IR 05000387/2005001

Annual Assessment Letter for 05000387-05-001 and 05000388-05-001

ML050610683
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/02/2005
From:	Shanbaky M Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4
To:	Shriver B PPL Generation
References
IR-05-001
Download: ML050610683 (6)

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rch 2, 2005

SUBJECT:

Annual Assessment Letter - Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (Report 05000387/2005001 and 05000388/2005001)

Dear Mr. Shriver On February 7, 2005, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (Susquehanna). The end-of-cycle review for Susquehanna 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 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, Susquehanna 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). Therefore, we plan to conduct only reactor oversight process (ROP)

baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2006.

In our mid-cycle letter dated August 30, 2004, we advised you of the continuation of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution involving weak evaluations of technical issues. We note that PPL has taken numerous actions which have resulted in corrective action program improvements. We have determined that a substantive cross-cutting issue no longer exists based on the reduced number of findings in the problem identification and resolution area.

Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 2 The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006. 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 nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle 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 610 - 337-5209 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mohamed M. Shanbaky, Ph.D., Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-387; 50-388 License Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22 Enclosure: Susquehanna Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:

J. H. Miller, Executive Vice-President and COO - PPL Services B. T. McKinney, Vice President - Nuclear Site Operations R. A. Saccone, Vice President - Nuclear Operations for PPL Susquehanna LLC A. J. Wrape, III, General Manager- Performance Improvement and Oversight T. L. Harpster, General Manager - Plant Support K. Roush, Manager - Nuclear Training G. F. Ruppert, General Manager - Nuclear Engineering D. F. Roth, Manager - Quality Assurance R. R. Sgarro, Manager - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs M. Sleigh, Manager - Nuclear Security W. E. Morrissey, Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs M. H. Crowthers, Supervising Engineer L. A. Ramos, Community Relations Manager, Susquehanna B. A. Snapp, Esquire, Associate General Counsel, PPL Services Corporation R. W. Osborne, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Board of Supervisors, Salem Township

Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 3 J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee Supervisor - Document Control Services D. Allard, Director, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (c/o R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection)

Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 4 Distribution w/encl:

S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA M. Shanbaky, DRP A. Blamey, DRP - SRI Susquehanna J. Richmond, DRP - RI Susquehanna F. Jaxheimer, DRP - RI Susquehanna S. Farrell, DRP - Susquehanna OA S. Lee, RI OEDO R. Laufer, NRR R. Guzman, NRR Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

ROPreports@nrc.gov DRP/DRS Division Directors DRP/DRS Deputy Directors DRS Branch Chiefs D. Screnci, ORA N. Sheehan, ORA RidsNrrDipmIipb@nrc.gov Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

DOCUMENT NAME: S:\ROP5 End of Cycle Review\Branch 4\Susquehanna ROP5 Annual Assessment Letter Rev1.wpd SISP Review Complete: mms (Reviewers Initials)

After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will/will not be released to the Public.

To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI:DRP RI:DRP NAME Burritt Shanbaky DATE 02/24/05 02/24/05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Page 1 of 2 Susquehanna 03/01/2005 16:26:29 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION - U2 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/01/2005 03/05/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 2 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/20/2005 06/24/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/03/2005 10/07/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/11/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 12/5EXAM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3 1 U01544 SUSQUEHANNA, UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/25-30/05) 11/07/2005 11/11/2005 Not Applicable 1 U01544 SUSQUEHANNA, UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/25-30/05) 12/05/2005 12/16/2005 Not Applicable 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Baseline Inspections 71151 - EP PI VERIFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/03/2005 10/07/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections TRI FIRE - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 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 Susquehanna 03/01/2005 16:26:29 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type TRI FIRE - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 11/28/2005 12/02/2005 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 1 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 01/23/2006 01/27/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 71114 - EP PRGM INSP & PI VERIFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 02/20/2006 02/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 1 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 06/05/2006 06/09/2006 Baseline Inspections MODS - MODS AND 50.59 3 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/12/2006 06/16/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 06/12/2006 06/16/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EXERCISE EVALUATION & PI VERIFICATION 2 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 09/25/2006 09/29/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/25/2006 09/29/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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