ML110041081

2011/01/04-NRC Staff'S January 2011 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Number 2 License Renewal Application

ML110041081
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	01/04/2011
From:	Roth D NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 19386, 50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01
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January 4, 2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ) Docket Nos. 50-391-OL

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(Watts Bar Unit 2) )

NRC STAFFS JANUARY 2011 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION The Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) hereby provides the information the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) requested in its May 26, 2010 Scheduling Order (Order). In the Order, the Board instructed the Staff to submit a report on July 2, 2010, to be updated on the first Tuesday of every other month thereafter, updating its estimates of the dates on which the final Environmental Impact Statement ("EIS") and the final Safety Evaluation Report ("SER") will be issued, and in addition, to promptly inform the Board of any other developments that could potentially impact the schedule for this proceeding.

The Staff hereby revises its estimate from June of 2011 to November of 2011 for completion of the final supplement to NUREG-0498, Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Units Nos. 1 and 2, (December, 1978). As described in the attached letter,1 the revised date is based upon the expected time it will take for Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") to provide additional information concerning revised severe 1

Letter from S. Campbell to A. Bhatnagar, "Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 - Potential for Delay in Schedule for Completing Environmental Review," (Jan. 3, 2011)

accident mitigation alternatives ("SAMA"), and for the Staff to review the new SAMA information.

Also as noted in the letter, TVA has been conducting additional studies regarding the potential impact on aquatic species, and those studies will likely be available by the spring of 2011. The Staff intends to review this information as it becomes available.

The Staff also revises its estimated completion date for the final supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, (June 1982). The estimated date is hereby revised from June of 2011 to September of 2011. The revised date reflects additional time needed for the Staff to review fire protection information recently submitted by TVA, and for TVA to provide the Staff with additional information on certain reactor systems.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-2749 David.Roth@nrc.gov

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

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-391-OL

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(Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC STAFFS JANUARY 2011 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION, dated January 4, 2011, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 4th day of January, 2011:

Administrative Judge Office of Commission Appellate Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Adjudication Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: O-16G4 Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.gov E-mail: lgm1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Office of the Secretary Paul B. Abramson Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov E-mail: pba@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Edward Vigluicci, Esq.

Gary S. Arnold Christopher C. Chandler, Esq.

Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Scott A. Vance, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Tennessee Valley Authority Mail Stop: T-3 F23 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K Washington, DC 20555-0001 Knoxville, TN 37902 E-mail: gxa1@nrc.gov E-mail: ejvigluicci@tva.gov ccchandler0@tva.gov savance@tva.gov

Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Diane Curran Paul M. Bessette, Esq. for Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP (SACE) 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP Washington, D.C. 20004 1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-2246 E-Mail: David.Roth@nrc.gov Signed: January 4, 2011