ML072260025
| ML072260025 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley, Davis Besse, Perry |
| Issue date: | 08/14/2007 |
| From: | Nick Hilton NRC/OE |
| To: | FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
| Starkey D | |
| References | |
| EA-07-199, EN-07-048, FOIA/PA-2007-0299 | |
| Download: ML072260025 (2) | |
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August 14, 2007 EN-07-048 OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION OF SIGNIFICANT ENFORCEMENT ACTION Licensee:
FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (EA-07-199)
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Perry Nuclear Power Plant Docket Nos. 05000334, 05000412, 05000346, and 05000440
Subject:
CONFIRMATORY ORDER This is to inform the Commission that a Confirmatory Order (Effective Immediately) will be issued on or about August 15, 2007, to FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC).
The Confirmatory Order is being issued to formalize commitments made by FENOC following the NRC staffs issuance of a Demand for Information (DFI) on May 14, 2007. The DFI was issued in response to the information provided by FENOC relative to its re-analysis of the time line and root causes for the 2002 Davis-Besse reactor pressure vessel head degradation event following its receipt of a report prepared by Exponent Failure Analysis Associates and Altran Solutions Corporation (Exponent). On June 13, 2007, FENOC provided its response to the DFI and on June 27, 2007, the NRC held a public meeting with FENOC to discuss the DFI response. On July 16, 2007, FENOC provided a supplemental response to the DFI which provided additional detail regarding the planned implementation of commitments established in its June 13, 2007, response to the DFI. FENOC has agreed to the issuance and immediate effectiveness of the Confirmatory Order and has waived its right to request a hearing on all or any part of the Order.
The schedule of issuance and notification is:
Mailing of Confirmatory Order August 15, 2007 Telephone Notification of FENOC August 15, 2007 The States of Ohio and Pennsylvania will be notified.
Contacts: Doug Starkey, OE, 301-415-3456 Nick Hilton, OE, 301-415-3055
Electronic Distribution: EN-07-048, August 14, 2007 OWFN Chairman Klein Comm. McGaffigan Comm. Merrifield Comm. Jaczko Comm. Lyons SECY OCA OPA OIP OWFN EDO DEDR DEDMRT OE OGC NRR NSIR OI TWFN OCFO OP CENTER NMSS OIG OCIO RES ACRS FSME Regional Offices RI RII RIII RIV MAIL PUBLIC OE staff DISTRIBUTION: (Hard copy)
C. Carpenter, OE S. Magruder, OE N. Hilton, OE D. Starkey, OE OE r/f EA-07-199 File EN binder ML072260025 X Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive X Non-Sensitive OE:ES OE:SC DStarkey NHilton 8/14/07 8/14/07