IR 05000482/2016006

Annual Assessment Letter for Wolf Creek Generating Station (Report 05000482/2016006)

ML17059D426
Person / Time
Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	03/01/2017
From:	Nick Taylor Division of Reactor Safety IV
To:	Heflin A Wolf Creek
NICK TAYLOR
References
IR 2016006
Download: ML17059D426 (5)

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UNITED STATES rch 1, 2017

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000482/2016006)

Dear Mr. Heflin:

On February 16, 2017, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) completed its end-of-cycle performance assessment of Wolf Creek Generating Station, reviewing performance indicators (PIs), inspection results, and enforcement actions from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016. 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 concluded that overall performance at your facility preserved public health and safety.

The NRC determined the performance at Wolf Creek Generating Station during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column, the highest performance category of the NRCs Reactor Oversight Process (ROP) Action Matrix, because all inspection findings had very low safety significance (i.e., Green), and all PIs were within the expected range (i.e., Green).

Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct ROP baseline inspections at your facility.

Although plant performance was within the Licensee Response Column, the NRC has not yet finalized the significance of one or more findings in the Security cornerstone. The final safety significance determination(s) may affect the NRCs assessment of plant performance and the enclosed inspection plan.

The enclosed inspection plan lists the inspections scheduled through December 31, 2018. The NRC provides the inspection plan to allow for the resolution of any scheduling conflicts and personnel availability issues. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised. 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 the plan for security-related inspections, which will be sent via separate, non-publicly available correspondence. On June 30, 2016, the NRC completed a Problem Identification and Resolution inspection at Wolf Creek Generating Station, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No.

ML16222A733), which identified safety conscious work environment challenges in the Security Department. This inspection plan includes an in-depth problem identification and resolution sample that the NRC plans to perform during the week of August 28, 2017, to assess the Security Departments progress in improving the safety conscious work environment.

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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 817-200-1141 with any questions you have regarding this letter.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Nicholas H. Taylor, Chief Projects Branch B Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.: 50-482 License No.: NPF-42 Enclosure:

Wolf Creek Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan

SUNSI Review: ADAMS: Non-Publicly Available Non-Sensitive Keyword:

By: NTaylor/dll Yes No Publicly Available Sensitive NRC-002 OFFICE RIV/DRP:C DRS:D DRP:DD NAME NTaylor AVegel RLantz SIGNATURE /RA/ /RA/ /RA/

DATE 2/23/17 2/23/17 2/23/17

Page 1 of 2 Wolf Creek 02/23/2017 11:49:24 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site INIT EXA - INITIAL EXAM 5 1 10/16/2017 10/20/2017 X02597 INITIAL EXAM WOLF CREEK (11/2017)

1 11/06/2017 11/10/2017 X02597 INITIAL EXAM WOLF CREEK (11/2017)

EB1-21N - WC DESIGN BASIS INSPECTION PROGRAMS 4 1 05/08/2017 05/26/2017 IP 7111121N Component Design Bases Inspection (Programs)

RS 13 PI - RADIATION SAFETY 2 1 05/08/2017 05/12/2017 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 05/08/2017 05/12/2017 IP 71124.03 In-Plant Airborne Radioactivity Control and Mitigation 1 05/08/2017 05/12/2017 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 1 05/08/2017 05/12/2017 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences RS 24 - RADIATION SAFETY 2 1 06/12/2017 06/16/2017 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 06/12/2017 06/16/2017 IP 71124.04 Occupational Dose Assessment EB2-05T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 4 1 10/02/2017 10/06/2017 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

1 10/16/2017 10/20/2017 IP 7111105T Fire Protection [Triennial]

EP-2 - BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE INSPECTION 4 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes EP-3 - EP PERFORMANCE INDICATOR VERIFICATION 1 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Readiness 1 11/13/2017 11/17/2017 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System Reliability RS 12PI - RAD SAFETY 2 1 04/02/2018 04/06/2018 IP 71124.01 Radiological Hazard Assessment and Exposure Controls 1 04/02/2018 04/06/2018 IP 71124.02 Occupational ALARA Planning and Controls 1 04/02/2018 04/06/2018 IP 71151-OR01 Occupational Exposure Control Effectiveness 1 04/02/2018 04/06/2018 IP 71151-PR01 RETS/ODCM Radiological Effluent Occurrences 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 04/02/2018 04/13/2018 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR INSP - BRQ INSPECTION 3 1 06/04/2018 06/08/2018 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Wolf Creek 02/23/2017 11:49:24 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018 Unit Planned Dates No. of Staff Number Start End Inspection Activity Title on Site EB1-21M - WC DESIGN BASES INSPECTION TEAMS 1 1 07/16/2018 08/03/2018 IP 7111121M Component Design Bases Inspection (Teams)

RS 5678 - RAD SAFETY 4 1 08/20/2018 08/24/2018 IP 71124.05 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation 1 08/20/2018 08/24/2018 IP 71124.06 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment 1 08/20/2018 08/24/2018 IP 71124.07 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 1 08/20/2018 08/24/2018 IP 71124.08 Radioactive Solid Waste Processing and Radioactive Material Handling, Storage, and Transportation EP-1 - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 7111403 Emergency Preparedness Organization Staffing and Augmentation System 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71151-EP01 Drill/Exercise Performance 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71151-EP02 ERO Readiness 1 09/17/2018 09/21/2018 IP 71151-EP03 Alert & Notification System Reliability Comments:

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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