IR 05000298/2016005
| ML16256A256 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cooper  |
| Issue date: | 09/12/2016 |
| From: | Thomas Hipschman Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Limpias O Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) |
| Hipschman T | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML16256A254 | List: |
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| ML16242A329 IR 2016005 | |
| Download: ML16256A256 (12) | |
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September 12, 2016
SUBJECT:
ERRATA FOR MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000298/2016005)
Dear Mr. Limpias:
August 31, 2016
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000298/2016005)
Dear Mr. Limpias:
On August 10, 2016, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of Cooper Nuclear Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. 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, Cooper Nuclear Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Cooper Nuclear Station during the most recent quarter 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 PIs 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, 2018. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the second half of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-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. Additionally, the NRC plans to complete Temporary Instruction 190, Inspection of Licensee's Proposed Interim Actions as a Result of the Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1 Flooding Evaluation, prior to the end of 2016.
In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, and Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Enclosure 2 Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation. The NRC conducted audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
As indicated in our annual assessment letter (ML16061A312) dated March 2, 2016, from January 1 to December 31, 2015, the NRC issued three Severity Level IV traditional enforcement violations associated with impeding the regulatory process. The NRC conducted Inspection Procedure (IP) 92723, Follow up Inspection for Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violations in the Same Area in a 12-Month Period, in June 2016, to assess your evaluation of these violations and review the adequacy of associated corrective actions. Based on the results of this inspection, as documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000298/2016005 (ML16211A197) dated July 29, 2016, the NRC concluded that the inspection objective involving identification of extent of condition and extent of cause of the violations was not met. Therefore, the NRC plans to complete IP 92723 to verify adequate extent of condition and extent of cause reviews once we receive notification of your readiness for inspection.
In Staff Requirements Memorandum - SECY 16-0009, Recommendations Resulting from the Integrated Prioritization and Re-Baselining of Agency Activities, the Commission approved the NRC staff recommendation to discontinue the formal mid-cycle assessment process beginning in calendar year 2017. This will be the final mid-cycle assessment letter. The staff will continue to conduct quarterly assessment meetings and communicate changes in the assessment of licensee performance in accordance with the guidance in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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 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 817-200-1144 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Greg Warnick, Branch Chief Project Branch C Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.
50-298 License No.
DPR-46 Enclosure:
Cooper Nuclear Station Inspection/Activity Plan
Page 1 of 2 08/30/2016 09:33:57 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Cooper Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2018 TI-190
1 IP Inspection of Interim Actions of Near-Term Task Force Recommendation 2.1 Flooding Reevaluations 2515/190 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 EB2-05XT
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION
1 IP Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)
7111105X 08/08/2016 08/12/2016
IP Fire Protection - NFPA 805 (Triennial)
7111105X 08/22/2016 08/26/2016 71111.08
- INSERVICE INSPECTION RF29
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 RS 12 PI
- RADIATION SAFETY
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/03/2016 10/07/2016
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 10/03/2016 10/07/2016
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 10/03/2016 10/07/2016
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 10/03/2016 10/07/2016 ISFSI
- LOADING INSPECTION (ONE WEEK IN MONTH)
1 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 05/01/2017 05/30/2017 RS 12 PI
- RADIATION SAFETY
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 05/22/2017 05/26/2017
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 05/22/2017 05/26/2017
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 05/22/2017 05/26/2017
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 EP-1
- BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
1 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 06/26/2017 06/30/2017
IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 06/26/2017 06/30/2017
IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 06/26/2017 06/30/2017
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 06/26/2017 06/30/2017 EP-2
- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION
1 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 06/26/2017 06/30/2017
IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 06/26/2017 06/30/2017
IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 06/26/2017 06/30/2017 TSB 52B
- BIENNIAL PI&R
1 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 07/10/2017 07/14/2017
IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 07/24/2017 07/28/2017 BRQ
- BRQ INSPECTION
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Attachment 2 - Proposed Inspection Plan Official Use Only - Sensitive Internal Information/Security-Related Information CNS Official Use Only - Sensitive Internal Information/Security-Related Information Enclosure
Page 2 of 2 08/30/2016 09:33:57 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Cooper Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2018 RS 5678
- RS TEAM
1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 10/02/2017 10/06/2017
IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 10/02/2017 10/06/2017
IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 10/02/2017 10/06/2017
IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 EB1-21M
- COOPER DESIGN BASES INSPECTION TEAMS
1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection (Teams)
7111121M 04/09/2018 05/11/2018 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Attachment 2 - Proposed Inspection Plan Official Use Only - Sensitive Internal Information/Security-Related Information CNS Official Use Only - Sensitive Internal Information/Security-Related Information Enclosure
ML16242A329 SUNSI Review By: CHY ADAMS Yes No Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword:
NRC-002 OFFICE DRP:C/SPE DRS: D DRP: D DRP:PBC NAME CYoung AVegel TPruett GWarnick SIGNATURE
/RA/
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/RA/
/RA/
DATE 8/15/16 8/17/16 8/20/16 8/29/16
Letter to Mr. Oscar Limpias from Greg Warnick dated August 31, 2016
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000298/2016005)
DISTRIBUTION:
Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Patricia.Voss@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Christopher.Henderson@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/C (Greg.Warnick@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer (Cale.Young@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Michael.Stafford@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Lindsay.Brandt@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
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Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
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Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov)
Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov)
Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov)
Director, DPR, NSIR (Marissa.Bailey@nrc.gov)
DRP Branch Chiefs (R4DRPBC@nrc.gov)
DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRSBC@nrc.gov)
ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov
ML16256A256 / PACKAGE: ML16256A254 SUNSI Review By: EDU ADAMS Yes No Publicly Available Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Sensitive Keyword:
NRC-002 OFFICE TL: IPAT
NAME THipschman
SIGNATURE
/RA/
DATE 9/12/16
Letter to Mr. Oscar from Thomas R. Hipschman dated September 12, 2016
SUBJECT:
ERRATA FOR MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COOPER NUCLEAR STATION (REPORT 05000298/2016005)
DISTRIBUTION:
Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Patricia.Voss@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Christopher.Henderson@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/C (Greg.Warnick@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer (Cale.Young@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Michael.Stafford@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer (Lindsay.Brandt@nrc.gov)
Administrative Assistant (Amy.Elam@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (Thomas.Wengert@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRS/IPAT (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRS/IPAT (Eduardo.Uribe@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Jeremy.Bowen@nrc.gov)
RIV RSLO (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov)
Director, DIRS, NRR (Chris.Miller@nrc.gov)
Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (Shana.Helton@nrc.gov)
Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov)
Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov)
Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov)
Director, DPR, NSIR (Marissa.Bailey@nrc.gov)
DRP Branch Chiefs (G-R4-DRP-BC@nrc.gov)
DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRS-BC1@nrc.gov)
ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov