ML13035A143

Notice of Significant Licensee Meeting

ML13035A143
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	02/04/2013
From:	Funk D Plant Support Branch II
To:	Jeffery Lynch Northern States Power Co
References
EA-12-273
Download: ML13035A143 (3)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 February 4, 2013 EA-12-273 Mr. Jim Lynch 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 - NOTICE OF REGULATORY CONFERENCE

Dear Mr. Lynch:

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 05000282/2012504, dated January 24, 2013. The meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. CT on February 25, 2013, at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Region III office, 2443 Warrenville Rd, Suite 210, Lisle, IL 60532. This meeting will be open for public observation.

The regulatory conference is being held to obtain information to assist the NRC in determining the safety 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 Monday, February 12, 2013, 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter 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 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).

J. Lynch If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact me at (630) 829-9822.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Donald Funk, Acting Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-282 License No. DPR-42 cc: Distribution via ListServ'

J. Lynch If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact me at (630) 829-9822.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Donald Funk, Acting Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-282 License No. DPR-42 cc: Distribution via ListServ' DISTRIBUTION:

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