ML15355A533

Ltr 12/21/15 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Follow-Up to Disputed Violations of NRC Inspection Report 05000263/2015007 (Nja)

ML15355A533
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	12/21/2015
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Gardner P Northern States Power Co
References
EA-15-206 IR 2015007
Download: ML15355A533 (2)

See also: IR 05000263/2015007

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUIT

E 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 December 21, 2015

EA-15-2 06 Mr. Peter A. Gardner

Site Vice President

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Northern States Power Company, Minnesota

2807 West County Road 75

Monticello, MN 55362

-9637 SUBJECT: MONTICELLO

NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT FOLLOW-UP TO DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 050002

63/201500 7 Dear Mr. Gardner: This is a follow

-up letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

acknowledgement of disputed violation of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 05000263/2015007. Specifically, on October 28, 2015, the NRC acknowledged your letter

sent to the NRC, dated October 2, 2015, that contested a Non

-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in our

IR issued on September 2, 2015. The contested NCV is "Failure to Review for Suitability of Application Safety

-Related Relays Installed

Beyond their Service Life."

The NRC seeks to provide a

thorough response to disputed violations within 90 days of receipt of licensee's points of contention, as described in Section 2.2.8 of the NRC Enforcement Manual, Part I. However, the NRC review of this disputed violation is expected to take longer than 90 days because of ongoing activities related to the subject of th

is disputed violation.

W e will inform you as soon as we complete our evaluation, which is expected to occur during the first quarter of calendar year 2016. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy

of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, /RA Benny Jose Acting for/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief Engineering

Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50

-263 License No. DPR

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December 21, 2015

EA-15-206 Mr. Peter A. Gardner

Site Vice President

Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant

Northern States Power Company, Minnesota

2807 West County Road 75

Monticello, MN 55362

-9637 SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT FOLLOW

-UP TO DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This is a follow

-up letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledgement of disputed violation of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 05000263/2015007. Specifically, on October 28, 2015, the NRC acknowledged your letter sent to the NRC, dated October 2, 2015, that contested a Non

-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in our IR issued on September

2, 2015. The contested NCV is "Failure to Review for Suitability of Application Safety

-Related Relays Installed Beyond their Service Life."

The NRC seeks to provide a thorough response to disputed violations within 90 days of receipt

of licensee's points of contention, as described in Section 2.2.8 of the NRC Enforcement Manual, Part I. However, the NRC review of this disputed violation is expected to take longer than 90 days because of ongoing activities related to the subject of this disputed violation. We will inform you

as soon as we complete our evaluation, which is expected to occur during the first quarter of calendar year 2016.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(10 CFR) 2.390, "Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding," of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of

this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC's Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC's Agencywide

Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely, /RA Benny Jose Acting for/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering

Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50

-263 License No. DPR

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