ML15355A533

Ltr 12/21/15 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Follow-Up to Disputed Violations of NRC Inspection Report 05000263/2015007 (Nja)

ML15355A533
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	12/21/2015
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Gardner P Northern States Power Co
References
EA-15-206 IR 2015007
Download: ML15355A533 (2)

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

December 21, 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 FOLLOW-UP TO DISPUTED

VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This is a follow-up letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledgement

of disputed violation of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 05000263/2015007. Specifically, on

October 28, 2015, the NRC acknowledged your letter sent to the NRC, dated October 2, 2015,

that contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in our IR issued on September 2, 2015.

The contested NCV is Failure to Review for Suitability of Application Safety-Related Relays

Installed Beyond their Service Life.

The NRC seeks to provide a thorough response to disputed violations within 90 days of

receipt of licensees points of contention, as described in Section 2.2.8 of the NRC Enforcement

Manual, Part I. However, the NRC review of this disputed violation is expected to take longer

than 90 days because of ongoing activities related to the subject of this disputed violation. We

will inform you as soon as we complete our evaluation, which is expected to occur during the

first quarter of calendar year 2016.

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 Benny Jose Acting for/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

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December 21, 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 FOLLOW-UP TO DISPUTED

VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This is a follow-up letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) acknowledgement of disputed

violation of NRC Inspection Report (IR) 05000263/2015007. Specifically, on October 28, 2015, the NRC

acknowledged your letter sent to the NRC, dated October 2, 2015, that contested a Non-Cited Violation

(NCV) documented in our IR issued on September 2, 2015. The contested NCV is Failure to Review for

Suitability of Application Safety-Related Relays Installed Beyond their Service Life.

The NRC seeks to provide a thorough response to disputed violations within 90 days of receipt of

licensees points of contention, as described in Section 2.2.8 of the NRC Enforcement Manual, Part I.

However, the NRC review of this disputed violation is expected to take longer than 90 days because of

ongoing activities related to the subject of this disputed violation. We will inform you as soon as we

complete our evaluation, which is expected to occur during the first quarter of calendar year 2016.

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 Benny Jose Acting for/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-263

License No. DPR-22

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