ML090060129

01/22/2009 Notice of Category 1 Public Meeting, Regulatory Conference - Oconee, Units 1, 2 & 3

ML090060129
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Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	01/06/2009
From:	Carroll R NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB1
To:	Baxter D Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II SAM NUNN ATLANTA FEDERAL CENTER 61 FORSYTH STREET, SW, SUITE 23T85 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-8931 January 6, 2009

Mr. David A. Baxter Site Vice President Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Oconee Nuclear Station 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 REGULATORY CONFERENCE - OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287

Dear Mr. Baxter:

This letter confirms the telephone conversation between Mr. Graham Davenport of your staff and Mr. James Moorman, III, on December 1, 2008, concerning a Regulatory Conference, being conducted at your request, which has been scheduled for January 22, 2009, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST). The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed. The purpose of the Regulatory Conference is to discuss the risk significance of the inspection finding documented in Inspection Report 05000269,270,287/2008010. This finding concerns the apparent failure to implement an adequate automatic voltage regulator maintenance procedure, which resulted in a loss of Unit 1 reactor coolant system inventory while on decay heat removal.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document 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).

Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 562-4511.

Sincerely, /RA/

Robert E. Carroll, Acting Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos.: DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

Enclosure:

As stated cc w/encl: (See page 2)

_________________________ SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP SIGNATURE NAME EStamm RCarroll DATE 1/ /2009 1/ /2009 E-MAIL COPY? YES NO YES NO DEC 2 cc w/encl: Berry G. Davenport Compliance Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Clark E. Curry Engineering Supervisor Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Philip J. Culbertson Maintenance Superintendent Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Preston Gillespie Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Scott L. Batson Engineering Manager Oconee Nuclear Station Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution Lisa F. Vaughn Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202

Kathryn B. Nolan Senior Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street-EC07H Charlotte, NC 28202 David A. Repka Winston Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution

Beverly O. Hall Chief, Radiation Protection Section Department of Environmental Health N.C. Department of Environmental Commerce & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Susan E. Jenkins Director, Division of Waste Management Bureau of Land and Waste Management S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 R. L. Gill, Jr. Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues & Industry Affairs Duke Power Company, LLC d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

Charles Brinkman Director Washington Operations Westinghouse Electric Company Electronic Mail Distribution Dhiaa M. Jamil Group Executive and Chief Nuclear Officer Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Electronic Mail Distribution

DEC 3

Senior Resident Inspector Oconee Nuclear Station U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7812B Rochester Hwy Seneca, SC 29672 DEC 4 Letter to David A. Baxter from Robert E. Carroll, dated January 6, 2009

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 REGULATORY CONFERENCE - OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, AND 50-287 Distribution w/encl

Region II Administrator

=s Secretary Region II DRP Division Secretary Region II Division Directors and Deputies Region II Counsel Region II State Liaison Officer Region II Public Affairs Officer Region II Financial Management Branch Region II Receptionist Region II Regional Coordinator OEDO Headquarters Operation Officer PMNS J. Stang, NRR L. Slack, RII EICS RIDSNRRDIRS RIDSNRRDIRSIPAB OE Mail RIDSNRRDIRS PUBLIC

SUBJECT:

REGULATORY CONFERENCE WITH DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS FACILITY: Oconee Nuclear Station DOCKETS: 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 DATE & TIME: Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (EST)

LOCATION: NRC Region II Office, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center (Suite 24T25), 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303-3415 PURPOSE: The purpose of the Regulatory Conference is to discuss the risk significance of the inspection finding documented in Inspection Report 05000269,270,287/2008010. This finding concerns the apparent failure to implement an adequate automatic voltage regulator maintenance procedure, which resulted in a loss of Unit 1 reactor coolant system inventory while on decay heat removal. This finding was preliminarily characterized as Greater than Green (i.e., an issue having more than very low safety significance). The NRC's Policy Statement, "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov, and contains information regarding visitors and security.

The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., braille, large print, etc.), please notify the NRC

=s meeting contact listed below. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. CATEGORY: This is a Category 1 meeting: The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned.

PARTICIPANTS: NRC (partial list) L. Reyes, Regional Administrator, Region II (RII) L. Wert, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII K. Kennedy, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RII C. Evans, Legal Counsel / Enforcement Officer, RII W. Rogers, Senior Risk Analyst, DRS, RII J. Mitman, Senior Reliability and Risk Engineer, Nuclear Reactor Regulation J. Bartley, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 1, DRP, RII A. Hutto, Senior Resident Inspector, DRP, RII LICENSEE (partial list) D. Baxter, Site Vice President, Oconee Nuclear Station (ONS) P. Gillespie, Station Manager, ONS E. Anderson, Operations Superintendent, ONS J. Dodson, Shift Manager, ONS S. Nader, Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Duke B. Carroll, Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Duke B. Davenport, Regulatory Compliance Manager, ONS MEETING Robert E. Carroll, NRC, RII CONTACT: (404) 562-4511 Robert.Carroll@nrc.gov AUDIO TELE- Interested members of the public can participate in this meeting via a toll free audio CONFERENCING: teleconference. Please contact the NRC meeting contact in advance of the meeting, indicating your intent to attend and to obtain teleconferencing information.

VIDEO TELE- Not Available CONFERENCING: