IR 05000483/2012001

Annual Assessment Letter for Callaway Plant (Report 05000483/2012001)

ML120650852
Person / Time
Site:	Callaway
Issue date:	03/05/2012
From:	O'Keefe N NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To:	Heflin A Union Electric Co
References
IR-12-001
Download: ML120650852 (4)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION rch 5, 2012

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER FOR CALLAWAY PLANT (REPORT 05000483/2012001)

Dear Mr. Heflin:

On February 14, 2012, the NRC completed its end-of-cycle performance review of Callaway Plant. The NRC reviewed the most recent quarterly performance indicators (PIs) in addition to inspection results and enforcement actions from January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011.

This letter informs you of the NRCs assessment of your facility during this period and its plans for future inspections at your facility. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include security information. A separate letter will include the NRCs assessment of your performance in the Security Cornerstone and its security-related inspection plan.

The NRC determined that overall, Callaway Plant operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives. The NRC determined the performance at Callaway Plant during the most recent quarter was within the Licensee Response Column of the NRC=s 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, 2013. Routine inspections performed by resident inspectors are not included in the inspection plan. The inspections listed during the last nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle performance review. 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.

From July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011, the NRC identified four traditional enforcement violations.

All four involved the traditional enforcement area related to violations that may impact the ability of the NRC to perform its regulatory oversight functions. In our assessment letter dated September 1, 2011 (ML112440177), we stated our intention to conduct Inspection Procedure , Follow-Up Inspection for Three or More Severity Level IV Traditional Enforcement Violation in the Same 12-Month Period. This inspection is scheduled for the week of April 23, 2012.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRC=s ARules 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/

Neil F. OKeefe Chief, Reactor Projects Branch B Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-483 License No. NPF-30 Enclosure: Callaway Inspection/Activity Plan cc: w/enclosure via Electronic Distribution