ML041180603

Meeting Summary with Virginia Electric and Power Company to Discuss Risk Significance of Concerns Associated with NRC Response to Potential Fire in Emergency Switchgear

ML041180603
Person / Time
Site:	Surry
Issue date:	04/21/2004
From:	Ogle C NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB1
To:	Christian D Virginia Electric & Power Co (VEPCO)
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April 21, 2004 Virginia Electric and Power Company ATTN: Mr. David A. Christian Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

- SURRY POWER STATION

Dear Mr. Christian:

This refers to the open Regulatory Conference that was conducted at your request at the Region II Office on April 1, 2004, to discuss the risk significance of concerns associated with your response to a potential fire in the Emergency Switchgear and Relay Room of both units.

A list of attendees and the meeting agenda are enclosed.

It is our opinion that this conference was beneficial in that we arrived at a shared understanding of the performance issues, corrective actions and your perspective on the risk significance.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosures will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).

A copy of your presentation handout has been placed in ADAMS (ML041040134). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this conference, please contact us.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Charles R. Ogle, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-280, 50-281 Licensee Nos.: DPR-32, DPR-37

Enclosures:

1. List of Attendees

2. Meeting Agenda cc w/encls: (See page 2)

VEPCO 2 cc w/encls:

Chris L. Funderburk, Director Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Virginia Electric & Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution Richard H. Blount, II Site Vice President Surry Power Station Virginia Electric & Power Company Electronic Mail Distribution Virginia State Corporation Commission Division of Energy Regulation P. O. Box 1197 Richmond, VA 23209 Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.

Senior Counsel Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Attorney General Supreme Court Building 900 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219 Distribution w/encls:

S. Monarque, NRR C. Evans (Part 72 Only)

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List of Attendees Dominion Resources R. Blount, Surry Site Vice President C. Funderburk, Dominion Director - Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support M. Gaffney, Surry Director - Safety and Licensing E. Grecheck, Dominion Vice President - Nuclear Support Services T. Hook, Dominion Lead PRA Engineer, Nuclear Analysis and Fuels J. Martin, North Anna Supervisor Nuclear Engineering Dominion Resources (via video teleconference)

J. Ashley, Surry Licensing Engineer B. Garber, Surry Licensing Supervisor T. Huber, Surry Manager Engineering W. Oppenhimer, Surry Assistant Engineering Manager K. Sloane, Surry Director - Operations and Maintenance M. Smith, Surry Auxiliary Systems Supervisor J. Swientoniewski, Surry Manager Nuclear Operations NRC C. Christensen, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), Region II (RII)

C. Evans, Director, Enforcement and Investigations Coordination Staff (EICS), RII H. Gepford, Health Physicist, Plant Support Branch (PSB), DRS, RII*

I. Hall, Physical Security Inspector, PSB, DRS, RII*

K. Landis, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 5, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII C. Ogle, Chief, Engineering Branch 1 (EB1), DRS, RII C. Payne, Senior Reactor Inspector, EB1, DRS, RII L. Plisco, Deputy Regional Administrator, RII R. Rasmussen, SRA, Probabilistic Safety Assessment Branch (SPSB), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)*

W. Rogers, Senior Reactor Analyst (SRA), DRS, RII J. Shehee, Physical Security Inspector, PSB, DRS, RII*

S. Sparks, Senior Enforcement Specialist, EICS, RII L. Wert, Deputy Director, DRP, RII NRC (via video teleconference)

D. Arnett, Surry Resident Inspector, RII J. Arroyo, Project Engineer, Project Directorate II, NRR M. Franovich, Team Leader (Acting), SPSB, NRR R. Franovich, Enforcement Coordinator, Division of Inspection Program Management, NRR D. Harrison, Senior Risk and Reliability Engineer, SPSB, NRR N. Iqbal, Fire Protection Engineer, Plant Systems Branch (SPLB), NRR A. Klein, Senior Fire Protection Engineer, SPLB, NRR S. Monarque, Project Engineer, Project Directorate II, NRR R. Perch, Senior Reliability and Risk Analyst, SPSB, NRR F. Ramirez, Enforcement Specialist (Intern), Office of Enforcement M. Reinhart, Section Chief, SPSB, NRR G. McCoy, Surry Senior Resident Inspector, RII Enclosure 1

2 Members of the Public N. Burton, Esquire, Attorney, Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone (via teleconference)*

D. Gaynor, Senior Lead Engineer, Entergy*

C. Guey, Supervisor PRA Group, Florida Power and Light Company*

• Meeting Observers Enclosure 1

AGENDA SURRY POWER STATION APRIL 1, 2004 NRC REGION II OFFICE, ATLANTA, GA I. OPENING REMARKS, INTRODUCTIONS AND MEETING INTENT Loren Plisco, Deputy Regional Administrator II. NRC REGULATORY CONFERENCE POLICY Chris Christensen, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety III. STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE WITH RISK AND REGULATORY PERSPECTIVES Chris Christensen, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety IV.

SUMMARY

OF APPARENT VIOLATION Chris Christensen, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety V. LICENSEE RISK PERSPECTIVE PRESENTATION VI. LICENSEE RESPONSE TO APPARENT VIOLATION VII. BREAK / NRC CAUCUS Loren Plisco, Deputy Regional Administrator VIII. CLOSING REMARKS Loren Plisco, Deputy Regional Administrator Enclosure 2