ML11249A205

NRC Staff'S September 6, 2011 Bimonthly Report Regarding the Schedule for Review of the Watts Bar Number 2 License Application

ML11249A205
Person / Time
Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	09/06/2011
From:	Roth D NRC/OGC
To:	Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
RAS 20931, 50-391-OL, ASLBP 09-893-01-OL-BD01
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September 6, 2011 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 Nos. 50-391-OL ) (Watts Bar Unit 2) )

NRC STAFF'S September 6, 2011 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 the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ("Board") requested 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, to promptly inform the Board of any other developments that could potentially impact the schedule for this proceeding.

The current estimates are changed from those provided in July 2011. The Staff now estimates May of 2012 for completion of the final supplement to NUREG-0498, Final Environmental Statement Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Units Nos. 1 and 2, (December, 1978), and March of 2012 for the final supplement to NUREG-0847, Safety Evaluation Report Related ("SSER") 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 may issue one or more additional supplements as TVA completes all construction; the Staff anticipates such supplements will be issued no later than December of

2012. 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 SEPTEMBER 2011 BIMONTHLY REPORT REGARDING THE SCHEDULE FOR REVIEW OF THE WATTS BAR NUMBER 2 LICENSE APPLICATION," dated September 6, 2011, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, this 6 th day of September, 2011:

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: September 6, 2011