Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Operation of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (NUREG-0847, Supplement 21)

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Manuscript Completed:  February 2009
Date Published: February 2009

Prepared by:
L. Raghavan
P.D. Milano

Docket No. 50-391: Tennessee Valley Authority

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

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Abstract

This report supplements the safety evaluation report (SER), NUREG-0847 (June 1982), Supplement No. 1 (September 1982), Supplement No. 2 (January 1984), Supplement No. 3 (January 1 985), Supplement No. 4 (March 1985), Supplement No. 5 (November 1990), Supplement No. 6 (April 1991), Supplement No. 7 (September 1991), Supplement No. 8 (January 1992), Supplement No. 9 (June 1992), Supplement No. 10 (October 1992), Supplement No. 11 (April 1993), Supplement No. 12 (October 1993), Supplement No. 13 (April 1994), Supplement No. 14 (December 1994), Supplement No. 15 (June 1995), Supplement No. 16 (September 1995), Supplement No. 17 (October 1995), Supplement No. 18 (October 1995), Supplement No. 19 (November 1995) and Supplement No. 20 (February 1996) issued by the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) with respect to the application filed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), as applicant and owner, for licenses to operate the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant (WBN) Units 1 and 2 (Docket Nos. 50-390 and 50-391).

In Supplement No. 20 the NRC staff concluded that WBN Unit 1 met all applicable regulations and guidance as stated in the SER and supplements. Based on satisfactory findings from all applicable inspections, on February 7, 1996, the NRC issued a full-power operating license to WBN Unit 1 to authorize operation up to 100-percent power.

In this and future Supplements to the SER, the staff will document its evaluation of TVA's application for a license to operate WBN Unit 2.

This supplement provides information specific to the operating license review for WBN Unit 2 regarding the status of the items remaining for resolution, which were outstanding at the time that TVA deferred construction of Unit 2 and were not evaluated and resolved as part of the licensing of WBN Unit 1.