IR 05000382/2015006
| ML16061A394 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Waterford  |
| Issue date: | 03/02/2016 |
| From: | Sowa J NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-D |
| To: | Chisum M Entergy Operations |
| Miller G | |
| References | |
| IR 201506 | |
| Download: ML16061A394 (6) | |
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March 2, 2016
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WATERFORD UNIT 3 (REPORT 05000382/2015006)
Dear Mr. Chisum:
On February 17, 2016, the NRC completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Waterford Unit 3. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility.
The NRC determined that overall, Waterford Unit 3 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Waterford Unit 3 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column (Column 1) of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all PIs indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2017.
Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan.
The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant any changes. This inspection plan does not include security related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence.
In response to the accident at Fukushima, the Commission issued Order EA-12-049, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Requirements for Mitigation Strategies for Beyond-Design-Basis External Events. This Order requires licensees to develop, implement, and maintain guidance and strategies to maintain or restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling capabilities following a beyond-design-basis external event. Additionally, the Commission issued Order EA-12-051, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans. This Order requires licensees to have a reliable means of remotely monitoring wide-range Spent Fuel Pool levels to support effective prioritization of event mitigation and recovery actions in the event of a beyond-design-basis external event. The NRC is conducting audits of licensee efforts towards compliance with these Orders. The audit was completed for Waterford Unit 3, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above by performing Temporary Instruction 191: Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 2.390, Public Inspections, Exemptions, Requests for Withholding, a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response (if any) will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRCs Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).
Please contact me at 225-635-3193 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Jeffrey R. Sowa, Acting Chief Project Branch D Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No. 50-382 License No. NPF-38
Enclosure:
Waterford Plant Inspection/Activity Plan
SUNSI Review By: RCH ADAMS:
Yes No Sensitive Non-Sensitive Non-Publicly Available Publicly Available Keyword NRC-002 OFFICE RIV/BC/DRP RIV/D/DRS RIV/D/DRP NAME JSowa AVegel TPruett SIGNATURE
/RA/
/RA/
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Letter to Michael from Jeffrey R. Sowa dated March 2, 2016
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WATERFORD UNIT 3 (REPORT 05000382/2015006)
DISTRIBUTION:
Regional Administrator (Marc.Dapas@nrc.gov)
Deputy Regional Administrator (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)
DRP Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)
DRP Deputy Director (Ryan.Lantz@nrc.gov)
DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)
DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)
Senior Resident Inspector (Frances.Ramirez@nrc.gov)
Resident Inspector (Chris.Speer@nrc.gov)
WAT Administrative Assistant (Linda.Dufrene@nrc.gov)
Branch Chief, DRP/D (Jeffrey.Sowa@nrc.gov)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/D (Bob.Hagar@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/D (Jan.Tice@nrc.gov)
Project Engineer, DRP/D (Jim.Melfi@nrc.gov)
Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)
Project Manager (April.Pulvirenti@nrc.gov)
Team Leader, DRS/TSS (Thomas.Hipschman@nrc.gov)
RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)
ACES (R4Enforcement.Resource@nrc.gov)
Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)
Technical Support Assistant (Loretta.Williams@nrc.gov)
Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)
RIV Congressional Affairs Officer (Angel.Moreno@nrc.gov)
RIV/ETA: OEDO (Raj.Iyengar@nrc.gov)
Director, DIRS, NRR (Scott.Morris@nrc.gov)
Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (Clay.Johnson@nrc.gov)
Director, DORL, NRR (Anne.Boland@nrc.gov)
Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (George.Wilson@nrc.gov)
Director, DPR (Lawrence.Kokajko@nrc.gov)
Director, NSIR (Brian.Holian@nrc.gov)
DRP Branch Chiefs (R4DRPBC@nrc.gov)
DRS Branch Chiefs (R4DRSBC@nrc.gov)
ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov ROPassessment.Resource@nrc.gov
Page 1 of 2 02/29/2016 15:48:27 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Waterford Inspection / Activity Plan 04/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 EP-1
- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
3 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 04/18/2016 04/22/2016
IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 04/18/2016 04/22/2016
IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 04/18/2016 04/22/2016 EP-2
- BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
3 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 04/18/2016 04/22/2016
IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 04/18/2016 04/22/2016
IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 04/18/2016 04/22/2016
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 04/18/2016 04/22/2016 RS 24
- RADIATION SAFETY
3 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 08/29/2016 09/02/2016
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 ISFSI
- LOADING INSPECTION (ONE WEEK IN MONTH)
3 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 10/01/2016 10/30/2016 EXAM
- INITIAL EXAM
3 INITIAL EXAM WAT3 (04/2017)
X02588 02/20/2017 02/24/2017
INITIAL EXAM WAT3 (04/2017)
X02588 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 TSB 52B
- BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION
3 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 10/24/2016 10/28/2016
IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 11/14/2016 11/18/2016 EB2-02
- LICENSE RENEWAL INSPECTION
3 IP License Renewal Inspection 71002 01/23/2017 01/27/2017
IP License Renewal Inspection 71002 02/06/2017 02/10/2017 EB1-07T
- WAT HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE
3 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 03/20/2017 03/24/2017 71111.08
- INSERVICE INSPECTION RFO 21
3 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 04/10/2017 04/21/2017 RS 12 PI
- RADIATION SAFETY
3 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 04/17/2017 04/21/2017
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 04/17/2017 04/21/2017
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 04/17/2017 04/21/2017
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 04/17/2017 04/21/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 02/29/2016 15:48:27 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Waterford Inspection / Activity Plan 04/01/2016 - 12/31/2017 BRQ
- BRQ INSPECTION
3 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 07/24/2017 07/28/2017 EB1-21T
- WAT COMPONENT DESIGN BASES INSPECTION
3 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/02/2017 11/03/2017 RS 5678
- RS TEAM
3 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 11/27/2017 12/01/2017
IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 11/27/2017 12/01/2017
IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 11/27/2017 12/01/2017
IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 11/27/2017 12/01/2017 EP-2
- BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE INSPECTION
3 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 12/04/2017 12/08/2017
IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 12/04/2017 12/08/2017 EP-3
- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REVIEW
3 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 12/04/2017 12/08/2017
IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 12/04/2017 12/08/2017
IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 12/04/2017 12/08/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.