ML072840197

Regulatory Commitment Regarding Mitigation Strategies

ML072840197
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	10/16/2007
From:	Lyon C NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
Lyon, C F, NRR/DLPM, 415-2296
References
TAC MD4653
Download: ML072840197 (5)

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October 16, 2007 Mr. Stewart B. Minahan Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - REGULATORY COMMITMENT REGARDING MITIGATION STRATEGIES (TAC NO. MD4653)

Dear Mr. Minahan:

By letter dated October 8, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML072830023, not publicly available), Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) provided an amended response related to compliance with Section B.5.b of the February 25, 2002, Interim Compensatory Measures (ICM) Order, EA-02-026. Your amended response also provided a regulatory commitment that addressed Element B.2.m.2 of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Phase 1 guidance for achieving satisfactory compliance with Section B.5.b of the ICM Order.

The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided by NPPD in your October 8, 2007, letter and concludes that your regulatory commitment provides reasonable assurance that Cooper Nuclear Station will remain in compliance with Element B.2.m.2 of the NRC Phase 1 guidance.

Your staff should be complemented for its identification of this issue and its prompt resolution with the NRC staff. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298 cc: See next page

October 16, 2007 Mr. Stewart B. Minahan Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - REGULATORY COMMITMENT REGARDING MITIGATION STRATEGIES (TAC NO. MD4653)

By letter dated October 8, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession No. ML072830023, not publicly available), Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) provided an amended response related to compliance with Section B.5.b of the February 25, 2002, Interim Compensatory Measures (ICM) Order, EA-02-026. Your amended response also provided a regulatory commitment that addressed Element B.2.m.2 of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Phase 1 guidance for achieving satisfactory compliance with Section B.5.b of the ICM Order.

The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided by NPPD in your October 8, 2007, letter and concludes that your regulatory commitment provides reasonable assurance that Cooper Nuclear Station will remain in compliance with Element B.2.m.2 of the NRC Phase 1 guidance.

Your staff should be complemented for its identification of this issue and its prompt resolution with the NRC staff. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Carl F. Lyon, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-298 cc: See next page DISTRIBUTION:

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Mr. Ronald D. Asche Mr. H. Floyd Gilzow President and Chief Executive Officer Deputy Director for Policy Nebraska Public Power District Missouri Department of Natural Resources 1414 15th Street P.O. Box 176 Columbus, NE 68601 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Mr. Gene Mace Senior Resident Inspector Nuclear Asset Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 218 P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Brownville, NE 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV Mr. John C. McClure U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Vice President and General Counsel 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Nebraska Public Power District Arlington, TX 76011 P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency Mr. David Van Der Kamp P.O. Box 116 Licensing Manager Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Brownville, NE 68321 Control Section Kansas Department of Health Mr. Michael J. Linder, Director and Environment Nebraska Department of Environmental Bureau of Air and Radiation Quality 1000 SW Jackson P.O. Box 98922 Suite 310 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Chairman Ms. Melanie Rasmussen Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Radiation Control Program Director Nemaha County Courthouse Bureau of Radiological Health 1824 N Street Iowa Department of Public Health Auburn, NE 68305 Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Des Moines, IA 50319 Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Mr. Keith G. Henke, Planner Public Health Assurance Division of Community and Public Health 301 Centennial Mall, South Office of Emergency Coordination P.O. Box 95007 930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Jefferson City, MO 65102 September 2007

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