ML12003A177

NRC Staff'S January 2012 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Number 2 License Application

ML12003A177
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	01/03/2012
From:	Roth D NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 21679, 50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01
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January 3, 2012 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 2012 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 that the comment period for NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Draft Final Environmental Impact Statement, Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 ("Draft") has been extended to January 24, 2012.1 However, the Staff continues to estimate that the final supplement to the environmental review document will be completed in May of 2012.

1 Draft Environmental Statement, Extension of Public Comment Period, 76 Fed. Reg. 80,409 (Dec. 23, 2011).

The Staff is changing its estimate 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), and now estimates June of 2012 for completion of the supplemental safety evaluation report, 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.

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 2012 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE APPLICATION, dated January 3, 2012, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 3rd day of January, 2012:

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: January 3, 2012