ML20325A036

Petition Submitted Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 Regarding the North Anna Power Station

ML20325A036
Person / Time
Site:	North Anna
Issue date:	12/14/2020
From:	Geoffrey Miller Plant Licensing Branch II
To:	Saporito T Nuclear Energy Oversight Project
Miller G
References
OEDO-20-00469
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December 14, 2020 Mr. Thomas Saporito Executive Director Nuclear Energy Oversight Project 9995 SE Federal Hwy. Unit 1763 Hobe Sound, FL 33475

SUBJECT:

10 CFR 2.206 PETITION REGARDING THE NORTH ANNA POWER STATION (OEDO-20-00469)

Dear Mr. Saporito:

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) received your 10 CFR 2.206 Petition dated November 12, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession No. ML20323A162), and initiated the screening process immediately in accordance with Section II.A.2(d) of NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.11 Review Process for 10 CFR

[Code of Federal Regulations] 2.206 Petitions (ADAMS Accession No. ML18296A043). In your petition, you requested that the NRC issue eight Confirmatory Orders (COs) against the North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2. The requested COs relate to earthquakes, emergency evacuation, steam generator inspections, reactor vessel inspections, pressure-temperature limits, and rejection of the current subsequent license renewal (SLR) application.

Your petition makes general assertions that in its SLR application, the licensee failed to maintain compliance with 10 CFR Part 50 during extended power operations in relation to earthquakes, fuel storage, and emergency evacuation but does not provide specific shortcomings with respect to North Anna. Your petition makes general assertions in stating that the licensee engaged in guess work and anticipated calculations without due consideration of past reactor trips and previous power uprate operations. In addition, you noted in your petition that the licensee failed to identify the equipment or vendor contracted to perform Charpy tests.

These Charpy test concerns are basically duplicative to concerns you submitted to the NRC in a 10 CFR 2.206 petition related to pressurized water reactors and to Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station on October 31, 2020 and November 8, 2020 and are currently being evaluated.

Therefore, the NRC staff has screened your request out of the 2.206 Petition Process consistent with MD 8.11 Section II.A.2(d)(ii), General Assertions and Duplicative Requests for Action under 10 CFR 2.206.

The NRC staff has concluded that the concerns expressed in your petition submittal do not warrant immediate enforcement action in accordance with 10 CFR 2.206.

Thank you for bringing these issues to the attention of the NRC. The 2.206 Petition Process exists to identify safety issues at NRC licensed facilities and your efforts are appreciated. For more information on the petition process please see:

https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/enforcement/petition.html.

Sincerely,

/RA/

G. Edward Miller, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

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