ML15125A518

Notification of NRC Staff Request for Authority to Issue License

ML15125A518
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	05/05/2015
From:	Roth D NRC/OGC
To:	Curran D Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority
SECY RAS
References
50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01, RAS 27703
Download: ML15125A518 (2)

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U N IT E D S T A TE S N U C L E AR R E G U L AT O R Y C O M M I S S I O N W A SHIN GT ON , DC 20555 - 0001 May 5, 2015 Tennessee Valley Authority Diane Curran Office of General Counsel Counsel for 400 W. Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Knoxville, TN 37902 1726 M Street N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 Re: In the Matter of TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Watts Bar, Unit 2)

Docket No. 50-391-OL, Notification of Potentially New, Relevant, and Material Information

Dear Counselors:

In conformance with the Commissions policy on notification of potentially new, relevant, and material information, counsel for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff (Staff) hereby inform Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and Tennessee Valley Authority of the following:

Yesterday, May 4, 2015, the Staff provided to the Commission a paper (1) discussing the status of activities at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Unit 2 since the October 30, 2014, Commission meeting; and (2) requesting Commission approval for the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) to issue a full-power operating license (OL), that is effective upon issuance, upon finding that the applicable regulatory requirements have been met.1 Through the request, the Staff is not asking to issue the license; the Staff is only asking for the authority to issue the license in the future consistent with its safety findings once those findings are complete. This request is now pending before the Commission and can be obtained through the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System via Accession No. ML15040A188.

Respectfully submitted,

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-15 D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 (301) 415-2749 David.Roth@nrc.gov cc: Service List 1

In its Statement of Policy on Issuance of Uncontested Fuel Loading and Low Power Testing Operating Licenses, 46 Fed. Reg. 47,906 (Sept. 30, 1981), the Commission announced that in uncontested cases, fullpower operation will be authorized by the Commission, and the Director of NRR shall authorize fuel loading and low power testing without the need to obtain prior Commission approval.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION In the Matter of )

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-391-LR (Watts Bar, Unit 2) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING POTENTIALLY NEW, RELEVANT, AND MATERIAL INFORMATION dated May 5, 2015, have been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 5th day of May, 2015.

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-2749 E-mail: David.Roth@nrc.gov Date of Signature: May 5, 2015