ML14126A416

NRC Staff'S May 2014 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 License Application

ML14126A416
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	05/06/2014
From:	Catherine Kanatas NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01, RAS 25913
Download: ML14126A416 (3)

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May 6, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD

In the Matter of )

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

(Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2) )

NRC STAFF'S MAY 2014 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 LICENSE APPLICATION The Staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Staff) hereby provides the information requested by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) in its May 26, 2010 Scheduling Order (Order). In the Order, the Board instructed the Staff to submit a report on July 2, 2010, to be updated on the first Tuesday of every other month thereafter, updating its estimates of the dates on which the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and the final Safety Evaluation Report (SER) will be issued, and in addition, promptly to inform the Board of any other developments that could potentially impact the schedule for this proceeding.

1 In May of 2013, the NRC Staff published the final version of NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Vol. 1, Final Environmental Impact Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (May 2013), and NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Vol. 2 (May 2013).

2 For its safety review, the Staff now estimates July of 2014 3 for the publication of its final 1 No contentions are currently admitted in this proceeding, but a motion to admit a contention concerning the vacatur of the NRC's Waste Confidence Rule is being held in abeyance pending further order of the Commission. Order (Granting Motion to Withdraw Contention 7), at 2 (July 17, 2013) (unpublished) (ADAMS Accession No. ML13198A195).

2 See Tennessee Valley Authority; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, Final Environmental Statement; Issuance, 78 Fed. Reg. 35,989, 35,990 (June 14, 2013).

3 The previous estimate was May of 2014. NRC Staff's March 2014 Bi-monthly Report Regarding (continued. . .) supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, (June 1982). However, the Staff anticipates that additional supplements to NUREG-0847 may be issued during the time period that Watts Bar Unit 2 construction remains uncompleted (i.e. through December of 2015).

Respectfully submitted, /Signed (electronically) by/

Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-2321 Catherine.Kanatas@nrc.gov Date of signature: May 6, 2014.

(. . .continued) the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 License Application, at 1 (Mar. 4, 2014) (ADAMS Accession No. ML14063A078).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

)

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

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R. § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing "NRC STAFF'S MAY 2014 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 2 LICENSE APPLICATION" dated May 6, 2014, has been served upon the Electronic Information Exchange, the NRC's E-Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 6th day of May, 2014.

/Signed (electronically) by/

Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-2321 Catherine.Kanatas@nrc.gov Date of signature: May 6, 2014