ML15015A658

Jan 2015 Board Schedule Update - Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

ML15015A658
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	01/15/2015
From:	Lindell J NRC/OGC
To:	Gary Arnold, Paul Ryerson, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-275-LR, 50-323-LR, ASLBP 10-900-01-LR-BD01, RAS 27089
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January 15, 2015 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Paul S. Ryerson, Chair Dr. Gary S. Arnold 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 prepared for the California Coastal Commission to the NRC Staff and parties and notified the Board. The Staff reviewed the Final Seismic Report and determined that it has no impact on license renewal, but rather, that it pertains to Diablo Canyons current licensing basis. In March 2015, PG&E is scheduled to submit its response to the March 2012 requests for information under 10 C.F.R. § 50.54(f). The Staff will review the Seismic Report in the context of those responses. The Board is aware that Friends of the Earth has filed three contentions in this proceeding asserting that PG&Es Seismic Report is relevant to license renewal, and that the Staff and PG&E have opposed the admission of those contentions.

PG&Es January 13, 2015 status report indicates that it submitted updates to the technical and environmental reports supporting DCPPs license renewal by letter dated December 18, 2014 and that it will submit further updates in February 2015. The status report also indicated that PG&E will inform the NRC of the timing of any updated coastal consistency review filings as soon as possible.

Based on the schedule for PG&Es further environmental submissions, the Staff expects that it will publish the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) no earlier than January 2016 and the final SEIS by August 2016.

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/

Joseph A. Lindell Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1474 E-mail: joseph.lindell@nrc.gov Date of signature: January 15, 2015

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 January 15, 2015, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 15th day of January, 2015:

/Signed (electronically) by/

Joseph A. Lindell Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-1474 E-mail: joseph.lindell@nrc.gov Date of signature: January 15, 2015