ML060230440

Meeting Announcement - Public Meeting - Regulatory Conference - Oconee Nuclear Station

ML060230440
Person / Time
Site:	Oconee
Issue date:	01/23/2006
From:	Ernstes M NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB1
To:	Brandi Hamilton Duke Energy Corp
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January 23, 2006 Duke Energy Corporation ATTN: Mr. Bruce H. Hamilton Vice President Oconee Site 7800 Rochester Highway Seneca, SC 29672

SUBJECT:

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT - PUBLIC MEETING - REGULATORY CONFERENCE - OCONEE NUCLEAR STATION - DOCKET NOS. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287

Dear Mr. Hamilton:

This letter confirms the telephone conversation between Mr. Graham Davenport of your staff and Mr. Robert Carroll of this office on January 8, 2006, concerning a Regulatory Conference, being conducted at your request, which has been scheduled for February 6, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting notice, which provides additional details, is enclosed. The purpose of the Regulatory Conference is to discuss the risk significance of the inspection finding documented in Inspection Report 05000269,270,287/2005012. This finding involved a failure to promptly identify and correct a long-standing discrepancy between the Unit 3 control room and its tornado licensing basis specified in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR). The finding was preliminarily characterized as Greater than Green (i.e., an issue having more than very low safety significance.) In addition, the conference will also address the apparent violation associated with the inspection finding.

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/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

DEC 2

Should you have any questions concerning this conference, please contact me at 404-562-4540.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Michael E. Ernstes, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-269, 50-270, 50-287 License Nos. DPR-38, DPR-47, DPR-55

Enclosure:

As stated

DEC 3

cc:

B. G. Davenport Compliance Manager (ONS)

Duke Energy Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Lisa Vaughn Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation 526 South Church Street Mail Code EC 07H Charlotte, NC 28201-1244 Anne Cottingham Winston & Strawn LLP Electronic Mail Distribution Beverly Hall, Acting Director Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environmental Health & Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Henry J. Porter, Assistant Director Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution County Supervisor of Oconee County 415 S. Pine Street Walhalla, SC 29691-2145 Lyle Graber, LIS NUS Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution R. L. Gill, Jr., Manager Nuclear Regulatory Issues and Industry Affairs Duke Energy Corporation 526 S. Church Street Charlotte, NC 28201-0006 Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General N. C. Department of Justice Electronic Mail Distribution

OFFICE RII:DRP SIGNATURE MFK1 for NAME RCarroll:rcm DATE 01/23/06 E-MAIL COPY?

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SUBJECT:

REGULATORY CONFERENCE WITH DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION FACILITY:

Oconee Nuclear Station DOCKETS:

50-269, 50-270, 50-287 DATE & TIME:

Monday, February 6, 2006 10:00 a.m. to Noon (EDT)

LOCATION:

NRC Region II Office Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center (Suite 24T20) 61 Forsyth Street, S.W.

Atlanta, GA 30303-3415 PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Regulatory Conference is to discuss the risk significance of the inspection finding documented in Inspection Report 05000269,270,287/2005012. This finding involved a failure to promptly identify and correct a long-standing discrepancy between the Unit 3 control room and its tornado licensing basis specified in the UFSAR and was preliminarily characterized as Greater than Green (i.e., an issue having more than very low safety significance.) In addition, the conference will also address the apparent violation associated with the inspection finding. 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 visitors and security.

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.

NRC OFFICE(S)

PARTICIPATING:

Region II (RII)

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR)

Office of Enforcement (OE)

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING:

None PARTICIPANTS:

C. Casto, Director, Division of Reactor Projects (DRP), RII V. McCree, Director, Division of Reactor Safety (DRS), RII M. Ernstes, Chief, DRP Branch 1, RII M. Shannon, Oconee Senior Resident Inspector C. Evans, Legal Counsel / Enforcement Officer, RII S. Sparks, Senior Enforcement Specialist, RII L. Trocine, Office of Enforcement L. Olshan, Project Manager, NRR

2 D. Coyle, Oconee Operations Support Manager G. Davenport, Oconee Regulatory Compliance Manager R. Freudenberger, Oconee Engineering Supervisor M. Glover, Oconee Engineering Manager B. Hamilton, Oconee Site VP D. Herrick, PRA Engineering Supervisor R. Jones, Nuclear Operations, Senior VP L. Kanipe, PRA Engineer S. Newman, Oconee Regulatory Compliance Engineer L. Nicholson, Oconee Safety Assurance Manager J. Robertson, Oconee Senior Engineer D. Stewart, Duke Public & Community Affairs Manager A. Wells, Oconee Civil Engineering Supervisor MEETING CONTACT: Michael E. Ernstes, NRC, RII (404)562-4540 MEE@nrc.gov