IR 05000305/2011006
| ML11244A007 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2011 |
| From: | Michael Kunowski NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B5 |
| To: | Heacock D Dominion Energy Kewaunee |
| References | |
| IR-11-006 | |
| Download: ML11244A007 (6) | |
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September 1, 2011
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE LETTER FOR KEWAUNEE POWER STATION; 05000305/2011006
Dear Mr. Heacock:
On August 10, 2011, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle performance review of Kewaunee Power Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter will include the NRCs assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone and its security-related inspection plan.
The NRC determined the performance at Kewaunee Power Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC=s 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 December 31, 2012.
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 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.
In the days following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan, the Commission directed the staff to establish a senior-level agency task force to conduct a methodical and systematic review of the NRCs processes and regulations to determine whether the agency should make additional improvements to its regulatory system. The NRC has since completed Temporary Instruction (TI) 183, Follow-up to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event, and TI-184, Availability and Readiness Inspection of Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) at your facility. Results of these inspections can be found here: http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-activities.html. Additionally, on May 11, 2011, the agency issued NRC Bulletin 2011-01, Mitigating Strategies, to confirm compliance with Order EA-02-026, subsequently imposed license conditions, and 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2), and to determine the status of licensee mitigating strategies programs. On July 12, 2011, the NRCs Task Force made its recommendations to the Commission in its report, Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident. The NRC is currently reviewing the Task Forces recommendations to determine what additional actions may be warranted.
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 System (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 Mike Kunowski at (630) 829-9618 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Michael A. Kunowski, Chief
Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43
Enclosure: Kewaunee Power Station Inspection/Activity Plan
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