UNITED STATES

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 

REGION I 

2100 RENAISSANCE BLVD., SUITE 100 

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406-2713 

June 29, 2016 

Mr. Eric McCartney 

Site Vice President 

Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant 

NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 

c/o Mr. Michael Ossing 

P.O. Box 300 

Seabrook, NH 03874 

SUBJECT: SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

OF REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION – NRC INSPECTION REPORT 

0500443/2016008 

Dear Mr. McCartney: 

Thank you for your letter dated June 6, 2016, (Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16161A534) in response to our letter and 

Notice of Violation (ML16127A155), dated May 6, 2016. Our letter, which requested a 

response, cited NextEra Energy Seabrook (NextEra) for being in violation of Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Appendix B, Criterion V, “Instructions, Procedures, and 

Drawings,” for NextEra’s failure to perform operability determinations for identified nonconforming conditions. 

We have reviewed your response and find that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201, 

“Notice of Violation.” During future inspections, we will review the implementation of your 

corrective actions to determine their adequacy and that full compliance has been achieved. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC’s "Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter will be 

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC’s Public Document Room or from the 

Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC’s ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic 

Reading Room). 

Sincerely, 

 

 /RA/ 

Fred L. Bower, III, Chief 

Reactor Projects Branch 3 

Division of Reactor Projects 

Docket No. 50-443 

License No. NPF-86 

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June 29, 2016 

Mr. Eric McCartney 

Site Vice President 

Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant 

NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC 

c/o Mr. Michael Ossing 

P.O. Box 300 

Seabrook, NH 03874 

SUBJECT: SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 – ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

OF REPLY TO NOTICE OF VIOLATION – NRC INSPECTION REPORT 

0500443/2016008 

Dear Mr. McCartney: 

Thank you for your letter dated June 6, 2016, (Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML16161A534) in response to our letter and 

Notice of Violation (ML16127A155), dated May 6, 2016. Our letter, which requested a 

response, cited NextEra Energy Seabrook (NextEra) for being in violation of Title 10 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Appendix B, Criterion V, “Instructions, Procedures, and 

Drawings,” for NextEra’s failure to perform operability determinations for identified nonconforming conditions. 

We have reviewed your response and find that it meets the requirements of 10 CFR 2.201, 

“Notice of Violation.” During future inspections, we will review the implementation of your 

corrective actions to determine their adequacy and that full compliance has been achieved. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC’s "Rules of Practice,” a copy of this letter will be 

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC’s Public Document Room or from the 

Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRC’s ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible 

from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic 

Reading Room). 

Sincerely, 

 /RA/ 

Fred L. Bower, III, Chief 

Reactor Projects Branch 3 

Division of Reactor Projects 

Docket No. 50-443 

License No. NPF-86 

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