IR 05000354/2009001

Annual Assessment Letter - Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station (05000354-09-001)

ML090620733
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	03/04/2009
From:	Arthur Burritt Reactor Projects Branch 3
To:	Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group
Burritt A
References
FOIA/PA-2010-0209, IR-09-001
Download: ML090620733 (5)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION rch 4, 2009

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - HOPE CREEK NUCLEAR GENERATING STATION (05000354/2009001)

Dear Mr. Joyce:

On February 11, 2009, the NRC staff completed its performance review of Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek). Our technical staff reviewed performance indicators (PIs)

for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2008. 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.

This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Official Use Only--Security Information" will include the security cornerstone review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Hope Creek 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 for the first three 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 reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through June 30, 2010. In addition to the baseline inspections, we plan to conduct an inspection related to power uprate activities during the next refueling outage. The inspection plan is provided to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues well in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review.

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).

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 610-337-5069 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Arthur L. Burritt, Chief Division of Reactor Projects Projects Branch 3 Docket Nos. 50-354 License Nos. NPF-57 Enclosure: Hope Creek Generating Station Inspection/ Activity Plan cc w/encl:

W. Levis, President and Chief Operating Officer, PSEG Power G. Barnes, Site Vice President P. Davison, Director, Nuclear Oversight E. M. Johnson, Director of Finance J. Perry, Plant Manager, Hope Creek J. Keenan, General Solicitor, PSEG M. Wetterhahn, Esquire, Winston and Strawn, LLP Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate, Commonwealth of PA L. Peterson, Chief of Police and Emergency Management Coordinator P. Baldauf, Assistant Director, NJ Radiation Protection Programs P. Mulligan, Chief, NJ Bureau of Nuclear Engineering H. Otto, Ph.D., Administrator, DE Division of Water Resources N. Cohen, Coordinator Unplug Salem Campaign E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance A. Muller, Executive Director, Green Delaware Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)