ML15355A527

Acknowledgment of Disputed Violation of NRC Inspection Report 05000255/2015003 (Nja)

ML15355A527
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	12/21/2015
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRS/EB2
To:	Vitale A Entergy Nuclear Operations
References
EA-15-264, IR 2015003
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See also: IR 05000255/2015003

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UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION III

2443 WARRENVILLE RD. SUITE 210

LISLE, IL 60532-4352

December 21, 2015

EA-15-264

Mr. Anthony Vitale

Vice President, Operations

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway

Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISPUTED VIOLATION

OF NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000255/2015003

Dear Mr. Vitale:

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

dated November 30, 2015, that provided a response to our inspection report (IR) issued on

October 30, 2015, concerning activities conducted at your Palisades Nuclear Plant. The letter

we received contested a Non-Cited Violation (NCV) documented in Palisades IR 05000255/

2015003. The contested NCV is Failure to Justify Continued Service of Safety-Related

Electrolytic Capacitors 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 NRCs 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 Benny Jose Acting for/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-255

License No. DPR-20

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December 21, 2015

EA-15-264

Mr. Anthony Vitale

Vice President, Operations

Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.

Palisades Nuclear Plant

27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway

Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT: PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DISPUTED VIOLATION OF NRC

INSPECTION REPORT 05000255/2015003

Dear Mr. Vitale:

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

November 30, 2015, that provided a response to our inspection report (IR) issued on October 30, 2015,

concerning activities conducted at your Palisades Nuclear Plant. The letter we received contested a Non-

Cited Violation (NCV) documented in Palisades IR 05000255/

2015003. The contested NCV is Failure to Justify Continued Service of Safety-Related Electrolytic

Capacitors 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 NRCs 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 Benny Jose Acting for/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief

Engineering Branch 2

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No. 50-255

License No. DPR-20

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