IR 05000220/2013001
| ML14058A887 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2014 |
| From: | Michael Scott Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Costanzo C Constellation Energy Nuclear Group |
| Schroeder D | |
| References | |
| IR-13-001 | |
| Download: ML14058A887 (6) | |
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March 4, 2014
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000220/2013001 AND 05000410/2013001)
Dear Mr. Costanzo:
On February 11, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (NMPNS) Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility.
The NRC determined that overall, NMPNS Unit 2 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at NMPNS Unit 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all performance indicators demonstrated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e, green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections at your facility.
The NRC determined that overall, NMPNS Unit 1 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. NMPNS Unit 1 was in the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix until the most recent quarter, due to a white performance indicator in the Initiating Events Cornerstone, Unplanned Scrams per 7,000 Critical Hours. This performance indicator returned to green in the third quarter 2013. NMPNS Unit 1 performance transitioned to be within the Licensee Response Column during the fourth quarter 2013 because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green)
safety significance, all performance indicators demonstrated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green), and a supplemental inspection for the white performance indicator was successfully completed on December 20, 2013, as documented in NRC Supplemental Inspection Report 05000220/2013009 and Assessment Follow-Up Letter (ML13358A079)1. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections at your facility.
The NRC periodically reviews resident inspector staffing levels to ensure NRC staff resources are being used effectively and efficiently to complete the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process.
The NMPNS is considered a unique site budget model site due to the fact that Unit 1 and Unit 2 were constructed many years apart and are different generations of boiling water reactor technology. As a result, the NMPNS requires additional inspection hours compared to a typical dual unit site to complete the baseline inspection activities under the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process. Since 2007, these additional resources were drawn from other unique site budget model plants in Region I and inspectors based in the Region I office. In 2014, the NRC will be modifying the resident inspection program staffing at NMPNS Units 1 and 2 to add an additional resident inspector so that it more closely resembles other unique site budget model sites. This staffing change is not performance based, and enables the NRC to better manage NRC baseline inspection activities and resources at NMPNS. The total number of inspection hours for the baseline inspection program at NMPNS is unchanged.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2015. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. In addition to baseline inspections, the NRC will perform Inspection Procedure 60855, Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence.
As a result of the Safety Culture Common Language Initiative, the terminology and coding of cross-cutting aspects were revised. All cross-cutting aspects identified during inspections conducted in calendar year (CY) 2014 will reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310. The CY 2013 end-of-cycle assessments were conducted using the IMC 0310 guidance in effect in CY 2013 (dated October 28, 2011). Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology will be converted to the latest revision in accordance with the cross-reference in IMC 0310 during the mid-cycle assessment review and evaluated for cross-cutting themes and potential substantive cross-cutting issues in accordance with IMC 0305.
Additionally, an NRC audit of licensee efforts towards compliance with Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, is ongoing. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate mitigating strategies as described in licensee submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items. This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of an ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. The date for the onsite component at your site is being coordinated with your staff. A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations.
1 The NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Number for the referenced document. The document is publicly available and retrievable through the ADAMS hyperlink provided at the end of this letter using this number. In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, 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 component of the NRC's Agencywide Documents 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).
Please contact Daniel Schroeder at (610)337-5262 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Michael L. Scott Acting Director Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos: 50-220 and 50-410 License Nos: DPR-63 and NPF-69
Enclosure:
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DATE 2/27/14 2/26/14 3/4/14
Page 1 of 2 02/26/2014 09:17:47 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2015 3/3 EXM
- NINE MILE POINT 2 INITIAL EXAM
2 FY14-NMP2 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01875 02/03/2014 02/07/2014
FY14-NMP2 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01875 03/03/2014 03/14/2014 EP PROG
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 02/17/2014 02/21/2014 1, 2 IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 02/17/2014 02/21/2014 1, 2 IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 02/17/2014 02/21/2014 7111108G
- U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION
2 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 03/31/2014 04/04/2014 71124
- HP INSPECTION IP 71124.01, 02, 03 & 04
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 04/07/2014 04/11/2014 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 04/07/2014 04/11/2014 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 04/07/2014 04/11/2014 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 04/07/2014 04/11/2014 1, 2 IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 04/07/2014 04/11/2014 71124.08
- RADWASTE
1, 2 IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 06/23/2014 06/27/2014 ISFSI
- ISFSI LOADING INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 07/14/2014 07/18/2014 1, 2 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 07/14/2014 07/18/2014 71124
- RAD HAZARD & ALARA
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 07/21/2014 07/25/2014 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 07/21/2014 07/25/2014 71124.06
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION (RETS)
1, 2 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 08/11/2014 08/15/2014 1, 2 IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent 71151-PR01 08/11/2014 08/15/2014 7111111B
- NMP1 REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 10/13/2014 10/17/2014 CDBI
- CDBI
1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/08/2014 09/12/2014 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/22/2014 09/26/2014 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/06/2014 10/10/2014 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
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Page 2 of 2 02/26/2014 09:17:47 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2014 - 06/30/2015 71124.05
- HP INSPECTION RAD INSTRUMENTATION
1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 10/20/2014 10/24/2014 3/2EXAM
- NMP1 INITIAL EXAM
1 FY15-NMP1 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01905 02/02/2015 02/06/2015
FY15-NMP1 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01905 03/02/2015 03/13/2015 7111108G
- U1 INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 71124
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 71124
- RAD SAFETY INSP
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 71124.07
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 06/01/2015 06/05/2015 1, 2 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 06/01/2015 06/05/2015 TRI FI
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 06/22/2015 06/26/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Enclosure