ML072840197
| 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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OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
September 2007 Cooper Nuclear Station cc:
Mr. Ronald D. Asche President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Mr. Gene Mace Nuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. John C. McClure Vice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 Mr. David Van Der Kamp Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 Mr. H. Floyd Gilzow Deputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 218 Brownville, NE 68321 Regional Administrator, Region IV U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011 Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Ms. Melanie Rasmussen Radiation Control Program Director Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Mr. Keith G. Henke, Planner Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Cooper Nuclear Station September 2007 cc:
Mr. Paul V. Fleming, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Mr. John F. McCann, Director Licensing, Entergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601-1813