IR 05000298/2007007

Acceptance of White Finding and Notice of Violation - NRC Special IR 05000298-07-007 - Cooper Nuclear Station

ML072970900
Person / Time
Site:	Cooper
Issue date:	10/23/2007
From:	Hay M NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C
To:	Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
References
EA-07-090 IR-07-007
Download: ML072970900 (3)

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October 23, 2007 EA 07-090Stewart B. Minahan, Vice President-Nuclear and CNO Nebraska Public Power District 72676 648A Avenue Brownville, NE 68321SUBJECT:ACCEPTANCE OF WHITE FINDING AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION - NRCSPECIAL INSPECTION REPORT 05000298/2007007 - COOPER NUCLEAR STATION

Dear Mr. Minahan:

Thank you for your letter dated October 15, 2007, in response to our August 17, 2007, letterand Notice of Violation concerning failing to promptly identify and correct, to preclude recurrence, of a significant condition adverse to quality regarding a defective voltage regulator circuit board used in Emergency Diesel Generator 2. The significance of this finding was determined to be White, a finding with low to moderate safety significance. We have reviewed your reply and find it responsive to the concerns raised in our Notice of Violation. Based on the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0305, the NRC staff will perform a95001, "Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area." This inspection is scheduled for the week of December 3, 2007. We will review the implementation of your corrective actions during this inspection to determine that full compliance has been achieved and will be maintained.

Sincerely,

/RA/Michael C. Hay, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch CDocket: 50-298License: DPR-46 Nebraska Public Power District- 2 -cc w/Enclosures:Gene Mace Nuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321John C. McClure, Vice President and General Counsel Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499David Van Der Kamp Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321Michael J. Linder, DirectorNebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922ChairmanNemaha County Board of Commissioners Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305Julia Schmitt, ManagerRadiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services Dept. of Regulation & Licensing Division of Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007H. Floyd GilzowDeputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P. O. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176Director, 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 66612-1366Melanie Rasmussen, State LiaisonOfficer/Radiation 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 50319John F. McCann, Director, LicensingEntergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

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