ML17335A311

Summarizes 980929 Meeting W/Licensee in Rockville,Md Re Issues Concerning Plant Restart Activities.Attendance List & Handout Encl

ML17335A311
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Site:	Cook
Issue date:	10/23/1998
From:	Grobe J NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Powers R AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
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NUDOCS 9811030179
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ACCESSION NBR:9811030179 DOC.DATE: 98/10/23 NOTARIZED: NO DOCKET FACIL:50-315 Donald C.

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Cook Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2, Xndiana M

05000316 AUTH.NAME AUTHOR AFFILIATION GROBE,J.A.

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Summarizes 980929 meeting between NRC

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORYCOMMISSION REGION III 801 WARRENVILLEROAD LISLE. ILLINOIS60532-4351 October 23, 1998 Mr. R. P. Powers Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Group American Electric Power Company 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, Ml 49107-1395

SUMMARY

OF THE SEPTEMBER 29, 1998, PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS DONALDC. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT RESTART ACTIVITIES

Dear Mr. Powers:

This letter summarizes the meeting held on September 29 1998 between staff m mb f th

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he Donald C. Gook Nuclear Plant to discuss issues related to restart strategy and plant performance indicators. This meeting was held at NRC Headquarters in Washington, D. C., and was conducted from 1:00-4:30 p.m. This meeting was open for public observation.

Enclosure 1 provides a list of meeting attendees.

The NRC provided a brief introduction to the meeting, which included a presentation of the meeting agenda, a timeline of major regulatory activities during the extended shutdown, a summary of items on the Manual Chapter (MC) 0350 restart checklist, and a presentation of planned NRC inspection activity related to restart efforts. The handout with this information, provided by the NRC during this meeting, is contained in Enclosure 2. The NRC noted that the recent licensee schedule revisions to the Donald G. Cook Restart Plan invalidated the dates associated with the inspection schedule provided in Enclosure 2. The NRC indicated that, inspection dates would be revised to be consistent with the licensee's latest schedule for the completion of restart activities.

The licensee presented. information related to the schedules, strategies, and performance fa

'I'ndicators that plant management was implementing to bound generic safety con em d

aci itate the creation of an environment which fosters continuous performance improve t

thr u o gh the restart effort and transition into power operations.

The licensee discussed their n

improvemen efforts to address generic design basis concerns including their reviews of safety significant systems.

The licensee indicated that the auxiliary feedwater (AFW}safety system functional inspection (SSFI) is a critical activity which is intended to validate the effectiveness of the licensee's ability to identify and resolve safety concerns.

The AFW SSFI is a vertical slice inspection effort that will be implemented by the licensee with NRG oversight.

The handout with this information, provided by the licensee during this meeting, is contained in Enclosure 3.

The status of licensing activities in preparation by the licensee and under review by the NRG staff was included as an agenda topic. Time limitations required the completion of this item in a meeting separate from the formal MC 0350 Restart Panel process.

The NRC staff and licensee agreed to conduct monthly licensing meetings in conjunction with the MC 0350 Restart Panel meeting as a means of facilitating the restart process.

Highlights from the licensing meetings will be reported to the Restart Panel on a monthly basis.

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R. Powers The NRC staff asked questions regarding the basis and adequacy of the licensee's performance indicators to provide a representative picture of plant performance.

Additionally, the NRC staff asked the licensee to describe the measures that plant management had taken to prepare for the unique challenges associated with the planned transitional period in which Unit 1 would be operating at power while Unit 2 remained shut down resolving restart issues.

ln accordance with Section 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," Part 2, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, a copy of this letter and its enclosures willbe placed in NRC's Public

.Document Room.

Sincerely, J. A. Grobe John A. Grobe, Director Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos.: 50-315; 50-316 License Nos.; DPR-58; DPR-74

Enclosures:

1. List of Meeting Attendees

2. NRC Slide Presentation

3. Indiana Michigan Power Company Slide Presentation cc w/encls:.

J. Sampson, Site Vice President R. Eckstein, Chief Nuclear Engineer D. Cooper, Plant Manager R. Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Emergency Management Division Ml Department of State Police D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists DOCUMENT NAME: G:iCOOKiDCC09298.SUM To receive a co of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Co w/o attachment/enctosure "E" < Co with attachmen enctosure "N"~ No co OFFICE RI NAME B

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