ML081070411

Notice of Meeting with Carolina Power and Light to Discuss Their Corrective Actions Regarding the White Mitigating Systems Performance Indicators for Emergency AC Power Systems and Cooling Water Systems, and the White Inspection Finding...

ML081070411
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	04/16/2008
From:	Randy Musser NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB4
To:	Waldrep B Carolina Power & Light Co
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Download: ML081070411 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 April 16, 2008 Carolina Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. Benjamin Waldrep Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - CATEGORY 1 PUBLIC MEETING -

REGULATORY PERFORMANCE MEETING/ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, DOCKET NOS. 50-325 & 50-324

Dear Mr. Waldrep:

This letter confirms the telephone conversation between Ms. Annette Pope of your staff and myself on March 4, 2008, concerning a Category 1 public meeting which has been scheduled for May 1, 2008, at 1:00 p.m. The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss your corrective actions regarding the White Mitigating Systems Performance Indicators for Emergency AC Power Systems and Cooling Water Systems, and the White inspection finding related to the failure of emergency diesel generator #1 on November 2, 2006. In addition, we will discuss the NRC Reactor Oversight Process Annual Assessment of your Brunswick Steam Electric Plant.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 562-4603.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Randall A. Musser, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324 License Nos.: DPR-71, DPR-62

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl.: See page 2

OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE GJW RAM NAME GWi.lson RMusser DATE 04/16/2008 04/16/2008 4/ /2008 4/ /2008 4/ /2008 4/ /2008 4/ /2008 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO CP&L 2 cc w/encl: Gene Atkinson Director, Site Operations Supervisor Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Licensing/Regulatory Programs (Acting)

Carolina Power & Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P. O. Box 10429 Electronic Mail Distribution Southport, NC 28461-0429 James Ross Benjamin C. Waldrep Nuclear Energy Institute Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Carolina Power & Light Company John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Electronic Mail Distribution Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Paul Fulford Washington, DC 20037-1128 Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Beverly Hall Affairs PEB5 Chief Carolina Power & Light Company Radiation Protection Section Electronic Mail Distribution N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Edward L. Wills, Jr. Electronic Mail Distribution Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Peggy Force Carolina Power and Light Company Assistant Attorney General Electronic Mail Distribution State of North Carolina P.O. Box 629 Donald L. Griffith Raleigh, NC 27602 Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Public Service Commission Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. State of South Carolina Electronic Mail Distribution P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 Randy C. Ivey Manager David R. Sandifer Support Services Brunswick Steam Electric Brunswick County Board of Commissioners Plant P.O. Box 249 Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. Bolivia, NC 28422 Electronic Mail Distribution Warren Lee Garry D. Miller Emergency Management Director Manager New Hanover County Department of License Renewal Emergency Management Progress Energy 230 Government Center Drive Electronic Mail Distribution Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403

CP&L 3 Letter to Benjamin C. Waldrep from Randall A. Musser dated April 16, 2008.

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - CATEGORY 1 PUBLIC MEETING -

REGULATORY PERFORMANCE MEETING/ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, DOCKET NOS. 50-325 & 50-324 Distribution w/encl:

Region II Administrator=s Secretary Region II DRP Division Secretary Region II Division Directors and Deputies Regional Counsel Region II State Liaison Officer Region II Public Affairs Officers Region II Resource Management Branch Chief Region II Receptionist PMNS Headquarters Operations Officer RIDSNRRDIRS RIDSNRRDIRSIPAB OEMAIL PUBLIC C. Casto, RII F. Saba, NRR R. Pascarelli, NRR

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING WITH CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY FACILITY: Brunswick Steam Electric Plant DOCKETS: 50-325 and 50-324 DATE & TIME: Thursday, May 1, 2008, at 1:00 p.m.

Brunswick Media Center Auditorium LOCATION: 8520 River Road SE Southport, NC 28461 PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss your corrective actions regarding the White Mitigating Systems Performance Indicator for Emergency AC Power Systems and Cooling Water Systems, and the White inspection finding related to the failure of emergency diesel generator #1 on November 2, 2006. We will also discuss the NRC Reactor Oversight Process Annual Assessment of Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Units 1 and 2. The Annual Assessment Letter is accessible from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS) (ML080630664) or http://www.nrc.gov/NRR/OVERSIGHT/ASSESS/LETTERS/bru_2007q4.pdf The NRC's Policy Statement, "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov and contains information regarding conduct of NRC meetings.

The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., Braille, large print), please notify the NRCs meeting contact, listed below. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

CATEGORY: This is a Category 1 meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

NRC OFFICE Region II PARTICIPATING:

PARTICIPANTS: NRC C. Casto, Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, RII R. Musser, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 4 J. Austin, Senior Resident Inspector, Brunswick LICENSEE (partial list)

Benjamin Waldrep, Site Vice President, Brunswick Edward Wills, Plant General Manager, Brunswick Randy Ivey, Manager - Support Services, Brunswick MEETING Randall A. Musser CONTACT: 404-562-4603 Randy.Musser@nrc.gov AUDIO TELE- Not Available CONFERENCING VIDEO TELE- Not Available CONFERENCING