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Requests for Additional Information Regarding the Combined License Application for William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2

This page provides access to requests for additional information (RAIs) that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued in connection with its review of the application that Duke Energy submitted to obtain a combined license (COL) for William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2. The purpose of these RAIs is to obtain all of the information that the NRC staff deems necessary to resolve any safety or environmental issues that are not adequately addressed in the application. Consequently, the applicant's responses to RAIs become supplements to the initial application. For details, see the following categories of RAIs on this page:

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Safety RAIs

For all safety-related RAIs and the applicant's related responses, please refer to the eRAI Safety Report. Note that some RAIs and related responses may not be publicly available because they contain sensitive information.

In addition to the RAI responses contained in the eRAI Safety Report mentioned above, Duke Energy has endorsed RAI responses provided by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Bellefonte Units 3 and 4 COL application. The endorsement of the TVA responses is related to RAIs for the portion of the William States Lee III Units 1 and 2 application that are common to the Bellefonte Units 3 and 4 application. This information is referred to as "standard content." The proposed standard content information is provided in a TVA letter dated October 24, 2008. The endorsement of the Bellefonte standard content RAIs for the William States Lee III Units 1 and 2 COL can be found in a letter dated February 5, 2009.

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Environmental RAIs

The following table provides access to environmental RAIs and the applicant's subsequent responses.

RAI Date RAI Letter No. and Subject Applicant Response
08/21/08 RAI Letter Regarding the Environmental Review of the Combined License Application  
Ltr# WLG2008.09-04 - Responses to ER RAIs 3, 53, 54, 65
09/17/08
Ltr# WLG2008.09-05 - Responses to ER RAIs 40, 41
09/17/08 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2008.09-11 - Responses to ER RAIs 02, 14, 17, 20, 33, 38, 43, 46, 49, 50, 51, 70, 98, 100, 101
03/17/11
09/26/08
Ltr# WLG2008.10-01 - Responses to RAI 73
10/03/08
Ltr# WLG2008.10-04 - Responses to RAIs 13, 66
10/10/08 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2008.10-07 - Responses to ER RAIs 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 19, 28, 35, 36, 52, 58, 61, 67, 72, 75, 77, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 93, 94, 97
10/17/08
Ltr# WLG2008.10-08 - Responses to ER RAIs 74, 76, 81, 92, 99, 102, 103
10/17/08
10/17/08 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2008.10-13 - Responses to ER RAIs 9, 10, 21, 30, 34, 42, 44, 45, 47, 57, 63, 64, 69, 71
10/28/08
Ltr# WLG2008.11-14 - Responses to ER RAIs 12, 27, 29, 83, 90
11/12/08
Ltr# WLG2008.11-19 - Responses to ER RAIs 18, 20, 26, 89
11/20/08
Ltr# WLG2008.11-20 - Responses to ER RAIs 1, 4, 23
05/04/11
11/20/08
Ltr# WLG2008.11-24 - Responses to ER RAIs 79, 86, 95
11/24/08
Ltr# WLG2008.11-26 - Responses to ER RAIs 11, 62
11/25/08
Ltr# WLG2008.11-28 - Responses to ER RAIs 68, 80
05/12/09
10/25/08 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2008.12-04 - Responses to ER RAIs 55, 56
12/03/08
Ltr# WLG2008.12-09 - Responses to ER RAI 37
12/11/08
Ltr# WLG2008.12-10 - Responses to ER RAI 91
12/09/08
Ltr# WLG2008.12-11 - Responses to ER RAI 48
12/12/08
Ltr# WLG2008.12-12 - Responses to ER RAI 32
12/11/08
Ltr# WLG2008.12-14 - Responses to ER RAI 78
12/11/08
Ltr# WLG2008.12-17 - Responses to ER RAI 39
12/12/08
Ltr# WLG2009.03-02 - Response to ER RAI 105
03/09/09
Ltr# WLG2009.03-08 - Response to ER RAIs 13, 30, 34, 63
06/16/11
03/18/09
Ltr# WLG2009.03-17 - Response to ER RAI 59, 60, 96
03/19/09
Ltr# WLG2009.05-02 - Response to ER RAI 68
 
Ltr# WLG2009.07-05 - Response to ER RAI 59, 60, 96
07/31/09
Ltr# WLG2009.07-08 - Response to ER RAI 59, 60, 96
07/08/09 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2009.08-06 - Response to ER RAI 32
08/14/09
Ltr# WLG2009.09-03 - Response to ER RAI 45
09/14/08
Ltr# WLG2009.09-04 - Response to ER RAI 95
09/14/09
Ltr# WLG2009.09-05 - Response to ER RAI 58, 60, 96
09/24/09
Ltr# WLG2009.09-06 - Response to ER RAI 59, 60, 96
09/24/09 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2009.09-08 - Response to ER RAI 90
09/23/09
Ltr# WLG2009.09-10 - Response to ER RAI 63
09/24/09
Ltr# WLG2009.11-01 - Response to ER RAI 89
11/02/09
Ltr# WLG2009.11-03 - Response to ER RAI 70
11/11/09
Ltr# WLG2009.12-05 - Response to ER RAI 28
12/11/09
Ltr# WLG2010.01-01 - Response to ER RAI 89
01/08/10
01/21/09 Second Round RAI Letter Regarding the Environmental Review of the Combined License Application  
Ltr# WLG2009.02-04 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 117
02/16/09
Ltr# WLG2009.02-05 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 118
02/16/09
Ltr# WLG2009.02-06 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 115
02/16/09
Ltr# WLG2009.02-08 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119
02/19/09
Ltr# WLG2009.02-09 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 116
02/19/09
Ltr# WLG2009.03-14 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 114
03/18/09
Ltr# WLG2009.03-15 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 111
03/18/09
Ltr# WLG2009.04-01 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 110
04/14/09
Ltr# WLG2009.04-05 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 109
04/28/09
Ltr# WLG2009.04-06 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 104, 107, 108
04/29/09
Ltr# WLG2009.08-01 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119
07/31/09
Ltr# WLG2009.09-07 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119
09/23/09
Ltr# WLG2009.12-01 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119
12/03/09
Ltr# WLG2009.12-04 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119
12/03/09
Ltr# WLG2010.06-02 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119, Supplemental Response E
06/11/10
Ltr# WLG2010.06-05 - Response to ER Second Round RAI 119, Supplemental Response F
06/23/10 - Non-Public
06/22/10 RAI Letter Regarding Duke's Supplement to Environmental Report Regarding Make-Up Pond C  
Ltr# WLG2010.06.06 - Response to Pond C RAIs 136, 146, 152, 153, 175, 178, 179, 184, 188, 194
06/25/10
Ltr# WLG2010.07-01 - Response to Pond C RAIs 134, 143, 145, 147, 155, 159, 160, 162, 169, 174, 176, 185, 197, 199
07/01/10
Ltr# WLG2010.07-03 - Response to Pond C RAIs 132, 135, 138, 139, 144, 149, 150, 157, 158, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 177, 181, 192, 195, 198, 202, 203
03/17/11
02/10/11
09/07/10
07/09/10
Ltr# WLG2010.07-06 - Response to Pond C RAIs 129, 141, 151, 154, 156, 164, 171, 172, 173, 180, 182, 189, 196, 200, 201
07/05/11
03/17/11
07/16/10
Ltr# WLG2010.07-07 - Response to Pond C RAI 126
07/16/10 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2010.07-08 - Response to Pond C RAIs 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 130, 142, 148, 183, 186, 187, 190, 193, 204, 205
06/16/11
07/22/10
Ltr# WLG2010.07-09 - Response to Pond C RAIs 137 and 140
07/22/10 - Non-Public
Ltr# WLG2010.10-09 - Response to Pond C RAI 128
01/26/11
12/17/10
10/29/10
09/14/10 Pond C Audit Follow-Up RAIs  
Ltr# WLG2010.09-08 - Response to Follow-Up RAIs 207, 208, 212, 214, 215, 219
09/28/10
Ltr# WLG2010.10-01 - Response to Follow-Up RAI 218
10/06/10
Ltr# WLG2010.10-02 - Response to Follow-Up RAIs 209, 213, 220
10/06/10
Ltr# WLG2010.10-04 - Response to Follow-Up RAIs 206, 210, 211, 217, 222, 223, 224
06/16/11
10/14/10
Ltr# WLG2010.10-09 - Response to Follow-Up RAI 216
06/23/11
10/29/10
Ltr# WLG2011.07-04 Response to Pond C and Follow-Up RAIs Regarding Alternatives 206, 216, 128, 48, 114, and 123
07/08/11

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