ML14120A028

NRC Staff April 2014 Status Update Letter in the Matter of Davis-Besse, Unit 1

ML14120A028
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	04/30/2014
From:	Catherine Kanatas NRC/OGC
To:	William Froehlich, Kastenberg W, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-346-LR, ASLBP 11-907-01-LR-BD01, RAS 25878
Download: ML14120A028 (3)

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UNITE D STATE S N UCLEAR REGULATORY C OMMI SS I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 April 30, 2014 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge William J. Froehlich, Chair Nicholas G. Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Dr. William E. Kastenberg Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.

(Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1)

Docket No. 50-346-LR

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to the Atomic Safety and Licensing Boards (Board) Memorandum and Order dated June 15, 2011 (Order) and Order (Granting Motion for Modification of Initial Scheduling Order) dated November 2, 2011, the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) notes that the Safety Evaluation Report (SER) with open items was published July 31, 2012. The Staff published the SER on September 3, 2013. As Intervenors noted in their April 21, 2014 filing, the Staff issued a request for additional information (RAI) on April 15, 2014.1 The Staff published the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) in February 2014.

Currently, the Staff anticipates publishing the Final SEIS in September 2014.

1 See Request for Additional Information for the Review of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station License renewal Application (TAC No. ME4640) (Apr. 15, 2014) (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML14097A454). See also Motion for Admission of Contention No. 6 On Shield Building Concrete Void, Cracking and Broken Rebar Problems (Apr. 21, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14112A007 at 6 (citing to RAI and including it as Exhibit 7). The Staff will respond to Intervenors filing, including their characterization of the referenced RAI, in accordance with the Boards scheduling order.

Respectfully submitted,

/signed (electronically) by/

Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-2321 catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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FIRSTENERGY NUCLEAR OPERATING CO. ) Docket No. 50-346-LR

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the April 30, 2014 Letter from Catherine E. Kanatas in the above-captioned proceeding have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 30th day of April, 2014.

Signed (electronically) by Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-2321 catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov