ML042580225

Implementation Status of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Interim Compensatory Measures

ML042580225
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/10/2004
From:	Bhalchandra Vaidya NRC/NRR/DLPM
To:	Vanmiddlesworth G Nuclear Management Co
vaidya B, NRR/DLPM, 415-3308
References
TAC MC2957, TAC MC2958
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September 10, 2004 Mr. Gary D. VanMiddlesworth Site Vice President Nuclear Management Company, LLC Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516

SUBJECT:

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION INTERIM COMPENSATORY MEASURES (TAC NO. MC2957 AND MC2958)

Dear Mr. VanMiddlesworth:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Order (EA-02-104) to all holders of general and specific licenses of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs) on October 16, 2002, requiring implementation of security-related interim compensatory measures (ICMs). Since October 16, 2002, the NRC has issued by Order the same ICMs to six additional facilities. Although the NRC did not require licensees to modify their ISFSI physical protection plans in response to these Orders, the NRC staff reviewed all licensee responses to these Orders and concluded that they were acceptable.

Subsequently, the NRC issued Order (EA-03-086) dated April 29, 2003, to all power reactor licensees that required them to modify their physical security, safeguards contingency, and training and qualification plans mandated by 10 CFR 50.34(c), 50.34(d), and 73.55(b)(4)(ii) to provide protection against the revised Design Basis Threat (DBT). The Order further required that these revised power reactor security plans be submitted to the NRC by April 29, 2004.

Several licensees with ISFSIs included ISFSI-related security provisions in their revised power reactor security plans. However, the NRC does not intend to review ISFSI-related security provisions as part of its review of the revised power reactor security plans submitted in response to the April 29, 2003, Order. The NRC staff at this time, seeks to ensure that ISFSI-related security provisions implemented in response to the ICMs remain unchanged.

To achieve this aim, the NRC is requesting that those licensees who are in receipt of this letter respond in writing, within 10 days from the receipt of this letter, stating whether or not their implementation of ISFSI-related security provisions of the ISFSI ICM Orders have been modified or revised since responding to the ISFSI Orders described above. If no modifications or revisions which decrease the effectiveness of the implementation of ISFSI-related security provisions have been made, a statement to that effect will suffice as an adequate response to this letter. Where modifications or revisions which decrease the effectiveness of the ISFSI-related security provisions are proposed, provide detailed descriptions of those modifications or revisions. NRC review and approval of the proposed modifications or revisions would be required prior to implementation.

If you have any questions concerning this request, please contact me at (301) 415-1952 or by e-mail at BKV@nrc.gov.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bhalchandra Vaidya, Project Manager Security Plan Review Team Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-266 and 50-301 cc: See next page

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Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire Nuclear Asset Manager Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Wisconsin Electric Power Company Nuclear Management Company, LLC 231 West Michigan Street 700 First Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 Hudson, WI 54016 John Paul Cowan Mr. F. D. Kuester Executive Vice President & Chief Nuclear President & Chief Executive Officer Officer WE Generation Nuclear Management Company, LLC 231 West Michigan Street 700 First Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 Hudson, WI 54016 Regulatory Affairs Manager Douglas E. Cooper Point Beach Nuclear Plant Senior Vice President - Group Operations Nuclear Management Company, LLC Palisades Nuclear Plant 6610 Nuclear Road Nuclear Management Company, LLC Two Rivers, WI 54241 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Mr. Ken Duveneck Town of Two Creeks Site Director of Operations 13017 State Highway 42Mishicot, WI Nuclear Management Company, LLC 54228Town Chairman 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Chairman Public Service Commission Dennis L. Koehl of Wisconsin Site Vice-President P.O. Box 7854 Nuclear Management Company, LLC Madison, WI 53707-7854 6590 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, IL 60532-4351 Resident Inspectors Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6612 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mr. Jeffery Kitsembel Electric Division Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854