ML061870270

Draft Letter to CNS on Final Significance Determination of White Finding and Notice of Violation

ML061870270
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	01/31/2005
From:	Howell A NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Edington R Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
References
EA-04-131, FOIA/PA-2006-0007 IR-04-014
Download: ML061870270 (6)

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 0 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 January XX, 2005 EA-04-131 Randall K. Edington, Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION: FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION FOR A GREEN FINDING [NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000298/2004014]

Dear Mr. Edington:

The purpose of this letter is to provide you the results of the final significance determination for a finding involving the failure to restore the Cooper Nuclear Station Division 2 service water gland seal water supply to a normal alignment following maintenance on the discharge strainer.

This error, which occurred on January 21, 2004, resulted in Division 2 of the service water system and Emergency Diesel Generator 2 being inoperable for 21 days. The finding was documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000298/2004014, issued on August 12, 2004, and was assessed under the significance determination process as a preliminary Greater than Green finding. In the cover letter for NRC Inspection Report 05000298/2004014 we informed Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) of the NRC's preliminary conclusion, and provided NPPD an opportunity to request a regulatory conference on this matter.

At your request, a Regulatory Conference was held on September 27, 2004, to discuss your perspectives regarding the risk significance of this issue. The handouts that you provided at this meeting are enclosed. During the meeting, your staff described NPPD's assessment of the significance of the findings, including a detailed discussion of a service water pump test that youran to determine the Impact of running the pump without gland seal water. You also described the corrective actions that you took for the underlying performance deficiency and association violatiofn f NRC requirements.

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Nebraska Public Rower District -5 You have 30 calendar days from the date of this letter to appeal the staff's determination of significance for the identified Green finding. Such appeals will be considered to have merit only if they meet the criteria given in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0609, Attachment 2. You are not required to respond to this letter unless the description herein does not accurately reflect your position, or if you choose to provide additional information.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules 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 NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at www.nrc.qov.

Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact Kriss Kennedy, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch C at 817-860-8144.

Sincerely, Arthur T. Howell III, Director Director of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-298 License No.: DPR-46

Enclosures:

cc w/Enclosure 1:

Clay C. Warren, Vice President of

Nebraska Public Power District Strategic Programs Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 John R. McPhail, General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 P. V. Fleming, Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Sue Semerena, Section Administrator Nebraska Health and Human Services System Division of Public Health Assurance Consumer Services Section 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director for Public Policy Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65101 Jerry Uhlmann, Director State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116

Nebraska Public Power District Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health 401 SW 7th Street, Suite D Des Moines, IA 50309 William J. Fehrman, President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Jerry C. Roberts, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321

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