IR 05000254/2002001

Annual Assessment Letter - Quad Cities (Report 50-254/02-01; 50-265/02-01)

ML020700430
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	03/04/2002
From:	Grant G Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Skolds J Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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rch 4, 2002

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - QUAD CITIES (REPORT 50-254/02-01; 50-265/02-01)

Dear Mr. Skolds:

On January 30, 2002, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Quad Cities. The end-of-cycle review for Quad Cities involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from April 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections which may conflict with your plant activities.

As discussed in our previous annual assessment letter dated May 31, 2001, this inspection and assessment cycle consisted of three quarters (i.e., the second, third, and fourth calendar quarters of calendar year 2001) instead of the usual four quarters. This change was implemented in order to align the inspection and assessment cycle with the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2002.

Overall, Quad Cities operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2003.

While plant performance for the most recent quarter is within the licensee response column of the Action Matrix, a White finding was identified in the Occupational Radiation Safety cornerstone during the previous assessment cycle (fourth quarter of 2000) which resulted in Quad Cities being in the regulatory response column of the Action Matrix during the first two quarters of this assessment cycle. The finding involved an as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) issue associated with the replacement of a safety relief valve during the Unit 1 refueling outage. A supplemental inspection was issued on July 27, 2001, which concluded that you had performed a comprehensive evaluation of the weaknesses. Therefore, the White finding associated with this issue was only considered through the third quarter of 2001 in assessing plant performance. The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2003. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The last 6 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the Mid-Cycle Review meeting.

In addition to the baseline inspection program, the NRC issued safeguards advisories recommending that nuclear power plant licensees go to the highest level of security immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all promptly did so. With continued uncertainty about the possibility of additional terrorist activities, the Nation's nuclear power plants, including Quad Cities, remain at a high level of security. On February 25, 2002, the NRC issued an Order to all nuclear power plant licensees, requiring them to take certain additional interim compensatory measures to address the generalized high-level threat environment. These additional compensatory requirements will provide the NRC with reasonable assurance that public health and safety and the common defense and security continue to be adequately protected in the current generalized high-level threat environment. These requirements will remain in effect pending notification from the Commission that a significant change in the threat environment occurs, or until the Commission determines that other changes are needed following a more comprehensive re-evaluation of current safeguards and security programs. To date, we have monitored Quad Cities actions in response to the terrorist attacks through a series of audits. With the issuance of the Order, we will evaluate Quad Citiess compliance with these interim requirements.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (630) 829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Geoffrey E. Grant, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-254; 50-265 License Nos. DPR-29; DPR-30 Enclosure: Quad Cities Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution

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Page 1 of 2 Quad Cities 03/08/2002 06:53:20 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2002 - 03/31/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 0102 - ACCESS AUTHORIZATION/ACCESS CONTROL 2 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only) 04/08/2002 04/12/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization) 04/08/2002 04/12/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/08/2002 04/12/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - RADIOACTIVE MAT SHIP/PROC INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/15/2002 04/19/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/15/2002 04/19/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 04/15/2002 04/19/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71114 - BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 07/08/2002 07/12/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/08/2002 07/12/2002 Baseline Inspections MAINT B - BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Rule Implementation 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Baseline Inspections CONT A - SAFEGARDS INSPECTION-RESPONSE A 1 1, 2 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy) 07/29/2002 08/02/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - RAM PROC/SHIP & ALARA INSP 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - RP ALARA INSP (OUTAGE) 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 11/04/2002 11/15/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/04/2002 11/15/2002 Baseline Inspections FY 2003 - QUAD CITIES INIT PREP 10/2002 3 1 W90063 OL - INITIAL EXAM - QUAD CITIES - OCT/DEC 2002 11/11/2002 11/15/2002 Not Applicable 71152 - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 3 1, 2 IP 71152 Identification and Resolution of Problems 12/02/2002 12/20/2002 Baseline Inspections FY 2003 - QUAD CITIES INIT EXAM 12/2002 3 1 W90063 OL - INITIAL EXAM - QUAD CITIES - OCT/DEC 2002 12/02/2002 12/13/2002 Not Applicable IP 71121 - OUTAGE ALARA INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Baseline Inspections IP 71114 - NON-EXERCISE BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Quad Cities 03/08/2002 06:53:20 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2002 - 03/31/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type IP 71114 - NON-EXERCISE BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Baseline Inspections MOD50.59 - BIENNIAL PLNT MOD AND 50.59 3 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.