Morning Report for August 12, 2005

Headquarters Daily Report

• REGION II

REGION II

Operability of Brunswick Emergency Diesel Generators and Restart of Units

Licensee/Facility: CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. Brunswick 1, Brunswick 2 SOUTHPORT, North Carolina Dockets: 05000325, 05000324 [1] GE-4, [2] GE-4 License No:

Notification: MR Number: 2-2005-0010 Date: 08/12/2005 Call from SRI

Discussion:

As documented in Preliminary Notification PNO-II-05-004, Morning Report 2-2005-0009, and Event Notification EN 41895, Brunswick Units 1 and 2 were shutdown on August 6, 2005, due to a potential common cause degraded condition of all four emergency diesel generators (EDGs). Region II initiated a Special Inspection Team on August 9 to assess the circumstances surrounding the inoperability of the EDGs. The Special Inspection Team completed its onsite review on August 12, 2005.

As previously reported, Unit 2 remained shutdown for other, unrelated outage work. With outage work complete, Unit 2 startup commenced at 2337, August 11, and the reactor went critical at 0357, August 12. The resident inspectors are monitoring Unit 2's continued startup and power ascension.

Accession Numbers:

Accession No	Accession Date
ML052240445	08/12/2005

Contacts:

Name	Office Abbrev	Phone No	E-Mail
FREDRICKSON, PAUL E	R2	(404) 562-4530	PEF@nrc.gov