IR 05000254/2015005

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000254/2015005; 05000265/2015005)

ML15239B437
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	09/01/2015
From:	Karla Stoedter NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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Download: ML15239B437 (6)

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UNITED STATES ber 1, 2015

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000254/2015005; 05000265/2015005)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

On August 13, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff completed its mid-cycle performance review of Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and the plans for future inspections at your facility.

The NRC determined that overall, Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, was operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined that the performance at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2, during the most recent quarter, as well as the previous three quarters of the assessment period, was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., Green) safety significance and all performance indicators indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 30, 2017.

Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan.

The inspections listed during the last half 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 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. The audit has been completed for the first unit at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS)

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 me at 630-829-9731 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Karla Stoedter, Chief Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-254, 50-265 License Nos. DPR-29, DPR-30 Enclosure:

Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via LISTSERV