IR 05000313/2005001
| ML050610213 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Arkansas Nuclear  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2005 |
| From: | Howell A Division of Reactor Safety III |
| To: | Forbes J Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR-05-001 | |
| Download: ML050610213 (8) | |
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March 2, 2005
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE (REPORT 05000313/2005001; 05000368/2005001)
Dear Mr. Forbes:
On February 3, 2005, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Arkansas Nuclear One. The end-of-cycle review for Arkansas Nuclear One involved the participation of the reactor technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2004.
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 that may conflict with your plant activities.
This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate end-of-cycle performance review letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in Accordance with 10 CFR 2.390" will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.
Overall, Arkansas Nuclear One operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) in the mitigating systems cornerstone and all other inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all performance indicators indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green).
In April 2004, the NRC finalized the final significance determination for a performance deficiency involving the unacceptability of the use of manual actions in lieu of providing protection for cables associated with equipment necessary for achieving and maintaining hot shutdown conditions. This finding was determined to be of low to moderate risk significance (White). A supplemental inspection, which is being conducted in accordance with Inspection Procedure 95001, "Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area," is in progress. The purpose of this inspection is to provide assurance that the root and contributing
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-2-causes for the White finding are understood, to provide assurance that the extent of condition and extent of cause are identified, and to provide assurance that the corrective actions are sufficient to address the root and contributing causes and prevent their recurrence.
In our annual assessment letter dated March 3, 2004, we advised you of a substantive crosscutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution. This substantive crosscutting issue was identified on the basis of a number of corrective action findings. At your request, a public meeting was held in the Region IV office on February 12, 2004, to discuss your actions to address the causes and corrective actions you had taken or planned in response to the corrective action program programmatic and implementation problems. Additionally, your letter dated July 28, 2004, detailed several corrective actions which had been implemented to improve performance. In our midcycle performance review, we acknowledged the actions you had taken to address this issue and advised you of our plans to continue to monitor your improvement in this area. While findings with crosscutting aspects in the area of problem identification and resolution were still identified during the assessment cycle, we have noted improvement in your implementation of the corrective action program. We believe that the actions you have taken have been effective in enhancing the overall effectiveness of your corrective action program. Therefore, we no longer consider your performance within this area to represent a substantive crosscutting issue and will discontinue our focused oversight.
During a public meeting held in the Region IV office on November 30, 2004, Entergy Operations, Inc. representatives identified a number of ongoing and planned actions and initiatives in the safety conscious work environment area. We plan to focus baseline inspection activities on these actions and initiatives in order to determine their impact on the work environment at Arkansas Nuclear One.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006. In addition to the baseline inspections, NRC will also be conducting inspections related to Inspection Procedure 50001, "Steam Generator Replacement Inspection," Inspection Procedure 71007, "Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection," Temporary Instructions 2515/150, "Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles" and 2515/160, Pressurizer Penetration Nozzles and Steam Space Piping Connections in U.S. Pressurized Water Reactors (NRC Bulletin 2004-01)." 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 inspections in the last 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review meeting.
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).
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-3-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 Troy Pruett at 817-860-8173 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Arthur T. Howell III, Director Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-313 50-368 Licenses: DPR-51 NPF-6 Enclosure:
Arkansas Nuclear One Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:
Colonel Wayne Ruthven Arkansas Department of Emergency Management P.O. Box 758 Conway, AR 72033 David Freeman Acting Emergency Service Coordinator Pope County No. 4 Emergency Lane Russellville, AR 72801 Charlie Smith Emergency Service Coordinator Yell County Courthouse Union Street Dardanelle, AR 72834 Fred Taylor Emergency Service Coordinator Johnson County Office of Emergency Services P.O. Box 546 Clarksville, AR 72830 Don Fairbanks Emergency Service Coordinator Logan County Office of Emergency Services Logan County Courthouse Paris, AR 72855 The Honorable Steve Pfeifer Mayor of Danville P.O. Box 69 Danville, AR 72833 The Honorable Bill Elsken Mayor of Paris P.O. Box 271 Paris, AR 72855 The Honorable Billy Helms Mayor of Clarksville 205 Walnut Street Clarksville, AR 72830-3005 The Honorable Carolyn McGee Mayor of Dardanelle P.O. Box 360 Dardanelle, AR 72834
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-4-The Honorable Johnny Waldo Mayor of Dover P.O. Box 258 Dover, AR 72837 The Honorable Jerry Don Barrett Mayor of Atkins P.O. Box 128 Atkins, AR 72823 The Honorable Raye Turner Mayor of Russellville P.O. Box 428 Russellville, AR 72811 The Honorable Edwin Price Mayor of London P.O. Box 130 London, AR 72847 The Honorable Stewart Nelson Mayor of Morrilton City Hall P.O. Box 583 Morrilton, AR 72110 The Honorable Brad Wear Judge of Yell County Danville Courthouse P.O. Box 219 Danville, AR 72833 The Honorable Jimmy Hart Judge of Conway County 117 South Moose, Room 203 Morrilton, AR 72110 The Honorable Mike Jacobs Judge of Johnson County P.O. Box 278 Clarksville, AR 72830 The Honorable Edgar Holt Judge of Logan County Room 22 Paris, AR 72855 Senior Vice President
& Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Vice President Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Manager, Washington Nuclear Operations ABB Combustion Engineering Nuclear Power 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Suite 330 Rockville, MD 20852 County Judge of Pope County Pope County Courthouse 100 West Main Street Russellville, AR 72801 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3502 Bernard Bevill Radiation Control Team Leader Division of Radiation Control and Emergency Management Arkansas Department of Health 4815 West Markham Street, Mail Slot 30 Little Rock, AR 72205-3867 James Mallay Director, Regulatory Affairs Framatome ANP 3815 Old Forest Road Lynchburg, VA 24501 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339
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-5-Misty Sutton Emergency Service Coordinator P.O. Box 119 Morrilton, AR 72110
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-6-Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
Senior Resident Inspector (RWD)
Branch Chief, DRP/D (TWP)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (GEW)
Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)
RITS Coordinator (KEG)
RidsNrrDipmIipb V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
W. Maier, RSLO (WAM)
C. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (LJS, MPS1, ATG, JAC)
S. Richards, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (SAR)
M. Case, Deputy Dir. for Inspection and Programs (MJC)
B. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)
B. Wetzel, Acting Chief, ROPMS, OEDO (TAB)
H. Berkow, Director, LPD4, NRR/DLPM (HNB)
A. Howe, Chief, PDIV-1, NRR/DLPM (AGH1)
T. Alexion, NRR Project Manager (TWA)
SISP Review Completed: _TWP__ ADAMS: / Yes G No Initials: _TWP_
/ Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive
/ Non-Sensitive S:DRP\\DRPDIR\\EOC 2004\\Assessment Letters\\ANO.wpd RIV:DRP/D D:DRS D:DRP TWPruett;mjs DDChamberlain ATHowell
/RA/
/RA/
/RA/
2/23/05 2/25/05 2/28/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
Arkansas Nuclear One Inspection / Activity Plan 03/04/2005 - 09/30/2006 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/01/2005 08:32:15 Report 22
SG-RVH
- U1 STEAM GENERATOR & RVH REPLACEMENT Other Routine 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Steam Generator Replacement Inspection IP 50001
Other Routine 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test Review IP 70307
Other Routine 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Containment Integrated Leak Rate Test Surveillance IP 70313
Other Routine 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Containment Leak Rate Test Results IP 70323
Other Routine 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection IP 71007
Baseline Inspections 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102
Baseline Inspections 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
Baseline Inspections 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117A
Baseline Inspections 01/01/2005 12/31/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152
2 EB08P
- ISI U2 - VESSEL VOLUMETRICS (TI-150/152)
Safety Issues 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02 IP 2515/150
Safety Issues 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Pzr Pene Nozzles & Stm Space Piping Connections in U.S. PWRs [NRC Bulletin 2004-01]
Baseline Inspections 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
Baseline Inspections 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
5 EB21/02
- SSD&PC/50.59 Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2
ALARA3
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 06/20/2005 06/24/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2
OB-EP2
- EMERG PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
OB-RQ
- REQUAL INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B
Baseline Inspections 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B
4 OB-INIT
- INITIAL EXAM Not Applicable 08/22/2005 08/26/2005 ANO UNIT 1 (06/05) - INITIAL EXAM X02287
Not Applicable 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 ANO UNIT 1 (06/05) - INITIAL EXAM X02287
1 PEB-07B
- HX PERFORMANCE Baseline Inspections 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Arkansas Nuclear One Inspection / Activity Plan 03/04/2005 - 09/30/2006 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/01/2005 08:32:15 Report 22
ACRSA
- ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS Baseline Inspections 10/31/2005 11/03/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2
EB08P
- ISI U1 Safety Issues 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Pzr Pene Nozzles & Stm Space Piping Connections in U.S. PWRs [NRC Bulletin 2004-01]
Baseline Inspections 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
Baseline Inspections 11/28/2005 12/02/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
1 ALARA
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 04/03/2006 04/07/2006 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2
EP1
- EMERG PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE Baseline Inspections 04/24/2006 04/28/2006 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 04/24/2006 04/28/2006 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 04/24/2006 04/28/2006 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
EB02/17
- PERMANENT MODS/50.59 Baseline Inspections 05/22/2006 05/26/2006 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 05/22/2006 05/26/2006 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1, 2
RP TEAM
- RP SAFETY TEAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1, 2
OB-INIT
- ANO2 INITIAL EXAM Not Applicable 06/26/2006 06/30/2006 ANO UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (07/06)
X02294
Not Applicable 07/17/2006 07/21/2006 ANO UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (07/06)
X02294
3 OB-RQ
- ANO2 REQUALIFICATION INSP Baseline Inspections 07/24/2006 07/28/2006 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 1, 2
PEB
- MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL Baseline Inspections 08/14/2006 08/18/2006 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1, 2
ACRSA
- ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS Baseline Inspections 09/25/2006 09/29/2006 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.