IR 05000348/2011006

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan for Joseph M. Farley Inspection Report 05000348-11-006 and 05000364-11-006

ML112440165
Person / Time
Site:	Farley
Issue date:	09/01/2011
From:	Jim Hickey NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB2
To:	Stinson L Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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ML112440164	List: IR 05000348/2011006 ML112440173
References
IR-11-006
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UNITED STATES September 1, 2011

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000348/2011006 AND 05000364/2011006)

Dear Mr. Stinson:

On August 9, 2011, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Joseph M. Farley 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 Farley Unit 1 and Unit 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC=s Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., Green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., Green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility. Farley Unit 1 during the third and fourth quarter of 2010 was within the ROP Regulatory Response Column of the Action Matrix because the Mitigating Systems Performance Index (MSPI), Emergency AC systems crossed the threshold from Green to White in the first quarter 2008 due to failures of the 1B Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG). The Unit 1 Emergency AC MSPI returned to Green during the first quarter of 2011.

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 addition to ROP baseline inspection activities, we also plan on conducting Initial Operator License Examinations.

SNC 2 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 (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 Commission is currently reviewing the Task Forces recommendations to determine whether additional actions may be warranted.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact me at 404-997-4548 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

James Hickey, Acting Chief Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-348 and 50-364 License Nos.: NPF-2 and NPF-8 Enclosure: Farley Inspection/Activity Plan (09/01/2011 - 12/31/2012)

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SNC 3 cc w/encl: B. D. McKinney, Jr.

S. Kuczynski Regulatory Response Manager Chairman, President and CEO Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution T. D. Honeycutt J. L. Pemberton Regulatory Response Supervisor SVP & General Counsel-Ops & SNC Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution N. J. Stringfellow Jeffrey T. Gasser Licensing Manager Chief Nuclear Officer Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution L. P. Hill L. Mike Stinson Licensing Supervisor Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution R. L. Gladney Licensing Engineer Dennis R. Madison Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Vice President Electronic Mail Distribution Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. L. L. Crumpton Electronic Mail Distribution Administrative Assistant, Sr.

Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Paula Marino Electronic Mail Distribution Vice President Engineering William D. Oldfield Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Principal Licensing Engineer Electronic Mail Distribution Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution T. E. Tynan Site Vice President Todd L. Youngblood Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Plant Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Electronic Mail Distribution M. J. Ajluni John G. Horn Nuclear Licensing Director Site Support Manager Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc. Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Mark Williams Commissioner (cc w/encl continued next page)

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

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Tom W. Pelham Performance Improvement Supervisor Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Cynthia A. Sanders Radioactive Materials Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution James C. Hardeman Environmental Radiation Program Manager Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Mr. Mark Culver Chairman Houston County Commission P. O. Box 6406 Dothan, AL 36302 James L. McNees, CHP Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Dept. of Public Health P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Donald E. Williamson State Health Officer Alabama Dept. of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P.O. Box 30317 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 F. Allen Barnes Director Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution

SNC 5 Letter to L. Mike Stinson from James Hickey dated September 1, 2011.

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000348/2011006 AND 05000364/2011006)

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