ML12352A075

Schedule Revision for the Environmental Review of the Seabrook Station License Renewal Application

ML12352A075
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	01/16/2013
From:	John Lubinski Division of License Renewal
To:	Freeman P NextEra Energy Seabrook
James, L NRR/DLR, 415-3306
References
TAC ME3959
Download: ML12352A075 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 January 16, 2013 Mr. Paul Freeman Site Vice President NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NO. ME3959)

Dear Mr. Freeman:

By letter dated May 25, 2010, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), submitted an application to renew the operating license for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook) for an additional 20 years. In support of the application and in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, NextEra also submitted an environmental report for Seabrook. In August 2011, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or the staff) issued its draft plant-specific Supplement 46 to NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants (GElS)," supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) regarding the environmental impacts of renewing the Seabrook operating license for an additional 20 years.

Subsequent to the issuance of the draft SEIS, by letter dated March 19, 2012, NextEra notified the NRC of significant changes that it made to the severe accident mitigation alternatives analysis (SAMA) related to the Seabrook license renewal application. On May 31,2012, the staff provided a revised environmental review schedule for revising and reissuing the draft SEIS related to the Seabrook license renewal application.

At this point in time, the staff has determined that a revised environmental schedule is needed.

The staff, again, took several factors into consideration, including additional staff resources necessary to complete the review of the SAMA submittal, other ongoing environmental reviews, as well as the need to issue a supplement to the Seabrook license renewal draft SEIS.

P. Freeman -2 The NRC will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed environmental review schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Part 51. If you have any questions on this revised schedule, please contact the NRC's Environmental Project Manager, Ms. Lois James, at 301-415-3306 or bye-mail at 10is.james@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

,

ubinsk~\ irector of License Renewal of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

Revised Schedule cc w/encl: Listserv

P. Freeman - 2 The NRC will continue to follow established review procedures and the enclosed environmental review schedule to complete the reviews required by 10 CFR Part 51. If you have any questions on this revised schedule, please contact the NRC's Environmental Project Manager, Ms. lois James, at 301-415-3306 or bye-mail at lois.james@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/raj John W. lubinski, Director Division of license Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

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. NAME lJames YEdmonds I DWrona Jlubinski DATE 12/21/2012 12/19/2012 1 12/21/2012 1/16/2013 OFFICIAL RECORD COpy

SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA)

Publish Federal Register Notice (FRN) - LRA availability 6/01/10 6/14/10

~6/16/10 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 7/23/10 7/21/10 Publish FRN - Intent to conduct Environmental Scoping 7/23/10 7/10/10 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping 8/19/10 8/19/10 Meeting Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 9/20/10 10/20/10 Environmental scoping period ends 9/21/10 9/21/10 Audit - Environmental 10/04/10 10/05/10 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 8/2011 8/01/11 Publish FRN - draft SEIS available for comments 8/2011 8/12/11 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 9/2011 9/15/11 End of draft SEIS comment period 11/2011 10/26/11 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 6/2012 6/08/12 fA,dvisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee Meeting 7/2012 7/10/12 Issue draft supplement to the Seabrook draft SEIS 4/2013 Publish FRN - draft supplement to the Seabrook draft SEIS available for comments. , 4/2013 Issue Final SER TBD ACRS Full Committee Meeting TBD End of comment period on the draft supplement to the Seabrook draft SEIS 6/2013 Issue final SEIS 12/2013 ENCLOSURE