IR 05000382/2002001
| ML020640550 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2002 |
| From: | William Jones Division of Reactor Safety IV |
| To: | Venable J Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR-02-001 | |
| Download: ML020640550 (6) | |
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March 4, 2002
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT - WATERFORD 3 (REPORT 50-382/02-01)
Dear Mr. Venable:
On February 12, 2002, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Waterford 3. The end-of-cycle review for Waterford 3 involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from April 1 through 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. This will provide you an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections which may conflict with your plant activities.
As discussed in our previous annual assessment letter, dated May 29, 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 calender year beginning on January 1, 2002.
Overall, Waterford 3 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. This is based on all 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). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through December 28, 2002. In addition, the NRC staff will perform Temporary Instruction TI 2515-145, Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC BULLETIN 2001-01), during the upcoming refueling outage.
Immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the NRC issued safeguards advisories recommending that nuclear power plant licensees go to the highest level of security, and all promptly did so. With continued uncertainty about the possibility of additional terrorist activities, the Nation's nuclear power plants, including Waterford 3, 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
Entergy Operations, Inc.
-2-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 Entergy Operations, Inc.s actions in response to the terrorist attacks through a series of audits. With the issuance of the Order, we will evaluate Entergy Operations, Inc.s compliance with these interim requirements.
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 Midcycle Review meeting.
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/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 (817) 860-8147 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
William B. Jones, Chief Project Branch E Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-382 Licenses: NPF-38 Enclosure:
Waterford 3 Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995
Entergy Operations, Inc.
-3-Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Vice President, Operations Support Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 Jackson, Mississippi 39286-1995 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 General Manager, Plant Operations Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road Killona, Louisiana 70066-0751 Manager - Licensing Manager Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road Killona, Louisiana 70066-0751 Chairman Louisiana Public Service Commission P.O. Box 91154 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-9154 Director, Nuclear Safety &
Regulatory Affairs Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road Killona, Louisiana 70066-0751 Michael E. Henry, Administrator and State Liaison Officer Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 82135 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70884-2135 Parish President St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, Louisiana 70057 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
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-4-Washington, D.C. 20005-3502 Mr. Nickie Monica, President St. John the Baptist 1801 W. Airline Hwy LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Federal Emergency Management Agency Ron Castleman, Regional Director Region VI, Federal Center 800 North Loop 288 Denton, Texas 76201-3698 Col. Michael L. Brown Assistant Director State Emergency Management Military Department Office of Emergency Preparedness P.O. Box 44217 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 Albert D. Laque, Parish President St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, Louisiana 70057
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-5-Electronic distribution from ADAMS by RIV:
Regional Administrator (EWM)
DRP Director (KEB)
DRS Director (ATH)
Senior Resident Inspector (TRF)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (GAP)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
RITS Coordinator (NBH)
B. Henderson, PAO (BWH)
W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)
C. J. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (GMG, ATG, CSM)
W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)
M. Johnson, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (MRJ1)
R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)
B. A. Boger, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (BAB2)
B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)
J. Shea, Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (JWS1)
S. Richards, NRR Project Director (SAR)
R. Gramm, Chief, Section 1, NRR/DLPM (RAG)
N. Kalyanam, NRR Project Manager (NXK)
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For review 2/27/02 3/4/02 3/4/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
Waterford Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2002 - 03/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 1 03/04/2002 13:22:23 Report 22
PSB-RP7
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 02/25/2002 03/01/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102
1 TI 145
- IEB 2001-01, VHP INSPECTION Safety Issues 04/01/2002 04/05/2002 Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01)
1 EMB
- INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 04/01/2002 04/05/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108
Baseline Inspections 04/08/2002 04/12/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108
1 RP-1
- ACRSA AND PIV Baseline Inspections 04/08/2002 04/12/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101
Baseline Inspections 04/08/2002 04/12/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151
1 EMB
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 06/17/2002 06/21/2002 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B
1 RP-3
- ALARA Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102
1 PSB-EP1
- EP PROGRAM BASELINE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402
Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403
Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404
Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405
Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151
4 PBE-PIR
- W3 PIR INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 12/09/2002 12/20/2002 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B
1 EMB
- BIENNIAL MR INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Maintenance Rule Implementation IP 7111112B
1 PSB-S1
- AACCESS AUTH/CONTROL, SEC PLAN, PIV Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)
Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Security Plan Changes IP 7113004
Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.