IR 05000335/2009006

Notice of Category 1 Public Meeting with Florida Power and Light Company to Discuss Risk Significance of the Two Preliminary Greater than Green Inspection Report 05000335-09-006 and 05000389-09-006

ML100351155
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	02/04/2010
From:	Binoy Desai NRC/RGN-II/DRS/EB1
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
References
IR-09-006
Download: ML100351155 (5)

Text

February 4, 2010

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING CATEGORY 1 REGULATORY CONFERENCE - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT

DOCKET NOS. 50-335 AND 50-389

Dear Mr. Nazar:

This letter confirms the telephone conversation between Mr. Eric Katzman of your staff and Mr. Binoy Desai of the NRC, on February 1, 2010, concerning a Regulatory Conference, being conducted at your request, which has been scheduled for February 19, 2010, from 2 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EST). The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed. The purpose of the Regulatory Conference is to discuss the risk significance of the two preliminary greater than green inspection findings documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000335, 389/2009006. These findings concern apparent failures to identify and correct design issues associated with an October 8, 2008, air intrusion event from the Unit 1 containment instrument air system into the component cooling water system.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Should you have any questions concerning this meeting, please contact me at (404) 562-4519.

Sincerely,

/RA: Original signed by Mark Franke for/

Binoy B. Desai, Chief Engineering Branch 1 Division of Reactor Safety

Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16

Enclosure: As stated

cc w/encl: (See page 2)

FP&L

cc w/encl:

Richard L. Anderson Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Robert J. Hughes Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Gene St. Pierre Vice President - Fleet Organizational Support Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Mark Hicks Operations Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Eric Katzman Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution

Abdy Khanpour Vice President Engineering Support Florida Power and Light Company P.O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420

McHenry Cornell Director Licensing and Performance Improvement Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Alison Brown Nuclear Licensing Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Mitch S. Ross Vice President and Associate General Counsel Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

William A. Passetti Chief Florida Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution

Ruben D. Almaguer Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution

J. Kammel Radiological Emergency Planning Administrator Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution

Mano Nazar Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Nuclear Plant U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010

(Vacant)

Vice President Nuclear Plant Support Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

Faye Outlaw County Administrator St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution

Jack Southard Director Public Safety Department St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution

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xG SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE /RA M. Thomas/

OFFICE RII:DRS RII:DRP RII:DRS

SIGNATURE RA RA RA

NAME JHAMMON MSYKES BDESAI

DATE 2/4/2010 2/4/2010 2/4/2010

E-MAIL COPY?

YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO

Enclosure

SUBJECT:

PUBLIC MEETING WITH FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT

FACILITY:

ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT

DOCKETS:

05000335 and 05000389

DATE & TIME:

Friday, February 19, 2010 - 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

LOCATION:

Suite 24T25 Region II Office, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the risk significance of the two preliminary greater than green inspection findings documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000335, 389/2009006. These findings concern apparent failures to identify and correct design issues associated with an October 8, 2008, air intrusion event from the Unit 1 containment instrument air system into the component cooling water system. The NRC's Policy Statement, "Enhancing Public Participation in NRC Meetings," effective May 28, 2002, applies to this meeting. The policy statement may be found on the NRC Web site, www.nrc.gov and contains information regarding conduct of NRC meetings.

CATEGORY:

This is a Category 1 meeting. The public is invited to observe this meeting and will have one or more opportunities to communicate with the NRC after the business portion, but before the meeting is adjourned. The NRC provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this meeting, or need this meeting notice or the transcript or other information from the meeting in another format (e.g., braille, large print), please notify the NRC=s meeting contact listed below. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

NRC OFFICE PARTICIPATING:

Region II

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING:

None

PARTICIPANTS:

NRC (partial list)

L. Reyes, Regional Administrator, Region II (RII)

V. McCree, Deputy Regional Administrator for Operations, RII K. Kennedy, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RII L. Wert, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII B. Desai, Chief, Engineering Branch 1, DRS, RII W. Rogers, Senior Reactor Analyst

LICENSEE (partial list)

Richard Anderson, Site Vice President Bob Hughes, Plant General Manager Eric Katzman, Licensing Manager Tom Cosgrove, Engineering Manager Abdy Khanpour, Engineering Support Jim Porter, Engineering Design Manager Cheng Guey, Risk Assessment George Tullidge, Risk Assessment

Enclosure

MEETING CONTACT:

Binoy Desai 404-562-4519 Binoy.Desai@nrc.gov

AUDIO TELE-CONFERENCING

Interested members of the public may participate in this meeting via a toll-free audio teleconference. Please contact the NRC meeting contact in advance of the meeting, indicating your intent to attend and to obtain teleconferencing information no later than 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

VIDEO TELE-CONFERENCING

Not Available