IR 05000440/2011011

IR 05000440-11-011, on 03/23/2011 - 04/29/2011, Perry Nuclear Power Plant, Temporary Instruction 2515/183 - Followup to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event

ML111320382
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	05/13/2011
From:	Cameron J L NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B6
To:	Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-11-011
Download: ML111320382 (21)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION III 2443 WARRENVILLE ROAD, SUITE 210 LISLE, IL 60532

-4352 May 13, 2011 Mr. Mark Bezilla Site Vice President FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Perry Nuclear Power Plant P. O. Box 97, 10 Center Road, A

-PY-A290 Perry, OH 44081

-0097

SUBJECT: PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

- NRC TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION 2515/183 INSPECTION REPORT 050000440/2011011 Dear Mr. Bezilla

On April 29, 2011, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your Perry Nuclear Power Plant, using Temporary Instruction 2515/183, "Followup to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event."

The enclosed inspection report documents the inspection results which were discussed on May 6, 2011, with you and other members of your staf The objective of this inspection was to promptly assess the capabilities of Perry Nuclear Power Plant to respond to extraordinary consequences similar to those that have recently occurred at the Japanese Fukushima Da iichi Nuclear Statio The results from this inspection, along with the results from this inspection performed at other operating commercial nuclear plants in the United States

, will be used to evaluate the U.S. nuclear industry's readiness to safely respond to similar event These results will also help the NRC to determine if additional regulatory actions are warrante All of the potential issues and observations identified by this inspection are contained in this repor The NRC's Reactor Oversight Process will further evaluate any issues to determine if they are regulatory findings or violation Any resulting findings or violations will be documented by the NRC in a separate repor You are not required to respond to this lette M. Bezilla

-2- In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading

-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,/RA/ Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50

-440 License No. NPF

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