ML082330263
| ML082330263 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/14/2008 |
| From: | Eric Duncan Plant Support Branch II |
| To: | Schwarz C Entergy Nuclear Operations |
| References | |
| EA-08-195 | |
| Download: ML082330263 (4) | |
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August 14, 2008 EA-08-195 Mr. Christopher J. Schwarz Vice President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530
SUBJECT:
PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT - NOTICE OF REGULATORY CONFERENCE This letter confirms our plans as discussed between members of our staffs to hold a regulatory conference to discuss a finding preliminarily determined to be Greater-than-Green.
The details regarding the issues were conveyed to you in our letter dated July 29, 2008, and its accompanying inspection report. The meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. CDT on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III office, 2443 Rd, Suite 210, Lisle, IL 60532. This meeting is closed to the public.
The regulatory conference is being held to obtain information to assist the NRC in determining the security significance of the finding and apparent violation detailed in the above letter and inspection report. The conference will provide an opportunity for you to provide your perspective on the facts and assumptions used by the NRC to arrive at the finding, your assessment of the significance of the finding, your detailed corrective actions, including any root cause evaluation, and any other information that you believe the NRC should take into consideration in making an enforcement decision.
The NRC would appreciate receiving any supporting documents by no later than August 27, 2008, in order to make the conference more effective and efficient.
Following the conference, you will be advised by separate correspondence of the results of our deliberations on this matter.
C. Schwarz In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, and your response (if any), 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).
If you have any questions regarding this meeting, I can be reached at (630) 829-9757.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eric Duncan, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc:
Senior Vice President Vice President Oversight Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Senior Vice President and COO Assistant General Counsel Manager, Licensing W. DiProfio W. Russell G. Randolph Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor T. Strong, State Liaison Officer Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Michigan Office of the Attorney General
C. Schwarz In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, and your response (if any), 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).
If you have any questions regarding this meeting, I can be reached at (630) 829-9757.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Eric Duncan, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc:
Senior Vice President Vice President Oversight Senior Manager, Nuclear Safety & Licensing Senior Vice President and COO Assistant General Counsel Manager, Licensing W. DiProfio W. Russell G. Randolph Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor T. Strong, State Liaison Officer Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Michigan Office of the Attorney General DISTRIBUTION See next page DOCUMENT NAME: R:\\Ltrs to licensees\\Nuclear Mgmt Co (NMC)\\PALI\\Pali 2008\\PAL 081408 DRS EA-08-195 Notice of Regulatory Conference.doc 9 Publicly Available 9 Non-Publicly Available 9 Sensitive 9 Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box C = Copy without attach/encl; E = Copy with attach/encl N = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII NAME Funk:co EDuncan KOBrien DATE 08/14/08 08/14/08 08/14/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
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