IR 05000298/2007001
| ML070610594 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2007 |
| From: | Hay M NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-C |
| To: | Minahan S Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| References | |
| IR-07-001 | |
| Download: ML070610594 (8) | |
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March 2, 2007
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000298/2007001)
Dear Mr. Minahan:
On February 6, 2007, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Cooper Nuclear Station. Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2006. 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.
This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only - Security-Related Information" will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.
Overall, Cooper Nuclear Station 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 NRC's 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).
The NRC has identified a substantive crosscutting issue in the human performance area at Cooper Nuclear Station. There were 10 Green inspection findings with crosscutting aspects in the human performance area. Seven of these findings involved the work practices component of human performance. A crosscutting theme associated with four of the seven findings, in the Initiating Events, Mitigating Systems, and Barrier Integrity cornerstones, involved the aspect of procedural compliance. Examples include: ineffective communication to operators to ensure that key parameters such as total core flow were properly monitored and controlled; operators failing to sound the fire alarm, announce the fire, and dispatch the fire brigade, in response to a fire alarm in the reactor building; personnel failing to take appropriate actions for a degraded control room annunciator associated with a fire alarm; and a number of instances of inappropriate storage of transient combustibles in the reactor building. To address problems in this area, your staff continued to implement a performance improvement plan in 2006; however, it is not clear whether the scope of efforts to address the negative trend in work practices will be
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effective in arresting this trend before performance declines to the level noted in past assessments. Because of this very concern, your staff conducted a common cause analysis.
We understand that the results of this analysis will provide the basis for the identification of additional actions. As a result, this substantive crosscutting issue will remain open until we determine, through the implementation of focused baseline inspections, that corrective actions implemented in accordance with your improvement plan have resulted in improved perform a nce.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except those related to physical protection scheduled through September 30, 2008. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review.
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 NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readinwrm/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) 860-8144 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sin cere1 y,
V Michael C. Hay, Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-298 License: DPR-46 Enclosure:
Cooper InspectionlActivity Plan cc w/e n clos u re:
Gene Mace Nuclear Asset Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 John C. McClure, Vice President Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box499 Columbus, NE 68602-0499 and General Counsel
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P. V. Fleming, Licensing Manager Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners.
Nemaha County Courthouse 1824 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Julia Schmitt, Manager Radiation Control Program Nebraska Health & Human Services Dept. of Regulation & Licensing Division of Public Health Assurance 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68509-5007 H. Floyd Gilzow Deputy Director for Policy Missouri Department of Natural Resources P. 0. Box 176 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176 Director, Missouri State Emergency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 651 02-01 16 Management Agency Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Kansas Department of Health Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 6661 2-1 366 Control Section and Environment Daniel K. McGhee, State Liaison Officer Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Don Flater, Radiation Control Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Ronald D. Asche, President and Chief Executive Officer Nebraska Public Power District 1414 15th Street Columbus, NE 68601 Kevin V. Chambliss, Director of Nebraska Public Power District P.O. Box 98 Brownville, NE 68321 John F. McCann, Director, Licensing Entergy Nuclear Northeast Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc.
440 Hamilton Avenue White Plains, NY 10601 -1 81 3 Keith G. Henke, Planner Division of Community and Public Health Off ice of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102 a
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Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section Kansas City Field Office Chemical and Nuclear Preparedness and Protection Division Dept. of Homeland Security 9221 Ward Parkway Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 641 14-3372 Marlin Logan Presiding Commissioner Atchison County Courthouse P.O. Box 280 Rock Port, MO 64482 Dennis Martin, Sheriff Atchison County Sheriff's Office 511 West Clay Rock Port, MO 64482 Brent Lottman, Sheriff Nemaha County 1805 N Street Auburn, NE 68305 Randall Rohrs, Chairman Nemaha County Board of Commissioners 73260 629 Avenue Johnson, NE 68378 Bob Hutton, Commissioner, District 1 Nemaha County Board of Commissioners 72546 644 Avenue Nemaha, NE 68414 Monty Lovelace, Commissioner, District 2 Nemaha County Board of Commissioners 73360 641 Avenue Auburn, NE 68305 Dick Hainje, Regional Director FEMA Region VI1 Department of Homeland Security 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 641 14-3372 Robert Leopold, Administrator Nebraska Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Assurance Department of Regulation and Licensure 301 Centennial Mall, South P.O. Box 95007 Lincoln, NE 68508 AI Berndt, Assistant Director Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 1300 Military Road Lincoln, NE 68508 Michael J. Linder, Director Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 98922 Lincoln, NE 68509-8922 Ronald Reynolds, Director Missouri State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, MO 651 02-01 16 Chief, Radiation and Asbestos Kansas Department of Health Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 31 0 Topeka, KS 66612-1366 Control Section and Environment Daniel K. McGhee Bureau of Radiological Health Iowa Department of Public Health Lucas State Office Building, 5th Floor 321 East 12th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Keith G. Henke, Planner Ill Division of Community and Public Health Office of Emergency Coordination 930 Wildwood, P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, MO 65102
Nebraska Public Power District Ronald McCabe Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Section Kansas City Field Office Chemical and Nuclear Preparedness and Protection Division Department of Homeland Security 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 641 14-3372 Jon Schwarz, Supervisor Radiological Emergency Preparedness Division Nebraska Emergency Management Agency 1300 Military Road Lincoln, NE 68508-1 090 Institute of Nucle.ar Power Operations (INPO)
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