IR 05000382/2004001
| ML040631103 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/2004 |
| From: | William Jones NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E |
| To: | Venable J Entergy Operations |
| References | |
| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040631103 (7) | |
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March 3, 2004
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATERFORD 3 STEAM ELECTRIC STATION (NRC REPORT 05000382/2004001)
Dear Mr. Venable:
On February 3, 2004, the NRC staff competed 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 (PIs) 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 PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). However, the significance of the failure to establish appropriate instructions and to accomplish those instructions for installation of a fuel line for a Train A emergency diesel generator that rendered the emergency diesel generator inoperable is still under review.
Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2005.
In our end-of-cycle letter dated March 4, 2003, we advised you of a substantive crosscutting issue in the crosscutting area of problem identification and resolution. We noted that the substantive crosscutting issue resulted from long-standing degraded conditions that were identified by your staff, but the extent of conditions was not fully addressed. Also a number of problem symptoms were evident for extended periods of time without the causes being identified and corrected.
In our midcycle letter, dated August 27, 2003, we noted that you had made improvements in addressing this substantive crosscutting issue, but that we would continue to monitor your efforts by reviewing the effectiveness of the corrective action process as implemented during
Entergy Operations, Inc.
-2-the fall 2003 refueling outage. We noted that during this assessment period your staff had aggressively taken action to identify long-standing conditions and performed extensive extent of condition reviews. We also noted that during the fall 2003 refueling outage, improvements were made in implementing the corrective action program. The actions you have taken have satisfactorily addressed the causal links that contributed to the substantive problem identification and resolution crosscutting issue. As a result, we plan no additional focused inspections to address this issue.
As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. 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 2004, we plan to continue inspections of Order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program. The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005. 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 12 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).
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 Enclosure:
Waterford 3 Inspection/Activity Plan
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Senior Vice President and 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 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Jackson, MS 39205 General Manager, Plant Operations Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751 Manager - Licensing Manager Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751 Chairman Louisiana Public Service Commission P.O. Box 91154 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9154 Director, Nuclear Safety &
Regulatory Affairs Waterford 3 SES Entergy Operations, Inc.
17265 River Road Killona, LA 70066-0751 Michael E. Henry, State Liaison Officer Department of Environmental Quality Permits Division P.O. Box 4313 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313
Entergy Operations, Inc.
-4-Parish President St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, LA 70057 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3502 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339
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-5-Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
Senior Resident Inspector (MCH)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
RITS Coordinator (NBH)
RidsNrrDipmLipb V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)
C. J. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (LJS, TWP, ATG, CSM)
W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)
S. A. Richards, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (SAR)
R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)
J. W. Craig, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (JWC1)
B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)
T. A. Bergman, Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (TAB)
H. N. Berkow, NRR Project Director (HNB)
R. A. Gramm, Chief, Section 1, NRR/DLPM (RAG)
N. Kalyanam, NRR Project Manager (NXK)
ADAMS: Yes G No Initials: __wbj____
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2/22/04 2/26/04 2/29/04 3/2/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
Waterford Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2004 - 10/01/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/01/2004 15:35:50 Report 22
PEB-52
- BIENNIAL PIR Baseline Inspections 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B
Baseline Inspections 05/17/2004 05/21/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B
2 PSB-S1
- AA-AC-FFD-PI Baseline Inspections 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001
Baseline Inspections 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Access Control IP 7113002
Baseline Inspections 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008
Baseline Inspections 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151
1 PEB-07B
- HX & HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE TESTING Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B
7 OB-INIT
- OB - INITIAL EXAMINATION Not Applicable 10/25/2004 10/29/2004 WATERFORD (11/04/) INITIAL EXAM X02268
Not Applicable 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 WATERFORD (11/04/) INITIAL EXAM X02268
2 EB-17B
- PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS Baseline Inspections 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B
1 ACCESSPI
- ACRSA/PIV Baseline Inspections 11/08/2004 11/12/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101
1 ALARA1
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102
1 OB-EP1
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402
Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403
Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404
Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405
Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151
6 EB 21/02
- SSD&PC Baseline Inspections 01/24/2005 01/28/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102
Baseline Inspections 01/24/2005 01/28/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121
Baseline Inspections 01/31/2005 02/04/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121
Baseline Inspections 02/07/2005 02/11/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121
4 RP TEAM
- RP TEAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 02/21/2005 02/25/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103
Baseline Inspections 02/21/2005 02/25/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201
Baseline Inspections 02/21/2005 02/25/2005 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Waterford Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2004 - 10/01/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/01/2004 15:35:50 Report 22
RP TEAM
- RP TEAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 02/21/2005 02/25/2005 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203
1 EB08P
- ISI Baseline Inspections 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
Baseline Inspections 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
1 ACRSA
- ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS Baseline Inspections 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101
1 ALARA2
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102
1 OB-RQ
- REQUAL INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B
1 ALARA3
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.