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#REDIRECT [[Press Release-11-211, NRC Seeks Public Input on Draft Supplement to Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Plant Environmental Statement; Meetings on Dec. 8]]
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| issue date = 11/10/2011
| title = Press Release-11-211: NRC Seeks Public Input on Draft Supplement to Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Plant Environmental Statement; Meetings on Dec. 8
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See also: [[see also:Press Release-11-211]]
 
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                                      U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
                                          Office of Public Affairs        Telephone: 301/415-8200
                                                      Washington, D.C. 20555-0001
                                            E-mail: opa.resource@nrc.gov Site: www.nrc.gov
                                                  Blog: http://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov
No. 11-211                                                                              November 10, 2011
    NRC SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT ON DRAFT SUPPLEMENT TO WATTS BAR 2 NUCLEAR
              PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT; MEETINGS ON DEC. 8
        The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff is seeking public comments on its preliminary
finding that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing an operating license
for the under-construction Watts Bar 2 reactor near Spring City, Tenn.
        Staff from the NRC will discuss their Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental
Statement (DSFES) in meetings from 2-4 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 8, at the
Magnuson Hotel, 1421 Murrays Chapel Road in Sweetwater, Tenn. The NRC will transcribe the
meetings and post the transcript on the agencys website. NRC staff will also be available for
informal discussions with members of the public during open house sessions from 1-2 p.m.
and 5:30-6:30 p.m. No formal comments on the DSFES will be accepted during these open
houses.
        The DSFES is available on the agencys website, as well as the NRCs electronic
document database, ADAMS, by entering accession number ML112980199 in the ADAMS
search engine. In addition, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, at 1001
Broad St. in Chattanooga, Tenn., will have a hardbound copy of the DSFES available for public
inspection.
        The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) originally applied for Unit 2s operating license
in 1976, then halted construction in late 1985. TVA informed the NRC in Aug. 2007 that it
would resume construction of Unit 2. TVA issued a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for Unit 2 in February 2008 and updated its operating license application on March 4,
2009. TVA is requesting permission to operate Unit 2, a 1,150-megawatt electric, Westinghouse-
designed pressurized-water reactor of the same type as Unit 1, which began operating in 1996.
The Watts Bar site is approximately 50 miles northeast of Chattanooga, Tenn.
        The NRC held meetings in Sweetwater in October 2009 to gather the communitys
comments on the environmental review before drafting the DSFES. The NRC also sought input
from Federal, state, tribal, regional and local agencies during the review. The NRC continues its
safety review of the license application, and the agency expects to update its Final Safety
Evaluation Report on Unit 2 in May 2012. The NRC must complete both the safety and
environmental reviews before reaching a decision on whether TVA can begin operating Watts
Bar Unit 2.
 
          Those wishing to register in advance to present their comments at the meeting, or with
special needs for attending or presenting information at the meeting, should contact Carmen Fells
by telephone at (800) 368-5642 x6337, or via e-mail at Carmen.Fells@nrc.gov by Dec. 1. Those
wishing to speak may also register at the meetings no later than 1:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.,
respectively. Individual comments could be limited by the time available and the number of
people wishing to speak.
          NRC staff will also consider written comments on the DSFES through Dec. 27.
Comments may be submitted through the federal governments Rulemaking website at
www.regulations.gov using Docket ID NRC-2008-0369; by fax to 301-492-3446; or by mail to
Chief, Rulemaking, Directives, and Editing Branch, Division of Administrative Services, Office
of Administration, Mailstop TWB-05-B01M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
                                                          ###
          NOTE: Anyone wishing to take photos or use a camera to record any portion of a NRC meeting should
contact the Office of Public Affairs beforehand.
          News releases are available through a free listserv subscription or by clicking on the EMAIL UPDATES
link on the NRC homepage (www.nrc.gov). E-mail notifications are sent to subscribers when news releases are
posted to NRC's website. For the latest news, follow the NRC on www.twitter.com/NRCgov.
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