IR 05000336/2003001

2003 - Annual Assessment Letter - Millstone Units 2 & 3 (Report Nos. 50-336/03-001 & 50-423/03-001)

ML030620172
Person / Time
Site:	Millstone
Issue date:	03/03/2003
From:	Brian Mcdermott NRC/RGN-I/DRP/PB6
To:	Price J Dominion Nuclear Connecticut
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rch 3, 2003

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - MILLSTONE UNIT 2 AND UNIT 3 (REPORT NOS. 50-336/03-001 AND 50-423/03-001)

Dear Mr. Price:

On February 6, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Millstone Unit 2 and Unit 3. The end-of-cycle reviews for Millstone Unit 2 and Unit 3 involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2002. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period and our plans for future inspections at your facility so that you will have an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, Millstone Unit 2 and Unit 3 operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance at both units was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2004.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2004. The inspection plan is provided to minimize the resource impact on your staff and to allow for scheduling conflicts and personnel availability to be resolved in advance of inspector arrival onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The last six months of the inspection plan is tentative and may be revised at the Mid-Cycle Review meeting.

Mr. J. Alan Price 2 As you are aware, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the NRC has issued several orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness.

We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we plan to continue these inspections, conduct portions of the security baseline inspection program, as well as perform additional inspections to evaluate your compliance with new requirements that may be ordered. Based on our final determinations in this regard, we will notify you of any inspection plan changes.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 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 component of NRC's document system (ADAMS).

ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/ADAMS/index.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

If circumstances arise which cause us to change this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 610-337-5233 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian J. McDermott, Chief Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-336, 50-423 Licensee Nos.: DPR-65, NPF-49 Enclosure: Millstone Unit 2 Inspection/Activity Plan Millstone Unit 3 Inspection/Activity Plan

Mr. J. Alan Price 3 cc w/encl:

D. A. Christian, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations and Chief Nuclear Officer W. R. Matthews, Senior Vice President - Nuclear Operations S. E. Scace, Assistant to the Site Vice President G. D. Hicks, Director, Nuclear Station Safety and Licensing A. J. Jordan, Jr., Director - Nuclear Engineering S. P. Sarver, Director, Nuclear Station Operations and Maintenance D. A. Smith, Manager, Licensing P. J. Parulis, Manager, Nuclear Oversight L. M. Cuoco, Senior Counsel V. Juliano, Waterford Library S. Comley, We The People J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control E. Wilds, Director, State of Connecticut SLO Designee First Selectmen, Town of Waterford D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)

R. Bassilakis, CAN J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN J. Besade, Fish Unlimited G. Winslow, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)

J. Markowicz, Co-Chair, NEAC E. Woollacott, Co-Chair, NEAC R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff W. Meinert, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company C. Brinkman, Manager, Washington Nuclear Operations

Mr. J. Alan Price 4 Distribution w/encl: Via E-Mail H. Miller, ORA J. Wiggins, ORA T. Madden, OCA T. McGinty, OEDO J. Clifford, NRR R. Ennis, PM, NRR G. Wunder, Backup PM, NRR V. Nerses, PM, NRR S. M. Schneider, SRI - Millstone Unit 2 A. Cerne, SRI - Millstone Unit 3 Director, DRS Region I Deputy Director, DRS, Region I DRS Branch Chiefs (5)

R. Fuhrmeister, DRS T. Moslak, DRS G. Smith, DRS N. McNamara, DRS B. McDermott, RI K. Jenison, RI D. Screnci, PAO B. Platchek, DRP Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

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Page 1 of 1 Millstone 2 02/25/2003 10:48:36 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 12/29/2002 - 03/27/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121.01 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 71151 - EP PI VERIFICATION 1 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Baseline Inspections TI148BC - SEC ICM 6 2 IP 2515/148 Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards - Interim Compensatory Measures 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Safety Issues 7111117B - PERMANENT PLANT MODS 8 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 07/14/2003 07/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 07/14/2003 07/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS (UNIT 2 ONLY) 1 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Baseline Inspections 9/22 EXM - U2 OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 2 2 U01505 MILSTONE UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (9/22/03) 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Not Applicable 2 U01505 MILSTONE UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (9/22/03) 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Not Applicable 71114 - EP PROGRAM INSP 1 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 2 2 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02) 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Safety Issues 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 7112101 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/26/2004 01/30/2004 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICAITON AND RESOLUTION 7 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 1 of 1 Millstone 3 02/25/2003 10:48:54 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 12/29/2002 - 03/27/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121.01 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 71151 - EP PI VERIFICATION 1 3 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Baseline Inspections TI148BC - SEC ICM 6 3 IP 2515/148 Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards - Interim Compensatory Measures 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Safety Issues 7111107B - HEAT SINK - U3 1 3 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111117B - PERMANENT PLANT MODS 8 3 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 07/14/2003 07/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 07/14/2003 07/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI - U3 6 3 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 07/28/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 08/11/2003 08/15/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 3 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Baseline Inspections 71122.01 - RETS - UNIT 3 1 3 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections 71114 - EP PROGRAM INSP 1 3 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 7112101 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 3 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/26/2004 01/30/2004 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICAITON AND RESOLUTION 7 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections 3 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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