IR 05000400/2011006
| ML112440128 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Harris  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2011 |
| From: | Randy Musser NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB4 |
| To: | Jefferson W Carolina Power & Light Co |
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| IR-11-006 | |
| Download: ML112440128 (5) | |
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September 1, 2011
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE LETTER FOR SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000400/2011006)
Dear Mr. Jefferson:
On August 10, 2011, the NRC completed its mid-cycle performance review of the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2010, through June 30, 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 the performance at Shearon Harris 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 December 31, 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 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. In addition to ROP baseline inspection activities, we also plan on conducting initial operator licensing examinations.
In the days following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident in Japan, the Commission directed the staff to establish a senior-level agency task force to conduct a methodical and systematic review of the NRCs processes and regulations to determine whether the agency should make additional improvements to its regulatory system. The NRC has since completed Temporary Instruction (TI) 183, Follow-up to Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Station Fuel Damage Event, and TI-184, Availability and Readiness Inspection of Severe Accident Management Guidelines (SAMGs) at your facility. Results of these inspections can be found here:
http://www.nrc.gov/japan/japan-activities.html. Additionally, on May 11, 2011, the agency issued NRC Bulletin 2011-01, Mitigating Strategies, to confirm compliance with Order EA-02-026, subsequently imposed license conditions, and 10 CFR 50.54(hh)(2), and to determine the status of licensee mitigating strategies programs. On July 12, 2011, the NRCs Task Force made its recommendations to the Commission in its report, Recommendations for Enhancing Reactor Safety in the 21st Century: The Near-Term Task Force Review of Insights from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Accident. The Commission is currently reviewing the Task Forces recommendations to determine whether additional actions may be warranted.
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).
Please contact me at (404) 997-4603 with any questions you may have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Randall A. Musser, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4
Division of Reactor Projects
Docket No.:
50-400 License No.: NPF-63
Enclosure: Harris Inspection/Activity Plan
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Letter to William Jefferson, Jr. from Randall A. Musser dated September 1, 2011
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE LETTER FOR-SHEARON HARRIS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000400/2011006)
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