IR 05000440/2008002

IR 05000440-08-002, on 01/01/2008 - 03/31/2008, Maintenance Effectiveness; Maintenance Risk Assessments and Emergent Work Control, Evaluations of Changes, Test, or Experiments and Permanent Plant Modifications; Surveillance Testing; Event F

ML081290566
Person / Time
Site:	Perry
Issue date:	05/08/2008
From:	Jamnes Cameron NRC/RGN-III/DRP/B6
To:	Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co
References
IR-08-002
Download: ML081290566 (58)

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May 8, 2008

SUBJECT:

PERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT NRC INTEGRATED INSPECTION REPORT 05000440/2008002

Dear Mr. Bezilla:

On March 31, 2008, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed an inspection at your Perry Nuclear Power Plant. The enclosed report documents the inspection findings of the baseline inspection program which were discussed on April 15, 2008, with you and other members of your staff. Included in this inspection report is the inspection conducted under Inspection Procedure (IP) 92702, to review results of the independent assessment of your corrective action program.

The inspection examined activities conducted under your license as they relate to safety and compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license.

The inspectors reviewed selected procedures and records, observed activities, and interviewed personnel. In addition, it has been determined that Perry is in the Regulatory Response column of the Action Matrix (as outlined in our letter of May 8, 2007). In March of 2008, the NRC reviewed Perry operational performance, inspection findings, and performance indicators for the fourth quarter of 2007. Your staff updated the performance indicator for unplanned scrams and this caused the performance indicator to cross the Green to White threshold for the second quarter of 2007. Based on this review, we concluded that Perry was operating safely.

Based on the results of this inspection, five NRC-identified and four self-revealed findings of very low safety significance were identified and also involved violations of NRC requirements.

In addition, two NRC-identified non-cited violations of NRC requirements, without an associated finding, were identified. However, because findings associated with these violations were of very low safety significance and because the issues were entered into your corrective action program, the NRC is treating these issues as Non-Cited Violations in accordance with Section VI.A.1 of the NRCs Enforcement Policy. Additionally, five licensee-identified violations are listed in Section 4OA7 of this report. If you contest the subject or severity of any Non-Cited Violation in this report, you should provide a response within 30 days of the date of this inspection report, with the basis for your denial, to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Document Control Desk, Washington, DC 20555-0001; with copies to the Regional Administrator, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region III, 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210, Lisle, IL 60532-4352; the Director, Office of Enforcement, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; and the NRC Resident Inspectors Office at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter and its enclosure 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), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

Sincerely,

/RA/

Jamnes L. Cameron, Chief Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-440 License No. NPF-58 Enclosure: Inspection Report 05000440/2008002 w/Attachment: Supplemental Information cc w/encl: J. Hagan, President and Chief Nuclear Officer - FENOC J. Lash, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer - FENOC D. Pace, Senior Vice President, Fleet Engineering - FENOC J. Rinckel, Vice President, Fleet Oversight - FENOC Director, Fleet Regulatory Affairs - FENOC Manager, Fleet Licensing - FENOC Manager, Site Regulatory Compliance - FENOC D. Jenkins, Attorney, FirstEnergy Corp.

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio C. OClaire, Chief, Ohio Emergency Management Agency R. Owen, Ohio Department of Health

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

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REPORT DETAILS

.......................................................................................................................6 Summary of Plant Status...........................................................................................................6

REACTOR SAFETY

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1R04 Equipment Alignment

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1R05 Fire Protection (Quarterly/Annual)

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1R11 Licensed Operator Requalification Program

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1R12 Maintenance Effectiveness

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1R13 Maintenance Risk Assessments and Emergent Work Control

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1R15 Operability Evaluations

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1R17 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments and Permanent Plant

Modifications (71111.17) .................................................................................13

1R22 Surveillance Testing

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4OA2 Identification and Resolution of Problems

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4OA3 Follow-up of Events and Notices of Enforcement Discretion

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

KEY POINTS OF CONTACT

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LIST OF ITEMS OPENED, CLOSED, AND DISCUSSED

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LIST OF DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

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