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Letter 03/17/2008 Monticello Re Request for Information for B5b Inspection
ML080790295
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Site: Monticello Xcel Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/17/2008
From: Hironori Peterson
Operations Branch III
To: O'Connor T
Nuclear Management Co
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION March 17, 2008 Mr. Timothy J. OConnor Site Vice President Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 2807 West County Road 75 Monticello, MN 55362-9637

SUBJECT:

MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT SITE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION OF B.5.B PHASE 2 AND 3 MITIGATING STRATEGIES DRAFT TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION INSPECTION

Dear Mr. OConnor:

In a telephone conversation on March 5, 2008, Mr. R. Dennis, B.5.b Project Manager, of your staff and Mr. N. Valos, Senior Operations Engineer, of my staff made arrangements for the NRC to inspect the site specific implementation of B.5.b Phase 2 and 3 mitigating strategies at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The inspection is planned for the week of April 14, 2008.

In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish the documents listed in Enclosure 1 to the NRC by the week of March 31, 2008. Additionally, to facilitate the efficient conduct for this inspection, please have available on site at the beginning of the inspection the arrangements and documents listed in Enclosure 2. Mr. R. Dennis has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget, approval number 3150-0018, which expires on June 30, 2009.

EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE May be exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)

Exemption number: (b)(5)

Nuclear Regulatory Commission review required before public release.

Nicholas A. Valos, RIII, DRS, OB Name and organization of person making determination.

Date of determination: 03/05/08 Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION T. OConnor In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). However, because of the sensitive information contained in the enclosures, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, a copy of this letters enclosures will not be available for public inspection.

In order for your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant staff to understand the scope and level of detail that will be reviewed, we are providing a copy of the Temporary Inspection (TI) procedure that will be used to perform this inspection. This procedure, TI-2525/171, Verification of Site Specific Implementation of B.5.B Phase 2 & 3 Mitigating Strategies, dated 02/06/08, attached as Enclosure 3, contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Nicholas Valos at 630-829-9761, or me at 630-829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 Public

Enclosures:

1.

Documentation Requested Prior to the Inspection

2.

Arrangements/Documents Requested to Be Available Onsite during the Inspection Week Nonpublic

Enclosure:

3.

Temporary Inspection 2515/171 DISTRIBUTION See next page Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION T. OConnor In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). However, because of the sensitive information contained in the enclosures, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390, a copy of this letters enclosures will not be available for public inspection.

In order for your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant staff to understand the scope and level of detail that will be reviewed, we are providing a copy of the Temporary Inspection (TI) procedure that will be used to perform this inspection. This procedure, TI-2525/171, Verification of Site Specific Implementation of B.5.B Phase 2 & 3 Mitigating Strategies, dated 02/06/08, attached as Enclosure 3, contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. Nicholas Valos at 630-829-9761, or me at 630-829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 Public

Enclosures:

1.

Documentation Requested Prior to the Inspection

2.

Arrangements/Documents Requested to Be Available Onsite during the Inspection Week Nonpublic

Enclosure:

3.

Temporary Inspection 2515/171 DISTRIBUTION See next page SEE PREVIOUS CONCURRENCES DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\DRS\\Work in Progress\\MON 031708 DRS OUO OL RFI B5b - Cover Ltr. and Encl 1&2.doc To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII NAME NValos:co KRiemer NS for HPeterson DATE 03/13/08 03/13/08 03/17/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION Letter to Timothy J. OConnor from Hironori Peterson dated March 17, 2008.

SUBJECT:

MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT SITE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION OF B.5.B PHASE 2 AND 3 MITIGATING STRATEGIES DRAFT TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION INSPECTION cc w/encls 1 & 2:

M. Sellman, President and Chief Executive Officer D. Koehl, Chief Nuclear Officer Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessment P. Glass, Assistant General Counsel Nuclear Asset Manager, Xcel Energy, Inc.

R. Nelson, President Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA)

Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency R. Hiivala, Auditor/Treasurer, Wright County Government Center Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Commerce Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney Generals Office Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION Letter to Timothy J. OConnor from Hironori Peterson dated March 17, 2008.

SUBJECT:

MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT SITE SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION OF B.5.B PHASE 2 AND 3 MITIGATING STRATEGIES DRAFT TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION INSPECTION cc w/encls 1 & 2:

M. Sellman, President and Chief Executive Officer D. Koehl, Chief Nuclear Officer Manager, Nuclear Safety Assessment P. Glass, Assistant General Counsel Nuclear Asset Manager, Xcel Energy, Inc.

R. Nelson, President Minnesota Environmental Control Citizens Association (MECCA)

Commissioner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency R. Hiivala, Auditor/Treasurer, Wright County Government Center Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Commerce Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney Generals Office DISTRIBUTION w/encls 1 & 2:

TEB PST RidsNrrDirsIrib RidsNrrDprPspb MAS KGO JKH3 CST1 CAA1 GLS DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 TXN DJN Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE INSPECTION Please provide as much as possible of the items below at least 2 weeks prior to the onsite inspection week. Please provide as much as possible in electronic format.

1.

Copies of procedures/guidelines that were revised/generated to implement the mitigation strategies. These could be Extensive Damage Mitigation Guidelines (EDMGs), SAMGs, EOPs, AOPs, etc.

2.

Matrix that shows the correlation between the mitigation strategies identified in NEI 06-12 and the site-specific procedure(s)/guideline(s) that implement the strategy.

3.

Engineering evaluations/calculations that were used to verify engineering bases for the mitigation strategies.

4.

Simplified flow diagrams for systems relied upon in the mitigation strategies.

These could be the type used for training.

5.

Simplified drawings/descriptions of modifications that were made to plant systems to implement the mitigation strategies.

Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION ARRANGEMENTS/DOCUMENTS REQUESTED TO BE AVAILABLE ONSITE DURING THE INSPECTION WEEK

1.

Arrange a conference room to accommodate up to seven (7) NRC staff.

2.

Site B.5.b contact person(s) should be available for the week.

3.

B.5.b engineering persons(s) should be on call for questions about any engineering calculations.

4.

Appropriate operations staff should be available as needed for plant walkdowns throughout the week.

5.

Modification packages for any plant modifications performed as a result of B.5.b.

6.

Detailed drawings (e.g., P&IDs) of systems used to implement mitigating strategies.

7.

Copies of procedures/guidelines that were revised/generated to implement the mitigation strategies. These could be Extensive Damage Mitigation Guidelines (EDMGs), SAMGs, EOPs, AOPs, etc. (Same as Item 1 in Enclosure 1, except want three hard copies of these procedures/guidelines available, one for each member of the inspection team).

8.

Copies of procedures used to inventory equipment (e.g., hoses, fittings, pumps, etc.) used in the mitigation strategies.

9.

Training records/ training matrix/lesson plans related to B.5.b.

10.

Copies of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) (e.g., with local fire departments) required to implement any mitigating strategies.

11.

Copies of any evaluations performed to document that enough equipment is available to implement the mitigating strategies (e.g., enough length of fire hose or electrical cable is available based on a plant walkdown or review of drawings).

Contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information. Upon separation, this page is decontrolled.