ML11307A396

Followup to Anticipated License Amendment Requests

ML11307A396
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	11/07/2011
From:	John Lamb Watts Bar Special Projects Branch
To:	James Shea Tennessee Valley Authority
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555*0001 November 7, 2011 Mr. Joseph W. Shea Corporate Manager, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1 - FOLLOWUP TO ANTICIPATED LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS

Dear Mr. Shea:

By letter dated October 31, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML11306A011), you responded to our September 9, 2011, letter (ADAMS No. ML11252A530) and provided a list of proposed license amendment requests (LARs) for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. Your letter also indicated your proposed schedule for the LAR submittals. Some of the LARs are in anticipation of WBN Unit 2 licensing and subsequent dual-unit operation. We thank you for your response.

As you are aware, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is currently involved with several significant activities. These activities, in conjunction with budget constraints, present significant challenges to its planning and assignment of licensing resources to complete its review consistent with the licensee's needs and our performance goals.

As a result, it is imperative that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) ensures that the proposed list of LARs is a complete list, no additional LARs are planned or necessary, and adhere to the indicated schedule for LAR submittals. Additionally, we expect that you will closely coordinate your proposed LARs for WBN Unit 1 with the WBN Unit 2 licensing efforts such that they do not affect NRC's safety evaluations of WBN .Unit 2 that are currently in progress. This is necessary to ensure that the NRC staff can complete its review of WBN Unit 2 operating license application consistent with TVA's project schedule.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager a s Bar Special Projects Branch i sion of Operating Reactor Licensing Ice of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-390 cc: Distribution via Listserv

Letter to Joseph W. Shea from John G. Lamb dated November 7, 2011.

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Mr. Joseph W. Shea Corporate Manager, Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority 3R Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

WAnS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 1-FOLLOWUP TO ANTICIPATED LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUESTS

Dear Mr. Shea:

By letter dated October 31, 2011 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML11306A011), you responded to our September 9, 2011, letter (ADAMS No. ML11252A530) and provided a list of proposed license amendment requests (LARs) for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 1. Your letter also indicated your proposed schedule for the LAR submittals. Some of the LARs are in anticipation of WBN Unit 2 licensing and subsequent dual-unit operation. We thank you for your response.

As you are aware, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is currently involved with several significant activities. These activities, in conjunction with budget constraints, present significant challenges to its planning and assignment of licensing resources to complete its review consistent with the licensee's needs and our performance goals.

As a result, it is imperative that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) ensures that the proposed list of LARs is a complete list, no additional LARs are planned or necessary, and adhere to the indicated schedule for LAR submittals. Additionally, we expect that you will closely coordinate your proposed LARs for WBN Unit 1 with the WBN Unit 2 licensing efforts such that they do not affect NRCs safety evaluations of WBN Unit 2 that are currently in progress. This is necessary to ensure that the NRC staff can complete its review of WBN Unit 2 operating license application consistent with TVP\s project schedule.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (301) 415-3100.

Sincerely, IRA!

John G. Lamb, Senior Project Manager Watts Bar Special Projects Branch Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-390 cc: Distribution via Listserv NRC Distribution: See next page Accession No ML11307A396

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