IR 05000266/2006007

IR 05000266-06-007, IR 05000301-06-007, on 12/04/2006 - 12/08/2006, Point Beach, Units 1 and 2, Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report

ML063630241
Person / Time
Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	12/27/2006
From:	Kenneth Riemer Plant Support Branch II
To:	Koehl D Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-06-007
Download: ML063630241 (12)

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ber 27, 2006

SUBJECT:

POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTION REPORT 05000266/2006007; 05000301/2006007

Dear Mr. Koehl:

On December 8, 2006, the NRC completed an inspection at your Point Beach Plant, Units 1 and 2. The enclosed report documents the inspection findings, which were discussed on December 8, 2006, with you and members of your staff.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license.

The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel. Specifically, this inspection focused on emergency preparedness, including your staffs determinations of performance indicators for the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone.

On the basis of the results of this inspection, no findings of significance were identified.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Kenneth Riemer, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27 Enclosure: Inspection Report 05000266/2006007; 05000301/2006007 w/Attachment: Supplemental Information cc w/encl: F. Kuester, President and Chief Executive Officer, We Generation D. Cooper, Senior Vice President, Group Operations J. McCarthy, Site Director of Operations D. Weaver, Nuclear Asset Manager Plant Manager Regulatory Affairs Manager Training Manager Site Assessment Manager Site Engineering Director Emergency Planning Manager J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel & Secretary K. Duveneck, Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks Chairperson Public Service Commission of Wisconsin J. Kitsembel, Electric Division Public Service Commission of Wisconsin State Liaison Officer W. King, FEMA, Region V

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

IR 05000266/2006007, 05000301/2006007; 12/04/2006 - 12/08/2006; Point Beach Nuclear

Plant, Units 1 and 2; Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report.

The report covers a 1 week baseline inspection by a regional emergency preparedness inspector, an emergency response coordinator, and two operations engineers. The inspection focused on the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone in the Reactor Safety strategic performance area during the biennial emergency preparedness exercise. This inspection also included a review of records related to the three emergency preparedness performance indicators for the period October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2006.

The NRCs program for overseeing the safe operation of commercial nuclear power reactors is described in NUREG-1649, Reactor Oversight Process, Revision 3, dated July 2000.

A. Inspector-Identified and Self-Revealed Findings None.

Licensee-Identified Violations

None.

REPORT DETAILS

1EP1 Exercise Evaluation

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the December 5, 2006, biennial emergency preparedness exercises objectives and scenario to ensure that the exercise would acceptably test major elements of the licensees emergency plan and to verify that the exercises simulated problems provided an acceptable framework to support demonstration of the licensees capability to implement its plan. The inspectors also reviewed records of quarterly drills and exercises conducted in 2005 and 2006, to verify that those drills scenarios were sufficiently different from the scenario used in the December 5, 2006 exercise.

The inspectors evaluated the licensees exercise performance, focusing on the risk-significant activities of emergency classification, notification, and protective action decision making, as well as implementation of accident mitigation strategies in the following emergency response facilities:

• Control Room Simulator (CRS);

• Technical Support Center (TSC);

• Operations Support Center (OSC); and

• Emergency Operations Facility (EOF).

The inspectors also assessed the licensees recognition of abnormal plant conditions, transfer of responsibilities between facilities, internal communications, interfaces with offsite officials, readiness of emergency facilities and related equipment, and overall implementation of the licensees emergency plan.

The inspectors attended post-exercise critiques in the CRS, TSC, OSC, and EOF to evaluate the licensees initial self-assessment of its exercise performance. The inspectors later met with the licensees lead exercise evaluators to obtain the licensees refined assessments of its exercise participants performances. These self-assessments were then compared with the inspectors independent observations and assessments to assess the licensees ability to adequately critique its exercise performance.

These activities completed one of one inspection sample.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA1 Performance Indicator (PI) Verification

.1 Reactor Safety Strategic Area

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the licensees records associated with each of the three emergency preparedness PIs to verify that the licensees program was implemented consistent with the industry guidelines in the applicable revision of Nuclear Energy Institute Publication No. 99-02, Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline, and related licensee procedures. Specifically, licensee records related to the performance of the Alert and Notification System (ANS), key Emergency Response Organization (ERO) members drill participation, and Drill and Exercise Performance (DEP) were reviewed to verify the accuracy and completeness of the PI data submitted to NRC for the period from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006. The following three PIs were reviewed:

Common

• ANS

• ERO Drill Participation

• DEP These activities completed three of three PI samples.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA2 Identification and Resolution of Problems

The following performance concern, which could have adversely impacted response activities had exercise events been real, was independently identified by the inspectors and the licensee during the December 2006 exercise and was added to the licensees corrective action program:

• Technical Support Center staff did not support dose assessment calculations performed in the Emergency Operations Facility or conduct core damage assessments.

OA6 Meetings

.1 Exit Meeting

An exit meeting was conducted for:

• Emergency Preparedness with Mr. D. Koehl and other members of licensee management and staff at the conclusion of the inspection on December 8, 2006.

The licensee acknowledged the information presented. No proprietary information was identified.

.2 Public and Media Briefing

• On December 8, 2006, an inspector summarized NRCs preliminary exercise inspection conclusions at a public and media briefing hosted by Department of Homeland Security Region V Field Office staff in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee

D. Koehl, Site Vice President

C. Butcher, Engineering Director

S. Cassidy, Communications Manager

A. Fitzgerald, Emergency Preparedness Specialist

M. Fencl, Engineering Improvement Manager

T. Gemskie, Emergency Planning Supervisor

J. Gerondale, Site Security

W. Godes, Acting Training Manager

C. Hass, Emergency Preparedness Administration

R. Johnson, Senior Emergency Planning Coordinator

K. Locke, Regulatory Compliance Analyst

J. McCarthy, Site Operations Director

G. Packard, Operations Manager

M. Ray, Regulatory Affairs Manager

S. Ruesch, Procedures Manager

D. Schuelke, Radiation Protection/Chemistry Manage

W. Smith, Production and Planning Manager

D. Thilmony, Emergency Preparedness Administrator

S. Tulley, Emergency Preparedness Manager

M. Vonk, Corporate Emergency Preparedness Specialist

S. Wall, Emergency Preparedness Training

G. Young, Nuclear Oversight Manager

LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

Opened, Closed, and Discussed

None.

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