IR 05000220/2019006

Annual Assessment Letter for the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 (Reports 05000220/2019006 and 05000410/2019006)

ML20059L980
Person / Time
Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	03/03/2020
From:	Erin Carfang Reactor Projects Branch 1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
References
IR 2019006
Download: ML20059L980 (7)

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March 3, 2020

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR THE NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORTS 05000220/2019006 AND 05000410/2019006)

Dear Mr. Hanson,

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of your Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Nine Mile Point), Units 1 and 2, reviewing performance indicators (PIs),

inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

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 concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at Nine Mile Point during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at Nine Mile Point.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2021. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. You should be aware that the agency is pursuing potential changes to the ROP, including changes to engineering inspections (SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspections) and other changes to the baseline inspection program described in SECY-19-0067, Recommendations for Enhancing the Reactor Oversight Process. Should these changes to the ROP be implemented, the engineering and other region-based inspections are subject to change in scope, as well as schedule, beginning in January 2020. Furthermore, all the inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

Additionally, Region I plans to conduct inspections in accordance with Inspection Procedure (IP) 60854.1, Preoperational Testing of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installations at Operating Plants, and IP 60855.1, Operation of an ISFSI Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installation at Operating Plants. Also during this period the NRC will schedule an additional inspection per a revised version of Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerability in Electrical Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01) for any sites who elect to implement the guidance of the Industry Initiative on Open Phase Condition, Revision 3 (ML19163A176). Licensees will be individually notified when the NRC schedules these inspections.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs Website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at 610-337-5120 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, X /RA/

Signed by: Erin E. Carfang Erin Carfang, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-220 and 50-410 License Nos.: DPR-63 and NPF-69 Enclosure:

Nine Mile Point Inspection Plan

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Nine Mile Point 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count ISI - UNIT 2 1 2 03/16/2020 03/20/2020 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

Rad Safety Refuel 1 1, 2 03/23/2020 03/27/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 03/23/2020 03/27/2020 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 03/23/2020 03/27/2020 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 03/23/2020 03/27/2020 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment Annual Sample - MOV Hardened Grease 1 1, 2 05/17/2020 05/23/2020 IP 71152 000748 Problem Identification and Resolution Rad Safety RETS 1 1, 2 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1, 2 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Access Control, Equipment Testing and Maintenance, Training-NMP 3 1, 2 06/01/2020 06/05/2020 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2 06/01/2020 06/05/2020 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1, 2 06/01/2020 06/05/2020 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training 1, 2 06/01/2020 06/05/2020 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification Rad Safety Inspection 1 1, 2 06/08/2020 06/12/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 06/08/2020 06/12/2020 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 06/08/2020 06/12/2020 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 06/08/2020 06/12/2020 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment EP PROGRAM INSPECTION - NMP 1 1, 2 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1, 2 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1, 2 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1, 2 07/13/2020 07/17/2020 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 1 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Nine Mile Point 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Radwaste 1 1, 2 08/03/2020 08/07/2020 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation Rad Safety Instruments 1 1, 2 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE WEEKS - NMP 6 1, 2 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing 1, 2 10/26/2020 10/30/2020 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing Design Basis Assurance Inspection - Teams - Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 7 1, 2 10/19/2020 10/23/2020 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

1, 2 11/02/2020 11/06/2020 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

FY21 NMP1 Initial Exam 4 1 11/01/2020 11/07/2020 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1 11/29/2020 12/12/2020 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

NMP1 Requal Inspecton with P/F Results 2 1 11/15/2020 11/21/2020 IP 71111.11A 000703 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance 1 11/15/2020 11/21/2020 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance FY21 Nine Mile Point Unit 2 Initial Examination 4 2 03/14/2021 03/20/2021 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

2 04/11/2021 04/24/2021 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 03/28/2021 04/03/2021 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

Rad Safety Inspection 1 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Nine Mile Point 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count Access Control, Protective Strategy, TSR 4 1, 2 05/24/2021 05/28/2021 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2 05/24/2021 05/28/2021 IP 71130.05 000737 Protective Strategy Evaluation 1, 2 05/24/2021 05/28/2021 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets 1, 2 05/24/2021 05/28/2021 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY 1 1, 2 06/06/2021 06/12/2021 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

Rad Safety Inspection 1 1, 2 06/07/2021 06/11/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 06/07/2021 06/11/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 06/07/2021 06/11/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 06/07/2021 06/11/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment ISFSI Dry Run & Operational Inspection - NMP 3 1, 2 07/05/2021 07/09/2021 IP 60854.1 000589 Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installation at Operating Plants 1, 2 07/19/2021 07/23/2021 IP 60854.1 000589 Preoperational Testing of Independent Spent Fuel Storage Facility Installation at Operating Plants 1, 2 07/26/2021 07/30/2021 IP 60855.1 000590 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 3 1, 2 07/26/2021 07/30/2021 IP 71111.21N.05 001646 Fire Protection Team Inspection (FPTI)

1, 2 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71111.21N.05 001646 Fire Protection Team Inspection (FPTI)

Rad Safety Inspection 1 1, 2 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1, 2 08/09/2021 08/13/2021 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification Rad Safety Inspection 1 1, 2 09/27/2021 10/01/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 09/27/2021 10/01/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 09/27/2021 10/01/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 09/27/2021 10/01/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 3 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Nine Mile Point 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count EP Exercise Inspection - Nine Mile Point 5 1, 2 10/04/2021 10/08/2021 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1, 2 10/04/2021 10/08/2021 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 10/04/2021 10/08/2021 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification PI&R BIENNIAL - NMP 4 1, 2 10/18/2021 10/22/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1, 2 11/01/2021 11/05/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution NMP2 Requal Inspection with P/F Results 2 2 10/25/2021 10/29/2021 IP 71111.11A 000703 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance 2 10/25/2021 10/29/2021 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance Rad Safety Inspection 1 1, 2 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 11/15/2021 11/19/2021 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 4 of 4 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

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