ML071020513

G20070202/LTR-07-0203 - Rep. Dennis Kucinich Ltr FENOC Request to Be Relieved from Independent Oversight at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Facility

ML071020513
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	04/18/2007
From:	Reyes L NRC/EDO
To:	Kucinich D US HR, Comm on Oversight and Government Reform, US HR, Subcomm on Domestic Policy
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G20070202, LTR-07-0203
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April 18, 2007The Honorable Dennis J. KucinichChairman, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am responding to your March 9, 2007, letter in which you requested that the U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission (NRC) brief the subcommittee on a request from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC). This FENOC request sought relaxation from the remaining two years of annual independent assessments of Operations performance at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant that were required by an NRC Order.Subsequently, FENOC withdrew this request. In its letter of withdrawal, FENOC indicated thatthey see value in the continuance of the independent assessments as the assessments provide external perspectives that will further assist Davis-Besse in achieving top industry performance.

A copy of FENOC's withdrawal letter was forwarded by the NRC's Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) to your office.As you requested in your letter, the OCA staff contacted the subcommittee's staff director,Mr. Jaron Bourke. OCA looks forward to working with him to schedule a briefing on NRC's current work if that would be helpful to you and your colleagues. Sincerely,/RA/Luis A. ReyesExecutive Director for Operations April 18, 2007The Honorable Dennis J. KucinichChairman, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy Committee on Oversight and Government Reform United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I am responding to your March 9, 2007, letter in which you requested that the U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission (NRC) brief the subcommittee on a request from FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC). This FENOC request sought relaxation from the remaining two years of annual independent assessments of Operations performance at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant that were required by an NRC Order.Subsequently, FENOC withdrew this request. In its letter of withdrawal, FENOC indicated thatthey see value in the continuance of the independent assessments as the assessments provide external perspectives that will further assist Davis-Besse in achieving top industry performance.

A copy of FENOC's withdrawal letter was forwarded by the NRC's Office of Congressional Affairs (OCA) to your office.As you requested in your letter, the OCA staff contacted the subcommittee's staff director,Mr. Jaron Bourke. OCA looks forward to working with him to schedule a briefing on NRC's current work if that would be helpful to you and your colleagues. Sincerely,/RA/Luis A. ReyesExecutive Director for OperationsDISTRIBUTION: G20070202/LTR-070203 R07-0064PUBLICRidsNrrDorlLpl3-2S. Sands, NRREDO Reading FileRidsNrrDirsIribJ. Caldwell, RIII RidsOcaMailCenterRidsEdoMailCenterG. Grant, RIII RidsNrrRgn3MailCenterRidsNrrOdM. Satorius, RIII RidsNrrDorlRidsNrrAdroG. Shear, RIII RidsOgcRpR. Gibbs, NRRK. O'Brien, RIII LPL3-2 Reading FileT. Bloomer, EDOE. Duncan, RIII RidsOpaMailR. Schmidt, OCAJ. Rutkowski, RIII RidsNrrWpcMailDOCUMENT NAME:C:\FileNet\ML071020513.wpd G Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive G Non-SensitiveTo receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copyML071010595OFFICERIII/DRPNRROCARIIINAMEEDuncan*:slsRGibbs by email*RSchmidt by emailMSatorius*DATE04/11/0704/11/0704/12/0704/11/07OFFICERIIIOCAEDONAMEJCaldwellRSchmidtLReyesDATE04/12/0704/17/0704/18/07OFFICIAL RECORD COPY