IR 05000324/2019006

Annual Assessment Letter for Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2 - NRC Inspection Reports 05000325/2019006 and 05000324/2019006

ML20063L001
Person / Time
Site:	Brunswick
Issue date:	03/03/2020
From:	Mark Miller Division Reactor Projects II
To:	Krakuszeski J Duke Energy Progress
References
IR 2019006
Download: ML20063L001 (6)

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March 3, 2020

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NRC INSPECTION REPORTS 05000325/2019006 AND 05000324/2019006

Dear Mr. Krakuszeski:

The NRC has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Brunswick Steam Electric Plant, Units 1 and 2, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. 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 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, 2021. This updated inspection plan now includes planned security inspections which were formerly transmitted under separate correspondence. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. You should be aware that the agency is pursuing potential changes to the ROP, including changes to engineering inspections described in SECY-18-0113, Recommendations for Modifying the Reactor Oversight Process Engineering Inspections, and other changes to the baseline inspection program described in SECY-19-0067, Recommendations for Enhancing the Reactor Oversight Process. Should these changes to the ROP be implemented, the engineering and other region-based inspections are subject to change in scope, as well as schedule. 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.

The NRC plans to conduct an inspection using Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/193, Inspection of the Implementation of EA-13-109: Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Hardened Containment Vents Capable of Operation under Severe Accident Conditions. This is currently scheduled in December 2020. Additionally, during this period the NRC will schedule an inspection per a revised version Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/194, Inspection of the Licensees Implementation of Industry Initiative Associated with the Open Phase Condition Design Vulnerability in Electrical Power Systems (NRC Bulletin 2012-01) for any sites who elect to implement the guidance of the Industry Initiative on Open Phase Condition, Revision 3 (ML19163A176), which included an option for relying on annunciation and operator manual actions instead of automatic protective features to isolate a power supply affected by an open phase condition. Licensees will be individually notified when the NRC schedules these inspections.

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 Stewart Bailey of my staff at 404-997-4580 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mark Miller, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-325, 50-324 License Nos.: DPR-71, DPR-62 Enclosure: Brunswick Inspection/Activity Plan cc Distribution via ListServ SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR BRUNSWICK STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - NRC INSPECTION REPORTS 05000325/2019006 AND 05000324/2019006 March 3, 2020 DISTRIBUTION:

M. Kowal, RII L. Gibson, RII OE Mail RIDSNRRDRO PUBLIC RidsNrrPMBrunswick Resource ROPassessment Resource ROPreports Resource 20036L00 ADAMS Accession No. ML 1 OFFICE RII:DRP RII:DRP RII: DRP RII: DRP NAME M.Toth P.Niebaum M. Miller DATE 02/27/2020 02/24/2020 03/02/2020 OFFICIAL AGENCY RECORD

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Brunswick 03/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count UNIT 1 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 03/02/2020 03/06/2020 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP OCCUPATIONAL RAD SAFETY RAD HAZARDS & TRANSPORTATION BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1, 2 03/02/2020 03/06/2020 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 03/02/2020 03/06/2020 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 1, 2 03/02/2020 03/06/2020 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification EVALUATIONS OF CHANGES, TESTS, AND EXPERIMENTS 3 1, 2 05/18/2020 05/22/2020 IP 71111.17T 000709 Evaluations of Changes, Tests, and Experiments RP PUBLIC RAD SAFETY BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1, 2 06/15/2020 06/19/2020 IP 71124.06 000730 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1, 2 06/15/2020 06/19/2020 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1, 2 06/15/2020 06/19/2020 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE 5 1, 2 07/27/2020 07/31/2020 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation 1, 2 07/27/2020 07/31/2020 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 07/27/2020 07/31/2020 IP 71114.08 000723 Exercise Evaluation  Scenario Review 1, 2 07/27/2020 07/31/2020 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification TARGET SET INSPECTION 1 1, 2 08/31/2020 09/04/2020 IP 71130.14 000743 Review of Power Reactor Target Sets BRUNSWICK REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1, 2 09/14/2020 09/18/2020 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1, 2 10/05/2020 10/09/2020 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification MATERIAL CONTROL & ACCOUNTING 1 1, 2 10/26/2020 10/30/2020 IP 71130.11 000742 Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Enclosure This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Brunswick 03/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count BRUNSWICK INITIAL LICENSE EXAM 4 1, 2 11/02/2020 11/06/2020 OV 000956 VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1, 2 12/07/2020 12/18/2020 EXAD 000500 LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

RELIABLE HARDENED CONTAINMENT VENT TI-193 2 1, 2 12/07/2020 12/10/2020 TI 2515/193 000511 Inspection of the Implementation of EA-13-109: Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Hardened Containment Vents Capable of Operation under Severe Accident Conditions UNIT 2 IN-SERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

RP OCCUPATIONAL RAD SAFETY BASELINE INSPECTION 3 1, 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 03/01/2021 03/05/2021 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.02 000726 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1, 2 03/29/2021 04/02/2021 IP 71151 000746 Performance Indicator Verification SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 2 1, 2 04/05/2021 04/09/2021 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance 1, 2 04/05/2021 04/09/2021 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training DESIGN BASES ASSURANCE INSPECTION (PROGRAMS) 4 1, 2 04/12/2021 04/16/2021 IP 71111.21N 000714 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs)

1, 2 04/26/2021 04/30/2021 IP 71111.21N 000714 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Programs)

FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE WEEKS - BRU 6 1, 2 05/24/2021 05/28/2021 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 2 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

IP 22 Inspection Activity Plan Report Brunswick 03/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE WEEKS - BRU 6 1, 2 06/14/2021 06/18/2021 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1, 2 05/30/2021 06/12/2021 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing 1, 2 05/30/2021 06/12/2021 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1, 2 05/30/2021 06/12/2021 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1, 2 05/30/2021 06/12/2021 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness 1, 2 05/30/2021 06/12/2021 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTION 4 1, 2 07/11/2021 07/26/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution 1, 2 07/26/2021 07/30/2021 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE 1 1, 2 08/02/2021 08/06/2021 IP 71111.07T 000700 Heat Sink Performance SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 09/13/2021 09/17/2021 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control 1, 2 09/13/2021 09/17/2021 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes 1, 2 09/13/2021 09/17/2021 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities. Page 3 of 3 This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.