CPSES-200200716, Day Answer to NRC Order for Interim Safeguards and Security Compensatory Measures
| ML020850643 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Comanche Peak  |
| Issue date: | 03/18/2002 |
| From: | Blevins M, Terry C TXU Electric |
| To: | Collins S Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| CPSES-200200716, EA-02-026, TXX-02058 | |
| Download: ML020850643 (5) | |
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"* TXU TXU Energy C. Lance Terry Ref EA-02-026 r,....
Dank Steam Senior Vice President & Principal Nuclear Officer Electric Station P.O. Box 1002 (E01)
Glen Rose, TX 76043 Tel: 254 897 8920 Fax: 254 897 6652 lance.terry@txu.com CPSES-200200716 Log # TXX-02058 March 18, 2002 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Mr. Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Room 5 D2, Mail Stop 0-5 E7 One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852
SUBJECT:
SAFEhfGUmAmK[kS U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 COMANCHE PEAK STEAM ELECTRIC STATION (CPSES)
DOCKET NOS. 50-445 AND 50-446 20 DAY ANSWER TO NRC ORDER FOR INTERIM SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY COMPENSATORY MEASURES EA-02-026 REF:
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NRC Letter from Samuel J. Collins, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation to C. Lance Terry, Senior Vice president and Principal Nuclear Officer, Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station dated February 25, 2002
- 2.
TXU Energy letter (TXX-02059) from C. L. Terry to the U. S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission dated March 18, 2002 Gentlemen:
Via reference 1, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC or Commission) issued an Order to TXU Generating Company LP (TXU Energy) that modifies the current operating licenses for Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station (CPSES), Units 1 and 2. The Order was immediately effective and requires compliance with specific interim safeguards and security compensatory measures as stated in an attachment to the Order.
NOTICE: Attachment 2 contains "Safeguards Information."
Upon separation of Attachment 2, this letter, including, are "Decontrolled."
A member of the STARS (Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing) Alliance Callaway
- Comanche Peak
- Diablo Canyon
- Palo Verde -
South Texas Project
- Wolf Creek ENCLOSURE CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION, UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED.,
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I TXU TXX-02058 Page 2 of 3 The Order required a 20 day answer. Attachment 1 to this letter is the 20 day answer for CPSES. Attachment 2 (contains Safeguards Information) is a description of the actions and commitments being taken by CPSES to comply with the Order. Reference 2 is a TXU Energy request for an extension of time to submit an answer and request a hearing on portions of the Order.
This answer is hereby submitted to the Commission in accordance with 1 OCFR50.4.
I state under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on March 18, 2002.
Sincerely, TXU Generation Company LP By:
TXU Generation Management Company LLC, Its General Partner C. L. Terry Senior Vice President and Principal Nuclear Officer By:________'
Michael R. Blevins Vice President & Deputy to the Senior Vice President & Principal Nuclear Officer ENCLOSURE CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION, UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED.
- TXU TXX-02058 Page 3 of 3 DRW/dw Attachments:
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2.
20 Day Answer to Order Description of actions being taken to comply with Order (Safeguards Information) c -
E. W. Merschoff, Region IV W. D. Johnson, Region IV (without Attachment 2)
D. H. Jaffe, NRR (without Attachment 2)
Resident Inspectors, CPSES (without Attachment 2)
Secretary, Office of the Secretary of the Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Washington, DC 20555 Assistant General Counsel for Materials Litigation and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff Washington, DC 20555 ENCLOSURE CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS Ir4FORnATfO,,.
UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONTROLLED..,
Attachment I to TXX-02058 Page I of 2 20 Day Answer to Order The NRC order of February 25, 2002, included the following reporting requirements:
B. 1. All Licensees shall, within twenty (20) days of the date of this Order, notify the Commission, (1) if they are unable to comply with any of the requirements described in, (2) if compliance with any of the requirements is unnecessary in their specific circumstances, or (3) if implementation of any of the requirements would cause the Licensee to be in violation of the provisions of any Commission regulation or the facility license. The notification shall provide the Licensees' justification for seeking relief from or variation of any specific requirement.
- 2. Any Licensee that considers that implementation of any of the requirements described in Attachment 2 to this Order would adversely impact safe operation of the facility must notify the Commission, within twenty (20)days of this Order, of the adverse safety impact, the basis for its determination that the requirement has an adverse safety impact, and either a proposal for achieving the same objectives specified in the requirement in question, or a schedule for modifying the facility to address the adverse safety condition. If neither approach is appropriate, the Licensee must supplement its response to Condition Bl of this Order to identify the condition as a requirement with which it cannot comply, with attendant justifications as required in Condition B 1.
C. 1. All Licensees shall, within twenty (20) days of the date of this Order, submit to the Commission, a schedule for achieving compliance with each requirement described in.
- 2. All Licensees shall report to the Commission, when they have achieved full compliance with the requirements described in Attachment 2.
TXU Energy Answer The TXU Energy answer below applies to all Interim Compensatory Measures (ICMs) in the Order except for those for which TXU Energy has requested an extension (see TXU Energy letter TXX-02059 of March 18, 2002). The complete answer for the ICMs, for which TXU Energy has requested an extension, will be provided as described in the extension request letter.
Item 1I: TXU Energy is able to comply with and will implement the requirements in of the Order. A description of TXU Energy's understanding of each requirement and the means by which TXU intends to implement each requirement is provided in Attachment 2 to this answer letter. Implementation of these requirements ENCLOSURE CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INrORNIATION, UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONITROLLED.
to TXX-02058 Page 2 of 2 will not cause TXU Energy to be in violation of the provisions of the applicable Commission regulations for the facility operating licenses.
Item B2: TXU Energy does not consider that the implementation of the requirements in to the Order would adversely impact safe operation of CPSES Units 1 and 2.
Item Cl: The schedule for achieving compliance with the requirements in Attachment 2 to the Order are in Attachment 2 to this answer letter.
Item C2: TXU Energy will report to the Commission when full compliance with the requirements in Attachment 2 to the Order have been achieved.
ENCLOSURE CONTAINS SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION, UPON SEPARATION THIS PAGE IS DECONITROLLED.