ML091950172

07/28/2009 Notice of Meeting with Brunswick Steam Electric Plant to Discuss a Preliminary White Finding Involving Failure to Correctly Translate Design Basis Into an Engineering Change to Replace Control Relays on All Four Emergency Diesel

ML091950172
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	07/13/2009
From:	Nease R NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB2
To:	Waldrep B Carolina Power & Light Co
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CP&L 3 July 13, 2009

Mr. Benjamin C. Waldrep Vice President Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant P.O. Box 10429 Southport, NC 28461

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 - PRELIMINARY WHITE FINDING - BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, DOCKET NOS. 50-325 AND 50-324

Dear Mr. Waldrep:

This letter confirms the conversation between Mr. Lee Grzeck of your staff and Mr. McKenzie Thomas on June 30, 2009, concerning a Category 1 public meeting, being conducted at your request, which has been scheduled for July 28, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. (EDT). The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a preliminary white finding (a finding of low to moderate safety significance) involving the failure to correctly translate the design basis into an engineering change to replace control relays on all four emergency diesel generators at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public ins pection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document 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).

Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 562-4530.

Sincerely, /RA/

Rebecca L. Nease, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324 License Nos.: NPF-71, NPF-62

Enclosure:

As stated

cc w/encl: (See page 2)

CP&L 2 cc w/encl: R. J. Duncan, II Vice President Nuclear Operations Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Michael J. Annacone Director Site Operations Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Edward L. Wills, Jr.

Plant General Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Benjamin C. Waldrep Vice President Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Christos Kamilaris Director Fleet Support Services Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Thomas D. Walt Vice President Nuclear Oversight Carolina Power and Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Brian C. McCabe Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Phyllis N. Mentel Manager, Support Services Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Donald L. Griffith Manager Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Garry D. Miller Manager License Renewal Progress Energy Electronic Mail Distribution

Gene Atkinson Supervisor, Licensing/Regulatory Programs Brunswick Steam Electric Plant Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc.

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Senior Resident Inspector Carolina Power and Light Company Brunswick Steam Electric Plant U.S. NRC 8470 River Road, SE Southport, NC 28461

John H. O'Neill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128

Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602

Chairman North Carolina Utilities Commission Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326

CP&L 3 (cc w/encl cont'd)

David R. Sandifer Brunswick County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 249 Bolivia, NC 28422

James Ross Nuclear Energy Institute Electronic Mail Distribution

Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P.O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211

Beverly O. Hall Chief, Radiation Protection Section Department of Environmental Health N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

Warren Lee Emergency Management Director New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management 230 Government Center Drive Suite 115 Wilmington, NC 28403

_________________________ x G SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE /RA M. Thomas/ OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRP SIGNATURE RA RA NAME RRODRIGUEZ RMUSSER DATE 7/7/2009 7/7/2009 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING WITH CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT FACILITY:

Brunswick Steam Electric Plant DOCKETS: 05000325 and 05000324 DATE & TIME:

Tuesday July 28, 2009 - 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

LOCATION:

Suite 24T20 Region II Office, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA PURPOSE: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss a preliminary white finding involving the failure to correctly translate the design basis into an Engineering Change to replace control relays on all four Emergency Diesel Generators at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant. The NRC's Policy Statement, "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting.

The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov and contains information regarding conduct of NRC meetings.

CATEGORY:

This is a Category 1 meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opport unities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

The NRC provides r easonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g

., braille, large print), please notify the NRC=s meeting contact listed below. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

NRC OFFICE PARTICIPATING:

Region II OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING:

None PARTICIPANTS:

NRC (partial list) V. McCree, Deputy Regional Administrator, RII K. Kennedy, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS)

C. Evans, Regional Counsel/Enforcement Officer, RII L. Wert, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP)

H. Christensen, Deputy Director, DRS R. Nease, Chief, Engineering Branch 2, DRS R. Musser, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 4, DRP R. Rodriguez, Senior Reactor Inspector, DRS G. MacDonald, Senior Reactor Analyst, DRS

J. Circle, Senior Reliability and Risk Analyst, NRR

LICENSEE (partial list) B. Waldrep, Vice President, Brunswick Steam Electric Plant (BSEP)

M. Annacone, Director, Site Operations (BSEP)

B. Davis, Manager, Engineering (BSEP)

S. Gordy, Manager, Operations (BSEP)

B. McCabe, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs (Corporate)

B. Rishel, Manager, Probabilistic Safety Asse ssment (Cor porate) R. Isbell, Sr. Engineer, Probabilistic Safety A ssessment (C orporate) J. Ertman, Supervisor, Fire Protection (Corporate)

2 MEETING CONTACT:

Rebecca Nease 404-562-4530 Rebecca.Nease@nrc.gov AUDIO TELE-CONFERENCING Interested members of the public can participate in this meeting via a toll-free audio teleconference. Please contact the NRC meeting contact in advance of the meeting, indicating your intent to attend and to obtain teleconferencing information.

VIDEO TELE-CONFERENCING Not Available