ML101530188

Order (Granting Tennessee Valley Authority'S Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Sace Contention 1)

ML101530188
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	06/02/2010
From:	Lawrence Mcdade Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:	Tennessee Valley Authority
SECY RAS
References
50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01, RAS 17991
Download: ML101530188 (4)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Before Administrative Judges:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman Dr. Paul B. Abramson Dr. Gary Arnold In the Matter of Docket No. 50-391-OL Tennessee Valley Authority. ASLBP No. 09-893-01-OL-BD01 (Watts Bar Unit 2) June 2, 2010 ORDER (Granting TVAs Unopposed Motion to Dismiss SACE Contention 1)

This proceeding arises from an updated application pursuant to 10 C.F.R. Part 50 by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a license to operate a second nuclear reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) in Rhea County, Tennessee.

On November 19, 2009, the Board granted a Petition to Intervene and Request for Hearing submitted by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) and admitted two of SACEs proffered contentions.1 On April 19, 2010, the TVA filed a motion to dismiss SACEs Contention 1 as moot.2 Thereafter, on May 6, 2010, SACE notified the Board that it did not oppose TVAs motion to dismiss because it had concluded that the TVA had provided the information sought in Contention 1 regarding the status of TVAs compliance with federal and state permits that would be required for the construction and operation of a second nuclear reactor at the Watts Bar 1

LBP-09-26, 70 NRC __ (slip op.) (Nov. 19, 2009).

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[TVA]s Motion to Dismiss [SACE]s Contention 1 as Moot (Apr. 19, 2010).

facility.3 On that same date the NRC Staff filed an Answer to TVAs Motion to Dismiss in which it stated that, in its view, the TVA had supplied all federal, state, and local authorizations, consultations, and environmental permits needed for the operation of [WBN] Unit 2.4 It appearing that SACE Contention 1 has been rendered moot, and all parties being in agreement, SACE Contention 1 is hereby dismissed.

It is so ORDERED.

FOR THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD5

/RA/

Lawrence G. McDade, Chairman ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE Rockville, MD June 2, 2010 3

See Letter from Diane Curran, Counsel for SACE, to the ASLB (May 6, 2010) (ADAMS Accession No. ML1012605460).

4 NRC Staffs Answer to [TVA]s Motion to Dismiss [SACE]s Contention 1 as Moot (May 6, 2010) at 3.

5 Copies of this Order were sent this date by Internet e-mail to: (1) Counsel for the NRC Staff; (2) Counsel for the TVA; and (3) Counsel for SACE.

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

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ) Docket No. 50-391-OL

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(Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant - )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ORDER (GRANTING TVAS UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS SACE CONTENTION 1) have been served upon the following persons by the Electronic Information Exchange.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Mail Stop: O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Edward L. Williamson, Esq.

Administrative Judge E-mail: elw2@nrc.gov E-mail: lgm1@nrc.gov David E. Roth, Esq.

E-mail: david.roth@nrc.gov Paul B. Abramson Andrea Jones, Esq.

Administrative Judge E-mail: axj4@nrc.gov E-mail: paul.abramson@nrc.gov Michael Dreher, Esq.

E-mail: michael.dreher@nrc.gov Brian P. Newell, Paralegal Gary S. Arnold E-mail: bpn1@nrc.gov Administrative Judge E-mail: gxa1@nrc.gov OGC Mail Center Wen Bu, Law Clerk E-mail: OGCMailCenter@nrc.gov E-mail: wxb3@nrc.gov U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication Office of the Secretary of the Commission Mail Stop: O-16C1 Mail Stop: O-16C1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Washington, DC 20555-0001 OCAA Mail Center Hearing Docket E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov E-mail: hearingdocket@nrc.gov

Docket No. 50-391-OL ORDER (GRANTING TVAS UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS SACE CONTENTION 1)

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP Tennessee Valley Authority Counsel for Tennessee Valley Authority Office of the General Counsel 1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 400 W. Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K Washington, DC 20004 Knoxville, TN 37902 Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Edward J. Vigluicci, Esq.

E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com E-mail: ejvigluicci@tva.gov Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Maureen H. Dunn, Esq.

E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: mhdunn@tva.gov Raphael P. Kuyler, Esq. Harriet A. Cooper, Esq.

rkuyler@morganlewis.com E-mail: hacooper@tva.gov Esther Park, Esq. Christopher Chandler, Esq.

esther.park@morganlewis.com E-mail: ccchandler0@tva.gov Jonathan M. Rund, Esq.

jrund@morganlewis.com Mary L. Freeze, Legal Secretary E-mail: mfreeze@morganlewis.com Matthew Fraser, Esq.

Diane Curran, Esq.

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com E-mail: mfraser@harmoncurran.com

[Original signed by Nancy Greathead]___

Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 2nd day of June 2010 2