IR 05000255/2006001

(Eco) Power Plant Annual Assessment Letter (Report 05000255/2006001)

ML060610148
Person / Time
Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	03/02/2006
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB4
To:	Harden P Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-06-001
Download: ML060610148 (6)

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rch 2, 2006

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - PALISADES NUCLEAR PLANT (REPORT 05000255/2006001)

Dear Mr. Harden:

On February 8, 2006, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the Palisades Nuclear Plant. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2005. 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.

This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, the Palisades Nuclear Plant operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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).

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through September 30, 2007. In addition to the program defined inspection activities, additional oversight activities will be conducted for the vessel head replacement, scheduled for the Fall refueling outage in 2007. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review. In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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.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 630-829-9619 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20 Enclosure: Palisades Nuclear Plant Inspection/ Activity Plan See Attached Distribution