ML14148A218

Schedule Revision for the Environmental Review of the Seabrook Station License Renewal Application

ML14148A218
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	07/02/2014
From:	Lois James, John Lubinski Division of License Renewal
To:	Walsh K NextEra Energy Seabrook
Lois James, 301-415-3306
References
TAC ME3959, TAC ME4028
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 2, 2014 Mr. Kevin Walsh Site Vice President NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. ME3959 AND ME4028)

Dear Mr. Walsh:

By [[letter::L-2010-101, Comment (1) of Larry Nicholson, on Behalf of Florida Power & Light Co., on Proposed NUREG-0800, Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants; Branch Technical Position (BTP) 7-19, Guidance for .|letter dated May 25, 2010]], NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), submitted an application to renew the operating license for Seabrook Station, Unit 1 (Seabrook), for an additional 20 years. In support of the application and in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51 and 10 CFR Part 54, NextEra also submitted an environmental report for Seabrook. This letter is to inform you of a change in the environmental review schedule for the Seabrook license renewal review.

In August 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, NextEra, Friends of the Coast and the New England Coalition reached a settlement agreement regarding resolution of Contention 4D associated with the supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS). Due to the intricacies of the review and analysis, NRC staff requires additional time to complete the final SEIS. The schedule for issuance of the final SEIS has been delayed from July to October 2014.

Enclosed is the NRC staff's revised environmental and safety review schedule for the Seabrook license renewal application. The schedule has been updated to reflect a change in the date of issuance for the final SEIS. A number of milestones continues to be classified as To Be Determined Since the staff is in process of evaluating additional information received form NextEra recently. These TBDs will be updated in a future letter.

If you have any questions on this revised schedule, please contact the NRCs environmental project manager, Ms. Lois James, at 301-415-3306 or by e-mail at lois.james@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John W. Lubinski, Director Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443

Enclosure:

Revised Seabrook Station Review Schedule cc w/encl: Listserv

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DATE 6/25/2014 7/2/2014

Letter to Kevin Walsh from John Lubinski dated July 2, 2014

SUBJECT:

SCHEDULE REVISION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (TAC NOS. ME3959 AND ME4028)

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ENCLOSURE SEABROOK STATION LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION UPDATED REVIEW SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Actual Receive license renewal application (LRA) 6/01/10 6/01/10 Publish Federal Register notice (FRN) - LRA availability 6/14/10 6/16/10 Publish FRN - acceptance/rejection and opportunity for hearing 7/23/10 7/21/10 Publish FRN - intent to conduct environmental scoping 7/23/10 7/10/10 Public Meeting - License Renewal Overview and Environmental Scoping Meeting 8/19/10 8/19/10 Deadline for filing hearing requests and petitions for intervention 9/20/10 10/20/10 Environmental scoping period ends 9/21/10 9/21/10 Audit - environmental 10/04/10 10/05/10 Issue draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) 8/2011 8/01/11 Publish FRN - draft SEIS available for comments 8/2011 8/12/11 Public Meeting - draft SEIS meeting 9/2011 9/15/11 End of draft SEIS comment period 11/2011 10/26/11 Issue safety evaluation report (SER) with open items 6/2012 6/08/12 Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) Subcommittee Meeting 7/2012 7/10/12 Issue draft supplement to the Seabrook Station (Seabrook) draft SEIS 4/2013 4/2013 Publish FRN - draft supplement to the Seabrook draft SEIS available for comments.

4/2013 4/2013 Proposed Second ACRS Subcommittee Meeting TBD Issue Final SER TBD ACRS Full Committee Meeting TBD End of comment period on the draft supplement to the Seabrook draft SEIS 6/2013 6/2013 Issue final SEIS 10/2014 Decision - Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation TBD Commission decision TBD