ML14016A502

Summary of Public Meeting with TVA on the Status of Construction and Licensing of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2

ML14016A502
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Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	02/06/2014
From:	Justin Poole Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Tennessee Valley Authority
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LICENSEE: Tennessee Valley Authority FACILITY: Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2

SUMMARY

OF JANUARY 8, 2014, MEETING WITH TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY REGARDING WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2 On January 8, 2014, a Category 1 public meeting was held between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and representatives of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) at NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The purpose of this meeting was for TVA to present the status of construction and licensing efforts for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN), Unit 2 project. The meeting notice and agenda, dated December 19, 2013, is available in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at Accession No. ML13352A433. A list of participants is enclosed.

TVA made a presentation to the NRC staff (ADAMS Accession No. ML14015A496), which covered the following topics: construction completion status, licensing path forward, dual unit operation, hydrology, startup testing, Fukushima, inspection planning and scheduling (IP&S) status, waste confidence, and emergent regulation. Throughout the presentation the NRC staff asked clarifying questions, with a focus on understanding TVA's schedule and those activities that could impact the overall project schedule, including preoperation and startup testing preparation and coordination, Fukushima actions, and improvements made to support Region II in closing out IP&S items. Related to IP&S items, the NRC staff stated that continued communication with Region II on the status of IP&S items is necessary to ensure timely closure of the remaining items. In addition, the NRC staff stated that to minimize an impact to the schedule, an effort should be made to close IP&S items earlier rather than at the end of the project if they are not tied to a specific milestone. TVA stated that they had begun looking at such IP&S items and would work with Region II to identify those which can be moved up in the schedule.

No regulatory decisions were made at the meeting. A member of the public was in attendance via teleconference. No Public Meeting Feedback forms were received.

Justin C. Poole, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 11-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-391

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: Distribution via Listserv

MEETING ATTENDANCE LIST Licensee: Tennessee Valley Authority Plant: Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2

Subject:

Construction Status Date: January 8, 2014 Location: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Time: 1:00 p.m.-3:00p.m.

Headquarters. Room 0-7B4 NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION Michele Evans Director NRC/NRRIDORL John Menninger Deputy Director NRC/NRRIDORL NRC/NRRIDORUPiant Licensing Jessie Quichocho Branch Chief Branch 11-2 NRC/NRRIDORUPiant Licensing Justin Poole Sr. Project Manager Branch 11-2 NRC/NRR/DORUPiant Licensing Andy Hon Project Manager Branch 11-2 NRC/NRR/DORUPiant Licensing Jeanne Dion Project Manager Branch 11-2 Joel Munday Director NRC/RII/DCP Robert Haag Branch Chief NRC/RII/DCP Fred Brown DRA-C NRC/RII Enclosure

NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION T omy Nazario* Sr. Resident Inspector NRC/RII Chris Even Sr. Project Inspector NRC/RII/DCP Construction Project Adam Wilson* Rll Inspector Chris Church WBN2 Startup VP TVA Raymond A. Hruby, General Manager TVA Jr.

Gordon Arent TVA Director, WBN Licensing TVA Robert Williams Fukushima Program Manager TVA John Jacosalem* Auditor TVA-IG

• Participated by phone call

PKG ML14037A210 Meeting Notice ML13352A433 Meeting Summary ML14016A502 Handouts M L14015A496

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