ML082420577

Closure of Confirmatory Action Letter NRR-07-001

ML082420577
Person / Time
Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	09/11/2008
From:	Giitter J Division of Operating Reactor Licensing
To:	St.Pierre G Florida Power & Light Energy Seabrook
Miller G, NRR/DORL, 415-2481
References
NRR-07-001
Download: ML082420577 (5)

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September 11, 2008 Mr. Gene F. St. Pierre Site Vice President FPL Energy Seabrook Station PO Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874

SUBJECT:

SEABROOK STATION UNIT 1 - CLOSURE OF CONFIRMATORY ACTION LETTER NRR-07-001

Dear Mr. St. Pierre:

On March 12, 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL) No. NRR-07-001 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML070610585) regarding dissimilar metal welds in the pressurizer at Seabrook Station Unit 1. This letter acknowledges receipt of your letter dated June 18, 2008 (ADAMS Accession No. ML082261410), informing the NRC of actions taken in response to this CAL.

In your letter, you stated that all actions and commitments of CAL NRR-07-001 have been completed at Seabrook Station Unit 1. These included full weld structural overlays of the pressurizer butt welds (surge, safety, relief and spray nozzles) and their subsequent satisfactory non-destructive examinations.

Based on your letter, the NRC has found that all the commitments listed in the CAL and supporting commitment letter (ADAMS Accession No. ML070530548) have been met. No further response is required regarding the CAL. We consider the CAL closed. As such, it is no longer necessary to implement enhanced inspection and leakage monitoring requirements for the reactor coolant system. Technical Assignment Control (TAC) No. MD7288 has been closed.

Thank you for informing us of the actions documented in your letter. These actions may be examined during a future NRC inspection of your facility.

Current NRC guidance regarding CALs is contained in the NRC Enforcement Policy and the NRC Enforcement Manual, which are available at the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/enforcement.html (click on Enforcement Policy or Enforcement Guidance) or by contacting the Government Printing Office (GPO) toll-free at 1-888-293-6498. The GPO is open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays).

G. St. Pierre In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 NRC=s document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm.html.

Sincerely,

/ra/

Joseph G. Giitter, Director Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-443 cc: See next page

ML082420577 OFFICE DCI/CPNB DCI/CPNB LPL1-2/PM LPL1-2/LA LPL1-2/BC NAME JCollins TChan GEMiller ABaxter HChernoff DATE 9/9/08 9/9/08 9/5/08 9/5/08 9/8/08 OFFICE DCI/D DRP/D RI DORL/D NAME MEvans DLew (via JGiitter e-mail)

DATE 9/10/08 9/10/08 9/11/08 Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. J. A. Stall Mr. Tom Crimmins Senior Vice President, Nuclear and Polestar Applied Technology Chief Nuclear Officer One First Street, Suite 4 Florida Power & Light Company Los Altos, CA 94019 P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 John Giarrusso Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Mr. Peter Brann 400 Worcester Road Assistant Attorney General Framingham, MA 01702-5399 State House, Station #6 Augusta, ME 04333 Ms. Kelly Ayotte, Attorney General Mr. Orvil Fitch, Deputy Attorney General Resident Inspector 33 Capitol Street U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Concord, NH 03301 Seabrook Nuclear Power Station P.O. Box 1149 Mr. Christopher M. Pope, Director Seabrook, NH 03874 Homeland Security & Emergency Mgmt.

New Hampshire Department of Safety Town of Exeter Bureau of Emergency Management 10 Front Street 33 Hazen Drive Exeter, NH 03823 Concord, NH 03301 Regional Administrator, Region I Mr. M. S. Ross, Managing Attorney U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Florida Power & Light Company 475 Allendale Road P.O. Box 14000 King of Prussia, PA 19406 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Office of the Attorney General Mr. Rajiv S. Kundalkar One Ashburton Place, 20th Floor Vice President - Nuclear Technical Services Boston, MA 02108 Florida Power & Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Board of Selectmen Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Town of Amesbury Town Hall Michael OKeefe Amesbury, MA 01913 Licensing Manager FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC Mr. Robert Poole PO Box 300 Federal Emergency Management Agency Seabrook, NH 03874 Region I 99 High Street, 6th Floor Ms. Marjan Mashhadi Boston, MA 02110 Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company 801 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 220 Washington, DC 20004

Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 cc:

Mr. Joseph Roy Director of Operations Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company Moody Street Ludlow, MA 01056 Mr. Paul Freeman Plant General Manager FPL Energy Seabrook, LLC P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874