IR 05000305/2003007

IR 05000305-03-007, on 09/22 - 10/02/03, Nuclear Management Company, LLC, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant; Emergency Preparedness Specialist Report

ML033000153
Person / Time
Site:	Kewaunee
Issue date:	10/27/2003
From:	Kenneth Riemer Plant Support Branch II
To:	Coutu T Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-03-007
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ber 27, 2003

SUBJECT:

KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT NRC EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INSPECTION REPORT 05000305/2003007(DRS)

Dear Mr. Coutu:

On October 2, 2003, the NRC completed an inspection at your Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant.

The enclosed report documents the inspection findings, which were discussed on October 2, 2003, with Mr. K. Hoops and other 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 2.790 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). ADAMS is 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 No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43 Enclosure: Inspection Report 05000305/2003007(DRS)

See Attached Distribution

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

IR 05000305/2003007(DRS); 09/22/03-09/26/03; Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant; Emergency

Preparedness Specialist Report.

The report covers a one-week baseline inspection by two regional emergency preparedness inspectors and a resident inspector. 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 twelve month period ending June 30, 2003. No findings of significance were identified.

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 September 23, 2003 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 a summary of emergency classification and offsite protective action recommendation opportunities associated with eight drills, which were conducted in 2002 and 2003, to determine whether those opportunities were sufficiently different from those forecast in the scenario used in the September 23, 2003 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 Facility (OSF)

• Radiological Analysis Facility (RAF); 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, 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 station performance during the exercise.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA1 Performance Indicator (PI) Verification

a. Inspection Scope

The inspectors reviewed the licensees records related to each of the three emergency preparedness PIs to verify that the licensees program was implemented consistent with the industry guidelines in Nuclear Energy Institute publication No. 99-02, Regulatory Assessment Performance Indicator Guideline, Revision 2, 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 data submitted to NRC for the period from July 2002 through June 2003.

b. Findings

No findings of significance were identified.

4OA2 Identification and Resolution of Problems

The following performance concerns, which could have adversely impacted response activities if scenario events had been real, were independently identified by the licensee and by the inspectors during the September 2003 exercise:

• The TSC and EOF responders understandings of the CRS crews actions and support needs needed improvement.

• Coordination among senior OSF, RAF, and TSC responders needed improvement to ensure common understanding of priorities assigned to inplant teams missions and more timely dispatch of high priority inplant repair teams.

• There was insufficient understanding of the use of the Health Physics Network communications line to help satisfy NRC responders information needs.

• The need to assess the value of a proceduralized deputy for the licensees senior EOF responder was identified.

4OA6 Meetings

.1 Exit Meeting

The inspectors presented the inspection results to Mr. K. Koops and other members of licensee management and staff at the conclusion of the inspection on October 2, 2003. The licensee acknowledged the information presented. No proprietary information was identified.

.2 Public and Media Briefing

On September 26, 2003, an inspector summarized the NRCs preliminary conclusions on the licensees exercise and critique performances at a public and media briefing hosted by Federal Emergency Management Agency staff in Algoma, Wisconsin.

ATTACHMENT:

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

Licensee

K. Davidson, Operations Manager

L. Gerner, Acting Regulatory Affairs Manager

G. Harrington, Engineering Support - Licensing

K. Hoops, Site Director

J. Morlino, Emergency Preparedness Manager

M. Vonk, Corporate Emergency Preparedness Specialist

LIST OF ITEMS

Opened and Closed

None

Discussed

None