IR 05000272/2012001

Annual Assessment Letter for Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit 1 and 2 (Report 05000272/2012001 and 05000311/2012001)

ML13059A292
Person / Time
Site:	Salem
Issue date:	03/04/2013
From:	Bill Dean Region 1 Administrator
To:	Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group
DENTEL, GLENN
References
IR-12-001
Download: ML13059A292 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

rch 4, 2013

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR SALEM NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION, UNIT NOS. 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000272/2012001 and 05000311/2012001)

Dear Mr. Joyce:

On February 12, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Salem Nuclear Generating Station, Unit Nos. 1 and 2 (Salem). The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility.

The NRC determined that overall, Salem operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. Salem was in the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix until the most recent quarter, due to one or more greater-than-green inspection findings in the Security Cornerstone. The Cornerstone returned to Green in the fourth quarter 2012, as stated in the Assessment Follow-up Letter for Security dated November 15, 2012 (ML12320A546)1. The NRC determined the performance at Salem during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green), and the IP 95002 supplemental inspection was successfully completed for the greater-than-green security inspection findings on August 31, 2012. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2014. 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. In addition to the baseline inspections, the NRC will also perform Temporary Instruction (TI)-182, Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The 1 Designation in parenthesis refers to an ADAMS accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly available using the accession number in ADAMS. 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 accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter 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). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact Glenn Dentel at (610)-337-5233 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

William M. Dean Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-272, 50-311 License Nos. DPR-70, DPR-75 Enclosure: Salem Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Distribution via ListServ

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Page 1 of 2 Salem 02/25/2013 11:07:12 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 01/01/2013 - 06/30/2014 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site EP PROGR - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1, 2 03/25/2013 03/29/2013 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1, 2 03/25/2013 03/29/2013 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1, 2 03/25/2013 03/29/2013 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies HP - RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1, 2 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 04/08/2013 04/12/2013 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 7111108P - U1 INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 04/15/2013 04/26/2013 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR HP - RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1, 2 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 05/13/2013 05/17/2013 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation HP - RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1, 2 06/10/2013 06/14/2013 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 06/10/2013 06/14/2013 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 7111111B - SALEM REQUAL INSPECTION WITH P/F RESULTS 2 1, 2 09/16/2013 09/20/2013 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program PI&R - PI&R 4 1, 2 07/15/2013 07/19/2013 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution 1, 2 07/29/2013 08/02/2013 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution HP - RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1, 2 08/12/2013 08/16/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 08/12/2013 08/16/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 08/12/2013 08/16/2013 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 08/12/2013 08/16/2013 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 08/12/2013 08/16/2013 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 7111117 - PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 3 1, 2 11/04/2013 11/08/2013 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Salem 02/25/2013 11:07:12 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 01/01/2013 - 06/30/2014 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site 7111117 - PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 3 1, 2 11/18/2013 11/22/2013 IP 7111117T Evaluations of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications 7111107T - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK 1 1, 2 12/02/2013 12/06/2013 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance 71124.08 - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 12/02/2013 12/06/2013 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation HP - RADIATION SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 60855.1 Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 12/09/2013 12/13/2013 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71124 - RAD SAFETY INSPECTION 1 2 03/03/2014 03/07/2014 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 2 03/03/2014 03/07/2014 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 2 03/03/2014 03/07/2014 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 2 03/03/2014 03/07/2014 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 03/03/2014 03/07/2014 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124 - RAD SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1, 2 04/21/2014 04/25/2014 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 04/21/2014 04/25/2014 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 04/21/2014 04/25/2014 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 04/21/2014 04/25/2014 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 04/21/2014 04/25/2014 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 7111108P - U2 INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 04/21/2014 05/02/2014 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 71124 - REMP 1 1, 2 05/12/2014 05/16/2014 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program EP EXER - EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 05/19/2014 05/23/2014 IP 7111407 Exercise Evaluation - Hostile Action (HA) Event TI-182 - DEGRAD UNDERGROUND PIPING - PHASE 2 1 1, 2 06/02/2014 06/06/2014 IP 2515/182 Review of the Implementation of the Industry Initiative to Control Degradation of Underground Piping This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.