ML14233A058

NRC Staff August 2014 Schedule Update - Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

ML14233A058
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	08/21/2014
From:	Catherine Kanatas NRC/OGC
To:	Abramson P, Karlin A, Nicholas Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
SECY RAS
References
50-275-LR, 50-323-LR, ASLBP 10-900-01-LR-BD01, RAS 26349
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August 21, 2014 In the Matter of PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Units 1 and 2) Docket Nos. 50-275-LR and 50-323-LR RE: Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations

Dear Administrative Judges:

Revised Scheduling Order of November 19, 2012, this letter and 2 license renewal safety evaluation and environmental review. August 12, 2014 status report indicated that it intended to file its Final Seismic Report with the Board and the Staff by the end of August 2014. The Staff expects that it will need six months (i.e., until February 2015 and consider how, if at all, it pertains to environmental and/or safety license renewal matters. As noted in our April 2014 Schedule update, the Staff has determined that it also needs additional information from PG&E to complete its environmental review (e.g., CZMA information). PG&Eprovide this information to the extent possible in the December 2014 license renewal annual update and (2) discuss a schedule for providing any additional information not provided in the Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-001 Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 Administrative Judge Nicholas G. Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop: T-3F23 Washington, DC 20555-0001 December 2014 update and any further information the NRC requires to proceed with the review. Depending upon the information submitted in December 2014, the Staff expects it could take eight months to publish the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) (i.e., until August 2015) and until March 2016 to publish the final SEIS. on June 2, 2011, and it will be supplemented as necessary to include any new information provided in PG&E, new information relevant from operating for which Diablo Canyon might be subjected to. The Staff expects to finalize its safety review, including issuance of any necessary supplements to the SER, by the end of 2015. . Sincerely, /Signed (electronically) by/ Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-2321 E-mail: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov Date of signature: August 21, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION BEFORE THE ATOMIC SAFETY AND LICENSING BOARD In the Matter of ) ) PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY ) Docket Nos. 50-275-LR/ 50-323-LR ) (Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, ) ASLBP No. 10-900-01-LR-BD01 Units 1 and 2) ) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to 10 C.F.R § 2.305 (revised), I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing letter regarding the Projected Schedule for Completion of the Safety and Environmental Evaluations, dated August 21, 2014, has been served upon the following by the Electronic Information Exchange, -Filing System, in the above captioned proceeding, this 21st day of August, 2014: Administrative Judge Alex S. Karlin, Chair Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ask2@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Nicholas G. Trikouros Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ngt@nrc.gov Administrative Judge Paul B. Abramson Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel Mail Stop - T-3 F23 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: pba@nrc.gov Office of Commission Appellate Adjudication U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop O-16G4 Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: ocaamail@nrc.gov Office of the Secretary Attn: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Mail Stop: O-16G4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 E-mail: HEARINGDOCKET@nrc.gov David A. Repka, Esq. Tyson Smith, Esq. Carlos Sisco Winston & Strawn LLP 101 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111-5802 E-mail: drepka@winston.com trsmith@winston.com CSisco@winston.com Jill ZamEk, Esq. San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace 1123 Flora Road Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 E-mail: jzk@charter.net Diane Curran, Esq. Harmon, Curran, Spielberg, and Eisenberg 1726 M Street NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 E-mail: dcurran@harmoncurran.com /Signed (electronically) by/ Catherine E. Kanatas Counsel for NRC Staff U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of the General Counsel Mail Stop O-15D21 Washington, DC 20555 Telephone: (301) 415-2321 E-mail: catherine.kanatas@nrc.gov Date of signature: August 21, 2014