IR 05000335/2011006

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan for St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, Unit 1 & 2, Inspection Report 05000335-11-006 and 05000389-11-006

ML112440326
Person / Time
Site:	Saint Lucie
Issue date:	09/01/2011
From:	Rich D NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB3
To:	Nazar M Florida Power & Light Co
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ML112440323	List: IR 05000335/2011006 ML112440331
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IR-11-006
Download: ML112440326 (5)

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UNITED STATES ptember 1, 2011

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2011006 AND 05000389/2011006)

Dear Mr. Nazar:

On August 10, 2011, the NRC staff completed its performance review of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant. 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 St. Lucie Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP)

Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance and all PIs indicated 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 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 Temporary Instruction (TI) 183, Follow-up to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event, and TI-184, Availability and Readiness Inspection of Severe Accident Management Guidelines

FPL 2 (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 NRC is currently reviewing the Task Forces recommendations to determine what 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) 997-4721 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Daniel W. Rich, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-335, 50-389 License Nos.: DPR-67, NPF-16 Enclosure: St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Inspection/Activity Plan (09/01/11 - 12/31/12)

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FPL 3 cc w/encl: William A. Passetti Richard L. Anderson Chief Site Vice President Florida Bureau of Radiation Control St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Hughes Bryan Koon Plant General Manager Director St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Division of Emergency Management Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Gene St. Pierre Donna Calabrese Vice President, Fleet Support Emergency Preparedness Manager Florida Power & Light Company St. Lucie Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution Daniel D. DeBoer J. Kammel Operations Site Director Radiological Emergency Planning St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Administrator Electronic Mail Distribution Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Eric Katzman Licensing Manager Senior Resident Inspector St. Lucie Nuclear Plant St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission P.O. Box 6090 Larry Nicholson Jensen Beach, FL 34957-2010 Director Licensing Seth B. Duston Florida Power & Light Company Training Manager Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Alison Brown Nuclear Licensing Faye Outlaw Florida Power & Light Company County Administrator Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution Mitch S. Ross Vice President and General Counsel Jack Southard Nuclear Director Florida Power & Light Company Public Safety Department Electronic Mail Distribution St. Lucie County Electronic Mail Distribution Marjan Mashhadi Senior Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution

FPL 4 Letter to Mano Nazar from Daniel W. Rich dated September 1, 2011 SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 1 AND UNIT 2 (NRC INSPECTION REPORT 05000335/2011006 AND 05000389/2011006)

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