IR 05000305/2013010
| ML14023A688 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 01/23/2014 |
| From: | Richard Skokowski Plant Support Branch II |
| To: | Heacock D Dominion Energy Kewaunee |
| Robert Jickling | |
| References | |
| IR-13-010 | |
| Download: ML14023A688 (10) | |
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January 23, 2014
SUBJECT:
KEWAUNEE POWER STATION
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION
REPORT 05000305/2013010
Dear Mr. Heacock:
On December 16, 2013, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your permanently shut-down Kewaunee Power Station. The enclosed report documents the results of this inspection, which were discussed on December 16, 2013, with Mr. B. Harris 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. No findings were identified during this inspection.
Your staff adequately demonstrated reasonable assurance of its ability to implement its emergency plan to adequately protect the public health and safety in the event of a radiological emergency during the conduct of its biennial exercise.
The NRC recognizes that your staff had, and will continue to change the Kewaunee emergency plan. Our review of these changes will be completed in accordance with our process and the results of these reviews are not included in this report but will be provided under separate correspondence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its Enclosure, and your response (if any) 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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS),
accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Sincerely,
/RA/
Richard A. Skokowski, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43
Enclosure:
Inspection Report 05000305/2013010; w/Attachment: Supplemental Information
REGION III==
Docket No:
50-305 License No:
DPR-43 Report No:
0500305/2013010 Licensee:
Dominion Energy Kewaunee, Inc.
Facility:
Kewaunee Power Station Location:
Kewaunee, WI Dates:
October 28, 2013, through December 16, 2013 Inspectors:
R. Jickling, Senior Emergency Preparedness Inspector
J. Beavers, Emergency Preparedness Inspector
R. Krsek, Senior Resident Inspector
R. Edwards, Resident Inspector Approved by:
R. Skokowski, Chief Plant Support Branch Division of Reactor Safety
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
IR 05000305/2013010; 10/28/2013 - 12/16/2013; Kewaunee Power Station; Emergency
Preparedness Biennial Exercise Inspection.
This report covers a seven-week period of announced baseline inspection by two regional inspectors and two resident inspectors. On May 14, 2013, Kewaunee certified the permanent removal of fuel from the reactor vessel (ADAMS Accession No. ML13135A209).
On May 31, 2013, the NRC notified Kewaunee that the Operating Reactor Assessment Program had ceased and that implementation of the Decommissioning Power Reactor Inspection Program would begin on June 1, 2013, (ADAMS Accession No. ML13151A375).
Currently, the Kewaunee Power Station is a permanently shut-down and defueled power reactor facility that was maintained in a Safe Storage of Spent Fuel condition with spent fuel in wet storage.
Emergency Preparedness Exercise Evaluation Your staff adequately demonstrated reasonable assurance of its ability to implement the emergency plan to adequately protect the public health and safety in the event of a radiological emergency during the conduct of its biennial exercise.
The NRC recognizes that your staff had, and will continue to change the Kewaunee Power Station emergency plan. Our review of these changes will be completed in accordance with our process and the results of these reviews are not included in this report but will be provided under separate correspondence.
REPORT DETAILS
REACTOR SAFETY
Cornerstone: Emergency Preparedness
1EP1 Exercise Evaluation
.1 Exercise Evaluation
a. Inspection Scope
The inspectors reviewed the October 30, 2013, Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise objectives and scenario to ensure 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 records of other drills and exercises conducted in 2011, 2012, and 2013 to verify that those drills scenarios were sufficiently different from the scenario used in the October 30, 2013, exercise.
The inspectors evaluated the licensees exercise performance, focusing on the risk-significant activities of emergency classification, notification, and protective action decision making, implementation of accident mitigation strategies, and correction of past exercise weaknesses in the following emergency response facilities:
- Control Room Simulator (CRS);
- Operational Support Facility (OSF);
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, OSF, and EOF to evaluate the licensees initial self-assessment of its exercise performance. The inspectors later met with the licensees lead exercise evaluators and managers to obtain the licensees findings and 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 its exercise performance. Documents reviewed are listed in the Attachment to this report.
b. Findings
No findings were identified.
c. Conclusions
Your staff adequately demonstrated reasonable assurance of its ability to implement the emergency plan to adequately protect the public health and safety in the event of a radiological emergency during the conduct of its biennial exercise.
The NRC recognizes that your staff had, and will continue to change the Kewaunee Power Station emergency plan. Our review of these changes will be completed in accordance with our process and the results of these reviews are not included in this report but will be provided under separate correspondence.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
4OA6 Management Meetings
.1
Exit Meeting Summary
On October 31, 2013, the inspectors presented the biennial exercise inspection observations and comments to Mr. S. Jordan and other members of the licensee staff.
On December 16, 2013, the inspectors completed the inspection and presented the results to the licensee's Emergency Preparedness Manager, Mr. B. Harris, via telephone on December 16, 2013. The licensee acknowledged the issues presented.
The inspectors confirmed that none of the potential report input discussed was considered proprietary.
ATTACHMENT:
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
KEY POINTS OF CONTACT
Licensee
- S. Jordan, Site Vice President
- T. Olsen, Assistant Plant Manager
- M. Aulik, Engineering Manager
- J. Egdorf, Emergency Preparedness Supervisor
- B. Harris, Emergency Preparedness Manager
- J. Helbing, Maintenance Manager
- M. Kanz, Local Affairs Manager
- L. Leanna, Plant Support Manager
- B. McMahon, Operations Manager
- B. Presl, Security Manager
- R. Repshas, Licensing Manager
- J. Stafford, Safety and Licensing Manager
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- R. Krsek, Senior Resident Inspector
- R. Edwards, Resident Inspector
LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED
Opened, Closed, and Discussed
None
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