ML15301A814

Acknowledgment of Disputed Violation of NRC Inspection Report 05000263/2015007 (Bxj)

ML15301A814
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	10/28/2015
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Gardner P Northern States Power Co
References
EA-15-206, IR 2015007
Download: ML15301A814 (3)

See also: IR 05000263/2015007

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210

LISLE, IL 60532-4352

October 28, 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF

DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This letter acknowledges your letter sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),

dated October 2, 2015, that provided a response to our inspection report issued on

September 2, 2015, concerning activities conducted at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant.

The letter we received contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in Monticello

Inspection Report 2015007. The contested NCV is Failure to Review for Suitability of

Application Safety-Related Relays Installed Beyond Their Service Life.

We are currently reviewing your basis for contesting the above NCV. The NRC seeks to be

thorough and timely in the review of licensee responses. Accordingly, we will inform you as soon

as we complete our evaluation.

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 NRCs 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/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

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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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF

DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This letter acknowledges your letter sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),

dated October 2, 2015, that provided a response to our inspection report issued on

September 2, 2015, concerning activities conducted at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant.

The letter we received contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in Monticello

Inspection Report 2015007. The contested NCV is Failure to Review for Suitability of

Application Safety-Related Relays Installed Beyond Their Service Life.

We are currently reviewing your basis for contesting the above NCV. The NRC seeks to be

thorough and timely in the review of licensee responses. Accordingly, we will inform you as soon

as we complete our evaluation.

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 NRCs 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/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

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Letter to Mr. Peter A. Gardner from Ms. Christine A. Lipa dated October 28, 2015.

SUBJECT: MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF

DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

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