IR 05000244/2014006
| ML14241A043 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Ginna  |
| Issue date: | 09/02/2014 |
| From: | Ho Nieh Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Joseph Pacher Exelon Generation Co |
| Schroeder D | |
| References | |
| IR-2014-006 | |
| Download: ML14241A043 (6) | |
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September 2, 2014
SUBJECT:
MID CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000244/2014006)
Dear Mr. Pacher:
On August 13, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of your R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant (Ginna). The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. 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, Ginna operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives with minimal degradation in safety performance.
Ginna was in the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix for the most recent quarter, due to a White Notice of Violation and Assessment Follow-Up Letter (ML14107A080) issued on April 17, 2014. The finding involved the failure to assure prompt identification and correction of conditions adverse to quality concerning two cable penetrations between manhole 1 and battery room B at Ginna which were not hydrostatically sealed as required. As stated in the letter, this finding and the plants transition to the Regulatory Response Column of the Action Matrix were retroactive to the fourth quarter of 2013.
On July 16, 2014, you notified the NRC of your readiness for it to conduct a supplemental inspection to review the actions taken to address the performance issues. Therefore, in addition to Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections, the NRC is conducting a supplemental inspection in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, beginning on August 25, 2014. The objectives of the supplemental inspection are to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk-significant performance issues are understood; to provide assurance that the extent of condition and extent of cause of risk-significant performance issues are identified; and to provide assurance that corrective actions for risk-significant performance issues are sufficient to address the root and contributing causes and prevent recurrence.
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 2014 reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310.
Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology were 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.
In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, which requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, which requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific 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.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 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 end-of-cycle performance review. 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.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2.390 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 Document 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 Dan Schroeder at (610) 337-5262 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ho K. Nieh Director Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.
50-244 License No.
Enclosure:
Inspection Plan
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DATE 08/26/14 08/26/14 08/28/14
Page 1 of 2 08/27/2014 15:24:04 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Ginna Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 7111107T
- TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK
1 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 07/14/2014 07/18/2014 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION - RETS
1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 07/14/2014 07/18/2014
IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 07/14/2014 07/18/2014 12/1EXAM
- INITIAL OL EXAM
1 FY15-GINNA INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01900 11/03/2014 11/07/2014
FY15-GINNA INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01900 12/01/2014 12/12/2014 MODS
- PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS
1 IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111117T 08/04/2014 08/08/2014
IP Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111117T 08/18/2014 08/22/2014 EP PROG
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
1 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 08/04/2014 08/08/2014
IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 08/04/2014 08/08/2014
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 08/04/2014 08/08/2014 95001
- 95001 SUPLEMENTAL INSPECTION
1 IP Supplemental Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area 95001 08/25/2014 08/29/2014 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION - INSTRUMENT
1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 08/25/2014 08/29/2014
IP 71151-OR01 08/25/2014 08/29/2014
IP 71151-PR01 08/25/2014 08/29/2014 7111111B
- REQUAL INSPECTION WITH P/F RESULTS
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 11/17/2014 11/21/2014 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION - DOSE
1 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 04/13/2015 04/17/2015 EP
- EP EXERCISE
1 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 04/27/2015 05/01/2015
IP Exercise Evaluation - Scenario Review 7111408 04/27/2015 05/01/2015 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION - ALARA
1 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 07/13/2015 07/17/2015 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION - REMP
1 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 08/17/2015 08/21/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Enclosure
Page 2 of 2 08/27/2014 15:24:04 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Ginna Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 TRI FI
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION
1 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 09/14/2015 09/18/2015
IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 09/28/2015 10/02/2015 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/26/2015 10/30/2015 7111108P
- INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 10/26/2015 11/06/2015 71124
- RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION - DOSE
1 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 12/07/2015 12/11/2015
IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 12/07/2015 12/11/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Enclosure