ML11138A315

Response to Request for Deferral of Issuance of Renewed Operating Licenses and Revision of Schedule for the Review of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, License Renewal Application

ML11138A315
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	05/31/2011
From:	Brian Holian Division of License Renewal
To:	Conway J Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Ferrer, N. 415-1045
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May 31, 2011 Mr. John Conway Senior Vice President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer Pacific Gas and Electric Company 77 Beale Street, MC B32 San Francisco, CA 94105

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL OF ISSUANCE OF RENEWED OPERATING LICENSES AND REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION

Dear Mr. Conway:

On behalf of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or staff), I am responding to your letter of April 10, 2011 and your counsels letter of April 12, 2011. The staff acknowledges your request for deferral of issuance of renewed operating licenses until updated seismic studies are completed and is revising your site-specific schedule. This is necessary because the NRC does not issue renewed operating licenses without consideration of the required coastal consistency certification.

Enclosed is a revised schedule for the review of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2, license renewal application. However, this revised schedule is subject to further revision depending on the Commissions pending decision on a Joint Emergency Petition seeking a suspension of all reactor licensing decisions and proceedings. Based on anticipated delays in obtaining your coastal consistency certification, the schedule has been updated to reflect the delay of future milestones, with the exception of issuance of the safety evaluation report (SER). The staff intends to issue the SER in June 2011. Prior to finalizing a decision regarding license renewal, the staff will supplement the SER, as necessary, considering any relevant new information from the seismic studies, operating experience, and annual updates to the LRA. The schedule for subsequent environmental and safety review milestones and any SER supplements will be determined at a later date, and will be based on a timeline appropriately coordinated with the expected completion of the 3-D seismic studies and your receipt of a coastal consistency certification. The staff will update the review schedule as milestone dates are determined.

To allow the staff to appropriately plan and manage completion of the review of the license renewal application, we request you keep the NRC updated on the progress and schedule of the completion of the 3-D seismic studies and estimated receipt of a coastal consistency certification.

J. Conway If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Nathaniel Ferrer at 301-415-1045 or by e-mail at nathaniel.ferrer@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian E. Holian, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-275 and 50-323

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Letter to John Conway from Brian E. Holian dated May 31, 2011

SUBJECT:

RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL OF ISSUANCE OF RENEWED OPERATING LICENSES AND REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION:

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DIABLO CANYON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Schedule Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 11/24/2009 11/24/2009 Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 12/11/2009 12/11/2009 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 01/21/2010 01/21/2010 Publish FRN - Intent to conduct Environmental Scoping 01/21/2010 01/27/2010 Public Meeting - license renewal overview 02/09/2010 02/09/2010 Public Meeting - environmental scoping meeting 03/03/2010 03/03/2010 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 03/22/2010 03/22/2010 Audit - Scoping & Screening Methodology 03/15/2010 03/15/2010 Environmental scoping period ends 04/12/2010 04/12/2010 Audit - Aging Management Programs 04/12/2010 04/12/2010 Audit - Environmental 04/19/2010 04/19/2010 Issue environmental requests for additional information (RAIs) 05/03/2010 07/06/2010 Receive responses for environmental RAIs 06/03/2010 08/05/2010 Issue safety RAIs 06/23/2010 05/18/2010 Receive responses for safety RAIs 07/23/2010 06/03/2010 Inspection - Regional 09/13/2010 09/13/2010 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 12/10/2010 01/09/2011 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) 02/2011 02/09/2011 Subcommittee meeting Issue SER 06/2011**

Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement TBD (SEIS)

Publish EPA FRN - draft SEIS available for comments TBD Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting TBD ACRS Full Committee meeting TBD End of draft SEIS comment period TBD Issue final SEIS TBD Publish EPA FRN - availability of final SEIS TBD License Renewal decision TBD*

• Pending outcome of adjudicatory hearings and Coastal Zone Management Act consistency certification

• • Supplement to the final SER will be issued, as required.

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