ML042570130

Summary of Public Meeting with Nuclear Management Co, LLC Regarding Performance of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant

ML042570130
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	09/07/2004
From:	Louden P NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB7
To:	Koehl D Nuclear Management Co
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ML042570135	List: ML042540465 ML042570130
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CAL 3-04-001
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September 7, 2004 CAL 3-04-001 Mr. Dennis L. Koehl Site Vice-President Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6590 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241-9516

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING ON AUGUST 18, 2004, TO DISCUSS PERFORMANCE OF THE POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT

Dear Mr. Koehl:

This letter refers to the public meeting conducted on August 18, 2004, in Two Creeks, Wisconsin. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss your progress in meeting the commitments made by the Nuclear Management Company (NMC), as documented in the Confirmatory Action Letter (CAL), dated April 21, 2004.

At the meeting, NMC officials stated that progress had been made on meeting the CAL commitments but that challenges exist. A brief presentation was given on the progress made in the nine focus areas in which NMC is addressing the commitments and on the lessons-learned from the recently completed NRC Safety System Design and Performance Capability inspection. Included in your presentation was a discussion of the Auxiliary Feedwater System design basis document validation project scheduled for completion in September 2004 and the recently completed site-wide training in the ACEMAN human performance improvement methodology. There was also discussion of the meeting to be held on September 2, 2004, between NRC and NMC officials to discuss the recent submittal to revise the emergency preparedness emergency action level (EAL) scheme. During the discussion of the upcoming September 2, 2004, meeting, NRC senior managers re-emphasized that because of NRC questions with the EAL submittal, it was deemed necessary to hold a public meeting before further actions are taken regarding the submittal.

Mr. Reynolds of the NRC concluded the meeting by acknowledging the information provided by you, Mr. Doug Cooper, and other NMC officials, and by acknowledging the openness and candor of the Point Beach staff, in general.

A listing of principal NMC and NRC meeting attendees and a copy of the handout provided by NMC at the meeting are enclosed as Enclosures 1 and 2, respectively, to this letter.

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

If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please contact me at (630) 829-9627.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Patrick L. Louden, Chief Branch 7 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27

Enclosures:

1. Listing of Meeting Attendees

2. NMC Handout (ADAMS accession number ML042540465) cc w/encls: F. Kuester, President and Chief Executive Officer, We Generation J. Cowan, Executive Vice President Chief Nuclear Officer D. Cooper, Senior Vice President, Group Operations J. McCarthy, Site Director of Operations D. Weaver, Nuclear Asset Manager Plant Manager Regulatory Affairs Manager Training Manager Site Assessment Manager Site Engineering Director Emergency Planning Manager J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel & Secretary K. Duveneck, Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks Chairperson Public Service Commission of Wisconsin J. Kitsembel, Electric Division Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State Liaison Officer

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Enclosure 1 PUBLIC MEETING PRINCIPAL ATTENDEES August 18, 2004 NMC Douglas Cooper Senior Vice-President Dennis Koehl Site Vice-President Gary Van Middlesworth Vice-President, Nuclear Oversight Craig Lambert Vice-President, Engineering Ed Weinkam Director of Regulatory Services Jim McCarthy Site Director Jim Shaw Plant Manager Jim Schweitzer Site Engineering Director Jim Connolly Regulatory Affairs Manager Monica Ray Emergency Preparedness Manager Mike Holzmann Manager, Nuclear Oversight Walt Smith Performance Manager NRC Steve Reynolds Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects Bill Ruland Director, Project Directorate III, Division of Licensing Project Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Patrick Louden Chief, Branch 7, Division of Reactor Projects Paul Krohn Senior Resident Inspector John Jacobson Senior Reactor Inspector Mike Kunowski Project Engineer