ML052420724

Meeting Announcement - Public Meeting with Duke Energy Corporation Regarding Oconee Nuclear Station

ML052420724
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Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	08/30/2005
From:	Ernstes M NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB1
To:	Rosalyn Jones Duke Energy Corp
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August 30, 2005 Duke Energy Corporation ATTN: Mr. Ronald A. Jones Vice President Oconee Site 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING - OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287

Dear Mr. Jones:

This letter confirms the telephone conversation between James Weast of your staff and myself on August 8, 2005, concerning the scheduling of a Regulatory Performance Meeting for September 20, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. This is a Category One public meeting required by the NRC Action Matrix. The meeting notice, which provides additional details is enclosed. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the results of the supplemental inspection performed to assess your corrective actions associated with two White findings identified in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone that placed the performance of Oconee Units 1, 2, and 3 in the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Action Matrix for the third quarter 2004. The first White finding involved pressurizer ambient heat losses in all three Oconee units exceeding the capacity of the pressurizer heaters powered from the standby shutdown facility (SSF). That White finding was evaluated and closed in Supplemental Inspection Report 05000269,270,287/2004011. The second White finding involved delayed manning of the SSF during a fire in certain plant areas. The supplemental inspection was completed on June 8, 2005, and the results were reported in NRC Supplemental Inspection Report 05000269,270,287/2005006, dated June 22, 2005. This inspection focused primarily on the second White finding and the combined assessment of the two White findings.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

DEC 2 Should you have any questions concerning this conference, please contact me at 404-562-4540.

Sincerely,

/RA by Joseph B. Brady Acting For/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

Enclosure:

As stated cc: B. G. Davenport Electronic Mail Distribution Compliance Manager (ONS)

Duke Energy Corporation County Supervisor of Electronic Mail Distribution Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Lisa Vaughn Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 Legal Department (PB05E)

Duke Energy Corporation Lyle Graber, LIS 422 South Church Street NUS Corporation P. O. Box 1244 Electronic Mail Distribution Charlotte, NC 28201-1244 R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager David A. Repka Nuclear Regulatory Issues Winston & Strawn LLP and Industry Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Duke Energy Corporation 526 S. Church Street Beverly Hall, Acting Director Charlotte, NC 28201-0006 Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environmental Peggy Force Health & Natural Resources Assistant Attorney General Electronic Mail Distribution N. C. Department of Justice Electronic Mail Distribution Henry J. Porter, Assistant Director Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control

OFFICE SIGNATURE JBB1 NAME JBrady DATE 8/30/2005 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

SUBJECT:

REGULATORY PERFORMANCE MEETING WITH DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION FACILITY: Oconee Nuclear Station DOCKETS: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 DATE & TIME: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 2:00 p.m. (EDT)

LOCATION: Complex Building Auditorium Oconee Nuclear Station 155 East Pickens Highway (Hwy 183)

Seneca, SC 29672 PURPOSE: The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the results of the supplemental inspection performed to assess Oconees corrective actions associated with two White findings identified in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone that resulted in Oconee Units 1,2, and 3 third quarter 2004 performance being in the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Action Matrix.

The NRC's Policy Statement, "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov, and contains information regarding visitors and security.

CATEGORY: This is a Category 1 meeting: The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

NRC OFFICE(S)

PARTICIPATING: Region II (RII)

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING: None PARTICIPANTS:

C. Casto, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII M. Ernstes, Chief, DRP Branch 1, RII M. Shannon, Oconee Senior Resident Inspector

2 R. Jones, Vice President, ONS B. Hamilton, Station Manager, ONS L. Nicholson, Safety Assurance Manager, ONS G. Davenport, Compliance Manager, Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS)

MEETING CONTACT: Michael E. Ernstes, NRC, RII (404)562-4540 MEE@nrc.gov