ML082030625
| ML082030625 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 07/18/2008 |
| From: | Collins E Region 4 Administrator |
| To: | Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| Download: ML082030625 (5) | |
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UNITED STATES NUC LE AR RE G UL AT O RY C O M M I S S I O N R E GI ON I V 612 EAST LAMAR BLVD , SU I TE 400 AR LI N GTON , TEXAS 76011-4125 July 18, 2008 Stewart B. Minahan, Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP LETTER - COOPER NUCLEAR STATION
Dear Mr. Minahan:
On June 17, 2008, the NRC staff completed, as part of our continuous review, an update of our assessment of Cooper Nuclear Station. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of the results of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for a future supplemental inspection at your facility. This letter supplements, but does not supersede, our annual assessment letter issued on March 3, 2008.
On June 13, 2008, the NRC staff forwarded a letter concerning the final significance determination of a White inspection finding in the mitigating systems cornerstone. The finding was discussed with your staff during an exit meeting on March 18, 2008. The finding involved two procedures used by operators to bring the plant to a safe shutdown condition in the event of certain postulated fire scenarios. The procedures could not be performed as written. This performance deficiency involved the failure to properly verify and validate these infrequently used procedures. In addition, during the first quarter of 2008, a White finding involving the failure to promptly identify and correct a significant condition adverse to quality that resulted in the reduced reliability of Emergency Diesel Generator 2 was still in effect. Due to these two White findings, the NRC staff determined that during the first quarter of 2008 the mitigating systems cornerstone was degraded resulting in Cooper Nuclear Station performance being in the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRC=s Action Matrix.
Consistent with the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95002, Inspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, beginning the last half of 2008. This inspection procedure is conducted to provide assurance that the root and contributing causes for the individual and collective risk significant performance issues are understood, to independently assess the extent of condition, to provide assurance that the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence, and to independently determine if safety culture components caused or significantly contributed to the individual or collective (multiple White inputs) risk significant performance issues.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from
Nebraska Public Power District the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS).
ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Please contact Geoffery Miller at 817-860-8144 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Elmo E. Collins Regional Administrator Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46 cc:
Gene Mace Nuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 John C. McClure, Vice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 David Van Der Kamp Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922
Nebraska Public Power District Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services Dept. of Regulation & Licensing Division of Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 H. Floyd Gilzow Deputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P. O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 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 Melanie Rasmussen, State Liaison Officer/
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 John F. McCann, Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601-1813
Nebraska Public Power District Keith G. Henke, Planner Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Paul V. Fleming, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Ronald L. McCabe, Chief Technological Hazards Branch National Preparedness Division DHS/FEMA 9221 Ward Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372 Daniel K. McGhee, State Liaison Officer Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Ronald D. Asche, President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601
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DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Nick.Taylor@nrc.gov)
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