ML082750422

Summary of Meeting to Discuss Apparent Violations with the Potential Significance of Greater than Green at Palisades Nuclear Plant

ML082750422
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	09/30/2008
From:	Eric Duncan Plant Support Branch II
To:	Schwarz C Entergy Nuclear Operations
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EA-08-195
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September 30, 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

SUMMARY

OF THE SEPTEMBER 4, 2008, NON-PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS APPARENT VIOLATIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GREATER THAN GREEN AT PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Schwarz:

On September 4, 2008, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held a Non-Public Meeting at the Region III Office, located at 2443 Warrenville Road, Lisle, Illinois. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss apparent violations with the potential security significance of Greater than Green.

Mr. Steve West, Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region III, opened the meeting with an introduction of NRC officials and the reason for the meeting, followed by Gregg Hansen, Security Inspector, providing a restatement of the apparent violations.

Mr. Marty Frato, Security Manager, then led a presentation which provided your perspective on the overall security significance of the apparent violations, and the corrective actions implemented and planned to address the apparent violations. We also discussed your basis for contesting the NRCs security significance determination for the finding and information necessary for the NRC to conduct a final assessment of the regulatory significance of the apparent violations.

Mr. West concluded the meeting by thanking your staff for coming to the Regional Office and for providing the information that was discussed at the meeting. He then acknowledged your staffs implemented and planned efforts to address the apparent violations.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, the meeting agenda, and the attendance listing will be available electronically for public

C. Schwarz 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).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric Duncan, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Agenda

2. Meeting Attendees cc w/encls: 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 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).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric Duncan, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosures:

1. Meeting Agenda

2. Meeting Attendees cc w/encls: 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: G:\DRS\Work in Progress\PAL 093008 DRS Mtg Summary.doc Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive 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 GHansen:co DFunk EDuncan DATE 09/30/08 09/30/08 09/30/08 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to Christopher J. Schwarz from Eric Duncan dated September 30, 2008.

SUMMARY

OF THE SEPTEMBER 4, 2008, NON-PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS APPARENT VIOLATIONS WITH THE POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF GREATER THAN GREEN AT PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT DISTRIBUTION:

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MEETING AGENDA REGULATORY CONFERENCE PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT ENTERGY NUCLEAR OPERATIONS, INC.

DOCKET NO. 50-255 September 4, 2008 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Discussion Topics Lead Welcome S. West Introductions All Opening Remarks S. West Apparent Violations G. Hansen Enforcement K. OBrien Licensee Presentation NRC Staff Caucus (if needed)

Closing Remarks by Licensee Closing Remarks NRC Staff M. Satorius Enclosure 1

MEETING PRINCIPAL ATTENDEES September 4, 2008 Entergy Nuclear Operations Chris Schwarz Entergy/Site Vice President Charlie Arnone Entergy/Nuclear Safety Assurance Director Marty Frato Entergy/Security Manager Laurie Lahti Entergy/Licensing Manager Barb Dotson Entergy/Licensing Specialist IV Stephen Smith Visual Aids Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mark Satorius Deputy Regional Administrator, Region III Barry Westreich Nuclear Security and Incident Response Steven West Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region III Cynthia Pederson Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region III Kenneth OBrien Enforcement/Investigations Officer, Region III Eric Duncan Chief, Plant Support Branch, Region III Ross Telson Chief, Branch 4, Region III Patricia Lougheed Enforcement Specialist, Region III Paul Pelke Enforcement Specialist, Region III Gregg Hansen Security Inspector, Region III Dale Lawver Security Inspector, Region III Don Funk Senior Project Specialist, Region III Joseph Maynen Senior Security Inspector, Region III Jure Kutlesa Security Inspector, Region III Tim Eck Security Inspector, Region III Mark Martin Security Inspector, Region III David Furst Nuclear Security and Incident Response John Ellegood Palisades Senior Resident Inspector, Region III Tom Taylor Palisades Resident Inspector, Region III Enclosure 2