ML113530598

Letter to Licensee Regarding Regulatory Conference January 11, 2012

ML113530598
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	12/19/2011
From:	Jack Giessner Reactor Projects Region 3 Branch 4
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
References
EA-11-241 IR-11-016
Download: ML113530598 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 December 19, 2011 EA-11-241 Mr. Anthony Vitale Vice-President, Operations Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT NOTICE OF REGULATORY CONFERENCE

Dear Mr. Vitale:

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 05000255/2011016. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, January 11, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (CST), 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 Thursday, January 5, 2012, 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.

A. Vitale 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 Diana Betancourt at (630) 829-9617.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Giessner, Chief Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ

A. Vitale 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 Diana Betancourt at (630) 829-9617.

Sincerely,

/RA/

John B. Giessner, Chief Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 cc: Distribution via ListServ DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRPIII\PALI\Palisades Meeting Notice Preliminary White.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 RIII NAME DBetancourt-Roldan JGiessner SOrth DATE 12/15/11 12/19/11 12/15/11 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Letter to A. Vitale from J. Giessner dated December 19, 2011.

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