ML20217Q026
| ML20217Q026 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Prairie Island  |
| Issue date: | 03/05/1998 |
| From: | Shankman S NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Sorensen J NORTHERN STATES POWER CO. |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9803110256 | |
| Download: ML20217Q026 (3) | |
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\\,,g, March 5, 1998 Mr. Joo! P. Sorensen Plart Manager Prairie Island Nuclear GeneratinD Plant Northem States Power Company 1717 Wakonado Drive, East Welch, Minnesota 55089
SUBJECT:
WITHDRAWAL OF COMMITMENT REGARDING TN-40 CASK FABRICATION Dear Mr. Sorensen This is in response to your letter dated December 16,1997, in which you requested withdrawal of a Northern States Power Company (NSP) commitment related to tha Notice of Violation issued as a result of a Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection Specifically, you requested withdrawal of the corrective action to prevent recurrence of a violabon idenbfied during the NRC inspection performed at an NSP vendor, PX Engineering Company (PXE), on December 13-15, 1994. NSP responded to this violation in a letter dated February 23,1995, with a commitment to have an NSP (or Transnuclear) reprocentative present at all future resin pours for fabrication of the TN 40 dry spent fuel storage cask. However, yourjustificabon for deleting the commitment was not clearty delineated in your December 18 letter.
In your December 16 letter, you state that the reason for deleting the commitment is that NSP is planning to use a different fabricator tht.n PXE for the next five casks However, you did not indicate whether NSP had performed a vendor qualification audit of this now vendor and mamanand the resin pour capabilities and quality control of fabrication processes for adequacy.
In addition, you state that the NSP contract with this new vendor allows for continuous on-site oversight of fabrication activities, however, you did not indicate what level of NSP oversight will be actually implemente(
Please aJ Tess the above issues so that we can evaluate your request to delete the NSP vendor oversight commitment for TN-40 fabrication activities at the new vendor. in addition, please clarify the level and scope of the NSP TN-40 fabncation vendor oversight program.
If you have any questions sogarding this letter, please contact Mr. Stephen O'Connor of my staff 7
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Sincerely, Susan F. Shankman, Chief Transportabon Safety and 9803110256 900305 inspection Branch PDR ADOCK O 282 Spent Fuel Project Office, NMSS Docket No.: 72-0010
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Site Licensing Shaw, Pittman, Potts and Trowbridge Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant 2300 N Street, N. W.
Northern States Power Company Washington DC 20037 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, Minnesota 55089 Plant Manager Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Ms. Darelynn Lehto, Vee Presdent Plant Prairie Island Dakota Nor1 hem States Power Company indian Community 1717 Wakonade Dnve East 5636 Sturgeon Lake Rd Welch, Minnesota 55089 Welch, MN 55089 Adonis A. Nebiett Assistant Attomey General Office of the Attomey General 455 Minnesota Street Suite 900 St. Paul, Minnesota SE101-2127 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident inspector's Office 1719 Wakonado Drive East Welch, Minnesota 55089-9642 Regional Administrator, Region ill U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road i
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Mr. Jeff Cole, Auditor / Treasurer Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408
. Red Wing, Minnesota 55086-0408 Kris Sanda, Commissioner 4
Minnesota Dept. of Public Services 121 Seventh Place East Suite 200 i
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2145