ML052430024

Approval of Change to the Nuclear Management Company Quality Assurance Topical Report (TAC Nos. MC7585. MC7587, MC7588, MC7589, MC7590, MC7591, MC7592)

ML052430024
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello, Palisades, Point Beach, Prairie Island, Duane Arnold
Issue date:	09/01/2005
From:	Spaulding D NRC/NRR/DLPM/LPD3
To:	Weinkam E Nuclear Management Co
Spaulding D, NRR/DE/EEIB, 415-2928
References
TAC MC7585, TAC MC7587, TAC MC7588, TAC MC7589, TAC MC7590, TAC MC7591, TAC MC7592
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September 1, 2005 Mr. Edward J. Weinkam Director Regulatory Services Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL OF CHANGE TO THE NUCLEAR MANAGEMENT COMPANY QUALITY ASSURANCE TOPICAL REPORT (TAC NOS. MC7585, MC7587, MC7588, MC7589, MC7590, MC7591, MC7592)

Dear Mr. Weinkam:

By letter dated June 17, 2005, Nuclear Management Company, LLC, (NMC, the licensee) submitted a change to its Quality Assurance Topical Report (QATR) for review and approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50.54(a)(4).

Previous NRC correspondence dated March 24, 2005, contains the NRC staff approval of the consolidation of the quality assurance programs for Duane Arnold, Monticello, Palisades, Point Beach and Prairie Island nuclear stations into a common QA program. Review of the licensees proposed reduction in commitment regarding offsite review committees (Enclosure 6 of the licensees submittal dated October 31, 2003, which was replaced in its entirety by Enclosure 3 by licensees letter dated July 23, 2004), was previously approved by separate NRC correspondence dated January 13, 2005.

The enclosed safety evaluation documents the basis for our conclusion that the change to the licensees quality assurance program described in QATR, NMC-1, is acceptable The proposed reduction in commitment, submitted by letter dated June 17, 2005, clarifies a potential conflict between QATR fire protection commitments and the plant-specific license conditions.

E. J. Weinkam The NRC staff finds the reduction in QATR commitments is acceptable and that the revised quality assurance program as revised by licensee letter dated June 17, 2005, meets the criteria of Appendix B to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50.54(a)(4) and is, therefore, acceptable.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Deirdre W. Spaulding, Project Manager, Section 1 Project Directorate III Division of Licensing Project Management Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos. 50-331, 50-263, 50-255, 50-266, 50-301, 50-282, and 50-306

Enclosure:

Safety Evaluation cc w/encl: See next page

ML052430024 Office PDIII-1/PM PDIII-1/LA DIPM/IPSB/SC PDIII-1/SC Name DSpaulding THarris DThatcher LRaghavan Date 8/31/05 8/31/05 08/26/05 9/1/05 Duane Arnold Energy Center cc:

Mr. John Paul Cowan Daniel McGhee Executive Vice President & Utilities Division Chief Nuclear Officer Iowa Department of Commerce Nuclear Management Company, LLC Lucas Office Buildings, 5th floor 700 First Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Hudson, MI 54016 Chairman, Linn County John Bjorseth Board of Supervisors Plant Manager 930 1st Street SW Duane Arnold Energy Center Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324 Craig G. Anderson Senior Vice President, Group Operations Steven R. Catron 700 First Street Manager, Regulatory Affairs Hudson, WI 54016 Duane Arnold Energy Center 3277 DAEC Road Mark A. Peifer Palo, IA 52324 Site Vice President Duane Arnold Energy Center U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Management Company, LLC Resident Inspectors Office 3277 DAEC Road Rural Route #1 Palo, IA 52324-0351 Palo, IA 52324 Regional Administrator, Region III U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210 Lisle, IL 60532-4352 Jonathan Rogoff Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Management Company, LLC 700 First Street Hudson, WI 54016 Bruce Lacy Nuclear Asset Manager Alliant Energy/Interstate Power and Light Company 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324

Kewaunee Power Station cc:

Resident Inspectors Office Ms. Lillian M. Cuoco, Esq.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Senior Counsel N490 Hwy 42 Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

Kewaunee, WI 54216-9510 Millstone Power Station Building 475, 5th Floor David Zellner Rope Ferry Road Chairman - Town of Carlton Waterford, CT 06385 N2164 County B Kewaunee, WI 54216 Plant Manager Kewaunee Power Station Mr. Jeffery Kitsembel N490 Highway 42 Electric Division Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511 Public Service Commission of Wisconsin PO Box 7854 Mr. David A. Christian Madison, WI 53707-7854 Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Mr. Michael G. Gaffney Innsbrook Technical Center Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc. 5000 Dominion Boulevard Kewaunee Power Station Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 N490 Hjghway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216 Mr. Chris L. Funderburk Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support Innsbrook Technical Center 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711 Mr. Thomas L. Breene Dominon Energy Kewaunee, Inc.

Kewaunee Power Station N490 Highway 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216

Palisades Plant cc:

Robert A. Fenech, Senior Vice President Douglas E. Cooper Nuclear, Fossil, and Hydro Operations Senior Vice President - Group Operations Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant 1945 Parnall Rd. Nuclear Management Company, LLC Jackson, MI 49201 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 Arunas T. Udrys, Esquire Consumers Energy Company Stephen T. Wawro, Director 1 Energy Plaza of Nuclear Assets Jackson, MI 49201 Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant Supervisor 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert Township Covert, MI 49043 P. O. Box 35 Covert, MI 49043 Laurie A. Lahti, Manager Regulatory Affairs Office of the Governor Nuclear Management Company, LLC P. O. Box 30013 Palisades Nuclear Plant Lansing, MI 48909 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office Paul A. Harden Palisades Plant Site Vice President 27782 Blue Star Memorial Highway Palisades Nuclear Plant Covert, MI 49043 Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Covert, MI 49043 Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Hazardous Waste and Radiological Protection Section Nuclear Facilities Unit Constitution Hall, Lower-Level North 525 West Allegan Street P.O. Box 30241 Lansing, MI 48909-7741 Michigan Department of Attorney General Special Litigation Division 525 West Ottawa St.

Sixth Floor, G. Mennen Williams Building Lansing, MI 48913 Director of Nuclear Assets Consumers Energy Company Palisades Nuclear Plant 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043 January 2005

Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Mr. F. D. Kuester Nuclear Asset Manager President & Chief Executive Officer Wisconsin Electric Power Company WE Generation 231 West Michigan Street 231 West Michigan Street Milwaukee, WI 53201 Milwaukee, WI 53201 Site Director of Operations Regulatory Affairs Manager Nuclear Management Company, LLC Point Beach Nuclear Plant 6610 Nuclear Road Nuclear Management Company, LLC Two Rivers, WI 54241 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241 Dennis L. Koehl Site Vice-President Mr. Ken Duveneck Point Beach Nuclear Plant Town Chairman Nuclear Management Company, LLC Town of Two Creeks 6590 Nuclear Road 13017 State Highway 42 Two Rivers, WI 54241 Mishicot, WI 54228 Chairman Public Service Commission of Wisconsin P.O. Box 7854 Madison, WI 53707-7854 Resident Inspector's Office U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 6612 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2 cc:

Manager, Regulatory Affairs Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089 Manager - Environmental Protection Division Minnesota Attorney Generals Office 445 Minnesota St., Suite 900 St. Paul, MN 55101-2127 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspector's Office 1719 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089-9642 Administrator Goodhue County Courthouse Box 408 Red Wing, MN 55066-0408 Tribal Council Prairie Island Indian Community ATTN: Environmental Department 5636 Sturgeon Lake Road Welch, MN 55089 Nuclear Asset Manager Xcel Energy, Inc.

414 Nicollet Mall, R.S. 8 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Mr. Joseph M. Solymossy Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089 November 2004

SAFETY EVALUATION BY THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION CHANGE TO THE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER MONTICELLO NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 DOCKET NOS. 50-331, 50-263, 50-255, 50-266, 50-301, 50-282, 50-306

1.0 INTRODUCTION

By letter dated June 17, 2005, Nuclear Management Company, LLC, (NMC, the licensee) submitted a change to its Quality Assurance Topical Report (QATR) for review and approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50.54(a)(4). The licensees change is a proposed reduction in commitment which clarifies a potential conflict between the QATR fire protection commitments and the plant-specific license conditions.

2.0 REGULATORY EVALUATION

The licensees QA program description conforms to the format and meets the acceptance criteria of the Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800), SRP Section 17.3. Reference B.1 of SRP 17.3 states that fire protection QA controls are to be in accordance with Regulatory Positions 2 and 4 of Branch Technical Position CMEB 9.5-1 as given in SRP Section 9.5.1, (Position 2 addresses administrative controls; Position 4 addresses quality assurance).

3.0 EVALUATION Section A.7.3 of the QATR makes the following commitment:

• Branch Technical Position CMEB 9.5-1, Revision 2, July 1981 (Positions C.2 and C.4)

- NMC complies with the administrative control and quality assurance provisions of the cited sections for fire protection activities. Application of the provisions of this QATR to fire protection activities provides elements of control consistent with position C.4.

Compliance with the remainder of the [technical] positions of NUREG 0800, Section 9.5.1 and CMEB 9.5-1 is site specific, as addressed in each plant UFSAR [Updated Final Safety Analysis Report] or Fire Protection Program.

During detailed implementation reviews, the licensee found that potentially conflicting commitments may exist between the QATR and site-specific operating license conditions. The licensee proposes to defer to site-specific license commitments if conflicts arise, by clarifying the above commitment to read:

• Branch Technical Position CMEB 9.5-1, Revision 2, July 1981 (Positions C.2 and C.4)

- NMC provisions for administrative controls for Fire Protection comply with site specific commitments, or with the provisions of Position C.2 of CMEB 9.5-1, Rev. 2, as specified in NRC approved site fire protection programs and the applicable NRC Safety Evaluations Reports. Application of the provisions of this QATR to fire protection activities provides elements of quality assurance that comply with site specific fire protection quality assurance commitments or with CMEB 9.5-1, Revision 2, Position C.4.

In support of the proposed change, the submittal includes a list of NRC safety evaluations and supplements applicable to the fire protection programs for NMC facilities. The safety evaluations document staff approval of amendments to the site-specific operating licenses.

The amendments were issued in the 1980s following changes to the fire protection requirements implemented through changes to the regulations at 10 CFR 50.48 and Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50. The staff finds the licensees proposed precedence of fire protection requirements incorporated in the operating licenses to be appropriate and acceptable. Changes to these requirements would be made through the license amendment process.

4.0 CONCLUSION

Based on review of the change to the quality assurance program, the staff concludes that the quality assurance program described in the NMC QATR continues to satisfy the QA requirements of Appendix B tp 10 CFR Part 50. The proposed change is, therefore, acceptable.

Principal Contributors: Ken Heck Date: September 1, 2005