ML072840197

Regulatory Commitment Regarding Mitigation Strategies

ML072840197
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	10/16/2007
From:	Lyon C NRC/NRR/ADRO/DORL/LPLIV
To:	Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
Lyon, C F, NRR/DLPM, 415-2296
References
TAC MD4653
Download: ML072840197 (5)

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October 16, 2007Mr. Stewart B. MinahanVice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - REGULATORY COMMITMENT REGARDINGMITIGATION STRATEGIES (TAC NO. MD4653)

Dear Mr. Minahan:

By letter dated October 8, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management SystemAccession No. ML072830023, not publicly available), Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) provided an amended response related to compliance with Section B.5.b of the February 25, 2002, Interim Compensatory Measures (ICM) Order, EA-02-026. Your amended response also provided a regulatory commitment that addressed Element B.2.m.2 of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Phase 1 guidance for achieving satisfactory compliance with Section B.5.b of the ICM Order. The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided by NPPD in your October 8, 2007, letterand concludes that your regulatory commitment provides reasonable assurance that Cooper Nuclear Station will remain in compliance with Element B.2.m.2 of the NRC Phase 1 guidance. Your staff should be complemented for its identification of this issue and its prompt resolutionwith the NRC staff. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.Sincerely,/RA/Carl F. Lyon, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-298 cc: See next page October 16, 2007Mr. Stewart B. MinahanVice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321

SUBJECT:

COOPER NUCLEAR STATION - REGULATORY COMMITMENT REGARDINGMITIGATION STRATEGIES (TAC NO. MD4653)By letter dated October 8, 2007 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management SystemAccession No. ML072830023, not publicly available), Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) provided an amended response related to compliance with Section B.5.b of the February 25, 2002, Interim Compensatory Measures (ICM) Order, EA-02-026. Your amended response also provided a regulatory commitment that addressed Element B.2.m.2 of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Phase 1 guidance for achieving satisfactory compliance with Section B.5.b of the ICM Order. The NRC staff has reviewed the information provided by NPPD in your October 8, 2007, letterand concludes that your regulatory commitment provides reasonable assurance that Cooper Nuclear Station will remain in compliance with Element B.2.m.2 of the NRC Phase 1 guidance. Your staff should be complemented for its identification of this issue and its prompt resolutionwith the NRC staff. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me at (301) 415-2296.Sincerely,/RA/Carl F. Lyon, Project ManagerPlant Licensing Branch IV Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor RegulationDocket No. 50-298 cc: See next pageDISTRIBUTION

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1414 15 th StreetColumbus, NE 68601Mr. Gene MaceNuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321Mr. John C. McClureVice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499Mr. David Van Der KampLicensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321Mr. Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305Ms. Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services R & L Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007Mr. H. Floyd GilzowDeputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P.O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 218 Brownville, NE 68321Regional Administrator, Region IVU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400 Arlington, TX 76011Director, Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0116Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Control Section Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612-1366Ms. Melanie RasmussenRadiation Control Program Director Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319Mr. Keith G. Henke, PlannerDivision of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Cooper Nuclear Station-2-September 2007 cc:Mr. Paul V. Fleming, Director of Nuclear Safety Assurance Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321Mr. John F. McCann, DirectorLicensing, Entergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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