ML072120467

Completion of Actions for Confirmatory Action Letter NRR-07-005

ML072120467
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/13/2007
From:	Catherine Haney Plant Licensing Branch III-2
To:	Gasser J Southern Nuclear Operating Co
Lingam, Siva NRR/DORL 415-1564
References
TAC MD4195, NRR-07-005
Download: ML072120467 (4)

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August 13, 2007 Mr. Jeffrey T. Gasser Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham, Alabama 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT, UNIT 2 - COMPLETION OF ACTIONS FOR CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER NRR-07-005 (TAC NO. MD4195)

Dear Mr. Gasser:

On March 12, 2007, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) No. NRR-07-005 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML070660103) regarding dissimilar metal welds in the pressurizers at Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP), Units 1 and 2. This letter acknowledges receipt of your letter dated June 20, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071710549) informing the NRC of actions taken at VEGP Unit 2 in response to the CAL.

In your letter, you stated that Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. (SNC), submitted an April 13, 2007, letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML071080311) to the NRC providing examination results for the VEGP Unit 2 pressurizer nozzle full structural weld overlays and a discussion of repairs to the overlay material and/or base metal. This information was supplemented by SNC letter dated April 13,2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071030407). You stated that these submittals satisfied the 60-day reporting requirement committed to by SNC letter dated March 6, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML070650572), and that all of the actions and commitments addressed in the CAL with regard to VEGP Unit 2 are complete.

Based on your letter, the NRC staff concluded that all the commitments listed in the CAL and the supporting commitment letters have been met for VEGP Unit 2. With respect to VEGP Unit 2, no further response is required regarding the CAL and it is no longer necessary to implement enhanced inspection and leakage monitoring requirements for the reactor coolant system. This action closes TAC No. MD4195.

Thank you for informing us of the actions documented in your letter. These actions may be examined during a future NRC inspection of your facility.

Since the CAL addressed both VEGP units, it will remain open until all CAL commitments pertaining to VEGP Unit 1 are complete. TAC No. MD4194 for Unit 1 will also remain open.

Current NRC guidance regarding CALs is contained in the NRC Enforcement Policy and the NRC Enforcement Manual, which are available at the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/enforcement.html (click on Enforcement Policy or Enforcement Guidance) or by contacting the Government Printing Office (GPO) toll-free at 1-888-293-6498. The GPO is open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays).

J. Gasser In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2, "Rules of Practice,"

Section 2.390, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Catherine Haney, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-425 cc: See next page

ML072120467 OFFICE DCI/CPNB DCI/CPNB LPL2-1/PM LPL2-1/LA LPL2-1/BC Lead Eng NAME TLupold TChan SLingam MOBrien EMarinos DATE 8/7/07 8/7/07 7/31/07 8/6/07 8/6/07 OFFICE DCI/D DRP/D, RGN2 DORL/D NAME MEvans CCasto CHaney DATE 8/9/07 8/7/07 8/13/07 Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 & 2 cc:

Mr. Tom E. Tynan Arthur H. Domby, Esquire Vice President - Vogtle Troutman Sanders Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Nations Bank Plaza 7821 River Road 600 Peachtree Street, NE Waynesboro, GA 30830 Suite 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216 Mr. N. J. Stringfellow Manager, Licensing Resident Inspector Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Vogtle Plant P.O. Box 1295 8805 River Road Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Waynesboro, GA 30830 Mr. Jeffrey T. Gasser Office of the County Commissioner Executive Vice President Burke County Commission Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Waynesboro, GA 30830 P.O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295 Mr. Steven M. Jackson Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia 1470 Riveredge Parkway, NW Atlanta, GA 30328-4684 Mr. Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission 244 Washington St., SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Mr. Harold Reheis, Director Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334 Attorney General Law Department 132 Judicial Building Atlanta, GA 30334 Mr. Laurence Bergen Oglethorpe Power Corporation 2100 East Exchange Place P.O. Box 1349 Tucker, GA 30085-1349