ML13066A304

Ltr. 3/5/13, Prairie Island Re NRC Office of Investigations Report No. 3-2012-014 (AMS File No. RIII-2012-A-0009)

ML13066A304
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	03/05/2013
From:	Dickson B C Division of Reactor Safety III
To:	Jeffery Lynch Northern States Power Co
References
RIII-12-A-0009, 3-2012-014
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 March 5, 2013

Mr. Jim Lynch Site Vice President Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Northern States Power Company, Minnesota 1717 Wakonade Drive East

Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

NRC OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NO. 3-2012-014

Dear Mr. Lynch:

This refers to an investigation conducted by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Investigations (OI) to determine whether a lead superintendent and a program manager at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant willfully entered a high radiation area without the appropriate radiological briefing. Based on the evidence developed during the investigation, we did not substantiate the allegation. The synopsis from the OI Report of Investigation is enclosed.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this matter, please contact an NRC Region III Office Allegation Coordinator by calling (800) 522-3025. The NRC Region III Office Allegation Coordinators are Jim Heller, Paul Pelke, Magdalena Gryglak, and Sarah Bakhsh.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response, if any, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Managem ent System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). You should note that final NRC documents, including the final OI reports, may be made available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) subject to redaction of information pursuant to the FOIA. Requests under the FOIA should be made in accordance J. Lynch

with 10 CFR 9.23, Request for Records. The instructions for making a request for information under the FOIA are accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/foia-request.html. Sincerely,

/RA/

Billy Dickson, Chief Health Physics and Incident Response Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-282, 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42, DPR-60

Enclosure:

OI Synopsis J. Lynch

with 10 CFR 9.23, Request for Records. The instructions for making a request for information under the FOIA are accessible at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/foia/foia-request.html. Sincerely,

/RA/

Billy Dickson, Chief Health Physics and Incident Response Branch Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos. 50-282, 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42, DPR-60

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OI Synopsis

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Case No. 3-2012-014 Enclosure OI SYNOPSIS

This investigation was initiated on March 21, 2012, by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Investigations, Region III, to determine whether a Lead Superintendent and a Program Manager at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (Prairie Island) willfully entered a high radiation area (HRA) without the appropriate radiological briefing.

Based upon the evidence developed, this investigation did not substantiate the allegation that a Lead Superintendent and a Program Manager at the Prairie Island willfully entered an HRA without the appropriate radiological briefing.