IR 05000324/2016006

Annual Assessment Letter for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 & 2 - NRC Inspection Report 05000325/2016006 and 05000324/2016006

ML17060A170
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	03/01/2017
From:	Steven Rose NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB4
To:	William Gideon Duke Energy Progress
References
IR 2016006
Download: ML17060A170 (5)

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UNITED STATES March 1, 2017

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000325/2016006 AND 05000324/2016006

Dear Mr. Gideon:

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. The NRC concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at the Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the 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, 2018. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes.

This inspection plan does not include the plan for security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. Additionally, Temporary Instruction 2515/192, Inspection of the Licensees Interim Compensatory Measures Associated with an Open Phase Condition (OPC) Design Vulnerability in Electric Power Systems, will be conducted before March 31, 2017.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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 404-997-4609 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Steven D. Rose, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324 License Nos.: DPR-71, DPR-62 Enclosure:

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