ML13127A375

NRC Staff'S May 2013 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 License Application

ML13127A375
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	05/07/2013
From:	Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 24491, 50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01
Download: ML13127A375 (3)

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May 7, 2013 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) )

NRC STAFFS MAY 2013 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 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.

For its environmental review, the Staff hereby notifies the Board that the Staff now estimates June of 20131 for publication of the final supplement to the environmental review document NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Final Environmental Impact Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2.

1 The previous estimate was May of 2013. NRC Staffs March 2013 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 License Application, at 1 (March 5, 2013)

(ADAMS Accession No. ML13064A195).

For its safety review, the Staff hereby notifies the Board that the Staff continues to estimate April of 20142 for publication of its final supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, (June 1982).

However, the Staff anticipates that additional supplements to NUREG-0847 may be issued during the time period that Watts Bar Unit 2 construction remains uncompleted (i.e. through December of 2015).

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Anita Ghosh Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-4113 Anita.Ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: May 7, 2013.

2 The previous estimate was April of 2014. Id. at 2.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

)

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-391-OL

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(Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing NRC STAFFS MAY 2013 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 LICENSE APPLICATION dated May 7, 2013, has been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 7th day of May, 2013.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Anita Ghosh Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-4113 Anita.Ghosh@nrc.gov Date of signature: May 7, 2013.