IR 05000443/2015005
| ML15229A049 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 09/01/2015 |
| From: | Glenn Dentel Reactor Projects Branch 3 |
| To: | Dean Curtland NextEra Energy Seabrook |
| DENTEL, GT | |
| References | |
| IR 2015005 | |
| Download: ML15229A049 (5) | |
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September 1, 2015
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR SEABROOK STATION, UNIT NO. 1 (REPORT 05000443/2015005)
Dear Mr. Curtland:
On August 12, 2015, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its mid-cycle performance review of Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook). The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. 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, Seabrook operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Seabrook 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 June 30, 2017. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the second half 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 at Operating Plants, and Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515-191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
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.
As noted in the 2015 end-of-cycle letter regarding the Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) concrete issues, the NRC will continue to provide focused oversight of NextEras testing being conducted at the Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of Texas - Austin and your assessment of ASR progression in Seabrook concrete structures. Our inspection activities will be conducted using our annual follow-up of selected Problem Identification and Resolution samples. While tentative dates for these ongoing inspections are included in the attached inspection schedule, we understand that your testing schedule is subject to change and we will coordinate closely with your ASR project management staff to select the most advantageous opportunities to observe your activities.
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. The onsite portion of the audit has been completed at Seabrook, and the information gathered will aid staff in development of the Final Safety Evaluation for the site. After the NRC staff receives the Final Compliance letter for the site, the Final Safety Evaluation will be issued. Then, as mentioned above, the NRC staff will confirm through inspections the full implementation of the orders mentioned above performing TI 2515-191, Inspection of the Implementation of Mitigation Strategies and Spent Fuel Pool Instrumentation Orders and Emergency Preparedness Communication/Staffing/Multi-Unit Dose Assessment Plans.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 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 (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 (610) 337-5233 with any questions you have regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Glenn T. Dentel, Chief Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects
Docket Nos. 50-443 License Nos. NPF-86
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Page 1 of 2 08/25/2015 10:30:10 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Seabrook Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 71124
- REMP
1 IP Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 71124.07 07/06/2015 07/09/2015 71124
- 01 EXPOSURE CONTROL 02 ALARA
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 09/21/2015 09/22/2015
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 09/21/2015 09/22/2015 7111108P
- INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 10/05/2015 10/16/2015 7111111B
- REQUAL INSP W/ P/F RESULTS
1 IP Licensed Operator Requalification Program 7111111B 11/30/2015 12/04/2015 ASR
- PI&R SAMPLE - ASR MONITORING
1 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152 10/05/2015 10/09/2015 71124
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 10/19/2015 10/23/2015
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 10/19/2015 10/23/2015
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 10/19/2015 10/23/2015
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 10/19/2015 10/23/2015 EP
- EP PROGRAM INSPECTION
1 IP Alert and Notification System Testing 7111402 12/07/2015 12/11/2015
IP Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 7111403 12/07/2015 12/11/2015
IP Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 7111405 12/07/2015 12/11/2015 ISFSI
- ISFSI OPERATIONAL INSPECTION
1 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 11/16/2015 11/20/2015
IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 11/16/2015 11/20/2015 71151
- HP PI VERIFY RAD HAZARD ALARA
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 12/07/2015 12/10/2015
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 12/07/2015 12/10/2015
IP Performance Indicator Verification 71151 12/07/2015 12/10/2015 EP
- EP EXERCISE EVALUATION
1 IP Exercise Evaluation 7111401 04/04/2016 04/08/2016 71124
- 01 EXPOSURE CONTROL
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 04/04/2016 04/07/2016 ASR
- PI&R SAMPLE - ASR MONITORING
1 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152 04/04/2016 04/08/2016 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 08/25/2015 10:30:10 Report 22 Unit Number Planned Dates Start End Inspection Activity Title No. of Staff on Site Seabrook Inspection / Activity Plan 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2017 TI-191
- FUKUSHMIA LESSONS-LEARNED
1 IP Inspection of Licensee's Responses to Order EA-12-049, EA-12-051 & EP Info Request March 12, 2012 2515/191 05/16/2016 05/20/2016 71124
- 05 RAD MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION
1 IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 05/16/2016 05/20/2016 7111121
- CDBI
1 IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 08/01/2016 08/05/2016
IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 08/15/2016 08/19/2016
IP Component Design Bases Inspection 7111121 08/29/2016 09/02/2016 71124.08
- RADWASTE
1 IP Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation 71124.08 08/15/2016 08/19/2016 71152BI
- PI&R BIENNIAL
1 IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 10/03/2016 10/07/2016
IP Problem Identification and Resolution 71152B 10/17/2016 10/21/2016 71124
- 71151 PI VERIFY 71124.01 AND 05 RAD MONT
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 12/05/2016 12/08/2016
IP Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 71124.05 12/05/2016 12/08/2016
IP Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 71151-OR01 12/05/2016 12/08/2016
IP RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 71151-PR01 12/05/2016 12/08/2016 71124
- 71124.01 RAD HAZARD AND 02 ALARA
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 03/20/2017 03/23/2017
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 03/20/2017 03/23/2017 7111108P
- INSERVICE INSPECTION
1 IP Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 7111108P 04/10/2017 04/21/2017 71124
- 71124.01RADHAZ02ALARA03AIRBORNE04DOSE
1 IP Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 71124.01 04/10/2017 04/13/2017
IP Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 71124.02 04/10/2017 04/13/2017
IP In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 71124.03 04/10/2017 04/13/2017
IP Occupational Dose Assessment 71124.04 04/10/2017 04/13/2017 7111105T
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION
1 IP Fire Protection [Triennial]
7111105T 06/26/2017 06/30/2017 ISFSI
- ISFSI LOADING CAMPAIGN INSPECTION
1 IP Operation Of An ISFSI 60855 06/26/2017 06/30/2017
IP Operation of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation at Operating Plants 60855.1 06/26/2017 06/30/2017 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.