RA-12-028, Progress Energy - 120-Day Response to the March 12, 2012, Recommendation 2.3: Seismic

Progress Energy - 120-Day Response to the March 12, 2012, Recommendation 2.3: Seismic

ML12202A087
Person / Time
Site:	Harris, Brunswick, Crystal River, Robinson
Issue date:	07/10/2012
From:	Geoffrey Miller Progress Energy Carolinas
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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RA-12-028
Download: ML12202A087 (2)

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Progress Energy 10 CFR 50.4 Street Mall 411 Fayetteville Raleigh NC 27602 Serial: RA-12-028 July 10, 2012 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NOS. I AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324 / RENEWED LICENSE NOS. DPR-71 AND DPR-62 CRYSTAL RIVER UNIT 3 NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT DOCKET NO. 50-302 / LICENSE NO. DPR-72 SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, UNIT NO. I DOCKET NO. 50-400 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. NPF-63 H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT NO. 2 DOCKET NO. 50-261 / RENEWED LICENSE NO. DPR-23

SUBJECT:

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY AND FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION'S 120-DAY RESPONSE TO THE MARCH 12, 2012, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ENCLOSURE 3, RECOMMENDATION 2.3: SEISMIC

REFERENCE:

1. NRC Letter, Request for Information Pursuantto Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 50.54(f) RegardingRecommendations 2.1, 2.3, and 9.3, of the Near-Term Task Force Review of Insightsfrom the Fukushima Dai-IchiAccident, dated March 12, 2012

2. NRC Letter, Endorsement of Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)Draft Report 1025286, "Seismic Walkdown Guidance," dated May 31, 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen:

On March 12, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Reference 1 to Carolina Power & Light Company (CP&L) and Florida Power Corporation (FPC). of Reference 1 contains specific Requested Actions, Requested Information, and Required Responses associated with Recommendation 2.3 for Seismic. This letter provides the CP&L and FPC 120-day response to Reference I for Seismic Recommendation 2.3 for the plants listed above.

For seismic Recommendation 2.3 (walkdowns), Enclosure 3 of Reference I states that each licensee will confirm that they intend to use the NRC-endorsed seismic walkdown procedure or provide to the NRC a description of the process that will be used to conduct the walkdowns and develop the needed information.

CP&L and FPC confirm that they will use the seismic walkdown procedure (EPRI 1025286, Seismic Walkdown Guidance: For Resolution of Fukushima Near-Term Task Force A-cL.)

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission RA-12-028 Page 2 Recommendation 2.3: Seismic) as endorsed by Reference 2 to conduct the walkdowns and develop the needed information at the plants listed above.

This letter contains no new regulatory commitments.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Donna Alexander, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs, at (919) 546-5357.

I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on July 10, 2012.

Sincerely, Garry Ml Sr. Vice President - Nuclear Engineering DBM cc: USNRC Region II, Regional Administrator USNRC Resident Inspector - BSEP, Unit Nos. I and 2 USNRC Resident Inspector - CR3 USNRC Resident Inspector - SHNPP, Unit No. 1 USNRC Resident Inspector - HBRSEP, Unit No. 2 F. Saba, NRR Project Manager - BSEP, Unit Nos. I and 2; CR3 A. T. Billoch Col6n, NRR Project Manager - SHNPP, Unit No. 1; HBRSEP, Unit No. 2