ML111741085

Notice of Regulatory Conference Letter to Licensee

ML111741085
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	06/23/2011
From:	Jack Giessner Reactor Projects Region 3 Branch 4
To:	Schimmel M Northern States Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 June 23, 2011 Mr. Mark Schimmel Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2, NOTICE OF REGULATORY CONFERENCE

Dear Mr. Schimmel:

This letter confirms our plans, as discussed between members of our staffs, to hold a Regulatory Conference to discuss a preliminary White finding. The details regarding the issue were conveyed to you in our Inspection Report 05000282/2011010; 05000306/2011010.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 28, 2011, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (CDT), at the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III Office, Main Conference Room, 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210, Lisle, IL 60532. This meeting is open to the public. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

The Regulatory Conference is being held to obtain information to assist the NRC in determining the significance of the finding and apparent violation detailed in the referenced 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, 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 Wednesday, July 14, 2011, 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.

M. Schimmel 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 or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact Swetha Shah at (630) 829-9608.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Giessner, Chief Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306;72-010 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60; SNM-2506 cc: Distribution via ListServ

M. Schimmel 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 or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact Swetha Shah at (630) 829-9608.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Giessner, Chief Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306;72-010 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60; SNM-2506 cc: Distribution via ListServ DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRPIII\PRAI\Prairie Island Reg Conference July 28 2011.docx 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 NAME SShah:dtp JGiessner DATE 06/23/11 06/23/11 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to M. Schimmel from J. Giessner dated June 23, 2011.

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