IR 05000317/2009001

IR 05000317-09-001 and 05000318-09-001, on 01/01/2009 - 12/31/2008, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Annual Assessment Report

ML090630587
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	03/04/2009
From:	Glenn Dentel Plant Support Branch 1
To:	Spina J Calvert Cliffs, Constellation Generation Group
Dentel, G RGN-I/DRP/BR1/610-337-5233
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION rch 4, 2009

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORTS 05000317/2009001 AND 05000318/2009001)

Dear Mr. Spina:

On February 9, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (Calvert Cliffs). Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2008. 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 security information. A separate letter designated and marked as AOfficial Use OnlyCSecurity Information@ will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2 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 PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Although plant performance was within the Licensee Response column, the final significance of a finding related to an inaccurate emergency action level (EAL) threshold is still under review. A preliminary White finding was issued on February 26, 2009, as part of the Significance Determination Process. Our final significance determination for this finding will be provided to you in a separate correspondence and may result in a change to the NRCs assessment of plant performance and the inspection plan. Based on our current assessment of performance for Units 1 and 2, we plan to conduct reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through June 30, 2010. In addition to baseline inspections, we plan on conducting an independent spent fuel storage installation inspection. 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 nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules 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 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).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 610-337-5233 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/ Original Signed By:

Glenn T. Dentel, Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-317, 50-318 License Nos. DPR-53, DPR-69 Enclosure: Calvert Cliffs Inspection / Activity Plan cc w/encl:

M. Wallace, Vice-Chairman, Constellation Energy H. Barron, President, CEO, & Chief Nuclear Officer, Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC W. Parran, President, Calvert County Board of Commissioners C. Fleming, Esquire, Sr. Counsel B Nuclear Generation Group, LLC J. Gaines, Director, Licensing, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant S. Gray, Program Manager, Power Plant Assessment Program, Maryland Department of Natural Resources K. Burger, Esquire, Maryland People's Counsel P. Birnie, Esquire, Co-Director, Maryland Safe Coalition R. Hickok, NRC Technical Training Center L. Larragoite, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Security, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant G. Detter, Manager, Nuclear Safety and Security, Constellation Energy M. Griffen, Maryland Department of the Environment S. Pattison, SLO (2)