IR 05000397/2015005
| ML15243A584 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2015 |
| From: | Ryan Alexander NRC/RGN-IV/DRP |
| To: | Reddemann M Energy Northwest |
| Ryan Alexander | |
| References | |
| Download: ML15243A584 (6) | |
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September 1, 2015
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000397/2015005)
Dear Mr. Reddemann:
On August 11, 2015, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of the Columbia Generating Station. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 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, the Columbia Generating Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at the Columbia Generating Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column 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 June 30, 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 end-of-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, which 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, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, which 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 has been completed for Columbia Generating Station, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the ultimate 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 2515/191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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) 200-1195 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ryan D. Alexander, Acting Chief Branch A Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.:
50-397 License No.: NPF-21
Enclosure: Columbia Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan 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, which 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, Order Modifying Licenses with Regard to Reliable Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation, which 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 has been completed for Columbia Generating Station, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the ultimate 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 performing Temporary Instruction 2515/191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigating Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules 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) 200-1195 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Ryan D. Alexander, Acting Chief Branch A Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.:
50-397 License No.:
NPF-21 Enclosure: Columbia Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan DISTRIBUTION:
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DATE 8/27/15 8/27/15 8/27/15 ML15243A584
Letter to Mark from Ryan D. Alexander dated September 1, 2015
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000397/2015005)
DISTRIBUTION:
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Distribution via Listserv for Columbia Generating Station
Page 1 of 2 08/26/2015 14:06:12 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Columbia Generating Stati Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 EB2-05T
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION
2 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 08/17/2015 08/21/2015
IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 08/31/2015 09/04/2015 RS 5678
- RADIATION SAFETY - TEAM
2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 09/21/2015 09/25/2015
IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 09/21/2015 09/25/2015
IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 09/21/2015 09/25/2015
IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 09/21/2015 09/25/2015 RS 13 PI
- RADIATION SAFETY
2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 02/29/2016 03/04/2016
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 02/29/2016 03/04/2016
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 02/29/2016 03/04/2016
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 02/29/2016 03/04/2016 EB1-07T
- CGS HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE
2 IP Heat Sink Performance 7111107T 03/21/2016 03/25/2016 EP-2
- BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION
2 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 03/28/2016 04/01/2016
IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 EP-3
- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
2 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 03/28/2016 04/01/2016
IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 03/28/2016 04/01/2016
IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 EB1-21EQ
- CGS EQ/CDBI (PILOT)
2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 05/09/2016 05/13/2016 EB1-21T
- CGS COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION
2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 06/06/2016 06/24/2016 EXAM
- INITIAL EXAM
2 INITIAL EXAM CGS (02/2017)
X02586 01/23/2017 01/27/2017
INITIAL EXAM CGS (02/2017)
X02586 02/27/2017 03/09/2017 RS 24
- RADIATION SAFETY
2 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 INSP
- BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION
2 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 11/14/2016 11/18/2016 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 08/26/2015 14:06:12 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Columbia Generating Stati Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 EP-1
- BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
2 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 01/30/2017 02/03/2017
IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 01/30/2017 02/03/2017
IP Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 7111404 01/30/2017 02/03/2017
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 EP-2
- EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION
2 IP Drill/Exercise Performance 71151-EP01 01/30/2017 02/03/2017
IP ERO Readiness 71151-EP02 01/30/2017 02/03/2017
IP Alert & Notification System Reliability 71151-EP03 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 TSB 52B
- BIENNIAL PI&R
2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 03/27/2017 03/31/2017
IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 04/10/2017 04/14/2017 71111.08
- INSERVICE INSPECTION
2 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 RS 12 PI
- RADIATION SAFETY
2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 05/22/2017 05/26/2017
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 05/22/2017 05/26/2017
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 05/22/2017 05/26/2017
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.