ML050880490
| ML050880490 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  (DPR-043) |
| Issue date: | 03/29/2005 |
| From: | Kozak T Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Lambert C Nuclear Management Co |
| References | |
| ea-05-021, IR-04-009 | |
| Download: ML050880490 (5) | |
See also: IR 05000305/2004009
Text
March 29, 2005
EA 05-021
Mr. Craig W. Lambert
Site Vice President
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant
Nuclear Management Company, LLC
N490 Hwy 42
Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511
SUBJECT:
REGULATORY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS A PRELIMINARY GREATER
THAN GREEN FINDING (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 50-305/2004-09) -
KEWAUNEE CONTAINMENT EQUIPMENT HATCH INTERFERENCE
Dear Mr. Lambert:
This letter refers to the public meeting conducted on March 17, 2005, at 2:15 p.m. Central
Standard Time, at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III office in Lisle, Illinois. The
purpose of the Regulatory Conference was for the Nuclear Management Company, LLC (NMC)
to provide its perspective on the significance of the preliminary greater than Green inspection
finding at the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant related to the Containment Equipment Hatch
Interference issue.
In addition, the Regulatory Conference was an opportunity for NMC to provide any
revised or new information associated with the original risk analysis, and any other information
related to the finding. The preliminary greater than Green inspection finding was discussed in
Inspection Report 50-305/2004-09 issued on February 14, 2005, and by letter dated
February 18, 2005.
At the Regulatory Conference, your staff presented an overview of the event, related corrective
actions, and the methodology and results of your independent safety assessment of the
preliminary greater than Green finding. During the meeting, your staff also provided risk
analysis results which were used in your independent safety assessment. Your staffs
presentation also included a discussion, based upon the additional information presented, that it
is your view that the finding would be more properly characterized as Green, that is, a finding of
very low safety significance. The NRC and NMC staffs held extensive discussions regarding
specific technical issues related to your analysis. Topics discussed included containment
habitability analysis, as well as the availability of personnel for the closure of the containment
hatch.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rule 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). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
C. Lambert
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A listing of principal NMC and NRC attendees and the handouts provided by NMC at the
Regulatory Conference are attached as Enclosures 1 and 2 to this letter. Enclosure 3 contains
the information presented by the NRC staff. Supporting risk assessment and plant response
documentation submitted by NMC can be found in ADAMS (Accession Number ML050820207
and ML050810497, respectively).
You will be advised of our final decision in this matter by separate correspondence. If you have
any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at (630) 829-9866.
Sincerely,
/RA by Raymond Ng Acting for /
Thomas Kozak, Team Leader
Technical Support Section
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-305
License No. DPR-43
Enclosures:
1) List of Principal Attendees
2) NMC Handout
3) NRC Handout
cc w/encls:
J. Cowan, Executive Vice President,
Chief Nuclear Officer
Plant Manager
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel & Secretary
D. Molzahn, Nuclear Asset Manager,
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
L. Weyers, Chairman, President and CEO,
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
D. Zellner, Chairman, Town of Carlton
J. Kitsembel, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
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Enclosure 1
REGULATORY CONFERENCE PRINCIPAL ATTENDEES
March 17, 2005
Craig Anderson
Senior Vice-President
Craig Lambert
Site Vice-President
Kevin Davison
Plant Manager
Edward Weinkam
Director, Regulatory Services
Thomas Breene
Systems Engineering Manager
Theodore Maloney
Licensing Engineer
George Baldwin
PRA Engineer
Edward Coen
PRA Engineer
John Holly
Design Engineer
Jim Callaghan
Manager, Bigge Power Constructions
Rick Ofstun
Westinghouse Engineer
NRC
James Caldwell
Regional Administrator
Mark Satorius
Director, Division of Reactor Projects
Tom Kozak
Team Leader, TSS, Division of Reactor Projects
Kenneth OBrien
Team Leader, EICS, Region III
Patrick Higgins
Resident Inspector - Kewaunee
Senior Reactor Analyst, Division of Reactor Safety
Reactor Engineer, Division of Reactor Projects
Douglas Starkey
Enforcement Specialist, Office of Enforcement