ML073200213

IR 05000424-07-502, and IR 05000425-07-502, Notification of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Supplemental Inspection Beginning on 12/11/2007

ML073200213
Person / Time
Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	11/16/2007
From:	Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRS/PSB1
To:	Tynan T Southern Nuclear Operating Co
References
EA-06-132 IR-07-502
Download: ML073200213 (4)

See also: IR 05000424/2007502

Text

November 16, 2007

EA-06-132

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. Tom E. Tynan

Vice President - Vogtle

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

7821 River Road

Waynesboro, GA 30830

Dear Mr. Tynan:

SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION OF VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT SUPPLEMENTAL

INSPECTION - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000424/2007502 AND

05000425/2007502

In a Final Significance Determination letter, dated September 18, 2006, from Dr. William

Travers, the Region II Regional Administrator, you were informed of the final significance

determination for a White finding involving the failure of Vogtle Electric Generating Plants full-

scale exercise critique to identify a weakness associated with a risk-significant planning

standard which was determined to be a drill/exercise performance - performance indicator

opportunity failure. On October 12, 2007, we were informed by Mr. Jack Stringfellow of your

staff that you were ready for the NRC to conduct our supplemental inspection to review your

actions taken to address the White finding. Accordingly, we plan to conduct a supplemental

inspection at Vogtle beginning on December 11, 2007, using Inspection Procedure 95001,

Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area.

The inspection will be conducted by Mr. Lee Miller, NRC Senior Emergency Preparedness

Inspector, and Mr. Robert Kahler, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response -

Emergency Preparedness Team Leader. The scheduling for this inspection was coordinated

with Mr. Lawrence Mayo of your Vogtle Emergency Preparedness staff. The results of the

Supplemental Inspection will be documented in an independent NRC Inspection Report 05000424/2007502 and 05000425/2007502.

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 NRC's document system (ADAMS).

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ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at 404-562-4653 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or

our inspection plans.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief

Plant Support Branch 1

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-424, 50-425

License Nos. NPF-68, NPF-81

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J. T. Gasser Law Department

Executive Vice President 132 Judicial Building

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Atlanta, GA 30334

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NAME L. Miller B. Bonser S. Schaeffer

DATE 11/07/2007 11/16/2007 11/07/2007 11/ /2007 11/ /2007 11/ /2007 11/ /2007

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