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Summary of Public Meeting with Generation Company, LLC, for Braidwood Station, Units 1 & 2, to Discuss Apparent Violation Identified in NRC IR-09-007
ML100120792
Person / Time
Site: Braidwood Constellation icon.png
Issue date: 01/12/2010
From: Richard Skokowski
Division of Nuclear Materials Safety III
To:
Exelon Generation Co
References
EA-09-259
Download: ML100120792 (5)


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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 12, 2010 LICENSEE: Exelon Generation Company, LLC FACILITY: Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

FOR REGULATORY CONFERENCE (EA-09-259)

On January 6, 2010, representatives of Exelon Generation Company, LLC, the licensee for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, met with NRC personnel in the Region III office located in Lisle, Illinois, to discuss the apparent violation identified in NRC Inspection Report Number 2009-007. The regulatory conference was held at the request of the licensee.

The purpose of the regulatory conference was to discuss the preliminary yellow finding regarding the failure of the B train containment sump suction isolation valve to fully open at Braidwood Station Unit 1.

The licensee presented a summary of the causes for the apparent violation and the associated corrective actions. The licensee did not present any new information other than the documents already provided to the NRC. The focus of the licensees presentation was that recovery credit should be given for manual actions that could be taken in the event of the loss of coolant accidents.

The attendance list is attached to this summary. Also, a copy of the licensees slides presented during the meeting can be found in Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) as ML100050639.

There were two members of the public present at this meeting via teleconference. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this summary and its enclosure will be made available to the Public.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard A. Skokowski, Chief Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects License Nos. NPF-72 Docket Nos. 50-456

Enclosure:

Attendance List cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

ATTENDEE LIST REGULATORY CONFERENCE BYRON (EA-09-259) - JANUARY 6, 2010 Exelon S. Landahl, Vice President, Midwest Operations K. Jury, Vice President, Licensing and Regulatory Affairs A. Shahkarami, Site Vice President, Braidwood Station L. Coyle, Plant Manager, Braidwood T. McCool, Operations Director, Braidwood Station G. Krueger, Corporate Risk Management Manager M. Smith, Engineering Director, Braidwood Station D. Czufin, Vice President, Engineering D. Benyak, Licensing Director P. Simpson, Licensing Manager R. Gaston, Regulatory Affairs Manager R. Linthicum, Corporate Risk Management Engineer D. Macleod, Corporate Risk Management Engineer J. Gabor, Corporate Risk Management Engineer A. Hambly, Corporate Licensing Engineer L. Schofield, Corporate Licensing Engineer M. Sheaffer, Corporate Senior Engineer D. Crytzer, Corporate Principal Engineer D. Gullott, Regulatory Assurance Manager, Braidwood Station L. Brooks, Shift Operations Superintendent, Braidwood Station J. Moser, Radiation Protection Manager, Braidwood Station N. Miller, Communications Manager, Braidwood Station M. Melnicuff, Risk Management Engineer, Braidwood Station T. Mattson, NRC Coordinator, Braidwood Station T. Hulbert, NRC Coordinator, Byron Station Illinois Emergency Management Agency C. Settles, Section Head, Nuclear Facility Safety R. Zuffa, Unit Head, Nuclear facility Safety M. Perry, Resident Inspector, Braidwood Station Nuclear Regulatory Commission M. Satorius, Regional Administrator, Region III S. West, Director, DRP, Region III G. Shear, Deputy Director, DRP, Region III A. Boland, Director, DRS, Region III R. Skokowski, Chief, Branch 3, DRP, Region III B. Dickson, Senior Resident Inspector, Braidwood Station S. Orth, Enforcement Officer, Region III L. Kozak, Senior Risk Analyst, DRP, Region III N. Valos, Senior Risk Analyst, DRP, Region III J. Circle, Senior Reliability/Risk Analyst, PRA Operational Support Branch, NRR L. James, Chief, Division of Risk Assessment, NRR

M. David, Project Manager - Braidwood, NRR J. Lara, Chief, Technical Support Staff, DRP, Region III D. Passehl, Senior Risk Analyst, DRP, Region III B. Bartlett, Senior Resident Inspector, Byron Station J. Robbins, Resident Inspector, Byron Station J. Benjamin, Project Engineer, Branch 1, DRP, Region III E. Coffman, Reactor Engineer, Branch 1, DRP, Region III D. Sand, Reactor Engineer, Branch 1, DRP, Region III A. Scarbeary, Reactor Engineer, Branch 2, DRP, Region III R. Ng, Project Engineer, Branch 3, DRP, Region III T. Hartman, Reactor Engineer, Branch 3, DRP, Region III D. Betancourt, Reactor Engineer, Branch 4, DRP, Region III F. Tran, Reactor Engineer, Branch 4, DRP, Region III R. Krsek, Acting Project Engineer, Branch 5, DRP, Region III R. Edwards, Reactor Engineer, Branch 5, DRP, Region III P. Voss, Reactor Engineer, Branch 6, DRP, Region III T. Briley, Reactor Engineer, Branch 6, DRP, Region III C. Moore, Operator Licensing Inspector, Operations Branch, DRS, Region III M. Holmberg, Senior Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 1, DRS, Region III J. Neurauter, Senior Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 1, DRS, Region III A. Shaikf, Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 1, DRS, Region III A. Dunlop, Senior Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 2, DRS, Region III M. Abid, Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 2, DRS, Region III A. Dahbur, Senior Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 3, DRS, Region III M. Munir, Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 3, DRS, Region III D. Szwarc, Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 3, DRS, Region III J. Gilliam, Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 3, DRS, Region III S. Edmonds, Reactor Inspector, Engineering Branch 3, DRS, Region III H. Logaras, Regional Liaison Specialist, Region III M. Gryglak, Enforcement and Allegation Coordinator, Region III Will County Emergency Management Agency A. Marzano, Assistant Director of Operations

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 January 12, 2010 LICENSEE: Exelon Generation Company, LLC FACILITY: Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

FOR REGULATORY CONFERENCE (EA-09-259)

On January 6, 2010, representatives of Exelon Generation Company, LLC, the licensee for Braidwood Station, Units 1 and 2, met with NRC personnel in the Region III office located in Lisle, Illinois, to discuss the apparent violation identified in NRC Inspection Report Number 2009-007. The regulatory conference was held at the request of the licensee.

The purpose of the regulatory conference was to discuss the preliminary yellow finding regarding the failure of the B train containment sump suction isolation valve to fully open at Braidwood Station Unit 1.

The licensee presented a summary of the causes for the apparent violation and the associated corrective actions. The licensee did not present any new information other than the documents already provided to the NRC. The focus of the licensees presentation was that recovery credit should be given for manual actions that could be taken in the event of the loss of coolant accidents.

The attendance list is attached to this summary. Also, a copy of the licensees slides presented during the meeting can be found in Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) as ML100050639.

There were two members of the public present at this meeting via teleconference. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this summary and its enclosure will be made available to the Public.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Richard A. Skokowski, Chief Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects License Nos. NPF-72 Docket Nos. 50-456

Enclosure:

Attendance List cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Braidwood\Bwd Reg Conference Meeting Summary.doc G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G 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 NAME RNg:dtp RSkokowski DATE 01/12/10 01/12/10 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to Exelon Generation Company, LLC, from R. Skokowski dated January 12, 2010.

SUBJECT:

MEETING

SUMMARY

FOR REGULATORY CONFERENCE (EA-09-259)

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