ML061710009
| ML061710009 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 06/19/2006 |
| From: | Blough A Division of Reactor Safety I |
| To: | Dacimo F Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| Shared Package | |
| ML061600295 | List: |
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| Download: ML061710009 (4) | |
See also: IR 05000247/2005005
Text
June 19, 2006
Mr. Fred Dacimo
Site Vice President
Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Indian Point Energy Center
295 Broadway, Suite 1
P.O. Box 249
Buchanan, NY 10511-0249
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO MARCH 8, 2006, LETTER CONCERNING NCV
05000247/2005-05-07 AND NCV 05000286/2005-05-04: FAILURE TO MAKE A
10CFR50.72(b)(3)(xiii) NOTIFICATION
Dear Mr. Dacimo:
This letter is in regard to your letter dated March 8, 2006, written in response to NRC Inspection
Report Nos. 05000247/2005005 and 05000286/2005005. In your letter, you stated that you
were not formally contesting the non-cited violations but were providing clarification to the
bases and reasons surrounding the findings. Nonetheless, we reviewed your letter to
determine if it provided information that would lead us to vacate any previously issued findings
or conclusions. The findings stemmed from siren system problems which occurred in August
2005. Your letter provided information regarding Entergys decision not to make a formal report
to the NRC Operations Center when the normal process for siren activation was not available.
We appreciate the perspective that you provided. In our review of your letter, we did not
identify any information that had not been considered prior to the issuance of the inspection
report or that would have changed our conclusion. Therefore, we have determined that both
findings remain valid as documented in the inspection report.
Your letter stated that the sirens could have been activated from the Entergy emergency
operations facility, even though Westchester County was unable to activate its sirens for a
period of time. The letter also stated that the reportability thresholds of 10 CFR 50.72 were not
met because the capability to sound the sirens was degraded but not lost. Your letter then
provided several reasons to substantiate your position. The NRC considered these reasons
prior to issuing our inspection report and we agree with the factual matters in your letter. As to
whether it may have been appropriate to use engineering judgment in not making a report, the
NRC has concluded that a formal notification under 10 CFR 50.72(b)(3)(xiii) was indeed
required because the normal processes for actuation of the sirens were not available and the
site did not have formal procedures for, and had limited experience with, the potential alternate
siren actuation method.
F. Dacimo
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The NRC will continue to closely monitor activities related to your siren system. The NRCs
Executive Director of Operations approved a deviation from the Reactor Oversight Process for
Indian Point on October 31, 2005, that enabled continued NRC oversight of Entergys actions to
improve reliability and availability of the alert and notification system, including implementation
of backup power requirements delineated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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 (the Public
Electronic Reading Room).
If you have any questions question this matter, please contact me at 610-337-5126.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director
Division of Reactor Safety
Docket Nos:
50-247, 50-286
cc:
G. J. Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Entergy Operations
M. R. Kansler, President, Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc. (ENO)
J. T. Herron, Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer (ENO)
C. Schwarz, Vice President, Operations Support (ENO)
P. Rubin, General Manager Operations (ENO)
O. Limpias, Vice President, Engineering (ENO)
J. McCann, Director, Licensing (ENO)
C. D. Faison, Manager, Licensing (ENO)
M. J. Colomb, Director of Oversight (ENO)
J. Comiotes, Director, Nuclear Safety Assurance (ENO)
P. Conroy, Manager, Licensing (ENO)
T. C. McCullough, Assistant General Counsel, Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
P. R. Smith, President, New York State Energy, Research and Development Authority
P. Eddy, Electric Division, New York State Department of Public Service
C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law
D. ONeill, Mayor, Village of Buchanan
J. G. Testa, Mayor, City of Peekskill
R. Albanese, Four County Coordinator
S. Lousteau, Treasury Department, Entergy Services, Inc.
Chairman, Standing Committee on Energy, NYS Assembly
Chairman, Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation, NYS Assembly
Chairman, Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions
F. Dacimo
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M. Slobodien, Director, Emergency Planning
B. Brandenburg, Assistant General Counsel
Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, NYS Assembly
County Clerk, Westchester County Legislature
A. Spano, Westchester County Executive
R. Bondi, Putnam County Executive
C. Vanderhoef, Rockland County Executive
E. A. Diana, Orange County Executive
T. Judson, Central NY Citizens Awareness Network
M. Elie, Citizens Awareness Network
D. Lochbaum, Nuclear Safety Engineer, Union of Concerned Scientists
Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project
M. Mariotte, Nuclear Information & Resources Service
F. Zalcman, Pace Law School, Energy Project
L. Puglisi, Supervisor, Town of Cortlandt
Congresswoman Sue W. Kelly
Congresswoman Nita Lowey
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
Senator Charles Schumer
J. Riccio, Greenpeace
A. Matthiessen, Executive Director, Riverkeeper, Inc.
M. Kaplowitz, Chairman of County Environment & Health Committee
A. Reynolds, Environmental Advocates
M. Jacobs, Director, Longview School
D. Katz, Executive Director, Citizens Awareness Network
P. Leventhal, The Nuclear Control Institute
K. Coplan, Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic
W. DiProfio, PWR SRC Consultant
D. C. Poole, PWR SRC Consultant
W. Russell, PWR SRC Consultant
W. Little, Associate Attorney, NYSDEC
R. Christman, Manager Training and Development
J. Picciano, Acting Regional Director, FEMA, Region II
F. Dacimo
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Distribution:
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S. Collins, RA
M. Dapas, DRA
B. Sosa, RI OEDO
R. Laufer, NRR
P. Milano, PM (backup)
E. Cobey, DRP
D. Jackson, DRP
C. Long, DRP
M. Cox, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector - Indian Point 2
G. Bowman, DRP, Resident Inspector - Indian Point 2
T. Hipschman, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector - Indian Point 3
B. Wittick, DRP, Resident Inspector - Indian Point 3
R. Martin, DRP, Resident OA
Region I Docket Room (w/concurrences)
R. Kahler, NSIR/EPD
S. LaVie, NSIR/EPD
A. Blough, DRS
M. Gamberoni, DRS
R. Lorson, DRS
D. Silk, DRS
D. Holody, ORA
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