ML071310402

Period of Enforcement Discretion During Implementation of National Fire Protection Association Standard 805

ML071310402
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	06/01/2007
From:	Catherine Haney Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Power Co
Olshan L N, NRR/DORL, 415-1419
References
RIS-05-007
Download: ML071310402 (5)

See also: RIS 2005-07

Text

June 1, 2007

Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton

Vice President, Oconee Site

Duke Power Company LLC

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT: OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1, 2, AND 3, PERIOD OF

ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION DURING IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL

FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

In a letter dated April 30, 2007, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

(ADAMS) Accession No. ML071280287), you requested an extension of the period of

enforcement discretion for existing identified incidents of noncompliance from 2 years to 3 years

for Oconee Nuclear Station Units 1, 2, and 3 (Oconee).

In a letter dated June 8, 2005, (ADAMS No. ML051080005), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) acknowledged your intention to adopt National Fire Protection Association

(NFPA) Standard 805, NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for

Light-Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants, 2001 edition, pursuant to Part 50, Section

50.48(c) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.48(c)), and granted Oconee

enforcement discretion during the expected 24-month transition period.

On April 18, 2006, the NRC published in the Federal Register (71 FR 19905) a revision to its

enforcement policy extending the NFPA 805 transition discretion period from 24 to 36 months.

Therefore, your request for an extension of the period of enforcement discretion from 2 years to

3 years for Oconee is granted. The NRC considers the discretion period for Oconee, which

began on June 1, 2005, to expire on May 31, 2008.

As you are aware, 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 Reactor Oversight Program, (b) enter them into your corrective action

program, and (c) implement and maintain appropriate compensatory measures until you

complete your corrective actions, or 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, for

additional NRC staff guidance on appropriate compensatory measures.

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If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Leonard N. Olshan, Project

Manager, at 301-415-1419 or LNO@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

TMcGinty for

Catherine Haney, Director

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

cc: See next page

B.Hamilton -2-

June 1, 2007

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Leonard N. Olshan, Project

Manager, at 301-415-1419 or LNO@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

TMcGinty for

Catherine Haney, Director

Division of Operating Reactor Licensing

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, and 50-287

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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Oconee Nuclear Station, Units 1, 2, and 3

cc:

Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Dept. of Health and Env. Control

Vice President, Oconee Site 2600 Bull St.

Duke Power Company LLC Columbia, SC 29201-1708

7800 Rochester Highway

Seneca, SC 29672 Mr. Michael A. Schoppman

Framatome ANP

Ms. Lisa F. Vaughn 1911 North Ft. Myer Dr.

Associate General Counsel and Managing Suite 705

Attorney Rosslyn, VA 22209

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

526 South Church Street - EC07H Mr. B. G. Davenport

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Regulatory Compliance Manager

Oconee Nuclear Site

Manager, LIS Duke Energy Corporation

NUS Corporation ON03RC

2650 McCormick Dr., 3rd Floor 7800 Rochester Highway

Clearwater, FL 34619-1035 Seneca, SC 29672

Senior Resident Inspector

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

7812B Rochester Highway Mr. Leonard G. Green

Seneca, SC 29672 Assistant Attorney General

NC Department of Justice

Mr. Henry Porter, Director P.O. Box 629

Division of Radioactive Waste Management Raleigh, NC 27602

Bureau of Land and Waste Management

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Mr. R. L. Gill, Jr.

Manager - Nuclear Regulatory

Issues and Industry Affairs

Duke Power Company LLC

526 S. Church St.

Mail Stop EC05P

Charlotte, NC 28202

Division of Radiation Protection

NC Dept of Environment, Health, & Natural

Resources

3825 Barrett Dr.

Raleigh, NC 27609-7721

Mr. Peter R. Harden, IV

VP-Customer Relations and Sales

Westinghouse Electric Company

6000 Fairview Road

12th Floor

Charlotte, NC 28210

Mr. Henry Barron

Group Vice President, Nuclear Generation

and Chief Nuclear Officer

P.O. Box 1006-EC07H

Charlotte, NC 28201-1006

Mr. Charles Brinkman

Director, Washington Operations

Westinghouse Electric Company

12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330

Rockville, MD 20852

Ms. Kathryn B. Nolan

Senior Counsel

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

526 South Church Street - EC07H

Charlotte, NC 28202