IR 05000382/2005001

Annual Assessment Letter - Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station (Report 05000382/2005001)

ML050610308
Person / Time
Site:	Waterford
Issue date:	03/02/2005
From:	Howell A NRC/RGN-IV/DRP
To:	Venable J Entergy Operations
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IR-05-001
Download: ML050610308 (7)

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rch 2, 2005

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - WATERFORD 3 STEAM ELECTRIC STATION (NRC REPORT 05000382/2005001)

Dear Mr. Venable:

On February 1, 2004, 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 the reactor technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) 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, 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 was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on an inspection finding being classified as having low to moderate safety significance (White). This finding, which affected the mitigating systems cornerstone, involved the failure to establish appropriate instructions and accomplish those instructions for installation of a fuel line for the Train A emergency diesel generator in May 2003. This ultimately rendered the Train A emergency diesel generator inoperable. The corrective actions in response to this finding were completed in the third quarter of the assessment period. The NRC staff performed a supplemental inspection and verified the adequacy of these corrective actions. As a result, this White finding was closed on December 31, 2004.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006. In addition to conducting reactor oversight process baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2006, we also plan to conduct Temporary Instruction 2515/160, Pressurizer Penetration and Steam Space Piping

Entergy Operations, Inc. -2-Connections in U.S. Pressurized Water Reactors, and Inspection Procedure 71004, Power Uprate, which will evaluate changes made to the plant to support the proposed power uprate.

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 NRCs documents systems (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Website 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 William B. Jones at 817/860-8147 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Arthur T. Howell III, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-382 License: NPF-38 Enclosure:

Waterford 3 Steam Electric Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure: St. Charles Parish Federal Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 302 ATTN: Ron Castleman, Regional Director Hahnville, LA 70057 Region VI, Federal Center 800 North Loop 288 Sheriff Greg Champagne Denton, TX 76201-3698 St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 426 Col. Michael L. Brown, Deputy Director Hahnville, LA 70057 Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Rep. Gary L. Smith, Jr.

7667 Independence Blvd. State of Louisiana, District 56 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 P.O. Box 189 Norco, LA 70079 Senator Joel T. Chaisson, II Mr. Albert D. Laque, Parish President State of Louisiana, District 19

Entergy Operations, Inc. -3-P.O. Box 1255 401 Oak Street Destrehan, LA 70047 Norco, LA 70079 Tab Troxler, Director Barry Minnich Dept. of Emergency Preparedness Councilman, District 7 St. Charles Parish St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 337 Wanda Street Hahnville, LA 70057 Luling, LA 70070 Clayton "Snookie" Faucheux Senior Vice President and Councilman-at-Large, Div. B Chief Operating Officer St. Charles Parish Entergy Operations, Inc.

140 North Oak Court P.O. Box 31995 P.O. Box 1342 Jackson, MS 39286-1995 Luling, LA 70070 Vice President, Operations Support Desmond J. Hilaire Entergy Operations, Inc.

Councilman, District 1 P.O. Box 31995 St. Charles Parish Jackson, MS 39286-1995 P.O. Box 111 Hahnville, LA 70057 Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway P.O. Box 651 Brian A. Fabre Jackson, MS 39205 Councilman, District 2 St. Charles Parish General Manager, Plant Operations 322 Beaupre Drive Waterford 3 SES Luling, LA 70070 Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road G. Ram Ramchandron Killona, LA 70066-0751 Councilman, District 3 St. Charles Parish Manager - Licensing Manager 237 Ormond Village Drive Waterford 3 SES Destrehan, LA 70047 Entergy Operations, Inc.

17265 River Road Derryl Walls Killona, LA 70066-0751 Councilman, District 4 St. Charles Parish Chairman P.O. Box 516 Louisiana Public Service Commission Boutte, LA 70039 P.O. Box 91154 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-9154 April Black Councilwoman, District 5 St. Charles Parish 14 Bridle Path Lane St. Rose, LA 70087 Director, Nuclear Safety &

Richard Dickie Duhe Regulatory Affairs Councilman, District 6 Waterford 3 SES St. Charles Parish Entergy Operations, Inc.

Entergy Operations, Inc. -4-17265 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 Parish President St. Charles Parish P.O. Box 302 Hahnville, LA 70057 Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3502 Nickie Monica, President St. John the Baptist Parish 1801 West Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068 Paul Oncale Public Safety Director St. John the Baptist Parish 1801 W. Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068 Sheriff Wayne Jones St. John the Baptist Parish 1801 W. Airline Highway LaPlace, LA 70068 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339

Entergy Operations, Inc. -5-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (BSM1)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

DRS Deputy Director (MRS)

Senior Resident Inspector (RVA)

Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)

Team Leader, DRP/TSS (RLN1)

RITS Coordinator (KEG)

RidsNrrDipmlipb 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, ActingChief, ROPMS, OEDO (BAW)

H. Berkow, Director, LPD4, NRR/DLPM (HNB)

A. Howe, Chief, PDIV-1, NRR/DLPM (AGH1)

N. Kalyanam, NRR Project Manager (NXK)

SISP Review Completed: _ATH__ ADAMS: / Yes G No Initials: _ATH__

/ Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive / Non-Sensitive S:DRP\DRPDIR\EOC 04\Assessment Letters\DC.wpd RIV:DRP/E D:DRS D:DRP WBJones;mjs DDChamberlain ATHowell III

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Page 1 of 2 Waterford 03/01/2005 08:38:00 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type RP TEAM - RP TEAM INSPECTION 4 3 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections IP 71004 - POWER UPRATE INSP 1 3 IP 71004 Power Uprate 04/07/2005 05/31/2005 Other Routine TI 160 - TI 160 PZR PENE & SSTM SPACE PIPING CONN 1 3 IP 2515/160 Pzr Pene Nozzles & Stm Space Piping Connections in U.S. PWRs [NRC Bulletin 2004-01] 04/07/2005 05/31/2005 Safety Issues ACRSA - ACCESS CONTROL TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS 1 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Baseline Inspections EB08P - ISI - REQUIRES VOLUMETRIC TI 150/152 1 3 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 05/02/2005 05/06/2005 Baseline Inspections ALARA2 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Baseline Inspections OB-RQ - REQUAL INSPECTION 3 3 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections PEB-12B - MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL 1 3 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 10/03/2005 10/07/2005 Baseline Inspections OB-EP EX - EMERG PREPAREDNESS EXERCISE 4 3 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 12/05/2005 12/09/2005 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 12/05/2005 12/09/2005 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 12/05/2005 12/09/2005 Baseline Inspections PEB - W3 PIR INSPECTION 3 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/06/2006 03/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections EB - PERMANENT PLANT MODS 3 3 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/19/2006 06/23/2006 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 06/19/2006 06/23/2006 Baseline Inspections ALARA1 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/26/2006 06/30/2006 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 03/01/2005 08:38:00 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/04/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type OB-INIT - WAT INITIAL EXAM 3 3 X02295 WAT INITIAL EXAM (08/06) 07/24/2006 07/28/2006 Not Applicable 3 X02295 WAT INITIAL EXAM (08/06) 08/14/2006 08/18/2006 Not Applicable PEB-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 4 3 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/21/2006 08/25/2006 Baseline Inspections PEB - HX PERFORMANCE 1 3 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 08/14/2006 08/21/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.