ML100760439

Response to Notice of Violations and NRC Inspection Report 05000482-09-005

ML100760439
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/17/2010
From:	Geoffrey Miller NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To:	Matthew Sunseri Wolf Creek
References
ea-10-004, EA-10-020, IR-09-005
Download: ML100760439 (4)

See also: IR 05000482/2009005

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March 17, 2010

EA-10-004 EA-10-020

Mr. Matthew W. Sunseri, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS AND NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000482/2009005

Dear Mr. Sunseri:

Thank you for your letter of March 11, 2010, in response to our February 11, 2010, letter and Notice of Violations regarding the failure to identify and correct leakage from the refueling water

storage tank and to correctly translate the design basis into specifications, drawings and procedures to prevent the formation of voids in the reactor vessel head during shutdown operations. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violations. We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during a future inspection to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained.

Sincerely, /RA/ Geoffrey Miller, Chief Project Branch B Division of Reactor Projects

Docket: 50-482

License: NPF-42 UNITED STATESNUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONREGION IV612 EAST LAMAR BLVD, SUITE 400ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4125

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Matthew W. Sunseri, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Vice President Operations/Plant Manager Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Jay Silberg, Esq. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037

Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, KS 66839

Chief Engineer Utilities Division

Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Road Topeka, KS 66604-4027

Office of the Governor

State of Kansas Topeka, KS 66612-1590

Attorney General 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor

Topeka, KS 66612-1597

Chairman Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street

Burlington, KS 66839

Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Bureau of Air and Radiation Kansas Department of Health and Environment

1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366

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Chief, Technological Hazards Branch FEMA, Region VII 9221 Ward Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64114-3372

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Electronic distribution by RIV: Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov) Deputy Regional Administrator (Chuck.Casto@nrc.gov) DRP Director (Dwight.Chamberlain@nrc.gov) DRP Deputy Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov) DRS Director (Roy.Caniano@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov) Senior Resident Inspector (Chris.Long@nrc.gov) Resident Inspector (Charles.Peabody@nrc.gov) Site Secretary (Shirley.Allen@nrc.gov) Branch Chief, DRP/B (Geoffrey.Miller@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (Rick.Deese@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov) Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov) Team Leader, DRP/TSS (Chuck.Paulk@nrc.gov) RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov) Senior Enforcement Specialist (Ray.Kellar@nrc.gov)

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