ML20206E168

Informs That FERC & NRC Will Conduct Category I Svc Water Pond (Swp) Dam Insp at Facility on 990610

ML20206E168
Person / Time
Site:	Summer
Issue date:	04/29/1999
From:	Padovan L NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned)
To:	Gabe Taylor SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CO.
References
NUDOCS 9905050037
Download: ML20206E168 (3)

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e April 29, 1999

ll(r. GIry J. Tcylor - . .

/ Vice President, Nuctorr Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C.' Summer Nuclear Stationi Post Office Box 88 >

Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 '

SUBJECT:

SERVICE WATER POND DAM SAFETY INSPECTION - VIRGIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION Dear Mr. Taylori A team from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Nuc! ear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a Category l Service Water Pond (SWP) Dam inspection at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) on June 10,1999. Mr. Jim Proper of your staff agreed to this date on April 28,1999. The purpose of this routine inspection is to confirm that these structures conform with design documents and are capable of performing their design functions. Team members will include Mr. Daniel Rom of the NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and Mr. Dick Ross from FERC. Mr. Ron Spath from FERC might also participate in the inspection.

We conducted our previous Category l SWP Dam inspection at VCSNS on Fobruary 27,1997.

Our December 3,1998, letter requested that you provide attematives in lieu of conducting lead-line surveys'on the discharge channel or along the SWP pumphouse discharge pipe alignment.

The proposed attematives were to confirm that these structures are free from gross erosion or other effects that could impair their stability. We requested your written response within 180 days of the date of the letter. We held a February 16,1999, conference call to discuss the need for alternatives, but did not resolve this issue. We plan to resolve this issue during the June 10,1999, inspection. Accordingly, we no longer need your 180-day written response.

Instead, we will document the agreements in our new dam audit report. Please contact me at (301) 415-1423 if you have any questions.

Sincerely, original signed by:

L. Mark Padovan, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate il Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation  ;

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l Mr. Gary J. Taylor l Vice President, Nuclear Operations l South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Post Office Box 88 '

Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 i i

SUBJECT:

SERVICE WATER POND DAM SAFETY INSPECTION - VIRGIL C. SUMMER ,

NUCLEAR STATION l

Dear Mr. Taylor:

A team from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will conduct a Category I Service Water Pond (SWP) Dam inspection at the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station (VCSNS) on June 10,1999. Mr. Jim Proper  !

of your staff agreed to this date on April 28,1999. The purpose of this routine inspection is to l confirm that these structures conform with design documents and are capable of performing their design functions. Team members willinclude Mr. Daniel Rom of the NRC's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and Mr. Dick Ross from FERC. Mr. Ron Spath from  !

FERC might also participate in the inspection. i We conducted our previous Category I SWP Dam inspection at VCSNS on February 27,1997. l' Our December 3,1998, letter requested that you provide alternatives in lieu of conducting lead-

. line surveys on the discharge channel or along the SWP pumphouse discharge pipe alignment.

The proposed alternatives were to confirm that these structures are free from gross erosion or other effects that could impair their stability. We requested your written response within 180 days of the date of the letter. We held a February 16,1999, conference call to discuss the need for alternatives, but did not resolve this issue. We plan to resolve this issue during the June 10,1999, inspection. Accordingly, we no longer need your 180-day wntten response.

Instead, we will document the agreements in our new dem audit report. Please contact me at (301) 415-1423 if you have any questions.

Sincerely, L. Mark Padovan, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate ll Division of Licensing Project Management ,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation - i 1- Docket No. 50-395 4 l

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• Mr.' Gary J. Tcylor VIREIL C. SUMMER NUCLEAR STATION 4 South C:rclina Electric & Gas Company 1,

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Mr. R. J. White. J. B. Knotts, Jr., Esquire Nuclear Coordinator Winston & Strawn Law Firm S.C. Public Service Authority 1400 L Street, N.W.

clo Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station Washington, D.C. 20005-3502 Post Office Box 88, Mail Code 802 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Resident inspector / Summer NPS clo U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Route 1, Box 64 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Chairman, Fairfield County Council Drawer 60 Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180 Mr. Virgil R. Autry, Director Division of Radioactive Waste Management Bureau of Land & Waste Management Department of Health & Environmental Control 2600 Bull Street Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Mr. Robert M. Fowlkes, Manager Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Mail Code 303 Post Office Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 Ms. April R. Rice, Manager Nuclear Licensing & Operating Experience South Carolina Electric & Gas Company Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Station, Mail Code 830 Post Office Box 88 Jenkinsville, South Carolina 29065 l

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