IR 05000354/2014006
| ML14239A171 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Hope Creek  |
| Issue date: | 09/02/2014 |
| From: | Glenn Dentel Reactor Projects Branch 3 |
| To: | Joyce T Public Service Enterprise Group |
| DENTEL, GT | |
| References | |
| IR-2014-006 | |
| Download: ML14239A171 (6) | |
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September 2, 2014
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR HOPE CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000354/2014006)
Dear Mr. Joyce:
On August 14, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of Hope Creek Generating Station (Hope Creek). The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. 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 determined that overall, Hope Creek was operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Hope Creek during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all performance indicators demonstrated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e, green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections at your facility.
As a result of the Safety Culture Common Language Initiative, the terminology and coding of cross-cutting aspects were revised. All cross-cutting aspects identified during inspections conducted in calendar year 2014 reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310.
Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology were converted to the latest revision in accordance with the cross-reference in IMC 0310 during the mid-cycle assessment review and evaluated for cross-cutting themes and potential substantive cross-cutting issues in accordance with IMC 0305.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2015.
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. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events, which requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, which requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items. This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of an ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. The date for the onsite component at your site is being coordinated with your staff.
A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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 component of the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management 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 (610) 337-5233 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Glenn T. Dentel, Chief Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.: 50-354 License No.: NPF-57
Enclosure: Inspection Plan
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DATE 08/25/14 08/25/14 08/27/14
Page 1 of 3 08/25/2014 08:52:02 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Hope Creek Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 INSP
- RADIATION PROTECTION
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 07/21/2014 07/25/2014
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 07/21/2014 07/25/2014
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 07/21/2014 07/25/2014
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 07/21/2014 07/25/2014
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 07/21/2014 07/25/2014 7111107T
- TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK
1 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 07/28/2014 08/01/2014 7111111B
- REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 10/06/2014 10/10/2014 INSP
- RADIATION PROTECTION
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 08/11/2014 08/15/2014
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 08/11/2014 08/15/2014
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 08/11/2014 08/15/2014
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 08/11/2014 08/15/2014
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 08/11/2014 08/15/2014 71124
- REMP
1 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 08/25/2014 08/29/2014 2/16EXM
- INITIAL OL EXAM
1 FY15-HOPE CREEK INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01904 01/26/2015 01/30/2015
FY15-HOPE CREEK INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01904 02/23/2015 02/27/2015 71124
- RADIATION PROTECTION
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 12/01/2014 12/05/2014
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 12/01/2014 12/05/2014
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 12/01/2014 12/05/2014
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 12/01/2014 12/05/2014
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 12/01/2014 12/05/2014
IP 71151-OR01 12/01/2014 12/05/2014 PI&R
- PI&R - BIENNIAL
1 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 01/26/2015 01/30/2015
IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 02/09/2015 02/13/2015 71124
- RAD CONTROLS
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/30/2015 04/04/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 3 08/25/2014 08:52:02 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Hope Creek Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 71124
- RAD CONTROLS
1 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 03/30/2015 04/04/2015
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 03/30/2015 04/04/2015
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 03/30/2015 04/04/2015
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 03/30/2015 04/04/2015 7111108G
- INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 04/20/2015 04/24/2015 71124
- RAD CONTROLS
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 04/20/2015 04/24/2015
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 04/20/2015 04/24/2015
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 04/20/2015 04/24/2015
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 04/20/2015 04/24/2015
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 04/20/2015 04/24/2015 71124
- EFFLUENTS
1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 05/11/2015 05/15/2015
IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 EP
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
1 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 06/22/2015 06/26/2015
IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 06/22/2015 06/26/2015
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 06/22/2015 06/26/2015 71124
- RAD CONTROLS
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 08/10/2015 08/14/2015
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 08/10/2015 08/14/2015
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 08/10/2015 08/14/2015
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 08/10/2015 08/14/2015
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 08/10/2015 08/14/2015 CDBI
- COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION
1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/21/2015 09/25/2015
IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/05/2015 10/09/2015
IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/19/2015 10/23/2015 71124.08
- RADWASTE
1 IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 12/07/2015 12/11/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 3 of 3 08/25/2014 08:52:02 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Hope Creek Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 71124
- RAD CONTROLS
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 12/07/2015 12/11/2015
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 12/07/2015 12/11/2015
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 12/07/2015 12/11/2015
IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 12/07/2015 12/11/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.