IR 05000261/2011006
| ML11230B251 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Robinson  |
| Issue date: | 08/18/2011 |
| From: | Mccree V NRC/RGN-II |
| To: | Duncan R Carolina Power & Light Co |
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| ML11230B102 | List: |
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| IR-11-006 | |
| Download: ML11230B251 (7) | |
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August 18, 2011
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE LETTER FOR H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT 2 (REPORT 05000261/2011006)
Dear Mr. Duncan:
On August 10, 2011, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle performance review of the H. B.
Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit 2. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter will include the NRCs assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone and its security-related inspection plan.
The NRC determined the performance at Robinson Unit 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone column of the NRCs Action Matrix. This determination was based on three findings classified as having low to moderate safety significance (White) which were identified in the third and fourth quarter of 2010. In a report dated December 7, 2010, the NRC issued the final significance determination and Notice of Violation for one finding documented in the NRC Problem Identification and Resolution report (05000261/2010006). The finding was classified as having low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone. In Inspection Report 05000261/2011008, dated January 31, 2011, the NRC documented the final significance determination and Notice of Violation for two findings; one finding was initially documented in Inspection Report 05000261/2010004 and the other finding was initially documented in Inspection Report 05000261/2010013. These findings were also classified as having low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone.
Based on the results of the 95002 inspection completed on June 9, 2011, the three White findings were closed. However, one of the findings, specifically 05000261/2010013-01, Failure to Comply with Conduct of Operations Procedure, will continue to be considered for agency actions in accordance with the Action Matrix until September 30, 2011. As a result, the NRC determined the performance at Robinson Unit 2 to be in the Regulatory Response Column of the Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix as of July 1, 2011.
In its end of cycle assessment letter dated March 4, 2011 (ML110630055), the NRC opened a Substantive Cross-Cutting Issue (SCCI) with the aspect of complete, accurate and up-to-date design documentation, procedures, and work packages, and correct labeling of components, H.2(c). To address the SCCI, your staff has performed a root cause evaluation and prepared a comprehensive procedure upgrade project. Our evaluation of your root cause and planned corrective actions has determined those measures to be adequate. However, the implementation of the two-column format emergency operating procedures is not scheduled until the 1st quarter 2012. An inspection of the content and quality of those procedures must be performed prior to closure of the SCCI. Therefore, consistent with the 2010 end of cycle letter, the SCCI will remain open until the NRC has confidence that your corrective actions are sufficient, based in part on a reduction in the number of findings below the SCCI threshold.
Because this letter is the second consecutive assessment letter documenting an SCCI with the same cross-cutting aspect, the NRC requests your staff to keep us informed on your progress and any schedule changes regarding the implementation of the two-column format emergency operating procedures. The NRC will continue to monitor your staffs effort and progress in addressing the SCCI by performing focused annual problem identification and resolution reviews of the actions to address this cross-cutting issue.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2012.
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.
We also plan on conducting a non-routine inspection, TI 2515/177, Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray System.
In the days following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident in Japan, the Commission directed the staff to establish a senior-level agency task force to conduct a methodical and systematic review of the NRCs processes and regulations to determine whether the agency should make additional improvements to its regulatory system. The NRC has since completed Temporary Instruction (TI) 183, Follow-up to Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event, and TI-184, Availability and Readiness Inspection of Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) at your facility. Results of these inspections can be found here:
http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-activities.html. Additionally, on May 11, 2011, the agency issued NRC Bulletin 2011-01, Mitigating Strategies, to confirm compliance with Order EA-02-026, subsequently imposed license conditions, and 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2), and to determine the status of licensee mitigating strategies programs. On July 12, 2011, the NRCs Task Force made its recommendations to the Commission in its report, Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident. The Commission is currently reviewing the Task Forces recommendations to determine whether additional actions may be warranted.
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).
Please contact Randall A. Musser at 404-997-4603 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/Leonard D. Wert RA for/
Victor M. McCree
Regional Administrator
Docket No.: 50-261
License No.: DPR-23
Enclosure: Robinson Inspection/Activity Plan
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Letter to Robert Duncan from Victor M. McCree dated August 18, 2011
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE LETTER FOR H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNIT 2 (REPORT 05000261/2011006)
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