ML14324A901

Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

ML14324A901
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	11/20/2014
From:	Uttal S NRC/OGC
To:	Abramson P, Karlin A, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-275-LR, 50-323-LR, ASLBP 10-900-01-LR-BD01, RAS 26938
Download: ML14324A901 (3)

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November 20, 2014 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Nicholas G. Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2)

Docket Nos. 50-275-LR and 50-323-LR RE: Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

Dear Administrative Judges:

Pursuant to the Boards Revised Scheduling Order of November 19, 2012, this letter informs the Board of the NRC Staffs current milestone schedule for the Diablo Canyon Units 1 and 2 license renewal safety evaluation and environmental review. On September 10, 2014, PG&E transmitted its Final Seismic Report to the NRC Staff and parties and notified the Board.

The Staff anticipates that it will need until February 2015 to review PG&Es Final Seismic Report and determine how, if at all, it pertains to environmental and/or safety license renewal matters.

PG&Es November 11, 2014 status report indicates that it plans to submit updates to the technical and environmental reports supporting DCPPs license renewal in December 2014 and that it will inform the NRC of the timing of any updated coastal consistency review filings as soon as possible.

Depending upon the information submitted in December 2014, the Staff expects that it could take eight months to publish the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) (i.e., until August 2015) and until March 2016 to publish the final SEIS.

In terms of the Staffs safety evaluation, the safety evaluation report (SER) was issued on June 2, 2011, and it will be supplemented as necessary to include any new information provided in PG&Es December 2014 annual update or relevant from operating experience, and information relevant to Diablo Canyon submitted in response to the staffs updated guidance since 2011. The Staff expects to finalize its safety review, including issuance of any necessary supplements to the SER, by the end of 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Susan L. Uttal Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1582 E-mail: susan.uttal@nrc.gov Date of signature: November 20, 2014

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

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PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-275-LR/ 50-323-LR

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(Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, ) ASLBP No. 10-900-01-LR-BD01 Units 1 and 2) )

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305, I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing letter regarding the Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations, dated November 20, 2014, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 20th day of November, 2014:

/Signed (electronically) by/

Susan L. Uttal Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1582 E-mail: susan.uttal@nrc.gov Date of signature: November 20, 2014