ML12066A065

NRC Staff'S March 2012 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Number 2 License Application

ML12066A065
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	03/06/2012
From:	Roth D E NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 22002, 50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01
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March 6, 2012 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of )

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

NRC STAFF'S MARCH 2012 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 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.

The Staff hereby notifies the Board that the Staff now estimates June of 2012, instead of May of 2012, for publication of the final supplement to the environmental review document NUREG-0498, Supplement 2, Draft Final Environmental Impact Statement, Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. Tennessee Valley Authority ("TVA") has made it widely-known that TVA is changing the Watts Bar Unit 2 completion dates, and the project might not be finished by 2013, but that TVA is currently working to determine a new completion date. Nonetheless, the Staff continues to estimate June of 2012 for publication of the final supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 , (June 1982), which will be presented to the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards. However, the Staff anticipates that it will issue one or more additional supplements to the SER during the time period that Watts Bar Unit 2 remains unfinished.

Respectfully submitted, /Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555-0001

(301) 415-2749 David.Roth@nrc.gov

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

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing "NRC STAFF'S MARCH 2012 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE APPLICATION," dated March 6, 2012, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 6th day of March, 2012:

Administrative Judge

Lawrence G. McDade, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: lgm1@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: O-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: OCAAMAIL.resource@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: pba@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemaking and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: Hearing.Docket@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Gary S. Arnold Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop: T-3 F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001

E-mail: gxa1@nrc.gov Edward Vigluicci, Esq.

Christopher C. Chandler, Esq.

Scott A. Vance, Esq.

Tennessee Valley Authority 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 6A-K Knoxville, TN 37902

E-mail: ejvigluicci@tva.gov

ccchandler0@tva.gov savance@tva.gov Kathryn M. Sutton, Esq. Paul M. Bessette, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20004

E-mail: ksutton@morganlewis.com E-mail: pbessette@morganlewis.com Diane Curran for 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

/Signed (electronically) by/

David E. Roth Counsel for the NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O15-D21 Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-2749 E-Mail: David.Roth@nrc.gov Signed: March 6, 2012