IR 05000387/2010001

Annual Assessment Letter for Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, Units 1 and 2, EOC-11 (Report 05000387/2010001 and 05000388/2010001)

ML110620317
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/04/2011
From:	Darrell Roberts Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4
To:	Rausch T Susquehanna
Krohn P
References
IR-10-001
Download: ML110620317 (6)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGU LATORY COMMISSION

REGION I

475 ALLENDALE ROAD KING OF PRUSSIA. PA 19406.1415 March 4, 20II Mr. Timothy S. Raus0h Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Boulevard Benrick, PA 18603-0467 SUBJECT: ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC srATloN, uNlrs 1 AND 2 (0500038712010001and 0s000388/2010001)

Dear Mr. Rausch:

On February 8,2011, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance review of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (Susquehanna) Units 1 and 2.

The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (Pls) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1,2010 through December 31, 2010, This letter informs you of the NRC's assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter will include the NRC's assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone and its security-related inspection plan.

The NRC determined that overall, Susquehanna Units 1 and 2 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Susquehanna Unit 1 during the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRC's Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix because of one finding having low to moderate safety significance (i.e., white). The White finding was related to an internalflooding event on July 16, 2010, which required the operators to insert a manual scram and isolate the normal heat sink. The finding was discussed in Inspection Report 05000387;38812010004 (ML103160334)1, finalized in a tetter dated December 16,2010 (ML103500332), and assigned to the 3'd quarter 2010.

The NRC determined the performance at Susquehanna Unit 2 was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC's ROP Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., green), and all Pls indicated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green). Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at Susquehanna Unit 2.

As discussed in our assessment follow-up letter on December 16, 2010 (ML103500332), the NRC had planned to conduct lnspection Procedure (lP) 95001, "lnspection For One Or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area," for the White finding. However, the NRC

Designation in parenthesis refers to an ADAMS accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are pubticly available using the accession number in ADAMS. acknowledges that while outside of the 2010 assessment period, the unplanned scram of January 25,2011, will cause Unit 1 to transition to the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRG's Action Matrix once the 1't quarter 2011 Pl data for unplanned scrams is reported. As a result, the NRC will provide additional regulatory oversight to include a supplemental inspection using lP 95002, "lnspection for One Degraded Cornerstone or Any Three White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area," when your staff notifies us of your readiness for this inspection.

The lP 95002 inspection is conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of individual and collective risk-significant performance issues are understood, independently assess the extent of condition and extent of cause of individual and collective risk significant performance issues, and provide assurance that licensee corrective actions for risk significant performance issues are sufficient to address the root causes and contributing causes and prevent recurrence. On March 1,2011, the PPL Manager- Regulatory Affairs (M Crowthers), informed the NRC that PPL requests that the NRC conduct the more detailed lP 95002 (in lieu of the previously planned lP 95001 inspection) to review and potentially close both the White finding and Pl.

The NRC identified a cross-cutting theme during this assessment period in the Corrective Action Program (CAP) component of the Problem ldentification and Resolution (Pl&R) cross-cutting area. Specifically, PPL had four findings with a Pl&R cross-cutting aspect of P.1(c) Corrective Action Program - Evaluation of ldentified Problems. These findings included a White finding related to the July flooding event (ML103160334) and Green, non-cited violations related to control of Maintenance and Test Equipment (ML110400284), repetitive failures of the Control Structure Chillers (ML102250028), and the failure to correct inaccurate information in an Emergency Operating Procedure (ML100740339).

The NRC acknowledges that PPL completed a common cause analysis that identified evaluation weaknesses near the end of the 4th quarter of 2010, and that PPL developed corrective actions which will be implemented during the 1" and 2no quarters of 2011.

Notwithstanding, the NRC noted that PPL had a number of opportunities during 2010 to identify and address evaluation weaknesses prior to our identification of this cross-cutting theme.

Significant among these opportunities was a biennial Pl&R inspection (ML100740339) that identified programmatic CAP weaknesses during January 2010. ln our evaluation of whether a substantive cross-cutting issue (SCCI) exists, the NRC staff did not have a concern with PPL's scope of efforts or progress to date to address the cross-cutting theme, once identified.

Specifically, PPL has implemented corrective actions commensurate with the significance of the issues, and a reasonable duration of time has not yet passed to determine if these actions will be effective in substantially mitigating the theme. Therefore, the NRC determined that a SCCI does not exist in the Pl&R cross-cutting area at this time.

The NRC will monitor your scope of efforts and progress in addressing the cross-cutting theme through the baseline inspection program and lP 95002 supplemental inspection to assess the adequacy of your efforts and to determine whether a continuing cross-cutting theme and SCCI should be assigned during subsequent assessment periods.

From January 1 to December 31, 2010, the NRC issued one severity level lV traditional enforcement violation associated with impeding the regulatory process (ML110400284).

Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct lP 92702, "Follow-up on Traditional Enforcement Actions including Violations, Deviations, Confirmatory Action Letters, Confirmatory Orders, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Confirmatory Orders," to followup on this violation. The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through June 30, 2012. 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 lP 95002 inspection will be scheduled and conducted within 180 days of when you formally inform the NRC that you are ready for this inspection. In addition to the baseline inspections, we also plan on conducting lP 71004 regarding Unit 2 power up-rate activities and the lP 92702 follow-up inspection discussed above. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant.

ln accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://ranrvw.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Please contact Paul Krohn at 610-337-5120 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Darrell J Ro Director Docket Nos. 50-387; 50-388 License Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22 cc Wencl: Distribution via ListServ Susquehanna Inspection/ Activity Plan

T. Rausch 3 The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through June 30, 2012. 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 t*liC proviOes the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. The lP 95002 inspection will be scheduled and conducted within ieO Oays of when you formally inform the NRC that you are ready for this inspection. In addition to the baseline inspections, we also plan on conducting lP 71004 regarding Unit 2 power up-rate activities and the lP }27lzfollow-up inspection discussed above. The NRC will contact you as soon as possible to discuss changes to the inspection plan should circumstances warrant'

ln accordance with 1O CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "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 Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS). AD]\M-S is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

please contact paul Krohn at 610-337-5120 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Darrell J Roberts, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-387; 50-388 License Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22 cc Mencl: Distribution via ListServ Susquehanna Inspection/ Activity Plan Distribution w/encl: (via e-mail) S. lbarrola, DRP N. Sheehan, Rl, PAO W. Dean, RA P. Finney, DRP, SRI R. Barkley, Rl, ORA J. Greives, DRP, Rl RidsNrrPMSusquehannaResource D. Lew, DRA S. Farrell, DRP, OA RidsNrrDirslpab D. Roberts, DRP J. Trapp, RIOEDO RidsNrrDorlLpl 1 -1 Resource P. WiIsOn, DRS DRS Branch Chiefs (6) ROPreports Resource J. Clifford, DRP N. McNamara, Rl, SLO ROPassessment Resource P. KrohN. DRP A. Rosebrook, DRP D. Tifft, Rl, sLo E. Torres. DRP D. Screnci, Rl, PAO SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE: AAR (Reviewer's lnitials) MLl10260317 DOC NAME S:/ROp-11 EOC Review/Branch 4/SUS/Susquehanna 2010 EOC Letter Revs - Theme.doc After declaring this document "An Official Agency Record" it gi!! be released to the Public.

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