IR 05000333/2021006

Annual Assessment Letter for James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant (Report 05000333/2021006)

ML22059A776
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/02/2022
From:	Dan Collins NRC/RGN-I/DORS
To:	Rhoades D Constellation Energy Generation, Constellation Nuclear
Carfang E
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IR 2021006
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March 2, 2022

Mr. David Senior Vice President Constellation Energy Generation, LLC President and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO)

Constellation Nuclear 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000333/2021006)

Dear Mr. Rhoades:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC) has completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (FitzPatrick), reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection res ults, and enforcem ent actions from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021. 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 baseline inspection program was completed at your facility as defined in Inspection Manual Chapter 2515, Light -

Water Reactor Inspection Program - Operations Phase. All NRC inspections that occurred at your facility in 2021 were performed while the operating license was held by Exelon Generation Company, LLC. On February 1, 2022, the operating license was transferred to Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (Constellation), as documented in a license amendment ( ADAMS Accession No. ML22021B660). A s such, this letter and future communications regarding your facility will be addressed to and refer to the licensee as Constellation.

The NRC determined the performance at FitzPatrick during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

Action Matrix in Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program, 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 FitzPatrick. Note that FitzPatrick started the assessment period in Column 2 and returned to the Licensee Response Column on October 1, 2021 following a supplemental inspection documented in NRC Inspection Report 05000333 /2 021040 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21308A407). In addition to baseline inspections, the NRC will im plement Inspection Procedure 71003, Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2023.

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 war rant any changes.

In response to the COVID -19 public health emergency (PHE), the NRC adjusted inspection plans and schedules in order to safeguard the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while still effectively implementing the ROP. While the PHE continues, overall conditions throughout the country support performance of our inspection and oversight activities to return to normal onsite presence by our resident and region-based inspectors and completion of nominal baseline inspection samples. We continue to monitor site-specific conditions and as discussed in our November 2, 2021 memo, Implementation of Inspection Programs F ollowing Re-Entry from the Public Health Emergency for the Reactor Safety Program (ADAMS Accession No. ML21295A302), it may be necessary to alter how and when we perform our inspection and oversight activities as we balance the importance of protecting the health and safety of our staff with the need to conduct effective oversight that supports the NRCs critical safety mission.

For inspections requiring extensive coordination with offsite organizations, such as evaluated emergency preparedness exercises, NRC guidance and frequently asked questions for security and emergency preparedness can be found here: https://www.nrc.gov/about -nrc/covid-19/security -ep/. Similarly, the NRC has developed guidance if force-on-force inspections cannot be completed as scheduled due to an emergency, such as the COVID -19 PHE. These changes help ensure the health and safety of both NRC and licensee staff while maintaining the NRCs important safety and sec urity mission during the COVID -19 PHE. The attached inspection plan is accurate on the date of issuance but remains subject to change based on approval of potential exemption requests or other changes needed due to changing conditions in the COVID-19 PHE. NRC staff will contact your appropriate regulatory affairs staff in order to coordinate inspection planning and scheduling.

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 l etter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRCs We b site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading -rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact Erin Carfang a t (610) 337-5120 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely, Daniel S. Collins, Director Division of Operating Reactor Safety

Docket No. 050000333 License No. DPR-59

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Site Inspection Activity Plan FitzPatrick

01/01/2022 - 12/31/2023

Unit Start End Activity CAC Title Staff Count

Rad Safety - Airborne Radioactivity 1

1 2/14/2022 2/18/2022 IP 71124.03 000727 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation

Annual PIR Sample - MSIV Actuator Part 21 Applicability 1

1 2/28/2022 3/4/2022 IP 71152A 001790 Annual Follow-up Problem Identification and Resolution

ISFSI Operational Inspection (60855) - Fitz 1

1 3/7/2022 3/11/2022 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI

Rad Safety - Instrumentation 1

1 4/4/2022 4/8/2022 IP 71124.05 000729 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation

Access Auth, Access Control, FFD, SPR, PI-FP 3

1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71130.01 000733 Access Authorization

1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control

1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71130.08 000740 Fitness For Duty Program

1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes

1 4/18/2022 4/22/2022 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification

Design Bases Assurance Inspection - Teams - Fitzpatrick 6

1 5/2/2022 5/6/2022 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

1 5/16/2022 5/20/2022 IP 71111.21M 000713 Design Bases Assurance Inspection (Teams)

Fitz Requal Inspection with P/F Results 2

1 5/9/2022 5/13/2022 IP 71111.11A 000703 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance 1 5/9/2022 5/13/2022 IP 71111.11B 000704 Licensed Operator Requalification Program and Licensed Operator Performance

Rad Safety - REMP 1

1 7/18/2022 7/22/2022 IP 71124.07 000731 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program

EP PROGRAM INSPECTION - FITZPATRICK 1

1 8/8/2022 8/12/2022 IP 71114.02 000717 Alert and Notification System Testing

1 8/8/2022 8/12/2022 IP 71114.03 000718 Emergency Response Organization Staffing and Augmentation System

1 8/8/2022 8/12/2022 IP 71114.04 000719 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes

1 8/8/2022 8/12/2022 IP 71114.05 000720 Maintenance of Emergency Preparedness

1 8/8/2022 8/12/2022 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification

Inservice Inspection - Fitzpatrick 1

1 9/26/2022 9/30/2022 IP 71111.08G 000701 Inservice Inspection Activities (BWR)

Rad Safety - Rad Haz & PIV 1

1 9/26/2022 9/30/2022 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

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Fire Protection - Fitzpatrick 3

1 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71111.21N.05 001646 Fire Protection Team Inspection (FPTI)

1 3/20/2023 3/24/2023 IP 71111.21N.05 001646 Fire Protection Team Inspection (FPTI)

Rad Safety - Radiological Hazards 1

1 3/6/2023 3/10/2023 IP 71124.01 000725 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls

FORCE-ON-FORCE PLANNING AND EXERCISE - FP 4

1 4/24/2023 4/28/2023 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing

1 5/15/2023 5/19/2023 IP 71130.03 000735 Contingency Response - Force-On-Force Testing

License Renewal Phase 4 - Fitzpatrick 4

1 6/5/2023 6/9/2023 IP 71003 000687 Post-Approval Site Inspection for License Renewal

EP EXERCISE INSPECTION - FITZPATRICK 5

1 6/19/2023 6/23/2023 IP 71114.01 000716 Exercise Evaluation

1 6/19/2023 6/23/2023 IP 71151 001397 Performance Indicator Verification

Access Control, Equipment, Sec Trng, Sec Plan Review, PI-Fitz 3

1 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71130.02 000734 Access Control

1 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71130.04 000736 Equipment Performance, Testing, and Maintenance

1 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71130.07 000739 Security Training

1 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71130.09 001656 Security Plan Changes

1 7/10/2023 7/14/2023 IP 71151 001338 Performance Indicator Verification

FY23 - Fitz Initial Licensing Examination 4

1 7/9/2023 7/14/2023 OV 000956 FB-OR-ONSITE VALIDATION OF INITIAL LICENSE EXAMINATION (OV)

1 8/6/2023 8/18/2023 EXAD 000500 FB-OR-INITIAL LICENSE EXAM ADMINISTRATION (EXAD)

Rad Safety - Dosimetry 1

1 8/14/2023 8/18/2023 IP 71124.04 000728 Occupational Dose Assessment

PI&R Team Inspection - FP 4

1 9/18/2023 9/22/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution

1 10/2/2023 10/6/2023 IP 71152B 000747 Problem Identification and Resolution

ISFSI Loading Campaign (60855) - Fitz 2

1 9/25/2023 9/29/2023 IP 60855 001001 Operation Of An ISFSI

Rad Safety - Radwaste Shipping PIV 1

1 10/9/2023 10/13/2023 IP 71124.08 000732 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing & Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, & Transportation

Cyber Security - Fitzpatrick 4

1 10/23/2023 10/27/2023 IP 71130.10 000741 Cybersecurity

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