IR 05000397/2015005

Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter for Columbia Generating Station (Report 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
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UNITED STATES ber 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

Letter to Mark from Ryan D. Alexander dated September 1, 2015 SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000397/2015005)

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DRS Director (Anton.Vegel@nrc.gov)

DRS Deputy Director (Jeff.Clark@nrc.gov)

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

Resident Inspector (Dan.Bradley@nrc.gov)

Administrative Assistant (Douglas.Bodine@nrc.gov)

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Project Engineer (Tom.Sullivan@nrc.gov)

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Regional Counsel (Karla.Fuller@nrc.gov)

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Page 1 of 2 Columbia Generating Stati 08/26/2015 14:06:12 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site EB2-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 5 2 08/17/2015 08/21/2015 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

2 08/31/2015 09/04/2015 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

RS 5678 - RADIATION SAFETY - TEAM 4 2 09/21/2015 09/25/2015 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 2 09/21/2015 09/25/2015 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 2 09/21/2015 09/25/2015 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 2 09/21/2015 09/25/2015 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation RS 13 PI - RADIATION SAFETY 2 2 02/29/2016 03/04/2016 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 2 02/29/2016 03/04/2016 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 2 02/29/2016 03/04/2016 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 2 02/29/2016 03/04/2016 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences EB1-07T - CGS HEAT SINK PERFORMANCE 1 2 03/21/2016 03/25/2016 IP 7111107T Heat Sink Performance EP-2 - BIENNIAL EXERCISE INSPECTION 4 2 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 2 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes EP-3 - EP PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 2 2 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 2 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Readiness 2 03/28/2016 04/01/2016 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System Reliability EB1-21EQ - CGS EQ/CDBI (PILOT) 3 2 05/09/2016 05/13/2016 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection EB1-21T - CGS COMPONENT DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION 6 2 06/06/2016 06/24/2016 IP 7111121 Component Design Bases Inspection EXAM - INITIAL EXAM 4 2 01/23/2017 01/27/2017 X02586 INITIAL EXAM CGS (02/2017)

2 02/27/2017 03/09/2017 X02586 INITIAL EXAM CGS (02/2017)

RS 24 - RADIATION SAFETY 2 2 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 2 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment INSP - BIENNIAL REQUAL INSPECTION 3 2 11/14/2016 11/18/2016 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Columbia Generating Stati 08/26/2015 14:06:12 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site EP-1 - BIENNIAL EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies EP-2 - EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION 1 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Readiness 2 01/30/2017 02/03/2017 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System Reliability TSB 52B - BIENNIAL PI&R 5 2 03/27/2017 03/31/2017 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution 2 04/10/2017 04/14/2017 IP 71152B Problem Identification and Resolution 71111.08 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 2 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR RS 12 PI - RADIATION SAFETY 3 2 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 2 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 2 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 2 05/22/2017 05/26/2017 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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