ML072780045
| ML072780045 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Catawba  |
| Issue date: | 01/04/2008 |
| From: | Catherine Haney Plant Licensing Branch III-2 |
| To: | Morris J Duke Power Co |
| Stang J, NRR/DORL, 415-1345 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML072780045 (4) | |
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January 4, 2008 Mr. J. R. Morris Site Vice President Catawba Nuclear Station Duke Power Company, LLC 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745-9635
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO LETTER OF INTENT TO ADOPT NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 FOR DUKE POWER COMPANYS CATAWBA NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2
Dear Mr. Morris:
I am writing in response to your letter dated June 4, 2007, Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. (ML072260422), in which you informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that Duke Power Company LLC intends to adopt National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, NFPA 805, Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generation Plants, 2001 edition, pursuant to Section 50.48(c) of Part 50 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 50.48(c)), at Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (Catawba).
In your June 4, 2007, letter, you informed us that the transition to the performance-based standard for fire protection at Catawba will commence on July 2, 2007. You also requested a 3-year transition window and expected the transition to be completed by July 2, 2010.
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 requested 36-month discretion period for Catawba is granted. As such, the NRC considers the discretion period for Catawba to begin on July 2, 2007, and will expire on July 2, 2010. The enforcement discretion period will continue while the NRC staff reviews your submitted license amendment for transitioning to NFPA 805.
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.
J.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact John Stang, Project Manager, at 301-415-1345 or JFS2@nrc.gov.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Catherine Haney, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-413 and 50-414 cc: See next page
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Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2 Page 1 of 2 cc:
Site Vice President Catawba Nulcear Station Duke Power Company, LLC 4800 Concord Road York, SC 29745 Associate General Counsel and Managing Attorney Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street - EC07H Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Regulatory Compliance Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 North Carolina Municipal Power Agency Number 1 1427 Meadowwood Boulevard P.O. Box 29513 Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 County Manager of York County York County Courthouse York, South Carolina 29745 Piedmont Municipal Power Agency 121 Village Drive Greer, South Carolina 29651 Assistant Attorney General North Carolina Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 NCEM REP Program Manager 4713 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4713 North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.
P.O. Box 27306 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 4830 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745 Assistant Director Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management Dept. of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201-1708 Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues and Industry Affairs Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Mail Stop EC05P Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Saluda River Electric P.O. Box 929 Laurens, South Carolina 29360 Vice President Customer Relations and Sales Westinghouse Electric Company 6000 Fairview Road 12th Floor Charlotte, North Carolina 28210 Owners Group (NCEMC)
Duke Energy Corporation 4800 Concord Road York, South Carolina 29745
Catawba Nuclear Station, Units 1 & 2 Page 2 of 2 cc:
Senior Counsel Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC 526 South Church Street - EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 Division of Radiation Protection NC Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources 3825 Barrett Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-7721 Group Vice President, Nuclear Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer P.O. Box 1006-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28201-1006