ML061350098
| ML061350098 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Calvert Cliffs, Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 05/31/2006 |
| From: | Catherine Haney Plant Licensing Branch III-2 |
| To: | Heffley J Constellation Generation Group |
| Milano P, NRR/DLPM , 415-1457 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML061350098 (6) | |
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May 31, 2006 Mr. J. M. Heffley Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Generation Group 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 310 Annapolis, MD 21401
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO LETTER OF INTENT TO ADOPT NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) STANDARD 805, CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2, AND NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2
Dear Mr. Heffley:
I am responding to your letter dated April 17, 2006 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML061150257), in which you informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that Constellation Generation Group, LLC (CGG) intends to adopt NFPA Standard 805, NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generation Plants, 2001 Edition, pursuant to Section 50.48(c) of Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.48(c)), at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (CCNPP), and Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (NMPNS). In a letter dated February 13, 2006, the NRC responded to your letter of intent dated December 19, 2005, to adopt NFPA 805 at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant.
In your April 17 letter, you informed us that the transition to the performance-based standard for fire protection at CCNPP and NMPNS will be implemented as a fleet initiative and will commence in a staggered fashion according to the following start date schedule:
NMPNS, Unit 1 May 1, 2006 CCNPP, Units 1 and 2 May 1, 2007 NMPNS, Unit 2 May 1, 2008 Your letter indicated that the current schedule, for each of these CGG sites, for the proposed initiative is 3 years for full-implementation, which includes the following:
Phase I - Preliminary assessment of the current fire protection program Phase II - Reviews and engineering analysis You also requested 3 years of enforcement discretion for non-safety significant noncompliances beginning with the implementation of the above start dates. You noted that the above phased approach may change as physical plant modifications or changes to the fire protection program are determined to be necessary. Unless you inform us in writing that your implementation schedule has changed, the enforcement discretion periods for each of the plants would begin on the dates that you had indicated and would last 3 years in accordance with the enforcement
J. Heffley discretion policy. The enforcement discretion period will continue beyond the 3 years while the NRC staff is reviewing your request for the license amendment.
In order to receive enforcement discretion, you must: (a) evaluate the risk significance of all noncompliances to assure that they do not constitute Red (or a Severity Level I) findings under the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process, (b) enter them into your corrective action program, and (c) implement and maintain appropriate compensatory measures, until the NRC staff approves your license amendment request and issues its safety evaluation. You should refer to NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2005-07, Compensatory Measures to Satisfy the Fire Protection Program Requirements, to determine appropriate compensatory measures.
In response to requests made by a number of licensees, which are not pilots for NFPA 805, for meetings with the NRC staff to discuss their transition issues, the NRC staff plans to hold periodic workshops on NFPA 805 implementation issues at the Regional offices or onsite at units transitioning to the new standard. The staff will inform the nuclear plant licensees of the schedules of these workshops.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Patrick Milano, Sr. Project Manager, at (301) 415-1457 or pdm@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Catherine Haney, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-317, 50-318, 50-220, and 50-410 cc: See next page
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Constellation Energy Generation Group Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 cc:
Mr. Michael J. Wallace President R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC c/o Constellation Energy 750 East Pratt Street Baltimore, MD 21202 Mr. John M. Heffley Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Constellation Generation Group 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 500 Annapolis, MD 21401 Mr. James A. Spina, Vice President Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702 Mr. Timothy J. OConnor Vice President Nine Mile Point Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC P.O. Box 63 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. Carey Fleming, Esquire Sr. Counsel - Nuclear Generation Constellation Generation Group, LLC 750 East Pratt Street, 17th floor Baltimore, MD 21202 Regional Administrator, Region I U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 Mark Giles, Sr. Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 287 St. Leonard, MD 20685 Kenneth Kolaczyk, Sr. Resident Inspector R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1503 Lake Road Ontario, NY 14519 Gordon Hunegs, Sr. Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 126 Lycoming, NY 13093 Mr. R. I. McLean, Manager Nuclear Programs Power Plant Research Program Maryland Department of Natural Resources 580 Taylor Avenue (B wing, 3rd floor)
Tawes State Office Building Annapolis, MD 21401 Mr. Peter R. Smith, President New York State Energy, Research, and Development Authority 17 Columbia Circle Albany, NY 12203-6399 Mr. Paul Eddy New York State Department of Public Service 3 Empire State Plaza, 10th Floor Albany, NY 12223 Mr. Louis Larragoite Director, Regulatory Matters Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway Lusby, MD 20657-4702 President Calvert County Board of Commissioners 175 Main Street Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Constellation Energy Generation Group cc:
Ms. Kristen A. Burger, Esquire Maryland People's Counsel 6 St. Paul Centre Suite 2102 Baltimore, MD 21202-1631 Ms. Patricia T. Birnie, Esquire Co-Director Maryland Safe Energy Coalition P.O. Box 33111 Baltimore, MD 21218 Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 Supervisor Town of Scriba Route 8, Box 382 Oswego, NY 13126 Mr. James R. Evans LIPA P.O. Box 129 Lycoming, NY 10393 Mr. Charles Donaldson, Esquire Assistant Attorney General New York Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 C. Adrienne Rhodes Chairman and Executive Director State Consumer Protection Board 5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2101 Albany, NY 12223-1556 Mr. Mark J. Wetterhahn, Esquire Winston & Strawn 1700 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Mr. Roy Hickok NRC Technical Training Center 5700 Brainerd Road Chattanooga, TN 37411-4017