ML15078A477

March 2015 Status Letter Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

ML15078A477
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	03/19/2015
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 27398
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March 19, 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.

PG&Es March 10, 2015 status report indicates that it submitted updates to the technical and environmental reports supporting Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant (DCPP) license renewal in December 2014, with the exception of additional updates, which were provided in February 2015. It also states that PG&E will inform the NRC of the timing of any updated coastal consistency review filings when a schedule is established.

The cover letter to PG&Es February submittal notes that the submittal updates the environmental report, including the severe accident mitigation alternatives (SAMA) analysis.

The cover letter also notes that an update of the DCPP seismic hazard is scheduled to be submitted to the NRC in March 2015 in response to NRC letter dated March 12, 2012, regarding the 10 CFR 50.54(f) request for information pursuant to a post Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendation. The cover letter explains that PG&E is currently scheduled to complete an evaluation of the 2015 seismic hazard results on the SAMA analysis by June 2015.

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 and February 2015 updates 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: March 19, 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 March 19, 2015, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 19th day of March, 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: March 19, 2015