ML17135A268

NRC Security Baseline Inspection Cooper Nuclear Plant

ML17135A268
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	06/01/2017
From:	Rachel Johnson Security Performance Evaluation Branch
To:	Higginbotham K Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
David Hosteter NSIR/DSO/SPEB
References
IR 2017201
Download: ML17135A268 (3)

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SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION June 1, 2017 Mr. Kenneth Higginbotham Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District Cooper Nuclear Station 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR PLANT - NRC SECURITY INSPECTION REPORT 05000298/2017201

Dear Mr. Higginbotham:

On May 10, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed a security inspection at your Cooper Nuclear Plant. NRC inspectors discussed results of this inspection with Mr. Kenneth Higginbotham, Vice President-Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO), and other members of your staff. The results of this inspection are documented in the enclosed inspection report.

The NRC inspectors did not identify any findings or violations of more than minor significance.

This letter will be available for public inspection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html and at the NRC Public Document Room in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Request for Withholding.

The enclosed report contains Safeguards Information as defined by 10 CFR 73.21, Protection of Safeguards Information: Performance Requirements, and its disclosure to unauthorized individuals is prohibited by Section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

Therefore, the material in the enclosed report will not be made publicly available. If you choose to provide a response that contains Safeguards Information, please provide the level of protection described in 10 CFR 73.21. Otherwise, if you choose to provide a response that contains Security-Related Information, please mark your entire response Security-Related Information - Withhold from public disclosure under 10 CFR 2.390 in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1) and follow the instructions for withholding in 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1).

The enclosure transmitted herewith contains Safeguards Information. When separated from the enclosure, this transmittal document is decontrolled.

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION

SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION K. Higginbotham 2 In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1)(ii), the NRC is waiving the affidavit requirements for your response.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert C. Johnson, Chief Security Performance Evaluation Branch Division of Security Operations Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response Docket No. 50-298 License No. DPR-46 Nonpublic

Enclosure:

Inspection Report 05000298/2017201 w/

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