NRC 2012-0051, Response to Inspection Report 05000266/2012503 and 05000301/2012503, Emergency Preparedness Preliminary White Finding

Response to Inspection Report 05000266/2012503 and 05000301/2012503, Emergency Preparedness Preliminary White Finding

ML12180A233
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	06/29/2012
From:	Meyer L Point Beach
To:	Document Control Desk, NRC/RGN-III
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References
EA-12-106, IR-12-503, NRC 2012-0051 EA-12-106, IR-12-503
Download: ML12180A233 (2)

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ENERGY4 -a POINT BEACH June 29,2012 NRC 2012-0051 10 CFR 50.54(q)(2) 10 CFR 50.47(b)(I 0)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 Dockets 50-266 and 50-301 Renewed License Nos. DPR-24 and DPR-27 Response to Inspection Report 05000266/2012503 and 0500030112012503 Emeraencv Preparedness Preliminary White Findinq

Reference:

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Point Beach Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 NRC Baseline Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise lnspection Report 05000266/2012503 and 0500030112012503; Preliminary White Finding, dated June 1,2012 (ML12153A245)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provided NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC (NextEra) with the results of an inspection of the Emergency Preparedness Biennial Exercise conducted at the Point Beach Nuclear Plant (PBNP) during the week of April 16, 2012. (Reference)

The Reference concluded that NextEra did not develop and put into place guidelines for the choice of protective actions during an emergency that were consistent with Federal guidance.

NextEra has completed a comprehensive root cause evaluation (RCE) and the results are consistent with those presented in the Reference. Therefore, NextEra concurs with the finding and does not request a Regulatory Conference. This result and NextErals decision were conveyed to Mr. Skokowski, Mr. Holmberg and Mr. Jickling on June 11,2012.

The Reference identified a cross-cutting aspect in the area of Human Performance, Resources, Documentation (H.~(c)).In reviewing and evaluating the definitions for the cross-cutting aspects in Manual Chapter 0310 of the NRC lnspection Manual, NextEra does not believe that this issue is related to maintaining procedures. Based on the RCE, NextEra's findings support that the cross-cutting aspect is more appropriately categorized in the area of Human Performance, Decision Making, Systematic Process (H.1 a).

NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC, 6610 Nuclear Road, Two Rivers, WI 54241

Document Control Desk Page 2 The contributing cause in the RCE states that PBNP Emergency Planning did not perform comprehensive reviews of Federal guidance and operating experience or use a systematic process to ensure correct changes were made to the Protective Action Recommendations (PARs) section of the Emergency Plan Implementing Procedures. NextEra believes this contributing cause aligns with the cross-cutting aspect in H.1.a. Specifically, the site made changes to risk significant procedures without using a systematic process when revising the PARs. Accordingly, NextEra requests the NRC change the crosscutting aspect to H.1.a.

If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Jerry Strharsky at 9201755-6557.

Very truly yours, NextEra Energy Point Beach, LLC A

Larry Meyer Site Vice President Enclosure cc: Administrator, Region Ill, USNRC Project Manager, Point Beach Nuclear Plant, USNRC Resident Inspector, Point Beach Nuclear Plant, USNRC Branch Chief, Plant Support, Division of Reactor Safety, Region Ill, USNRC