IR 05000382/2003001
| ML030650144 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2003 |
| From: | William Jones NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E |
| To: | Venable J Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR-03-001 | |
| Download: ML030650144 (10) | |
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rch 4, 2003
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATERFORD 3 STEAM ELECTRIC STATION (REPORT 50-382/03-01)
Dear Mr. Venable:
On February 5, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station. 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 January 1 through December 31, 2003. 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.
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 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 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 March 31, 2004. In addition to the baseline inspections, Temporary Instruction 2515/150, Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02), will also be conducted.
Additionally, the staff has identified a substantive crosscutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution. This substantive crosscutting issue has been identified based on a number of corrective action findings. Specifically, although some long-standing degraded conditions were identified by your staff during this assessment period, the extent of condition was not always fully addressed. Also, in some cases, symptomatic conditions existed for extended periods before the causes were identified and corrected, and some degraded conditions were not effectively evaluated and corrected. Examples were found to affect both the mitigating systems and barrier cornerstones. One example involved failure to correct long-standing voiding conditions in the low pressure safety injection system, which contributed substantially to the inability to establish shutdown cooling and development of voids within the containment spray system and resulted in the low pressure safety injection system not being
Entergy Operations, Inc. -2-operated in accordance with the Final Safety Analysis Report. Other examples involved a failure to identify a plant overpower condition that existed for a prolonged period even though plant parameters had changed to indicate that power had been increased, correct a degraded condition that allowed oil to accumulate inside the diesel generator electrical cabinet that resulted in the degradation of the emergency diesel generator electrical components, and appropriately apply industry experience that contributed to the failure of a fire protection containment isolation valve. In response to this substantive cross-cutting issue, the NRC will monitor the effectiveness of your actions within this area through implementation of the baseline inspection program.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2004. 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 six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review meeting.
As you are aware, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we plan to continue these inspections and conduct portions of the security baseline inspection program, as well as perform additional inspections to evaluate your compliance with new requirements that may be ordered. Based on our final determinations in this regard, we will notify you of any inspection plan changes.
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 Docket: 50-382 License: NPF-38
Entergy Operations, Inc. -3-Enclosure:
Waterford 3 Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Entergy Operations, Inc.
P.O. Box 31995 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
Entergy Operations, Inc. -4-Parish President St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, Louisiana 70057 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-3502 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 Sheriff Greg Champagne St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 426 Hahnville, Louisiana 70057 Rep. Gary L. Smith, Jr.
State of Louisiana, District 56 P.O. Box 189 Norco, Louisiana 70079 Senator Joel T. Chaisson, II State of Louisiana, District 19 P.O. Box 1255 Destrehan, Louisiana 70047 Mr. Tab Troxler, Director Dept. of Emergency Preparedness St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, Louisiana 70057
Entergy Operations, Inc. -5-Mr. G. "Ram" Ramchandran Councilman-at-Large, Div. A St. Charles Parish 13 Hermitage Court Destrehan, Louisiana 70047 Mr. Clayton "Snookie" Faucheux Councilman-at-Large, Div. B St. Charles Parish 140 North Oak Court P.O. Box 1342 Luling, Louisiana 70070 Mr. Desmond J. Hilaire Councilman, District 1 St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 111 Hahnville, Louisiana 70057 Mr. Brian A. Fabre Councilman, District 2 St. Charles Parish 322 Beaupre Drive Luling, Louisiana 70070 Ms. Darnell "Dee" Abadie Councilwoman, District 3 St. Charles Parish 237 Ormond Village Drive Destrehan, Louisiana 70047 Mr. Terry Authement Councilman, District 4 St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 516 Boutte, Louisiana 70039 Ms. April Black Councilwoman, District 5 St. Charles Parish 14 Bridle Path Lane St. Rose, Louisiana 70087 Mr. Lance Marino Councilman, District 6 St. Charles Parish 660 Pine Street Norco, Louisiana 70079
Entergy Operations, Inc. -6-Mr. Barry Minnich Councilman, District 7 St. Charles Parish 337 Wanda Street Luling, Louisiana 70070 Nickie Monica, President St. John the Baptist Parish 1801 West Airline Highway LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Mr. Paul Oncale Public Safety Director St. John the Baptist Parish 1801 W. Airline Highway LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Mr. Cleveland Farlough Council at Large Div. A St. John the Baptist Parish P.O. Box 528 Reserve, Louisiana 70084 Mr. Duaine Duffy Council at Large Div. B St. John the Baptist Parish 145 River Oaks Drive LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Mr. Lester Rainey, Jr.
Councilman District I St. John the Baptist Parish P.O. Box 278 Edgard, Louisiana 70049 Mr. Allen St. Pierre Councilman District II St. John the Baptist Parish 3106 Hwy. 44 Reserve, Louisiana 70084 Mr. Richard Dale Wolfe Councilman District III St. John the Baptist Parish P.O. Box 2289 Reserve, Louisiana 80084
Entergy Operations, Inc. -7-Mr. Ranney Wilson Councilman District IV St. John the Baptist Parish 1506 Delta Road LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Mr. Jobe' Boucvalt Councilman District V St. John the Baptist Parish 3013 Main Street LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Ms. Melissa Faucheux Councilwoman District VI St. John the Baptist Parish P.O. Box 911 LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Mr. Steve Lee Councilman District VII St. John the Baptist Parish 1506 Delta Road LaPlace, Louisiana 70068 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
700 Galleria Parkway SE Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5943
Entergy Operations, Inc. -8-Electronic distribution by RIV:
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V. L. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
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C. J. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (TWP, ATG, CSM)
W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)
C. A. Carpenter, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (CAC)
R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)
R. W. Borchardt, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (RWB1)
B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)
S. Morris, Acting Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (SAM1)
H. Berkow, NRR Project Director (HNB)
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Page 1 of 2 Waterford 03/05/2003 07:39:34 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/02/2003 - 03/31/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type EMB - SSD&PCI 4 3 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 03/31/2003 04/04/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 04/14/2003 04/18/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - 50.59 1 3 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 03/31/2003 04/04/2003 Baseline Inspections RP-TM - RAD SAFETY TEAM 3 3 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-S1 - SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 3 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorizati 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Stra 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-EP1 - EP EXERCISE BASELINE INSPECTION 3 3 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections SEC-TI - SECURITY ORDER VERIFICATION (2515/148) 4 3 IP 2515/148 Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards - Interim Compensatory Measures 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Safety Issues OB-IN - INITIAL EXAM PREP 1 3 X02246 WATERFORD - INITIAL EXAM (08/03) 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Not Applicable EMB - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 5 3 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/11/2003 08/15/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections OB-IN - INITIAL EXAMS 4 3 X02246 WATERFORD - INITIAL EXAM (08/03) 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Not Applicable OB-RQ - REQUAL INSPECTION 2 3 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections TI 150 - TI 150 RP VESSEL HEAD INSPECTION 1 3 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-0 10/15/2003 12/01/2003 Safety Issues EMB - ISI & ISI/SG INSPECTIONS 1 3 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 Waterford 03/05/2003 07:39:34 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/02/2003 - 03/31/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PI 1 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections OPS PIR - PIR INSPECTION 3 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 12/01/2003 12/12/2003 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/01/2003 12/05/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS 1 3 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.