ML091950413

06/30/2009 Summary of Telephone Conference Call Between the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy Operations, Inc. Regarding Progress on National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805 Transition Activities

ML091950413
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	07/24/2009
From:	Mahesh Chawla Plant Licensing Branch III
To:	Entergy Operations
Chawla M, NRR/DORL, 415-8371
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UNITED NUCLEAR REGULATORY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 July 24, 2009 LICENSEE:

Entergy Operations, Inc. FACILITIES:

Palisades Nuclear Plant

SUMMARY

OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON JUNE 30, 2009, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. REGARDING PROGRESS ON NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 TRANSITION ACTIVITIES A teleconference was held between representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to discuss progress on the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 805 transition activities. ENO submitted "Palisades NFPA 805 Project Milestones" table (see enclosure 1) which provides the list of NFPA 805 transition activities and their status. The licensee stated that all the tasks are on track and at present there are no significant barriers and no scope additions. Based on the progress of the transition so far, the NRC staff has decided to temporarily scale back on these teleconferences from monthly to every two months. However, if the need arises to go back to monthly teleconferences, the licensee will be duly informed. The licensee was in agreement with this approach to monitor the progress. Enclosure 2 provides the list of all attendees.

Background On December 9, 2008 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession Number ML083260577), NRC staff granted additional enforcement discretion to Palisades. ENO in its letter dated November 25, 2008 (ADAMS Accession Number ML083370155) made a commitment to conduct monthly teleconference with the NRC staff to discuss progress on the Palisades Nuclear Plant NFPA 805 transition activities.

Sincerely, Mahesh Chawla, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255

Enclosures:

1: Table -Palisades NFPA 805 Project Milestones 2: Table -List of Attendees cc w/encls:

Distribution via ListServ

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TELEPHONE CONFERENCE ON NFPA 805 TRANSITION PROGRESS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY AND ENTERGY OPERATIONS, LIST OF JUNE 30, PARTICIPANTS TITLE/POSITION AFFILIATIONS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) Mahesh Chawla Proiect Manaaer HEADQUARTERS Alex Klein Branch Chief John Ellegood Senior Resident Inspector REGION 3 ENTERGY Alan Blind Acting Director of Engineering PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT Bob VanWagner Program Engineering Manager Paula Anderson Licensing Manager Brian Brogan Probabilistic Safety Assessment Engineer Tom Swiecicki Fire Protection Engineer Roger Stobert Contract Project Manager NFPA 805 Jim Kuemin Licensing Engineer Enclosure 2 july 24, 2009 Entergy Operations, Inc. Palisades Nuclear Plant

SUMMARY

OF TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL HELD ON JUNE 30, 2009, BETWEEN THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AND ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC. REGARDING PROGRESS ON NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD 805 TRANSITION ACTIVITIES A teleconference was held between representatives of Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff to discuss progress on the Palisades Nuclear Plant (PNP) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 805 transition activities. ENO submitted "Palisades NFPA 805 Project Milestones" table (see enclosure 1) which provides the list of NFPA 805 transition activities and their status. The licensee stated that all the tasks are on track and at present there are no significant barriers and no scope additions. Based on the progress of the transition so far, the NRC staff has decided to temporarily scale back on these teleconferences from monthly to every two months. However, if the need arises to go back to monthly teleconferences, the licensee will be duly informed. The licensee was in agreement with this approach to monitor the progress. Enclosure 2 provides the list of all attendees.

Background On December 9, 2008 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession Number ML083260577), NRC staff granted additional enforcement discretion to Palisades. ENO in its letter dated November 25,2008 (ADAMS Accession Number ML083370155) made a commitment to conduct monthly teleconference with the NRC staff to discuss progress on the Palisades Nuclear Plant NFPA 805 transition activities.

Sincerely, IRAJ Mahesh Chawla, Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch 111-1 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 50-255

Enclosures:

1: Table -Palisades NFPA 805 Project Milestones 2: Table -List of Attendees cc w/encls: Distribution via ListServ Distribution: PUBLIC LPL3-1 r/f RidsNrrDorLpl3-1 Resource RidsNrrPMPalisades Resource RidsNrrLABTully RidsRgn3MailCenter Resource RidsNrrPMANO Resource JEliegood, Rill AKlein, NRR MVaaler, NRR Paul Lain, NRR JGeissner, Rill naylor, Rill HBarrett ADAMS Accession No'.. ML091950413 OFFICE LPL3-1/PM LPL3-1/LA DRAlAFPB/BC LPL3-1/BC NAME MChawla BTuily AKlein LJames DATE 07/16/09 07/16/09 07/15/09 07/24/09 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY