IR 05000254/2014001

Annual Assessment Letter for Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (Report 05000254/2014001; 05000265/2014001)

ML15062A586
Person / Time
Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	03/04/2015
From:	Gregory Roach NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B1
To:	Bryan Hanson Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
References
IR 2014001
Download: ML15062A586 (4)

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UNITED STATES rch 4, 2015

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR QUAD CITIES NUCLEAR POWER STATION, UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000254/2014001; 05000265/2014001)

Dear Mr. Hanson:

On February 11, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff completed its end-of-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 January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. 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 June 30, 2016. 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 mid-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.

The NRC also plans to complete an inspection related to the Temporary Instruction 2515/190, Inspection of Licensee's Proposed Interim Actions as a Result of the Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1 Flooding Evaluation. 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/

Gregory Roach, Acting 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