ML13084A307
| ML13084A307 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 03/25/2013 |
| From: | Karlin A Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel |
| To: | Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| SECY RAS | |
| References | |
| RAS 24286, 50-275-LR, 50-323-LR, ASLBP 10-900-01-LR-BD01 | |
| Download: ML13084A307 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:
Alex S. Karlin, Chairman Nicholas G. Trikouros Dr. Paul B. Abramson In the Matter of Docket Nos. 50-275-LR and 50-323-LR PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ASLBP No. 10-900-01-LR-BD01 (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 March 25, 2013 and 2)
ORDER (Regarding PG&E Monthly Status Reports)
On June 7, 2011, the Board issued an order requiring, inter alia, that Pacific Gas &
Electric Company (PG&E) submit a monthly report specifying its current best estimate of the dates of the significant interim milestones on the critical path(s) to the completion of the 3-D Seismic Studies . . . and issuance of the reports concerning same. Notice of 52-Month Delay and Order Requiring Status Reports (June 7, 2011) at 4. PG&E duly submitted such reports. In December 2012, however, PG&E reported that the California Coastal Commission had denied PG&Es application to conduct the 3-D Seismic Studies.1 PG&E indicated that, in lieu of the 3-D Seismic Studies, it would conduct a thorough evaluation of the available seismic data and would provide us with a revised schedule incorporating a new milestone for this evaluation. Id.
1 See December 2012 Seismic Study Update, Letter from Jennifer K. Post, Attorney, PG&E, to Diablo Licensing Board at 1 (Dec. 11, 2012).
PG&Es December 2012 schedule incorporated two key milestones:
Evaluate Adequacy of Seismic Data Acquired: June 2013 Issue Final Seismic Report: November 2013 In February, however, PG&E altered the format of its monthly report by eliminating the Issue Final Seismic Report milestone and changing the Evaluate Adequacy of Seismic Data Acquired milestone to a new Data Processing and Interpretation Complete milestone.2 These changes are problematic because the critical path for conducting the evidentiary hearing herein is directly dependent on the date on which PG&E issues its written final report on the seismic studies.3 Unfortunately, PG&Es revised report no longer specifies when it expects to issue its report.
Therefore, PG&E shall, in all future monthly reports, include a milestone setting out its then-current best estimate for when it expects to make its final seismic report (whether covering three dimensional seismic studies or two dimensional studies) and any other submission it expects to present to the NRC Staff relating to, and on the critical path for, the license renewal.
In addition, when PG&E submits that final seismic report or other critical path submission to the NRC Staff, it shall simultaneously file a copy of it in this adjudicatory record.
2 See February 2013 Seismic Study Update, Letter from Jennifer K. Post, Attorney, PG&E, to Diablo Licensing Board at 1 (Feb. 12, 2013).
3 See Staffs Status Update - Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations, Lloyd B. Subin, Counsel, NRC Staff, to Diablo Licensing Board at 1 (Feb. 21, 2013); Staffs Status Update - Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations, Lloyd B. Subin, Counsel, NRC Staff, to Diablo Licensing Board at 1 (March 21, 2013).
In addition, PG&E shall submit to the Board and the Parties, at its earliest practical convenience, a brief explanation as to why its February 2013 monthly report delayed the completion of PG&Es seismic work by twelve months (from June 2013 to June 2014).
It is so ORDERED.
FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD
/RA/
Alex S. Karlin, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, Maryland March 25, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )
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PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-275-LR and 50-323-LR
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(Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, )
Units 1 and 2) )
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (Regarding PG&E Monthly Status Reports) have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Alex S. Karlin, Chair Edward L. Williamson, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: edward.williamson@nrc.gov E-mail: alex.karlin@nrc.gov Susan Uttal, Esq.
E-mail: susan.uttal@nrc.gov Nicholas G. Trikouros Maxwell Smith, Esq.
Administrative Judge E-mail: maxwell.smith@nrc.gov E-mail: nicholas.trikouros@nrc.gov Lloyd Subin, Esq.
E-mail: lloyd.subin@nrc.gov Paul B. Abramson Administrative Judge E-mail: pba@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center paul.abramson@nrc.gov E-mail: OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov Jonathan Eser, Law Clerk E-mail: jonathan.eser@nrc.gov Onika Williams, Law Clerk E-mail: onika.williams@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16C1 Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 OCAA Mail Center Hearing Docket E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov
2 Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant - Docket Nos. 50-275-LR and 50-323-LR ORDER (Regarding PG&E Monthly Status Reports)
Counsel for Pacific Gas and San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Electric Company 1123 Flora Road Winston & Strawn, LLP Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 101 California Street Jill ZamEk, Esq.
San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 jzk@charter.net David A. Repka, Esq.
E-mail: drepka@winston.com Tyson Smith, Esq. Counsel for San Luis Obispo Mothers E-mail: trsmith@winston.com For Peace Carlos Sisco, Senior Paralegal Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, and Eisenberg E-mail: csisco@winston.com 1726 M Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Winston & Strawn, LLP Diane Curran, Esq.
1700 K Street, NW dcurran@harmoncurran.com Washington, DC 20006 Rachel Miras-Wilson, Esq.
E-mail: rwilson@winston.com
[Original signed by Brian Newell]
Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 25th day of March 2013