ML11305A183

NRC Staff'S November 2011 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Number 2 License Application

ML11305A183
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	11/01/2011
From:	Roth D NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 21339, 50-391-OL, ASLPB 09-893-01-OL-BD01
Download: ML11305A183 (4)

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November 1, 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 NOVEMBER 2011 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE APPLICATION The Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) hereby provides the information requested by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) 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, promptly to inform the Board of any other developments that could potentially impact the schedule for this proceeding.

The Staff hereby notifies the Board of the public availability of the NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Draft Final Environmental Impact Statement, Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ("Draft"). The Draft is available as a package in ADAMS at ML112980199. Although the Draft is now available, the formal comment period will be calculated based on the actual date of the Environmental Protection Agency's notice in the Federal Register stating that the Draft has been filed with EPA. Currently, the Staff estimates the EPA's notice will be published on November 10, 2011, and the comment period will run through December 27, 2011.

For the final documents, the current estimates are unchanged from those provided in September of 2011. The Staff estimates May of 2012 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), and March of 2012 for the final supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation Report Related ("SSER") to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, (June 1982) which will be presented to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. However, the Staff may issue one or more additional supplements as TVA completes all construction; the Staff anticipates such supplements will be issued no later than December of 2012.

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 NOVEMBER 2011 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE APPLICATION, dated November 1, 2011, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 1st day of November, 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) 415-2749 E-Mail: David.Roth@nrc.gov Signed: November 1, 2011