ML092090724

Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board - Watts Bar, Unit 2

ML092090724
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	07/28/2009
From:	Hawkens E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
To:
SECY RAS
References
50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01, RAS 16108
Download: ML092090724 (4)

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Docket No. 50-391 ASLBP No. 09-893-01-OL-BD01 ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972, published in the Federal Register, 37 Fed. Reg. 28,710 (1972), and the Commission=s regulations, see 10 C.F.R. 2.104, 2.300, 2.313, 2.318, and 2.321, notice is hereby given that an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over the following proceeding:

Tennessee Valley Authority (Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2)

This proceeding concerns a request for hearing from petitioners Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Tennessee Environmental Council, We the People, the Sierra Club, and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League. The hearing request was submitted in response to a May 1, 2009 Notice of Receipt of Update to Application for Facility Operating License and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (74 Fed. Reg. 20,350).

Petitioners challenge the updated application filed by Tennessee Valley Authority for a facility operating license for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, to be located in Rhea County, Tennessee.

The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed in accordance with the NRC E-Filing rule, which the NRC promulgated in August 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 49,139).

/RA/

E. Roy Hawkens Chief Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Issued at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of July 2009.

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

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TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ) Docket Nos. 50-391-OL

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(Watts Barr Nuclear Power Plant - )

Unit 2) )

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD 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 Williamson, Esq.

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

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

Administrative Judge E-mail: axj4@nrc.gov E-mail: pba@nrc.gov Jeremy Suttenberg, Esq.

E-mail: jeremy.suttenberg@nrc.gov Gary S. Arnold Brian Newell, Paralegal Administrative Judge E-mail: bpn1@nrc.gov E-mail: gxa1@nrc.gov Wen Bu, Law Clerk OGC Mail Center E-mail: wxb3@nrc.gov E-mail: OGCMailCenter@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

2 Docket No. 50-391-OL ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD 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 Lawrence Chandler, Esq. Maureen H. Dunn, Esq.

E-mail: lchandler@morganlewis.com E-mail: mhdunn@tva.gov Paul M. Bessette, Esq. Harriet A. Cooper, Esq.

E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com E-mail: hacooper@tva.gov Diane Eckert, Esq. Scott Vance, Esq.

E-mail: deckert@morganlewis.com E-mail: savance@tva.gov Mary L. Freeze, Legal Secretary E-mail: mfreeze@morganlewis.com Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)

Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP 1726 M Street N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 Diane Curran, Esq.

Matthew Fraser E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com mfraser@harmoncurran.com

[Original signed by Nancy Greathead]

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Office of the Secretary of the Commission Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 28th day July of 2009