ML15301A814

Ltr 10/28/15 Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Acknowledgment of Disputed Violation of NRC Inspection Report 05000263/2015007 (BXJ)

ML15301A814
Person / Time
Site:	Monticello
Issue date:	10/28/2015
From:	Lipa C A NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Gardner P A Northern States Power Co
References
EA-15-206, IR 2015007
Download: ML15301A814 (3)

See also: IR 05000263/2015007

Text

October 28, 2015

EA-15-206 Mr. Peter 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This letter acknowledges your letter sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC),

dated October 2, 2015, that provided a response to our inspection report issued on September 2, 2015, concerning activities conducted at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The letter we received contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in Monticello Inspection Report 2015007. The contested NCV is "Failure to Review for Suitability of Application Safety-Related Relays Installed Beyond Their Service Life." We are currently reviewing your basis for contesting the above NCV. The NRC seeks to be thorough and timely in the review of licensee responses. Accordingly, we will inform you as soon as we complete our evaluation.

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 NRC's 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/ Christine A. Lipa, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV EA-15-206 Mr. Peter 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000263/2015007

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This letter acknowledges your letter sent to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), dated October 2, 2015, that provided a response to our inspection report issued on September 2, 2015, concerning activities conducted at your Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant. The letter we received contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in Monticello Inspection Report 2015007. The contested NCV is "Failure to Review for Suitability of Application Safety-Related Relays Installed Beyond Their Service Life." We are currently reviewing your basis for contesting the above NCV. The NRC seeks to be thorough and timely in the review of licensee responses. Accordingly, we will inform you as soon as we complete our evaluation. 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 NRC's 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/ Christine A. Lipa, Chief Engineering Branch 2 Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-263 License No. DPR-22 cc: Distribution via LISTSERV DISTRIBUTION: See next page ADAMS Accession Number ML15301A814 Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Sensitive Non-Sensitive To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the concurrence box "C" = Copy without attach/encl "E" = Copy with attach/encl "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII RIII RIII RIII NAME ADunlop RSkokowski CLipa DATE 10/26/15 10/26/15 10/28/15 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY Letter to Mr. Peter from Ms. Christine A. Lipa dated October 28, 2015.

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