IR 05000275/2003001

Annual Assessment Letter - Diablo Canyon (Report 50-275-03-001; 50-323-03-001)

ML030650087
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	03/04/2003
From:	William Jones NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E
To:	Rueger G Pacific Gas & Electric Co
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rch 4, 2003

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT (REPORT 50-275; 50-323/03-01)

Dear Mr. Rueger:

On February 5, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Diablo Canyon. The end-of-cycle review for Diablo Canyon involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2002. 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 so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, Diablo Canyon 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 performance indicators indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2004. In addition to the baseline inspections, Temporary Instruction 2515/150, Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02), will also be conducted on Unit 1.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2004. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review meeting.

As you are aware, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -2-requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we plan to continue these inspections and conduct portions of the security baseline inspection program, as well as perform additional inspections to evaluate your compliance with new requirements that may be ordered. Based on our final determinations in this regard, we will notify you of any inspection plan changes.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 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 817/860-8147 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

William B. Jones, Chief Project Branch E Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-275 50-323 Licenses: DPR-80 DPR-82 Enclosure:

Diablo Canyon Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:

David H. Oatley, Vice President and General Manager Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, California 93424 Lawrence F. Womack, Vice President, Power Generation & Nuclear Services Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 56 Avila Beach, California 93424

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -3-James R. Becker, Vice President Diablo Canyon Operations and Station Director, Pacific Gas and Electric Company Diablo Canyon Power Plant P.O. Box 3 Avila Beach, California 93424 Dr. Richard Ferguson Energy Chair Sierra Club California 1100 11th Street, Suite 311 Sacramento, California 95814 Nancy Culver San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace P.O. Box 164 Pismo Beach, California 93448 Chairman San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Room 370 County Government Center San Luis Obispo, California 93408 Truman Burns\Mr. Robert Kinosian California Public Utilities Commission 505 Van Ness, Rm. 4102 San Francisco, California 94102 Robert R. Wellington, Esq.

Legal Counsel Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee 857 Cass Street, Suite D Monterey, California 93940 Ed Bailey, Radiation Control Program Director Radiologic Health Branch State Department of Health Services P.O. Box 942732 (MS 178)

Sacramento, California 94234-7320 Christopher J. Warner, Esq.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company P.O. Box 7442 San Francisco, California 94120

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -4-City Editor The Tribune 3825 South Higuera Street P.O. Box 112 San Luis Obispo, California 93406-0112 James D. Boyd, Commissioner California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street (MS 34)

Sacramento, California 95814 David Edge, County Administrative Officer San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors Room 370 County Government Center San Luis Obispo, California 93408 Federal Emergency Management Agency Karen Armes, Acting Regional Director Building 105 Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, California 94129 Tony Ferrara, Mayor City of Arroyo Grande P.O. Box 550 Arroyo Grande, CA 93421 Ronald Arnoldsen, Mayor City of Grover Beach P.O. Box 365 Grover Beach, CA 93483 William Yates, Mayor City of Morro Bay 595 Harbor Morro Bay, CA 93442 Dave Romero, Mayor City of San Luis Obispo 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, California 93401 Joe Crescione, Mayor City of Pismo Beach 760 Mattie Road Pismo Beach, California 93449

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -5-Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

700 Galleria Parkway SE Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5943

Pacific Gas and Electric Company -6-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (EWM)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (DLP)

Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

V. L. Dricks, PAO (VLD)

W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)

C. J. Gordon (CJG)

DRS Branch Chiefs (TWP, ATG, CSM)

W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)

C. A. Carpenter, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (CAC)

R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)

R. W. Borchardt, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (RWB1)

B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)

S. Morris, Acting Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (SAM1)

H. Berkow, NRR Project Director (HNB)

S. Dembek, Chief, Section 2, NRR/DLPM (SXD)

G. Shukla, NRR Project Manager (GSS)

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Page 1 of 1 Diablo Canyon 03/05/2003 07:35:49 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/02/2003 - 03/31/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type EMB - MODS 2 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections OB-RQ - REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-EP1 - EP PROGRAM BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-S1 - SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorizati 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Stra 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections TI 150 - TI 2515/150 - RP VESSEL HEAD INSPECTION 1 1 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-0 02/07/2004 04/01/2004 Safety Issues ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PIV 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/16/2004 02/20/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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