ML073130571
| ML073130571 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Brunswick  |
| Issue date: | 11/09/2007 |
| From: | Casto C Division Reactor Projects II |
| To: | Scarola J Carolina Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML073130571 (5) | |
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November 9, 2007 Carolina Power & Light Company ATTN: Mr. James Scarola Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Southport, NC 28461
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT-UNIT 1
Dear Mr. Scarola:
On November 5, 2007, the NRC staff completed a quarterly review of Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The assessment evaluated performance indicators (PIs) and inspection results. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of your safety performance during this period and our plans for a future inspection at your facility. This letter supplements, but does not supercede, our annual assessment letter issued on August 31, 2007.
Our review of Brunswick identified that you have crossed the threshold from Green to White for the Cooling Water Systems Unavailability PI for Unit 1 for the third quarter of calendar year (CY) 2007. In a subsequent conversation Mr. Randall Musser, of my staff, had with you on October 30, 2007, the crossing of the Green threshold was confirmed. As a result, we have assessed that Brunswick Units 1 performance continues to be in the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one previously identified White inspection finding involving the inoperability of EDG #1, and two White performance indicators, (MSPI -
Emergency AC Power and MSPI - Cooling Water Systems). A supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95002, Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, was completed in August 2007, to review the White inspection finding and White Emergency AC Power Performance Indicator.
Currently, we are in the process of making a determination of what additional actions will be performed by the NRC.
We recognize that your root cause analysis has not been finalized for the White Cooling Water Systems Performance Indicator which precludes the NRC from determining its course of action.
Once we receive and review your root cause analysis, we will contact you to schedule any additional actions.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs document system (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rmadams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
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Please contact Randall A. Musser at 404-562-4603 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Charles A. Casto, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.
50-325 License No.
DPR-71 cc list attached
OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE GRW RAM CAC NAME G Wilson R Musser C Casto DATE 11/07/2007 11/09/2007 11/09/2007 E-MAIL COPY?
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cc:
Benjamin C. Waldrep, Director Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution J. Paul Fulford, Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Terry D. Hobbs, Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461 J. Paul Fulford, Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs PEB 5 Carolina Power & Light Company P. O. Box 1551 Raleigh, NC 27602-1551 Donald L. Griffith Manager - Training Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Randy C. Ivey Manager - Support Services Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.
Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Electric Mail Distribution Garry D. Miller, Manager License Renewal Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution Annette H. Pope, Supervisor Licensing/Regulatory Programs Carolina Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution David T. Conley Associate General Counsel - Legal Dept.
Progress Energy Service Company, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute Electronic Mail Distribution John H. O'Neill, Jr.
Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Beverly Hall, Chief, Radiation Protection Section N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Electronic Mail Distribution Chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission c/o Sam Watson, Staff Attorney Electronic Mail Distribution Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P. O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 David R. Sandifer Brunswick County Board of Commissioners P. O. Box 249 Bolivia, NC 28422 Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management 230 Government Center Drive Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403
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Letter to Mr. J. Scarola from Charles A. Casto dated November 9, 2007.
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT-UNIT 1 Distribution w/encl:
S. Bailey, NRR R. Pascarelli, NRR (Regulatory Conferences Only)
C. Evans (Part 72 Only)
L. Slack, RII EICS RIDSNRRDIRS OE Mail (email address if applicable)
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