MEMORANDUM TO: Dennis K. Rathbun, Director Office of Congressional Affairs FROM: James L. Blaha Assistant for Oper ions Office of the Ex c tive Director for Operations
SUBJECT:
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Attached you will find the "Talking Points" the Chairman requested following the staff's Environmental Justice briefing of October 18, 1994.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 504-1703.
Attachment:
As stated
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DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL MEETING ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OCTOBER 24, 1994 The NRC has been a participant in the Interagency Working Group, the Subcommittee on Policy and Coordination, and the task forces on "Implementation" and "Definitions and Standards" since their inception. The NRC members have submitted all work products on time, and shared information with myriad Subcommittee and Task Force members.
The NRC's Draft Environmental Justice Implementation Plan will be submitted on December 11, 1994 and a proposed final Environmental Justice Implementation Plan in February 11, 1995. The NRC plans to solicit comments on the draft plan from the Interagency Working Group, and stakeholders, as appropriate.
The draft plan will be placed in the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR). In addition, public comments will be solicited on the proposed final Environmental Justice Implementation Plan by publishing it in the Federal Register, and in publications that reach minority communities. The proposed final plan will be placed in the PDR.
The draft plan will provide for:
integrating Environmental Justice into all facets of NRC environmental policy and regulatory development, e.g. EAs and EISs would focus on demographic composition relevant to environmental justice, affected community income level, as well as the concept of affected community rather than jurisdictional lines; reaching out to minority and low income communities and soliciting input from them and their members; incorporating the concept of Environmental Justice into Title VI reviews; and assuring senior leadership buy-in.
The NRC has already incorporated Environmental Justice into a facility licensing case, i.e., the Louisiana Energy Services enrichment facility, and plans to incorporate Environmental Justice considerations when it updates a nuclear plant's environmental supplement, i.e. the Watts Bar nuclear power plant.
LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES Louisiana Energy Services (LES) applied to NRC in January 1991, for a license to build a uranium enrichment plant in Homer, Louisiana. The proposed site is in a rural area which is populated almost entirely by African Americans.
Opponents of the LES project raised the environmental justice issue, and NRC recognized this issue early, well before the
February 1994 Executive Order. The issue is one of several to be litigated in an NRC adjudicatory hearing in early 1995.
The NRC Draft Environmental Statement was issued in November 1993.
The draft concluded that there would be substantial economic benefits tQ the area around the plant, and no significant offsite impacts. There was no detailed discussion of environmental justice in the Draft Environmental Statement.
The Final Environmental Impact Statement was issue in August 1994.
It contains a discussion of environmental justice, including a description of the surrounding neighborhoods (which are not incorporated towns), the site selection process, possible discrimination, and possible disproportionate impact. The statement concludes that there is no evidence of discrimination, and that in any case there will be no significant disproportionate impacts on minorities or economically disadvantaged persons.
EPA recently informally notified NRC that EPA would like to see additional analysis on environmental justice, particularly site selection, and NRC plans to respond to those concerns when we get more specific information from EPA.
LES states that it used normal business considerations in selecting the site: land cost, location, weather, community support for economic development, labor availability and costs, etc.
As stated in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, northern Louisiana is an economically depressed area. The total cost of the project is over $800 million, and it will provide 200-400 construction jobs, and 180 operational jobs. However, not all of the jobs and investment will go to local people (due to the need to import certain specialized skills).
Of 530 comment letters received by NRC on the LES project, 170 were from people in Louisiana:
- 100 Louisiana letters clearly supported the LES project.
- 70 Louisiana letters opposed the project or expressed concern about environmental justice.
- 70 support letters came from the Homer area.
- 17 opposition letters came from the Homer area, but a few had multiple signatures totalling about 200 people.
As indicated, this is a matter which is in litigation before the NRC, and the Commission will have an opportunity to review the adequacy of the Staff's review of environmental justice issues associated with the application.
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WATTS BAR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW As construction of Unit I neared completion in 1976, TVA filed for an operating license. As a part of the review of TVA's application for an operating license the NRC prepared an FES to support licensing. This impact statement was completed in 1978.
As a result of construction delays Watts Bar Units I and 2 are not licensed.
Currently, the NRC is reviewing TVA's application for an operating license for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 1. TVA expects to begin initial operation of Unit I in the Spring of 1995.
Due to the extended period of time since the 1978 FES, the NRC determined that it would be prudent to re-examine the environment to determine if there are any significant changes prior to issuing a license.
To further the purposes of NEPA the NRC is currently preparing a supplement to the 1978 FES. The supplement will identify and assess any variation in environmental impacts resulting from a change in proposed plant operation or the environment.
As a part of the supplement the NRC is addressing Environmental Justice.
This Environmental Justice review is unique because the plant is already sited and built. The supplement will compare the household per capita income and ethnic breakdown for the cities and counties closest to the plant with the rest of Tennessee, and provide a brief analysis.
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