ML14233A058

NRC Staff August 2014 Schedule Update - Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

ML14233A058
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	08/21/2014
From:	Catherine Kanatas NRC/OGC
To:	Abramson P, Karlin A, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-275-LR, 50-323-LR, ASLBP 10-900-01-LR-BD01, RAS 26349
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U N IT E D S T A TE S N U C L E AR R E G U LAT OR Y C OM MI S S I ON WASHINGTON, DC 20555 - 0001 August 21, 2014 Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Paul B. Abramson 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 August 12, 2014 status report indicated that it intended to file its Final Seismic Report with the Board and the Staff by the end of August 2014. The Staff expects that it will need six months (i.e., until February 2015) to review PG&Es Final Seismic Report and consider how, if at all, it pertains to environmental and/or safety license renewal matters.

As noted in our April 2014 Schedule update, the Staff has determined that it also needs additional information from PG&E to complete its environmental review (e.g., CZMA information). PG&Es June 4, 2014 letter indicates that it will (1) address the NRCs request to provide this information to the extent possible in the December 2014 license renewal annual update and (2) discuss a schedule for providing any additional information not provided in the

December 2014 update and any further information the NRC requires to proceed with the review. Depending upon the information submitted in December 2014, the Staff expects it could take eight months to publish the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) (i.e.,

until August 2015) and until March 2016 to publish the final SEIS.

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, new information relevant from operating experience, and information submitted in response to the staffs updated guidance since 2011 for which Diablo Canyon might be subjected to. The Staff expects to finalize its safety review, including issuance of any necessary supplements to the SER, by the end of 2015.

Sincerely,

/Signed (electronically) by/

Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-2321 E-mail: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov Date of signature: August 21, 2014

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 (revised), I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing letter regarding the Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations, dated August 21, 2014, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRCs E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 21st day of August, 2014:

Office of Commission Appellate Administrative Judge Adjudication Alex S. Karlin, Chair U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - O-16G4 Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Administrative Judge Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Nicholas G. Trikouros Mail Stop: O-16G4 Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop - T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ngt@nrc.gov David A. Repka, Esq.

Tyson Smith, Esq.

Administrative Judge Carlos Sisco Paul B. Abramson Winston & Strawn LLP Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel 101 California Street Mail Stop - T-3 F23 San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission E-mail: drepka@winston.com Washington, DC 20555-0001 trsmith@winston.com E-mail: pba@nrc.gov CSisco@winston.com

Jill ZamEk, Esq. Diane Curran, Esq.

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, and Eisenberg 1123 Flora Road 1726 M Street NW Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 Suite 600 E-mail: jzk@charter.net Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com

/Signed (electronically) by/

Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop - O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-2321 E-mail: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov Date of signature: August 21, 2014