ML041980421

E-mail from Sunil Weerakody to Alex Marion Regarding NEI C02 System Lockout Letter

ML041980421
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Site:	Nuclear Energy Institute
Issue date:	07/14/2004
From:	Sunil Weerakkody Plant Systems Branch
To:	Marion A Nuclear Energy Institute
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Ev rw e 00 Repns ag 1 Eva Brown -Re: P02 Response, Page 1 From: Sunil Weerakkody To: Alex, MARION,; INTERNET:

fae~nei.org Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 4:53PM

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Re: C02 Response Alex: We plan to provide our response to your letter before 8/31. In the mean time, we appreciate the initiative that you have taken to prepare a white paper on this issue for our review. Dan Frumkin remains my lead on the Issue Management Protocol.

However, Naeem lqbal (NXInrc.qov) will be the responsible staff person assigned to prepare the response to this letter.Sunil Weerakkody Chief, Fire Protection NRC\NRR\DSSA\SPLB Tel: 301-415-2870 Mail Stop: 0-11 A-11 Office: 0-11 D-22>>> >>MARION, Alex" <am nei.org> 07/02/04 01:19PM >>>July 2, 2004 Mr. Sunil Weerakkody Fire Protection Section Chief, DSSA U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Mail Stop 011 -Al1 Washington, DC 20555-0001 PROJECT NUMBER: 689 As discussed during our meeting with you on June 22, 2004, we have evaluated the NRC concern related to manual lockout of automatic C02 systems. We conducted a survey of licensee plans to change current C02 system designs and found that such lockouts are of low risk significance.

Adequate defense-in-depth is maintained if appropriate compensatory actions are taken and adequate suppression capability is assured.Alex Marion Senior Director, Engineering Nuclear Generation Division 202-739-8080 am @ nei.orq Eva Brown -Re: C02 Response Page 211 This electronic message transmission contains information from the Nuclear Energy Institute, Inc. The information is intended solely for the use of the addressee and its use by any other person is not authorized.

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If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone or by electronic mail and permanently delete the original message.CC: Brown, Eva; Frumkin, Daniel; Hannon, John; IOBAL, Naeem