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Category:Letter
MONTHYEARML24009A1152024-01-29029 January 2024 Exemption from Select Requirements of 10 CFR Part 73 (EPID L 2023 LLE-0043 (Security Notifications, Reports, and Recordkeeping and Suspicious Activity Reporting)) L-2024-010, Point Units 3 and 4, Seabrook, Duane Arnold, and Point Beach Units 1 and 2, Nuclear Property Insurance - 10 CFR 50.54(w)(3)2024-01-25025 January 2024 Point Units 3 and 4, Seabrook, Duane Arnold, and Point Beach Units 1 and 2, Nuclear Property Insurance - 10 CFR 50.54(w)(3) ML24022A0652024-01-22022 January 2024 Senior Reactor and Reactor Operator Initial License Examinations L-2024-003, NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC - 10 CFR 50.46 - Emergency Core Cooling System LBLOCA 30-Day Report2024-01-11011 January 2024 NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC - 10 CFR 50.46 - Emergency Core Cooling System LBLOCA 30-Day Report ML23312A1822023-12-22022 December 2023 Issuance of Amendment No. 172 Revision to Cooling Tower Service Water Loop or Cell Requirements L-2023-173, Quality Assurance Topical Report (FPL-1) Revision 30 Update2023-12-15015 December 2023 Quality Assurance Topical Report (FPL-1) Revision 30 Update L-2023-180, Submittal of Changes to the Technical Specification Bases2023-12-13013 December 2023 Submittal of Changes to the Technical Specification Bases L-2023-177, Supplement to Seabrook Exemption Request Regarding Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Final Rule2023-11-29029 November 2023 Supplement to Seabrook Exemption Request Regarding Enhanced Weapons, Firearms Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Final Rule L-2023-155, Supplement to Response to Request for Additional Information, Revised NextEra Common Emergency Plan, and Revised Site-Specific Emergency Plan Annexes Regarding License Amendment Request for Common Emergency Plan Consistent with NUREG-06542023-11-28028 November 2023 Supplement to Response to Request for Additional Information, Revised NextEra Common Emergency Plan, and Revised Site-Specific Emergency Plan Annexes Regarding License Amendment Request for Common Emergency Plan Consistent with NUREG-0654, L-2023-160, Part 73 Exemption Request Regarding Enhanced Weapons, Firearms, Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Final Rule2023-11-16016 November 2023 Part 73 Exemption Request Regarding Enhanced Weapons, Firearms, Background Checks, and Security Event Notifications Final Rule ML23318A0772023-11-14014 November 2023 Request for Information and Notification of Conduct of IP 71111.21.N.04, Age-Related Degradation, Reference Inspection Report 05000443/2024011 IR 05000443/20234032023-11-0707 November 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000443/2023403 and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation 07200063/2023401 IR 05000443/20230032023-11-0606 November 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000443/2023003 IR 05000443/20230102023-10-19019 October 2023 Triennial Fire Protection Inspection Report 05000443/2023010 ML23346A1322023-10-0606 October 2023 Communication from C-10 Research & Education Foundation Regarding NextEra Common Emergency Fleet Plan License Amendment Request and Related Documents Subsequently Published ML23275A0522023-10-0202 October 2023 Requalification Program Inspection IR 05000443/20234012023-09-0808 September 2023 Cybersecurity Inspection Report 05000443/2023401 (Cover Letter Only) IR 05000443/20234202023-09-0505 September 2023 Security Baseline Inspection Report 05000443/2023420 IR 05000443/20230052023-08-31031 August 2023 Updated Inspection Plan for Seabrook Station (Report 05000443/2023005) L-2023-114, Proposed Turkey Point Units 6 and 7; Seabrook Station; Point Beach Units 1 and 2 - Official Service List Update2023-08-17017 August 2023 Proposed Turkey Point Units 6 and 7; Seabrook Station; Point Beach Units 1 and 2 - Official Service List Update IR 05000443/20233022023-08-16016 August 2023 Operator Licensing Retake Examination Report 05000443/2023302 IR 05000443/20230022023-08-0808 August 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000443/2023002 L-2023-098, and Point Beach Units 1 and 2 - Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request for Common Emergency Plan Consistent with NUREG-0654, Revision 22023-08-0707 August 2023 and Point Beach Units 1 and 2 - Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding License Amendment Request for Common Emergency Plan Consistent with NUREG-0654, Revision 2 ML23201A0872023-08-0303 August 2023 Audit Plan in Support of Review of License Amendment L-2023-104, Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations2023-08-0303 August 2023 Preparation and Scheduling of Operator Licensing Examinations L-2023-103, Inservice Inspection Examination Report2023-08-0303 August 2023 Inservice Inspection Examination Report ML23192A0782023-07-11011 July 2023 Operator Licensing Retake Examination Approval L-2023-087, Florida Power & Light/Nextera Energy, Results of the Safety Culture Program Effectiveness Review, March 20, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22340A452)2023-06-29029 June 2023 Florida Power & Light/Nextera Energy, Results of the Safety Culture Program Effectiveness Review, March 20, 2023 (ADAMS Accession No. ML22340A452) SBK-L-23053, Radiological Emergency Plan (Ssrep), Revision 802023-06-22022 June 2023 Radiological Emergency Plan (Ssrep), Revision 80 ML23157A0722023-06-0606 June 2023 Notification of Conduct of a Fire Protection Team Inspection L-2023-074, Addendum to 2021 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports / Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Ctsfsi) Financial Assurance Update2023-06-0202 June 2023 Addendum to 2021 Decommissioning Funding Status Reports / Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation Ctsfsi) Financial Assurance Update L-2023-071, NextEra Energy Quality Assurance Topical Report (FPL-1) Revision 29 and Florida Power and Light Company Quality Assurance Program Description for 10 CFR Part 52 Licenses (FPL-2) Revision 11, Annual Submittal2023-05-22022 May 2023 NextEra Energy Quality Assurance Topical Report (FPL-1) Revision 29 and Florida Power and Light Company Quality Assurance Program Description for 10 CFR Part 52 Licenses (FPL-2) Revision 11, Annual Submittal IR 05000443/20233012023-05-15015 May 2023 Initial Operator Licensing Examination Report 05000443/2023301 L-2023-064, License Amendment Request 23-01, Revision 1, Update the Period of Applicability (Poa) for the Pressure-Temperature Limits (PTL) and Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (L Top) Curves2023-05-11011 May 2023 License Amendment Request 23-01, Revision 1, Update the Period of Applicability (Poa) for the Pressure-Temperature Limits (PTL) and Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (L Top) Curves IR 05000443/20230012023-05-11011 May 2023 Integrated Inspection Report 05000443/2023001 ML23129A0312023-05-0909 May 2023 Reactor Operator Retake License Examination ML23117A3652023-05-0404 May 2023 Supplemental Information Needed for Acceptance of Requested Licensing Action Amendment Request to Remove Period of Applicability from PTL and Low Temperature Over Pressure Protection Curves SBK-L-23044, 2022 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report2023-04-28028 April 2023 2022 Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report SBK-L-23031, 2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report2023-04-28028 April 2023 2022 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report SBK-L-23033, 2022 Annual Environmental Operating Report2023-04-11011 April 2023 2022 Annual Environmental Operating Report L-2023-053, Core Operating Limits Report for Cycle 232023-04-0505 April 2023 Core Operating Limits Report for Cycle 23 ML23088A1522023-03-29029 March 2023 Summary of Meeting Between Nrc/Region I and C-10 - Questions Regarding Seabrook 4Q2022 Inspection Report L-2023-021, Units, 1 and 2, Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4, Seabrook Station and Point Beach, Units 1 and 2 - Decommissioning Funding Status Reports / Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Financial Assurance Update2023-03-28028 March 2023 Units, 1 and 2, Turkey Point, Units 3 and 4, Seabrook Station and Point Beach, Units 1 and 2 - Decommissioning Funding Status Reports / Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) Financial Assurance Update L-2023-028, and Point Beach Units 1 and 2, 10 CFR 50.46 Annual Reporting of Changes to, or Errors in Emergency Core Cooling System Models or Applications2023-03-27027 March 2023 and Point Beach Units 1 and 2, 10 CFR 50.46 Annual Reporting of Changes to, or Errors in Emergency Core Cooling System Models or Applications ML23073A1562023-03-23023 March 2023 Relief Request 4RA-22-01, Relief from the Requirements of the ASME Code L-2023-012, License Amendment Request 23-01, Remove Period of Applicability (Poa) from Pressure Temperature Limits (PTL) and Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (L Top) Curves2023-03-15015 March 2023 License Amendment Request 23-01, Remove Period of Applicability (Poa) from Pressure Temperature Limits (PTL) and Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (L Top) Curves L-2023-025, Fleet Relief Request (Frr) 23-01, Proposed Alternative to ASME Section XI Authorizing Implementation of ASME Code Case N-752-12023-03-15015 March 2023 Fleet Relief Request (Frr) 23-01, Proposed Alternative to ASME Section XI Authorizing Implementation of ASME Code Case N-752-1 L-2023-029, and Point Beach Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Property Insurance - 10 CFR 50.54(w)(3)2023-03-10010 March 2023 and Point Beach Units 1 and 2 Nuclear Property Insurance - 10 CFR 50.54(w)(3) L-2023-023, Revised Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report2023-03-0303 March 2023 Revised Steam Generator Tube Inspection Report ML23020A1002023-03-0303 March 2023 OEDO-22-00419 - 2.206 Petition for Seabrook Station Structure Concrete Concerns (EPID L-2022-CRS-0000)- Closure Letter 2024-01-29
[Table view] Category:Notice of Violation
MONTHYEARML17044A2882017-02-15015 February 2017 Notice of Violation - NRC Investigation Report No. 1-2015-029 IR 05000443/20170072017-02-15015 February 2017 Seabrook Station - Notice of Violation - NRC Investigation Report NO. 1-2015-029 ML17031A3652017-02-15015 February 2017 Order Prohibiting Involvement in NRC-Licensed Activities and Notice of Violation (NRC Office of Investigations Report No. 1-2015-029) (IA-16-075) ML16127A1552016-05-0606 May 2016 Inspection Report 05000443-2016008 Related to Alkali-Silica Reaction Affects on Safety Related Concrete Structures and Notice of Violation, February 15, 2016 and March 2124, 2016 ML15203A6442015-07-22022 July 2015 FLS Ind FFD Notice of Violation -III IA-15-033 IR 05000443/20125042012-08-0707 August 2012 EA-12-093 Seabrook Final Determination for White Finding with Assessment Follow-up and Notice of Violation (NRC Inspection Report No. 05000443-12-504 ML0313600182003-05-0808 May 2003 IA-03-016, Villegas, Notice of Violation OI Report 1-2002-028 ML0313506582003-05-0808 May 2003 EA-03-045, Seabrook, Notice of Violation (Incorrect Dates) ML0313505832003-05-0808 May 2003 EA-03-045, Seabrook, Notice of Violation (Correct Dates) 2017-02-15
[Table view] Category:Enforcement Action
MONTHYEARIR 05000443/20125042012-08-0707 August 2012 EA-12-093 Seabrook Final Determination for White Finding with Assessment Follow-up and Notice of Violation (NRC Inspection Report No. 05000443-12-504 IR 05000443/20104042011-06-17017 June 2011 IR 05000443/2010404; 12/13/2010 - 05/16/2011; Seabrook Station, Unit 1; Identification and Resolution of Problems. (Letter Only) 2012-08-07
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ust 7, 2012
SUBJECT:
FINAL SIGNIFICANCE DETERMINATION FOR A WHITE FINDING WITH ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION [NRC INSPECTION REPORT NO. 05000443/2012504] - SEABROOK STATION, UNIT 1
Dear Mr. Walsh:
This letter provides you the final significance determination for the preliminary White finding involving the NextEra Energy, LLC (NextEra), Seabrook Station (Seabrook) discussed in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) letter dated May 29, 2012, and enclosed Inspection Report No. 05000443/2012503 (ML12151A036). 1 This letter also transmits the follow-up NRC assessment of the performance of Seabrook Unit 1, which supplements the NRC annual assessment letter issued on March 5, 2012 (ML12061A239).
As described in the May 29, 2012, letter, the finding, which was identified by NRC staff during an emergency preparedness exercise inspection conducted from April 16 - 19, 2012, involved NextEra not identifying an exercise weakness during the post-exercise critique for an April 17, 2012, full-participation emergency exercise. The exercise weakness involved errors in developing, documenting, and communicating the protective action recommendation (PAR)
immediately after a General Emergency (GE) was declared. As is the nature of training exercises, weaknesses may occur; however, it is required that these weaknesses are identified during the post-exercise critiques and corrected, so that such issues do not potentially impact response during an actual event.
In the inspection report, the NRC indicated that, per the exercise scenario, a radiological release was in progress at the time of the GE declaration, but the Emergency Offsite Facility (EOF)
Coordinator did not recognize this condition. However, due to other errors in using available information, the EOF coordinator inadvertently developed a PAR that was appropriate for the exercise release conditions (i.e., a release in progress). The inspection report also states that when the EOF Coordinator prepared the PAR notification form that was to be used to communicate the PAR to the state agencies participating in the exercise, he erroneously documented on the form that a radiological release had not occurred. The inspection report further states that later in the exercise, the EOF Coordinator learned that a release had, in fact
Designation in parentheses refers to an Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) accession number. Documents referenced in this letter are publicly-available using the accession number in ADAMS. occurred, and he appropriately corrected the notification that had been made to the state officials.
The NRC inspection report also documented that, during the post-exercise critique activities held between April 17 -19, 2012, NextEra staff concluded that the development and notification of the initial PAR following the GE declaration was successful, because the PAR that was communicated was correct for the release conditions that were actually occurring in the exercise. However, NextEra did not identify the errors made in the PAR development and notification form in its critique of the exercise.
The May 29, 2012, NRC letter transmitting the inspection report included an offer for NextEra to attend a regulatory conference or reply in writing to provide its position on the facts and assumptions the NRC used to arrive at the finding and its safety significance. In a letter dated June 21, 2012 (ML12205A034), NextEra provided a response to the NRC preliminary determination to clarify events surrounding the finding. In the response, NextEra indicated that it did not contest the finding. However, NextEra clarified the circumstances of the finding, which it had identified while performing a root cause evaluation of the issue. Specifically, NextEra identified that a radiological release was actually not in progress at the time of the initial PAR preparation and notification (it actually commenced one minute after the notification was made),
and that, contrary to the description in the NRC inspection report, the initial PAR that was communicated to the states was actually incorrect for the release conditions occurring during the exercise. NextEra acknowledged that this error was not identified during the post-exercise critique.
The NRC considered the information developed during the inspection and the additional information provided in NextEras June 21, 2012, letter, and agreed with NextEras description of the events that occurred during the exercise. Although the specifics of what contributed to the weakness are different, the NRC has concluded that the inspection finding (failing to identify the weakness during the post-exercise critique) remains unchanged, and is of low to moderate safety significance, and is appropriately characterized as White. Specifically, this finding is characterized as White because an incorrect initial PAR was issued to the participating state agencies and the incorrect PAR was not identified during the post-exercise critique. However, the NRC acknowledges that approximately one minute following the incorrect PAR notification, an offsite release began, making the initial PAR notification correct. Therefore, had this been an actual event, the information provided to the States to assist with their protective action determinations would have become correct one minute following notification. We also recognize that the EOF Coordinator was prompt in identifying the change in release status and assuring that the existing PAR was correct for the new exercise conditions. Nonetheless, a failure during the post-exercise critique to identify a weakness involving a risk-significant planning standard had still occurred.
As a result of the NRC review of the performance at Seabrook Unit 1, including this White finding in the Emergency Preparedness Cornerstone, the NRC has assessed Seabrook Unit 1 to be in the Regulatory Response column of the NRC Action Matrix, retroactive to the second calendar quarter of 2012. Therefore, we plan to conduct a supplemental inspection using Inspection Procedure 95001, Inspection for One or Two White Inputs in a Strategic Performance Area, when NextEra staff notify us of their readiness for this inspection. This inspection is conducted to provide assurance that the root cause and contributing causes of any performance issues are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.
The NRC has also determined that the finding involved a violation of NRC regulations, as cited in the enclosed Notice of Violation (Notice). In accordance with the NRC Enforcement Policy, the Notice is considered an escalated enforcement action because it is associated with a White finding. You are required to respond to this letter and should follow the instructions specified in the enclosed Notice when preparing your response. If you have additional information that you believe the NRC should consider, you may provide it in your response to the Notice. The NRC review of your response to the Notice will also determine whether further enforcement action is necessary to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter, its enclosure, and your response will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room located at NRC Headquarters in Rockville, MD, and from the NRCs Agency-wide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS), accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To the extent possible, your response should not include any personal privacy, proprietary, or safeguards information so that it can be made available to the Public without redaction.
Sincerely,
/RA/
William M. Dean Regional Administrator Docket No. 50-443 License No. NPF-86 Enclosure:
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