ML13225A217

Notification of NRC Inspection

ML13225A217
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	08/12/2013
From:	Hironori Peterson Operations Branch III
To:	Jeffery Lynch Northern States Power Co
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532-4352 August 12, 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:

PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 NOTIFICATION OF NRC INSPECTION

Dear Mr. Lynch:

In a telephone conversation on August 1, 2013, Mr. B. Palagi, Lead Inspector, and Mr. T. Ouret, General Supervisor, Operator Training, arranged for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to inspect the licensed operator Requalification Program at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Additionally, Ms. P. Oleson, Regulatory Assurance, has been informed by telephone to make arrangements for the NRC to conduct an inspection using Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515-186, Inspection of Procedures and Processes for Responding to Potential Aircraft Threats, at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. These concurrent inspections are scheduled for the week of September 9, 2013, which coincides with your regularly scheduled requalification examination cycle. The staff at your facility should prepare and conduct the requalification examinations in accordance with your NRC-Approved Requalification Program.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 55.59(c), the NRC may request facility licensees to submit their biennial comprehensive requalification written examinations or annual operating tests, as necessary, to support the NRCs inspection program needs. In order for the NRC to adequately prepare for this inspection, please furnish the written examinations, operating tests scheduled for the week of the inspection and a list of corrective action reports regarding licensed operator issues to the NRC by the week of September 2, 2013. Mr. Ouret has been advised of this request and provided with the name and address of the NRC lead inspector assigned to this inspection.

Mr. C. Zoia, the TI 2515-186 NRC inspector, will require a shift manager-qualified individual, qualified unit supervisors, and a qualified security shift supervisor for a table-top scenario to allow inspection of TI 2515-186 attributes. Additionally, in order to minimize the impact to your onsite resources and to ensure a productive inspection for both sides, please have available the procedures that would be followed when responding to an aircraft threat and any related lesson plans pertinent to the inspection.

J. Lynch This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), approval number 3150-0018. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average four hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to infocollects@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. B. Palagi at 630-829-9611, Mr. C. Zoia at 630-829-9863, or I can be reached at 630-829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 cc: Distribution via ListServ'

J. Lynch This letter contains information collections that are subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). These information collections were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), approval number 3150-0018. The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average four hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of these information collections, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Records and FOIA/Privacy Services Branch (T-5 F52), U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, or by Internet electronic mail to infocollects@nrc.gov; and to the Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, NEOB-10202, (3150-0018), Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

The NRC may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records System (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact Mr. B. Palagi at 630-829-9611, Mr. C. Zoia at 630-829-9863, or I can be reached at 630-829-9707.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Hironori Peterson, Chief Operations Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60 cc: Distribution via ListServ' DISTRIBUTION:

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