IR 05000346/2002001

Annual Assessment Letter - Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station (Report 50-346/2002-01)

ML020700117
Person / Time
Site:	Davis Besse
Issue date:	03/04/2002
From:	Christine Lipa NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB4
To:	Bergendahl H FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
References
IEB-01-001, IR-02-001
Download: ML020700117 (2)

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rch 4, 2002

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - DAVIS-BESSE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (REPORT 50-346/2002-01)

Dear Mr. Bergendahl:

On January 31, 2002, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station. The end-of-cycle review for Davis-Besse involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from April 1, 2001, to December 31, 2001.

The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections which may conflict with your plant activities. On April 3, 2002, we plan to discuss this assessment with you and your staff in a meeting at the Davis-Besse Administration Building. This meeting will be open for public observation.

As discussed in our previous annual assessment letter dated May 31, 2001, this inspection and assessment cycle consisted of three quarters (i.e., the second, third, and fourth quarters of calendar year 2001) instead of the usual four quarters. This change was implemented in order to align the inspection and assessment cycle with the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2002.

Overall, Davis-Besse operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as the first two quarters of the assessment cycle, was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2003. Also, along with routine outage-related inspections, we will conduct an inspection associated with Bulletin 2001-01, "Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles." The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2003. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The last 6 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the Mid-Cycle Review meeting.

In addition to the baseline inspection program, the NRC issued safeguards advisories recommending that nuclear power plant licensees go to the highest level of security immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all promptly did so. With continued uncertainty about the possibility of additional terrorist activities, the Nation's nuclear power plants, including the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station, remain at a high level of security. On February 25, 2002, the NRC issued an Order to all nuclear power plant licensees, requiring them to take certain additional interim compensatory measures to address the generalized high-level threat environment. These additional compensatory requirements will provide the NRC with reasonable assurance that public health and safety and the common defense and security continue to be adequately protected in the current generalized high-level threat environment. These requirements will remain in effect pending notification from the Commission that a significant change in the threat environment occurs, or until the Commission determines that other changes are needed following a more comprehensive re-evaluation of current safeguards and security programs. To date, we have monitored Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station actions in response to the terrorist attacks through a series of audits. With the issuance of the Order, we will evaluate Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station's compliance with these interim requirements.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made 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/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (630) 829-9619 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Christine A. Lipa, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects, Region III Docket No. 50-346 License No. NPF-3 Enclosure: Davis-Besse Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: B. Saunders, President - FENOC Plant Manager Manager - Regulatory Affairs M. OReilly, FirstEnergy Ohio State Liaison Officer R. Owen, Ohio Department of Health Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ADAMS Distribution:

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Page 1 of 2 Davis-Besse 03/08/2002 06:49:11 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2002 - 03/31/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ISI - INSERVICE INSPECTION & TI-145 1 1 IP 2515/145 Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01) 02/20/2002 03/15/2002 Safety Issues 1 IP 7111108 Inservice Inspection Activities 02/20/2002 03/15/2002 Baseline Inspections FY 2002 - DAVIS-BESSE INIT EXAM 03/2002 2 1 W90052 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DAVIS-BESSE - FEB/MAR 2002 03/04/2002 03/08/2002 Not Applicable IP 71121 - ALARA OUTAGE RP INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/04/2002 03/15/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/04/2002 03/15/2002 Baseline Inspections SI - REACTOR VESSEL HEAD SPECIAL INPSECTION 1 1 IP 93812 Special Inspection 03/08/2002 05/24/2002 Event Response Inspection BIP - ROUTINE RESIDENT INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111106 Flood Protection Measures 04/01/2002 05/11/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71114 - BASELINE EP ROUTINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 04/22/2002 04/26/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 04/22/2002 04/26/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 04/22/2002 04/26/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/22/2002 04/26/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - OCCUPATIONAL RAD SAFETY INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/03/2002 06/07/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/03/2002 06/07/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 06/03/2002 06/07/2002 Baseline Inspections 71130 - SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION-AA/AC/PI/PC 1 1 IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only) 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization) 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113004 Security Plan Changes 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - RAD INSTRUMENTATION INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 09/09/2002 09/13/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/09/2002 09/13/2002 Baseline Inspections FPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 3 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 10/07/2002 10/25/2002 Baseline Inspections CONT B - SAFEGUARDS INSPECTION-RESPONSE TEST 2 1 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy) 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.

Page 2 of 2 Davis-Besse 03/08/2002 06:49:11 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2002 - 03/31/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type BIP - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 3 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/04/2002 11/22/2002 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 11/11/2002 11/15/2002 Baseline Inspections SSDI - SAFETY SYSTEM BIENNIAL (DRS) 6 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 01/27/2003 02/14/2003 Baseline Inspections IP 71122 - LIQ/GASEOUS EFFLUENTS INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.