ML041960062

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07-07-2004 Letter to Licensee Regarding Palisades Plant Performance
ML041960062
Person / Time
Site: Palisades Entergy icon.png
Issue date: 07/13/2004
From: Eric Duncan
NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB6
To: Domonique Malone
Nuclear Management Co
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Download: ML041960062 (5)


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July 13, 2004 Mr. Daniel J. Malone Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530

SUBJECT:

MEETING TO DISCUSS PALISADES PLANT PERFORMANCE

Dear Mr. Malone:

This letter refers to the meeting held on July 7, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. CDT at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III office in Lisle, Illinois. The purpose of the meeting was for the Nuclear Management Company (NMC) to provide its perspective on Palisades plant performance.

At the meeting, NMC presented an overview of recent plant performance at Palisades which included areas where plant performance has been perceived by NMC to be good as well as areas requiring additional attention. NMCs presentation also included a discussion of plant performance indicators used to monitor areas of plant performance of particular interest to the Palisades staff. At the end of the presentation, NMC discussed future plant performance goals and milestones.

The handout provided by NMC at the meeting and a listing of principal NMC and NRC attendees are attached as Enclosures 1 and 2 to this letter.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rule 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 (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).

D. Malone If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact me at (630) 829-9628.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Eric R. Duncan, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20

Enclosures:

1)

NMC Handout 2)

List of Principal Attendees cc w/encl:

J. Cowan, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer R. Fenech, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Fossil and Hydro Operations D. Cooper, Senior Vice President - Group Operations Manager, Regulatory Affairs J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel and Secretary A. Udrys, Esquire, Consumers Energy Company Director of Nuclear Assets, Consumers Energy Company Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor Michigan Department of Environmental Quality -

Waste and Hazardous Materials Division Michigan Department of Attorney General

DOCUMENT NAME: C:\\ORPCheckout\\FileNET\\ML041960062.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RIII NAME EDuncan:dtp DATE 7/13/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

D. Malone ADAMS Distribution:

WDR DFT JFS2 RidsNrrDipmIipb GEG HBC JAL3 CAA1 DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1 PLANT PERFORMANCE MEETING PRINCIPAL ATTENDEES July 7, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. CDT NMC - Palisades Nuclear Plant D. Cooper, NMC Senior Vice President - Group Operations D. Malone, Site Vice President - Palisades W. Hettel, Plant Manager - Palisades L. Lahti, Regulatory Affairs Manager - Palisades D. Malone, Regulatory Compliance Supervisor - Palisades NRC J. Caldwell, Region III Administrator P. Hiland, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Projects, Region III R. Caniano, Deputy Director, Division of Reactor Safety, Region III E. Duncan, Chief, Branch 6, Division of Reactor Projects, Region III R. Lerch, Project Engineer, Division of Reactor Projects, Branch 6, Region III M. Garza, Palisades Resident Inspector