ML13309B030

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

ML13309B030
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	11/05/2013
From:	Amitava Ghosh NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01, RAS 25314
Download: ML13309B030 (3)

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November 5, 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 NOVEMBER 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.1 In May of 2013, the NRC Staff published the final version of NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Vol. 1, Final Environmental Impact Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (May 2013), and NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Vol. 2 (May 2013).2 For its safety review, the Staff hereby notifies the Board that the Staff continues to estimate April of 2014 for publication of its final supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation 1

No contentions are currently admitted in this proceeding, but a motion to admit a contention concerning the vacatur of the NRCs Waste Confidence Rule is being held in abeyance pending further order of the Commission. Order (Granting Motion to Withdraw Contention 7), at 2 (July 17, 2013)

(unpublished) (ADAMS Accession No. ML13198A195).

2 See Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, Final Environmental Statement; Issuance, 78 Fed. Reg. 35,989, 35,990 (June 14, 2013).

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: November 5, 2013.

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 NOVEMBER 2013 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 LICENSE APPLICATION dated November 5, 2013, has been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 5th day of November, 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: November 5, 2013