ML100840429

Notice of Public Meeting with Florida Power and Light to Discuss the Safety Significance of One Preliminary Greater than Green Finding with Tow Associated Apparent Violations and the Severity Level of Three AVs Considered for Potential.

ML100840429
Person / Time
Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	03/25/2010
From:	Marvin Sykes NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
EA-10-037
Download: ML100840429 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 March 25, 2010 EA-10-037 Mr. Mano Nazar Executive Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 REGULATORY/PRE-DECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE - TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT, DOCKET NO. 50-250

Dear Mr. Nazar:

This letter confirms the telephone conversation between Mr. Robert Tomonto of your staff and Mr. Marvin Sykes of the NRC, on March 18, 2010, concerning a joint Regulatory and Pre-decisional Enforcement Conference, being conducted at your request, which has been scheduled for April 14, 2010, from 09:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (DST). The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed. The purpose of this Regulatory/Pre-Decisional Enforcement Conference is to discuss the safety significance of one preliminary greater than Green finding with two associated Apparent Violations (AVs) and the severity level of three AVs considered for potential Escalated Enforcement that were documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000250/2010008. All of these findings dealt with degradation of Boraflex neutron absorber material in the Turkey Point Unit 3 spent fuel pool (SFP) storage racks.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's AgencywideDocument Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from

FPL 2 the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 562-4629.

Sincerely, Marvin D. Sykes, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-250 License No.: DPR-31

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: (See page 3)

_________________________ X SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE NAME SNinh MSykes DATE 3/ /2010 3/ /2010 3/ /2010 3/ /2010 3/ /2010 3/ /2010 3/ /2010 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO FP&L 3 cc w/encl: William A. Passetti, Chief Alison Brown, Nuclear Licensing Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Florida Power & Light Company Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Larry Nicholson, Director Ruben D. Almaguer, Director Licensing Division of Emergency Preparedness Florida Power & Light Company Department of Community Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Michael Kiley, Site Vice President Senior Resident Inspector Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station Florida Power and Light Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Electronic Mail Distribution 9760 SW 344th St.

Florida City, FL 33035 Niel Batista Emergency Management Coordinator Attorney General Department of Emergency Management and Department of Legal Affairs Homeland Security The Capitol PL-01 Electronic Mail Distribution Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 Paul Rubin Mike A. Shehadeh, P.E., City Manager Plant General Manager City of Homestead Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution County Manager of Miami-Dade County 111 NW 1st Street, 29th Floor Mitch S. Ross Miami, FL 33128 Vice President and Associate General Counsel Gene St. Pierre Florida Power & Light Company Vice President, Fleet Support Electronic Mail Distribution Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Robert Tomonto Licensing Manager Turkey Point Nuclear Plant Florida Power & Light Company P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420 Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

FP&L 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Marvin D. Sykes dated March 25, 2010

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 REGULATORY/PRE-DECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE - TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT, DOCKET NO. 50-250 Distribution w/encl:

C. Evans, RII EICS L. Slack, RII EICS OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC RidsNrrPMTurkeyPoint Resource Region II Administrators Secretary RII DRP Division Secretary Region II Division Directors and Deputies Region II Counsel Region II State Liaison Officer Region II Public Affairs Officer Region II Resource Management Branch Region II Receptionist Region II Regional Coordinator OEDO Headquarters Operation Officer PMNS

SUBJECT:

REGULATORY/PRE-DECISIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT FACILITY: TURKEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT DOCKET: 05000250 DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - 09:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

LOCATION: Suite 24T20 Region II Office, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA PURPOSE: The purpose of this Regulatory/Pre-Decisional Enforcement Conference is to discuss the safety significance of one preliminary greater than Green finding with two associated Apparent Violations (AVs) and the severity level of three AVs considered for potential Escalated Enforcement that were documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000250/2010008. All of these findings dealt with degradation of Boraflex neutron absorber material in the Turkey Point Unit 3 spent fuel pool (SFP) storage racks. The NRC's Policy Statement, "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov and contains information regarding conduct of NRC meetings.

CATEGORY: This is a Category 1 meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned. The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify the NRC=s meeting contact listed below. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

NRC OFFICE Region II, NRR PARTICIPATING:

OTHER None ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING:

PARTICIPANTS: NRC (partial list)

L. Reyes, Regional Administrator, RII V. McCree, Deputy Regional Administrator for Operations, RII L. Wert, Director, Division of Reactor Projects, DRP, RII M. Sykes, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 3, DRP, RII W. Rogers, Senior Reactor Analyst, DRS, RII S. Stewart, Senior Resident Inspector, DRP, RII J. Paige, Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRR LICENSEE (partial list)

M. Kiley, Site Vice President R. Tomonto, Licensing Manager MEETING Marvin Sykes CONTACT: 404-562-4629 Marvin.Sykes@nrc.gov AUDIO TELE- Interested members of the public can participate in this meeting via a toll-free audio CONFERENCING teleconference. Please contact the NRC meeting contact in advance of the meeting, indicating your intent to attend and to obtain teleconferencing information.

VIDEO TELE- Not Available CONFERENCING Enclosure