ML13326A066

11/5/2013 - Summary of Public Meeting with NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC

ML13326A066
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	11/21/2013
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B1
To:	NextEra Energy Duane Arnold
References
EA-13-182
Download: ML13326A066 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 November 21, 2013 EA-13-182 LICENSEE: NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC FACILITY: Duane Arnold Energy Center

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETING WITH NEXTERA ENERGY DUANE ARNOLD, LLC, HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013 On November 5, 2013, representatives of NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, met with NRC personnel in the Region III office located in Lisle, Illinois, at a Regulatory Conference to discuss the safety significance of the finding and apparent violation identified in NRC Inspection Report Number 05000331/2013010. The finding involves failure of a lubricating oil gasket on one of the standby diesel generators. The conference was held at the request of NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC.

The licensee presented a summary of their risk evaluation, the causes for the apparent violation, and their corrective actions.

A list of the meeting attendees is provided in the Enclosure to this summary, and the licensee's presentation can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System under ML13308A905.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this summary and its enclosure will be available for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine Lipa, Chief Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServTM

Regulatory Conference List of Attendees NextEra Energy Richard Anderson, Site Vice President Ken Kleinheinz, Site Engineering Director Mark Gilbert, Operations Shift Manager Anil Julka, Fleet Risk and Reliability Manager Mike Davis, Site Licensing/EP Manager James Petro, Fleet Licensing Director Larry Lee, ERIN Engineering U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Anne Boland, Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, Region III Julio Lara, Acting Deputy Division Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

Christine Lipa, Chief, Branch 1, DRP Steven Orth, Enforcement Officer Robert Murray, Resident Inspector, Duane Arnold site, DRP Laura Kozak, Senior Risk Analyst, DRP Antonios Zoulis, Reliability and Risk Analyst, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)

David Passehl, Acting Branch Chief, Technical Support Staff, DRP Nick Valos, Senior Risk Analyst, DRP Charles Phillips, Project Engineer, DRP Jakob Steffes, Reactor Engineer, DRP Roy Elliott, Reactor Engineer, DRP Benny Jose, Acting Branch Chief, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)

Randal Baker, Operations Engineer, DRS Viktoria Mitlyng, Public Affairs Officer Prema Chandrathil, Public Affairs Officer Patricia Lougheed, Senior Enforcement Coordinator Alexander Schwab, Reactor Engineer, DRP Navid Tehrani, Materials Inspector, Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Lucas Haeg, Senior Resident Inspector, Duane Arnold site, DRP (via phone)

Michael Jones, Reactor Inspector, DRS (via phone)

Joe Giitter, Director, Division of Risk Management, NRR (via phone)

Sunil Weerakkody, Chief, PRA Operational Support Branch, NRR (via phone)

Jeff Circle, Senior Reliability and Risk Analyst, NRR (via phone)

Carolyn Faria-Ocasio, Project Manager, NRR (via phone)

Michelle Kichline, Reliability and Risk Analyst, NRR (via phone)

Mandy Halter, Enforcement Coordinator, NRR (via phone)

Lauren Casey, Enforcement Specialist, Office of Enforcement (via phone)

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EA-13-182 LICENSEE: NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC FACILITY: Duane Arnold Energy Center

SUMMARY

OF PUBLIC MEETING WITH NEXTERA ENERGY DUANE ARNOLD, LLC, HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2013 On November 5, 2013, representatives of NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC, met with NRC personnel in the Region III office located in Lisle, Illinois, at a Regulatory Conference to discuss the safety significance of the finding and apparent violation identified in NRC Inspection Report Number 05000331/2013010. The finding involves failure of a lubricating oil gasket on one of the standby diesel generators. The conference was held at the request of NextEra Energy Duane Arnold, LLC.

The licensee presented a summary of their risk evaluation, the causes for the apparent violation, and their corrective actions.

A list of the meeting attendees is provided in the Enclosure to this summary, and the licensee's presentation can be found in the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System under ML13308A905.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this summary and its enclosure will be available for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management Systems (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine Lipa, Chief Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosure:

List of Attendees cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServTM DISTRIBUTION:

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Memorandum to file from Christine Lipa dated November 21, 2013

SUMMARY

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