IR 05000321/2011006

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 & 2, Inspection Report 05000321-11-006 and 05000366-11-006

ML112440380
Person / Time
Site:	Hatch
Issue date:	09/01/2011
From:	Jim Hickey Division Reactor Projects II
To:	Madison D Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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ML112440378	List: IR 05000321/2011006 ML112440385
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IR-11-006
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UNITED STATES September 1, 2011

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000321/2011006 AND 05000366/2011006)

Dear Mr. Madison:

On August 9, 2011, the NRC completed its mid-cycle performance review of Edwin I. Hatch Units 1 and 2. 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 Hatch Units 1 and 2 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 addition to ROP baseline inspection activities, we also plan on conducting Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/177 Managing Gas Accumulation in Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal, and Containment Spray Systems, and Initial Operator License Examinations.

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 TI-183,

SNC 2 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 Commission is currently reviewing the Task Forces recommendations to determine whether 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 (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 me at (404) 997-4548 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James Hickey, Acting Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-321, 50-366 License Nos.: DPR-57, NPF-5 Enclosure: Hatch Inspection/Activity Plan (09/01/2011 - 12/31/2012)

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SNC 5 Letter to Dennis from James Hickey dated September 1, 2011 SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR EDWIN I. HATCH NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000321/2011006 AND 05000366/2011006)

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