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June 30, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-30] 07/23/2007, Notice of Meeting to Discuss Post-Outage Activities and Plant Status at Watts Bar ML071800371 2007-06-29 3 05000390 05000391 CPPR-092 NPF-090 2007-06-29 2007-06-29 June 29, 2007 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. William R. Campbell Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT: MEETI

* [2007-06-26] Sequoyah and Watts Bar Nuclear Plants - Commitment for Backup Hydrogen Igniter Power Supply and Closure Process for Generic Issue 189 ML071500398 2007-06-15 6 05000327 05000328 05000390 DPR-077 DPR-079 NPF-090 GI 189 2007-06-15 2007-06-25 June 15, 2007 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr. Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT:

* [2007-06-26] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Technical Specification Change TS-07-04, Reactor Trip System/Engineered Safety Feature Logic, Reactor Trip Breaker Allowable Outage Time, and Surveillance Testing Interval Relaxations ML071660106 2007-06-08 116 05000390 TS-07-04 WBN-TS-07-04 2007-06-08 2007-06-25 ML071660096+ Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 JUN 0 8 2007 WBN-TS-07-04 10 CFR 50.90 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Wash

* [2007-06-26] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Technical Specification Change TS-07-04, Reactor Trip System/Engineered Safety Feature Logic, Reactor Trip Breaker Allowable Outage Time, and Surveillance Testing Interval Relaxations ML071660096 2007-06-25 ML071660106+ ML071660107+ FNWEBNAVIGATE=1.0 SYSTEMTYPE=MEZZANINE DOCUMENTID=071660096 STARTPAGE=1 LIBRARYNAME= ML_adams^hqntad01

June 23, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-23] SECY-07-0096 - Possible Reactivation of Construction and Licensing Activities for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 ML071220492 2007-06-07 9 2007-06-07 2007-06-22 POLICY ISSUE NOTATION VOTE June 7, 2007 SECY-07-0096 FOR: The Commissioners FROM: Luis A. Reyes Executive Director for Operations SUBJECT: POSSIBLE REACTIVATION OF CONSTRUCTION AND LICENSING ACTIVITIES FOR THE WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT

* [2007-06-22] Addendum to Contentions of Jeannine Honicker ML021920188 2002-07-03 9 05000327 05000328 05000390 DPR-077 DPR-079 NPF-090 +adjud/ruledam200506 50-327-OLA 50-328-OLA 50-390-OLA ASLBP 02-796-01-OLA RAS 4628 2002-07-03 2007-06-21 2002-07-10 UNITED STATE OF AMERICA DOCKETED NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION USNRC ATOMIC SAFETY AND LI

* [2007-06-20] Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Request for Relief G-RR-1 Regarding Preemptive Weld Overlays on Pressurizer Nozzles (TAC Nos. MD2381, MD2382 and MD2383) ML070800361 2007-06-11 20 05000327 05000328 05000390 DPR-077 DPR-079 NPF-090 G-RR-1 TAC MD2381 TAC MD2382 TAC MD2383 2007-06-11 2007-06-19 June 11, 2007 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr. Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101

June 16, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-16] Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 and Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1- NRC Generic letter 2006-01: Steam Generator Tube Integrity And Associated Technical Specifications (TAC NOS. MD0110, MD0111 and MD0121) ML071500010 2007-06-07 5 05000327 05000328 05000390 DPR-077 DPR-079 NPF-090 TAC MD0110 TAC MD0111 TAC MD0121 2007-06-07 2007-06-15 June 7, 2007 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr. Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market S

* [2007-06-16] Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1- Request For Additional Information Regarding Technical Specification Change Request For Ultimate Heat Sink Temperature (Tac No. MD1460) ML071430469 2007-06-07 5 05000390 NPF-090 TAC MD1460 2007-06-07 2007-06-15 June 7, 2007 Mr. William R. Campbell, Jr. Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCL

* [2007-06-15] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Notification of Modification of Biocide/Corrosion Treatment Plan (B/CTP) National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit TN0020168 ML071570371 2007-05-29 5 05000390 NPF-090 TN0020168 2007-05-29 2007-06-14 Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 MAY 29 2U0" U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen: In the

June 9, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-06-08] Watts Bar, Unit 2 - Another Key Assumption for the Possible Completion of Construction Activities ML071500106 2007-05-17 3 05000390 05000391 2007-05-17 2007-06-07 Union of .. Concerned Scientists Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions May 17, 2007 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Mail Stop: OWFN P1-35 Washington, DC 20555-0001 In the

May 19, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-05-18] Watts Bar, Unit 1, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Inservice Inspection (ISI) Program Request for Relief SNBR-1 - Response to Request for Additional Information. ML071290561 2007-05-09 10 05000390 TAC MD4450 2007-05-09 2007-05-17 May 9, 2007 10 CFR 50.55a U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen: In the Matter of ) Docket No. 50-390 Tennessee Valley Authority ) WAT

* [2007-05-17] 05/21/2007 - Canceled Forthcoming Meeting With Tennessee Valley Authority to Discuss the Possible Resumption of Construction and Licensing of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. ML071360221 2007-05-16 5 05000391 NPF-090 2007-05-16 2007-05-16 C A N C E L E D May 16, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: L. Raghavan, Chief Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing FROM: Joseph F. Williams, Senior Project Manager /RA/ Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Di

* [2007-05-17] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report for 2006. ML071280378 2007-05-02 283 05000390 2007-05-02 2007-05-16 Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 MAY 0 2 2007 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen: In the

* [2007-05-15] Annual Assessment Letter - Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, NRC IR 05000390-07-001 and 05000391-07-001. ML070600582 2007-03-01 5 2007-03-01 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Re-Take Reactor Operator Initial Written Examinations - Watts Bar - 05000390/2007-301. ML070730048 2007-03-13 5 2007-03-13 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] 03/12/2007 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority, Regarding the Possible Resumption of Construction and Licensing of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2. ML070610418 2007-03-02 3 2007-03-02 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] 03/12/2007 Slides/Handouts, "Detailed Scoping Estimating and Planning Study (DSEP)," from Meeting with Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar, Unit 2. ML070740440 2007-03-12 10 2007-03-12 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] 04/09/2007 Watts Bar RE: Meeting Notice Provides Additional Details and Meeting Announcement - Public Meeting. ML070810298 2007-03-22 5 2007-03-22 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] LER 06-010-00 for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, re Both Trains of Auxiliary Building Gas Treatment System (ABGTS) Inoperable Due to Boundary Breach. ML070440324 2007-02-12 6 2007-02-12 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Press Release-II-07-008 - NRC to Hold Public Meeting at Sweetwater on April 9 to Discuss 2006 Performance at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant. ML070940645 2007-04-04 2 2007-04-04 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar 2006 End Of Cycle. ML070600581 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Confirmatory Action Letter. ML070660025 2007-03-12 6 2007-03-12 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1, Relief, Request For Relief For the Second 10-Year Pump And Valve Inservice Testing Program, MD2527, MD2528, MD2529, and MD2530. ML070090504 2007-03-09 16 2007-03-09 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar Report 22, Inspection/Activity Plan 03/01/2007 - 09/30/2008. ML070600588 2007-03-01 2 2007-03-01 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Inservice Inspection Summary Report for the Seventh Cycle of Operation. ML070610419 2007-02-21 239 2007-02-21 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Inspection and Mitigation of Alloy 600/82/182 Pressurizer Butt Welds - Supplemental Information. ML070640090 2007-02-27 3 2007-02-27 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Technical Specification Change WBN-TS-06-09 Second Request for Additional Information Regarding Technical Specification Change Request for Ultimate Heat Sink Temperature. ML070640084 2007-02-16 9 2007-02-16 2007-05-14

* [2007-05-15] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - Withdrawal of Request for Relief ISPT-01 for Inservice Pressure Test Program. ML070640086 2007-02-23 2 2007-02-23 2007-05-14

May 12, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-05-12] Enclosure 1, Watts Bar - 2006 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report for the Period January through December 2006. ML071230082 2007-04-27 66 05000390 2007-04-27 2007-05-11 Enclosure 1 Watts Bar Nuclear Plant 2006 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report 2006 WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT EFFLUENT AND WASTE DISPOSAL ANNUAL REPORT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION 1. Regulatory Limits A. Gaseous Effluents 1.

* [2007-05-12] Watts Bar - 2006 Effluent and Waste Disposal Annual Report, Attachment 3.0 Offsite Dose Calculation Manual, Rev 18. ML071230084 2006-08-18 209 05000390 2006-08-18 2007-05-11 2006 WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT EFFLUENT AND WASTE DISPOSAL ANNUAL REPORT ATTACHMENT 3.0 Offsite Dose Calculation Manual E1-66 WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLANT OFFSITE DOSE CALCULATION MANUAL (ODCM) Revision 18 Prepared by: Submitted By:

* [2007-05-12] Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Response To Generic Letter 2006-02 "Grid Reliability and the Impact on Plant Risk and the Operability of Offsite Power". ML071080225 2007-05-03 4 05000390 NPF-090 GL-06-002 RG-1.155 TAC MD1049 2007-05-03 2007-05-11 May 3, 2007 Mr. Preston D. Swafford Interim Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT: WATTS

* [2007-05-12] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - 2006 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report (ARERR). ML071230080 2007-04-27 2 05000390 2007-04-27 2007-05-11 Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 APR 2 7 2007 10 CFR 50.36a(a)(2) U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen: In the

* [2007-05-10] 05/21/07 Notice of Forthcoming Meeting With Tennessee Valley Authority, to Discuss the Possible Resumption of Construction and Licensing of the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 2. ML071270817 2007-05-09 5 05000391 2007-05-09 2007-05-09 May 9, 2007 MEMORANDUM TO: L. Raghavan, Chief Plant Licensing Branch III-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing FROM: Joseph F. Williams, Senior Project Manager /RA/ Plant Licensing Branch III-2 Division of Operating React

* [2007-05-10] Watts Bar (WBN) Unit 1 - Technical Specification Change 07-01, Revision of Number of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TPBARS) in the Reactor Core. ML071210604 2007-04-25 37 05000390 NPF-090 TVA-WBN-TS-07-01 2007-04-25 2007-05-09 T04 070425 811 April 25, 2007 TVA-WBN-TS-07-01 10 CFR 50.90 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555 Gentlemen: In the Matter of ) Docket No. 5

* [2007-05-08] Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 - Review Of 10 CFR 50.46 Notifications Of ECCS Evaluation Model Changes. ML071170021 2007-04-27 5 05000390 NPF-090 TAC MD1235 2007-04-27 2007-05-07 April 27, 2007 Mr. Preston D. Swafford Interim Chief Nuclear Officer Nuclear Support Tennessee Valley Authority 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT: WATTS BAR NUCLEAR PLAN

May 5, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-05-04] IR 05000390-07-002, 05000391-07-002; on 01/01/2007 - 03/31/2007; Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2; Problem Identification and Resolution. ML071160146 2007-04-24 23 05000390 05000391 CPPR-0092 NPF-090 IR-07-002 2007-04-24 2007-05-03 April 24, 2007 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. Preston D. Swafford, Acting Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402

* [2007-05-03] Watts Bar - Unit 2- Key Assumptions for the Possible Completion of Construction Activities. ML071220020 2007-04-03 8 05000391 L44 070403 001 2007-04-03 2007-05-02 Tennessee Valley Authority, 11 01 Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402-2801 April 3, 2007 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Eesk Mail Stop: OWFN PI-35 Washington, D.C. 20555-0001

* [2007-05-01] Ltr. to Preston D. Swafford re: Watts Bar Nuclear Plant- NRC Material Control and Accounting Program Inspection - Report 05000390/2007202. ML071020222 2007-04-23 4 05000390 NPF-090 IR-07-202 2007-04-23 2007-04-30 Official Use Only - Security-Related Information Official Use Only - Security-Related Information April 23, 2007 Tennessee Valley Authority Attn: Mr. Preston D. Swafford, Interim Chief Nuclear Officer and Ex

April 28, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-04-28] LER 05-002-02 for Watts Bar, Unit 1 Regarding G45 Fuel Assembly Clad Damage. ML071090456 2007-04-18 8 05000390 NPF-090 LER 05-002-02 2007-04-18 2007-04-27 Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 Mike Skaggs Site Vice President, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant APR 1 8 2007 10 CFR 50.73 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN:

April 21, 2007

New this week from NRC Public Document Room

* [2007-04-21] IR 05000390-07-006, on 02/12/2007 - 02/16/2007, 02/26/2007 - 03/9/2007; Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant; Component Design Bases Inspection. ML071100271 2007-04-20 31 05000390 NPF-090 IR-07-006 2007-04-20 2007-04-20 April 20, 2007 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. Preston D. Swafford, Acting Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 SUBJECT: WATT

* [2007-04-21] Watts Bar, Unit 1 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Inservice Inspection (ISI) Program Request for Relief 1-ISI-20. ML071020109 2007-04-05 21 05000390 2007-04-05 2007-04-20 | Tennessee Valley Authority, Post Office Box 2000, Spring City, Tennessee 37381-2000 APR o 5 2007 10 CFR 50.55a U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Gentlemen: In the Ma

March 2, 2007

TVA to discuss resuming construction of Watts Bar-2 with NRC at March 12, 2007 meeting

R. Baron, et al. of TVA are coming to Rockville for 11 am - 1 pm meeting on Monday, March 12 in Two White Flint North bldg, room T8A1. NRC's meeting contact is Joseph F. Williams (301-415-1470). The meeting notice, dated March 2, 2007, is available as ADAMS ACN ML070610418.

Recent NRC inspections

* (released Dec 11) Watts Bar SG tube rupture safety systems report 50-390-2003-7

* (released Sept 6) Watts Bar safeguards report 50-390-2003-6

* (released June 12) Watts Bar problem ID & resolution team report 50-390-2003-8

* Watts Bar report 50-390-2003-2

* Watts Bar report 50-390/2002-4

August 6, 2003

* Watts Bar - Westinghouse-SC again wins fuel fabrication contract



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