IR 05000482/2003001

Annual Assessment Letter - Wolf Creek Generating Station (Report 50-482/03-01)

ML030650151
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/04/2003
From:	Graves D NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To:	Muench R Wolf Creek
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IR-03-001
Download: ML030650151 (7)

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rch 4, 2003

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 50-482/03-01)

Dear Mr. Muench:

On February 6, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Wolf Creek Generating Station. The end-of-cycle review for Wolf Creek Generating Station involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators 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, Wolf Creek Generating Station operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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 performance indicators indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, based on Wolf Creek Generating Station performance, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2004. In addition to the baseline inspections, Temporary Instruction 2515/150, Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02), will also be conducted.

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 inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the Midcycle Review meeting.

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

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -2-requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we plan to continue these inspections and 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 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 or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRCs 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).

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 817-860-8141 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

David N. Graves, Chief Project Branch B Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-482 License: NPF-42 Enclosure:

Wolf Creek Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:

Site Vice President Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Jay Silberg, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -3-Chief Engineer Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.

Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027 Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, Kansas 66612 Office of the Attorney General 120 SW 10th Avenue, Floor 2 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1597 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839-1798 Vick L. Cooper, Chief Radiation Control Program, RCP Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366 Frank Moussa Division of Emergency Preparedness 2800 SW Topeka Blvd Topeka, Kansas 66611-1287 Gene Merry, Chairman Coffey County Commissioner Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839 Rebecca Jewett Coffey County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -4-The Honorable Ron Stump Mayor, City of Burlington City Hall P.O. Box 207 Burlington, Kansas 66839 The Honorable Bill Freemen Mayor, City of LeRoy 713 Main Street LeRoy, Kansas 66857 The Honorable Robert Harkrader Mayor, City of New Strawn City Hall 215 N. Main New Strawn, Kansas 66871 The Honorable Leon Sutton Mayor, City of Waverly 210 Pearson Avenue Waverly, Kansas 66871 David Beck Allen County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Allen County Courthouse P.O. Box 433 Iola, Kansas 66749 Jackie Miller Lyon County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 425 Mechanic St.

Emporia, Kansas 66801 Gary Benjamin Anderson County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 315 Orange Street Garnett, Kansas 66032 Cecil L. Wright, Executive Director Public Service Commission P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -5-Federal Emergency Management Agency Dick Hainje, Regional Director Region VII 2323 Grand Blvd., Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2670 Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director for Public Policy Department of Natural Resources 205 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Gary McNutt, Deputy Director Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Jerry Uhlmann, Director State Emergency Management State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, Missouri 65109 Randy Rogers, Sheriff Coffey County Sheriffs Dept.

110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839 The Honorable Larry Kelley Mayor, City of Gridley 503 Main Street Gridley, Kansas 66852 The Honorable Ed Fisher Mayor, City of Lebo 5 E. Broadway Lebo, Kansas 66856 Robby Atkins, Sheriff Allen County Courthouse 1 N. Washington Iola, Kansas 66749 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

700 Galleria Parkway SE Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5943

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation -6-Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (EWM)

DRP Director (ATH)

DRS Director (DDC)

Senior Resident Inspector (FLB2)

Resident Inspector (JXC2)

SRI, Callaway (MSP)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)

Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

RidsNrrDipmlipb V. L. Dricks, PAO (VLD)

W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)

C. J. Gordon (CJG)

DRS Branch Chiefs (TWP, ATG, CSM)

W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)

C. A. Carpenter, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (CAC)

R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)

R. W. Borchardt, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (RWB1)

B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)

S. Morris, Acting Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (SAM1)

H. Berkow, NRR Project Director (HNB)

S. Dembek, Chief, Section 2, NRR/DLPM (SXD)

Jack Donohew, Project Manager (JND)

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Page 1 of 1 Wolf Creek 03/05/2003 07:39:56 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/02/2003 - 03/31/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type PSB-S1 - SECURITY BASELINE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorizati 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Stra 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections PSB-EP1 - EP EXERCISE BASELINE INSPECTION 3 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - SSD&PCI 5 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/02/2003 06/06/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - 50.59 1 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/02/2003 06/06/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - HEAT SINK 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Baseline Inspections ALARA3 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Baseline Inspections OB-RQ - REQUAL INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - ISI & ISI/SG INSPECTIONS 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections PBB - TI 2515/150 RPV HEAD INSPECTION 2 1 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-0 10/18/2003 11/01/2003 Safety Issues ALARA2 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections ACCESSPI - ACRSA/PI 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Baseline Inspections EMB - PERM. PLANT MODIFICATIONS 2 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Baseline Inspections ALARA1 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/08/2004 03/08/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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