ML072430007

IR 05000369-07-402 and 05000370-07-402, on 06/06/2007 and 08/06/2007, McGuire Nuclear Station - Material Control and Accounting Program Inspection

ML072430007
Person / Time
Site:	Mcguire, McGuire
Issue date:	08/30/2007
From:	James Shea Division of Reactor Safety II
To:	Gordon Peterson Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Power Co
References
IR-07-402
Download: ML072430007 (4)

See also: IR 05000369/2007402

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August 30, 2007

Duke Power Company LLC

d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

ATTN: Mr. G. R. Peterson

Vice President

McGuire Nuclear Station

12700 Hagers Ferry Road

Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

SUBJECT:

MCGUIRE NUCLEAR STATION - MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING

PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT 05000369/2007402 AND

05000370/2007402 AND EXERCISE OF ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION

Dear Mr. Peterson:

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed a material control and accounting

program inspection at your McGuire Nuclear Station. The enclosed report documents the

inspection results, which were discussed with Mr. Regis Repko, and other members of your

staff on April 19, 2007. A re-exit with members of your staff was done on June 6 and August 6,

2007.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license, as they relate to safety and

compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations, and with the conditions of your

license. The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and

interviewed personnel.

Based on the results of this inspection, one NRC-identified finding of very low safety

significance which involved violations of NRC requirements was identified. Also, one licensee

identified violation which was determined to be of very low safety significance is listed in Section

4OA7 of this report. However, because these violations were of very low safety significance,

and because the findings were entered into your corrective action program, the NRC is treating

these findings as Non-Cited Violations (NCV) in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the NRCs

Enforcement Policy. If you contest these NCVs, you should provide a response within 30 days

of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, ATTN.: Document Control Desk, Washington DC 20555-0001; with copies to the

Regional Administrator Region II; the Director, Office of Enforcement, United States Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspector at

McGuire Nuclear Station.

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This report also documents one licensee-identified violation involving a failure to conduct an

inventory of special nuclear material as required by 10 CFR 74.19(c) and licensee procedure.

Because the violation met the criteria established by EGM 07-002, Enforcement Guidance

Memorandum-Interim Guidance for Dispositioning Violations of 10 CFR 74.19(c); it was self-

identified; it was corrected; and, all physical inventories of special nuclear material after

November 26, 2005, were adequate, I have been authorized, after consultation with the

Regional Administrator, Region II, to exercise enforcement discretion in accordance with

Section VII.B.6 of the Enforcement Policy and refrain from issuing enforcement action for the

violation.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter 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). However, because of the security-related concerns contained in the

enclosure, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 a copy of this letters enclosure will not be

available for public inspection.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(b)(1)(ii), the NRC is waiving the affidavit requirements for

your response, if any. This practice will ensure that your response will not be made available

electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the NRCs

document system, ADAMS.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Joseph W. Shea, Director

Division of Reactor Safety

Docket No.:

50-369, 50-370

License No:

NPF-9 , NPF-17

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report No. 05000369/2007402 and 05000370/2007402

w/Attachment: Supplemental Information

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cc w/encl:

County Manager of Mecklenburg County

C. J. Thomas

720 East Fourth Street

Regulatory Compliance Manager (MNS)

Charlotte, NC 28202

Duke Power Company LLC

d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

Peggy Force

MN01RC

Assistant Attorney General

12700 Hagers Ferry Road

N. C. Department of Justice

Huntersville, NC 28078-8985

P. O. Box 629

Raleigh, NC 27602

R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager

Nuclear Regulatory Issues

and Industry Affairs

Duke Power Company LLC

d/b/a Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC

526 S. Church Street

Charlotte, NC 28201-0006

cc w/o Enclosure:

Lisa F. Vaughn

Associate General Counsel

andd Managing Attorney

Duke Energy Corporation

526 South Church Street-EC07H

Charlotte, NC 28202

Kathryn B. Nolan

Senior Counsel

Duke Energy Corporation

526 South Church Street-EC07H

Charlotte, NC 28202

David A. Repka

Winston & Strawn LLP

1400 L Street, NW

Washington, D. C. 20005

Beverly Hall, Chief, Radiation

Protection Section

N. C. Department of Environmental

Health & Natural Resources

3825 Barrett Drive

Raleigh, NC 27609-7721