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Submittal of Hydrothermal Effects on Ichthyoplankton from Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water Outfall in Upper Chickamauge Reservoir, Report
ML110400383
Person / Time
Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 02/07/2011
From: Gillman M
Tennessee Valley Authority
To:
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 February 7, 2011 10 CFR 50.34 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 NRC Docket No. 50-391

Subject:

Submittal of "Hydrothermal Effects on the Ichthyoplankton from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water Outfall in Upper Chickamauga Reservoir" Report Ref erence:

TVA letter dated April 9, 2010, 'Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2 -

Response to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Request for Additional Information Regarding Environmental Review (TAC No. MD8203)"

The purpose of this letter is to provide a report entitled, "Hydrothermal Effects on the Ichthyoplankton from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water Outfall in Upper Chickamauga Reservoir," and Appendix A to this report which contains supporting data. As discussed in Reference 1 Question AE-7, TVA is conducting additional preoperational aquatic monitoring during 2010-2011 in the Watts Bar and Chickamauga Reservoirs in the vicinity of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The enclosed report presents the results of hydrothermal and larval fish surveys conducted in May and August 2010 in relation to potential effects to ichthyoplankton from exposure to the Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water discharge thermal plume during periods of no generation by Watts Bar Dam. contains the report entitled, "Hydrothermal Effects on the Ichthyoplankton from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water Outfall in Upper Chickamauga Reservoir." Enclosure 2 contains Appendix A to the report contained in.

There are no new commitments made in this letter. If you have any questions, please contact William Crouch at (423) 365-2004.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Page 2 February 7, 2011 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on the 71h day of February, 2011.

Respectfully, Watts Bar Unit 2 Vice President, Acting

Enclosures:

1. "Hydrothermal Effects on the Ichthyoplankton from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water Outfall in Upper Chickamauga Reservoir"
2. Appendix A, "Hydrothermal Effects on the Ichthyoplankton from the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Supplemental Condenser Cooling Water Outfall in Upper Chickamauga Reservoir" cc (Enclosures):

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II Marquis One Tower 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE Suite 1200 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1257 NRC Resident Inspector Unit 2 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 1260 Nuclear Plant Road Spring City, Tennessee 37381