IR 05000220/2014006
| ML14239A572 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 09/02/2014 |
| From: | Daniel Schroeder Reactor Projects Branch 1 |
| To: | Costanzo C Exelon Generation Co |
| Schroeder D | |
| References | |
| IR 14-006 | |
| Download: ML14239A572 (6) | |
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September 2, 2014
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR NINE MILE POINT NUCLEAR STATION UNITS 1 AND 2 (REPORT 05000220/2014006 AND 05000410/2014006)
Dear Mr. Costanzo:
On August 13, 2014, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of your Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station (Nine Mile Point) Units 1 and 2.
The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. 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, Nine Mile Point 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 Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, and all performance indicators demonstrated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e, green).
Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct Reactor Oversight Process baseline inspections at your facility.
Nine Mile Point Unit 1 was in the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix until the fourth quarter of 2013, due to a white performance indicator in the Initiating Events Cornerstone, Unplanned Scrams per 7,000 Critical Hours. This performance indicator returned to green in the third quarter 2013. The NRC determined the performance at Nine Mile Point Unit 1 during the fourth quarter 2013 transitioned to be within the Licensee Response Column because all inspection findings had very low (i.e., green) safety significance, all performance indicators demonstrated that your performance was within the nominal, expected range (i.e., green), and a supplemental inspection was successfully completed for the white performance indicator on December 20, 2013, as documented in NRC Supplemental Inspection Report 05000220/2013009 and Assessment Follow-Up Letter (ML13358A079). As a result of the Safety Culture Common Language Initiative, the terminology and coding of cross-cutting aspects were revised. All cross-cutting aspects identified during inspections conducted in calendar year 2014 reflect this revision to Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0310.
Cross-cutting aspects identified in 2013 using the 2013 terminology were converted to the latest revision in accordance with the cross-reference in IMC 0310 during the mid-cycle assessment review and evaluated for cross-cutting themes and potential substantive cross-cutting issues in accordance with IMC 0305.
The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2015.
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. In addition to baseline inspections, the NRC will perform Inspection Procedure 60855.1, Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) at Operating Plants, at Nine Mile Point in 2014. 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. This audit includes an onsite component in order for the NRC to evaluate licensee plans for complying with the Orders, as described in site-specific submittals, and to receive and review information relative to associated open items. This onsite activity will occur in the months prior to a declaration of compliance for the first unit at each site, and will aid staff in development of an ultimate Safety Evaluation for the site. The onsite component has been scheduled for the week of November 3, 2014.
A site-specific audit plan for the visit will be provided in advance to allow sufficient time for preparations.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 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 component of the NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management 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 (610) 337-5262 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Daniel L. Schroeder, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos.
50-220 and 50-410 License Nos. DPR-63 and NPF-69
Enclosure:
Inspection Plan
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Page 1 of 2 08/27/2014 14:34:46 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 71124
- RAD HAZARD & ALARA
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 07/21/2014 07/25/2014 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 07/21/2014 07/25/2014 ISFSI
- ISFSI LOADING INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 08/04/2014 08/08/2014 1, 2 IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 08/04/2014 08/08/2014 71124.06
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION (RETS)
1, 2 IP Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 71124.06 08/11/2014 08/15/2014 1, 2 IP 71151-PR01 08/11/2014 08/15/2014 7111111B
- U1 REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 10/13/2014 10/17/2014 CDBI
- CDBI
1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/08/2014 09/12/2014 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 09/22/2014 09/26/2014 1, 2 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 10/06/2014 10/10/2014 71124.05
- HP INSPECTION RAD INSTRUMENTATION
1, 2 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 10/27/2014 10/31/2014 3/2EXAM
- U1 INITIAL OL EXAM
1 FY15-NMP1 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01905 02/02/2015 02/06/2015
FY15-NMP1 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01905 03/02/2015 03/13/2015 7111108G
- U1 INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 7111108G 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 71124
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 1, 2 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 03/30/2015 04/03/2015 71124
- RAD SAFETY INSP
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 05/11/2015 05/15/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Enclosure
Page 2 of 2 08/27/2014 14:34:46 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Nine Mile Point Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2014 - 12/31/2015 71124.07
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 06/01/2015 06/05/2015 1, 2 IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 06/01/2015 06/05/2015 TRI FI
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 06/22/2015 06/26/2015 1, 2 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 07/06/2015 07/10/2015 11/30EXM
- U2 INITIAL OL EXAM
2 FY16-NMP2 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01920 11/02/2015 11/06/2015
FY16-NMP2 INITIAL OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM U01920 11/30/2015 12/04/2015 71124
- RAD SAFETY INSPECTION
1, 2 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 08/03/2015 08/07/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 08/03/2015 08/07/2015 1, 2 IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 08/03/2015 08/07/2015 1, 2 IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 08/03/2015 08/07/2015 PI&R
- PI&R - BIENNIAL
1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 08/10/2015 08/14/2015 1, 2 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 08/24/2015 08/28/2015 7111111B
- U2 REQUAL INSP WITH P/F RESULTS
2 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 11/09/2015 11/13/2015 EP
- EP EXERCISE
1, 2 IP Exercise Evaluation - Hostile Action (HA) Event 7111407 10/19/2015 10/23/2015 1, 2 IP Exercise Evaluation - Scenario Review 7111408 10/19/2015 10/23/2015 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Enclosure