IR 05000397/2012001

Annual Assessment Letter for Columbia Generating Station (Report 05000397/2012001)

ML120610379
Person / Time
Site:	Columbia
Issue date:	03/05/2012
From:	Webb Patricia Walker NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-A
To:	Reddemann M Energy Northwest
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION rch 5, 2012

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000397/2012001)

Dear Mr. Reddemann:

On February 14, 2012, the NRC completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Columbia Generating Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs)

in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. This letter informs you of the NRCs 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 NRCs assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone and its security-related inspection plan.

The NRC determined that overall, Columbia Generating Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Columbia Generating Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC=s 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 NRC identifies substantive cross-cutting issues (SCCIs) to communicate a concern with the licensees performance in a cross-cutting area and to encourage the licensee to take appropriate actions before more significant performance issues emerge. The NRC identified a cross-cutting theme in the work practices component of the human performance cross-cutting area.

Specifically, four green findings were identified in the work practices component of the human performance cross-cutting area associated with failure to implement human error prevention techniques H.4(a). The NRC noted that previous and current improvement initiatives to address human performance issues have not been fully successful. Therefore, the NRC determined that an SCCI exists in this cross-cutting area. We plan to inspect your efforts to address this issue and request you provide us a letter informing us of your readiness for inspection of your corrective actions in this theme. The SCCI will remain open until we determine through our inspection that your corrective actions have been effective and the station has demonstrated sustained and measurable improvement. We will perform baseline inspections in this theme after you notify us in writing of your readiness for inspection. The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through June 30, 2013. 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.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter will be 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).

Please contact me at 817-200-1148 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Wayne C. Walker Chief, Reactor Projects Branch A Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 05000397 License No. NPF-21 Enclosure: Columbia Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/Enclosure: Distribution via ListServe cc w/Enclosure Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (Elmo.Collins@nrc.gov)

Deputy Regional Administrator (Art.Howell@nrc.gov)

DRP Director (Kriss.Kennedy@nrc.gov)

DRP Deputy Director (Troy.Pruett@nrc.gov)

DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Thomas.Blount@nrc.gov)

Senior Resident Inspector (Jeremy.Groom@nrc.gov)

Resident Inspector (Mahdi.Hayes@nrc.gov)

Senior Project Engineer (David.Proulx@nrc.gov)

Project Engineer (Jason.Dykert@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRP/A (Wayne.Walker@nrc.gov)

CGS Administrative Assistant (Crystal.Myers@nrc.gov)

RITS Coordinator (Marisa.Herrera@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Victor.Dricks@nrc.gov)

Public Affairs Officer (Lara.Uselding@nrc.gov)

Regional State Liaison Officer (Bill.Maier@nrc.gov)

RA Secretary (Lisa.Quayle@nrc.gov)

DRA Secretary (Anita.Tannenbaum@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/EB1 (Thomas.Farnholtz@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/EB2 (Geoff.Miller@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/PSB1 (Michael.Hay@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/PSB2 (Greg.Werner@nrc.gov)

Branch Chief, DRS/OB (Mark.Haire@nrc.gov)

Acting Branch Chief, DRS/TSB (Ryan.Alexander@nrc.gov)

OEDO RIV Coordinator, (Lydia.Chang@nrc.gov)

Director, DIRS, NRR (Fred.Brown@nrc.gov)

Deputy Director, DIRS, NRR (John.Lubinski@nrc.gov)

Director, DORL, NRR (Joseph Giitter@nrc.gov)

Deputy Director, DORL, NRR (Robert.Nelson@nrc.gov)

Chief, PLB IV, DORL, NRR (Michael.Markley@nrc.gov)

NRR Project Manager (Balwant.Singal@nrc.gov)

RidsNrrDirslpab Resource@nrc.gov ROPreports.Resource@nrc.gov Congressional Affairs Officer (Jenny.Weil@nrc.gov)

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Page 1 of 1 Columbia Generating Stati 02/27/2012 14:28:11 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 04/01/2012 - 06/30/2013 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site TI-177 - 2515/TI-177: ECCS GAS ACCUMULATION 2 2 05/07/2012 05/10/2012 IP 2515/177 Managing Gas Accumulation In Emergency Core Cooling, Decay Heat Removal & Containment Spray System RS13 - RADIATION SAFETY 2 2 05/21/2012 05/25/2012 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 2 05/21/2012 05/25/2012 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 2 05/21/2012 05/25/2012 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 2 05/21/2012 05/25/2012 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent EB2-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 4 2 06/11/2012 06/15/2012 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

2 06/25/2012 06/29/2012 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

RS24 - RADIATION SAFETY 2 2 08/13/2012 08/17/2012 IP 2515/185 Follow-up on the Industry's Ground Water Protection Initiative 2 08/13/2012 08/17/2012 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 2 08/13/2012 08/17/2012 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment EP-1 - BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE 3 2 08/27/2012 08/31/2012 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 2 08/27/2012 08/31/2012 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 2 08/27/2012 08/31/2012 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 2 08/27/2012 08/31/2012 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Drill Participation 2 08/27/2012 08/31/2012 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System BRQ - BRQ INSPECTION 2 2 11/26/2012 11/30/2012 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program EB1-07T - TRIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 2 03/25/2013 03/29/2013 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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