ML23075A140

Revision of Schedule for the Environmental Review of the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2, Subsequent License Renewal Application

ML23075A140
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	04/05/2023
From:	Christopher Regan NRC/NMSS/DREFS/ELRB
To:	Stoddard D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
References
EPID L-2020-SLE-0000
Download: ML23075A140 (1)

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April 5, 2023 Daniel G. Stoddard Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Blvd Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711

SUBJECT:

REVISION OF SCHEDULE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE NORTH ANNA POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2, SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION (EPID NUMBER: L-2020-SLE-0000) (DOCKET NUMBERS: 50-338 AND 50-339)

Dear Daniel Stoddard:

By letters dated August 24, 2020, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System ML20246G703), Dominion Energy submitted an application for subsequent license renewal of Renewed Facility Operating License Nos. NPF-4 and NPF-7 for the North Anna Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (North Anna) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and part 54 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Requirements for renewal of operating licenses for nuclear power plants. This letter is to inform you about a schedule change in the North Anna license renewal review.

In March 2023, the NRC staff completed its environmental audit of the application as scheduled.

However, because of impacts of multiple unplanned license renewal and subsequent license renewal applications currently being reviewed and anticipated to be reviewed in the next two years, the NRC is revising the schedule for the issuance of the final site-specific environmental impact statement (EIS) for North Anna to July 2024. This change of the final EIS issuance allows the needed time for the staff to adjust for the overlapping of multiple ongoing and future projects. Specifically, this lengthens the time between the issuance of the North Anna draft site-specific EIS and the final EIS, consistent with normal EIS development schedules.

D. Stoddard This revision of schedule was discussed with Paul Aiken of your staff. If you have any questions on the revised schedule, please contact Vaughn Thomas or Tam Tran by telephone at 301-415-5897 or 301-415-3617 or via e-mail at Vaughn.Thomas@nrc.gov or Tam.Tran@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Regan, Christopher on 04/05/23 Christopher Regan, Director Division of Rulemaking, Environment, and Financial Support, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket Nos. 50-338 and 50-339

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ML23075A140 *concurrence via email OFFICE PM:REFS PM:DNRL LA:REFS BC:DNRL BC:REFS NAME TTran VThomas AWalker-Smith LGibson TSmith DATE 03/06/2023 03/31/2023 03/30/2023 03/30/2023 03/30/2023 OFFICE DD:REFS NAME CRegan DATE 04/05/2023 NORTH ANNA POWER STATION SUBSEQUENT LICENSE RENEWAL APPLICATION REVISION OF SCHEDULE Milestone Scheduled Site-specific environmental license renewal application supplement 9/28/22 received by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

NRC publishes availability of supplement Federal Register notice (FRN) NA NRC publishes notice of intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) supplement and start of 30-day limited scoping 11/8/22 period FRN Limited scoping period ends 12/15/22 Conduct environmental audit 3/10/23 NRC issues environmental requests for additional information (RAI) and 3/2023 requests for confirmation of information (RCI), as needed 7/2023 NRC receives RAI/RCI responses 5/2023 Issue Supplemental Safety Evaluation Report (SER) 10/2023 NRC publishes draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) supplement and FRNs to start 45-day comment period and 60- 10/2023 day period to request a hearing Draft SEIS supplement comment period ends 12/2023 Period to request a hearing end 12/2023 1/2024 Publish final SEIS supplement and FRN 5/2024 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Issues FRN - final SEIS 1/2024 supplement notice of availability and beginning of 30-day cooling off 5/2024 period NRC issues FRN - renewed license/record of decision (assuming no 3/2024 comments during EPA cooling off period or per Commission direction, 7/2024 as appropriate)

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