IR 05000499/2004001
| ML040631101 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | South Texas  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/2004 |
| From: | Howell A NRC/RGN-IV/DRP |
| To: | Sheppard J South Texas |
| References | |
| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040631101 (8) | |
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March 3, 2004
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION (NRC REPORT 05000498;499/2004001)
Dear Mr. Sheppard:
On February 3, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of South Texas Project Electric Generating Station. The end-of-cycle review for South Texas Project Electric Generating Station involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 2003. 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, South Texas Project Electric 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 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 PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). In addition to conducting baseline inspections at your facility, we plan to conduct inspections governed by Temporary Instruction TI 2515/152, Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles; TI 2515/153, Reactor Containment Sump Blockage; and TI 2515/154, Spent Fuel Material Control and Accounting at Nuclear Power Plants.
While plant performance for the most recent three quarters was within the Licensee Response Column of the Action Matrix, there was a safety significant performance indicator during the first quarter of the assessment cycle. The performance of Unit 2 for the first quarter of the assessment period was in the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on the performance indicator for scrams per 7000 critical hours of operation in the Initiating Events Cornerstone exceeding the White threshold. The NRC conducted a supplemental inspection for this White performance indicator and concluded that your corrective actions were adequate.
As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these
STP Nuclear Operating Company-2-requirements and have monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2004, we plan to continue inspections of Order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005.
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 12 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the midcycle review meeting.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be made 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).
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 William D. Johnson at (817) 860-8148 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/ by MASatorius for Arthur T. Howell III, Director Division of Reactor Projects Dockets: 50-498 50-499 Licenses: NPF-76 NPF-80 Enclosure:
South Texas Project Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/enclosure:
Tom Jordan, Vice President Engineering & Technical Services STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289 Wadsworth, TX 77483 S. M. Head, Manager, Licensing Nuclear Quality & Licensing Department STP Nuclear Operating Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5014 Wadsworth, TX 77483
STP Nuclear Operating Company-3-A. Ramirez/C. M. Canady City of Austin Electric Utility Department 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, TX 78704 L. D. Blaylock/W. C. Gunst City Public Service Board P.O. Box 1771 San Antonio, TX 78296 D. G. Tees/R. L. Balcom Houston Lighting & Power Company P.O. Box 1700 Houston, TX 77251 Jon C. Wood Matthews & Branscomb 112 E. Pecan, Suite 1100 San Antonio, TX 78205 A. H. Gutterman, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 C. A. Johnson/A. C. Bakken AEP Texas Central Company P.O. Box 289, Mail Code: N5022 Wadsworth, TX 77483 Director, Division of Compliance
& Inspection Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of Health 1100 West 49th Street Austin, TX 78756 Brian Almon Public Utility Commission William B. Travis Building P.O. Box 13326 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78711-3326
STP Nuclear Operating Company-4-Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Director P.O. Box 12428 Austin, TX 78711-3189 Judge, Matagorda County Matagorda County Courthouse 1700 Seventh Street Bay City, TX 77414 Terry Parks, Chief Inspector Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Boiler Program P.O. Box 12157 Austin, TX 78711 Susan M. Jablonski Office of Permitting, Remediation and Registration Texas Commission on Environmental Quality MC-122, P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 Ted Enos 4200 South Hulen Suite 630 Fort Worth, TX 76109 The Honorable Charles Martinez, Jr.
Mayor, City of Bay City City Hall 1901 Fifth Street Bay City, TX 77414 The Honorable John Connor Mayor, City of Palacios P.O. Box 845 Palacios City Hall Palacios, TX 77465 James Mitchell, Sheriff Matagorda County 2323 Avenue E Bay City, TX 77414
STP Nuclear Operating Company-5-Federal Emergency Management Agency ATTN: Ron Castleman, Regional Director Region VI, Federal Center 800 North Loop 288 Denton, TX 76209-3698 Roger Mulder State Energy Conservation Office 111 E 17th Street, Room 1114 Austin, TX 78711 Jack Colley, State Coordinator Division of Emergency Management Texas Department of Public Safety Box 4087, 5805 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78773-0220 Richard A. Ratliff, Chief Bureau of Radiation Control Texas Department of Health 1100 W. 49th Street Austin, TX 78756-3189 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339
STP Nuclear Operating Company-6-Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
Senior Resident Inspector (JXC2)
Branch Chief, DRP/A (WDJ)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/A (TRF)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
RITS Coordinator (NBH)
RidsNrrDipmIipb V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)
C. J. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (LJS, TWP, ATG, CSM)
W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)
S. A. Richards, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (SAR)
R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)
J. W. Craig, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (JWC1)
B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)
T. A. Bergman, Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (TAB)
H. N. Berkow, NRR Project Director (HNB)
R. A. Gramm, Chief, Section 1, NRR/DLPM (RAG)
D. Jaffe, NRR Project Manager (DHJ)
ADAMS: Yes G No Initials: __wdj___
Publicly Available G Non-Publicly Available G Sensitive
Non-Sensitive S:\\DRP\\DRPDIR\\EOC for 03\\Assessment Letters\\STP.wpd RIV:C:DRP/A D:DRS D:DRP WDJohnson;df DDChamberlain ATHowell
/RA/
/RA/
MASatorius for 2/23/04 2/26/04 3/3/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T=Telephone E=E-mail F=Fax
South Texas Project Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2004 - 10/01/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/01/2004 15:35:26 Report 22
TI 154
- TI 2515/154 SPENT FUEL MATERIAL CONTROL Safety Issues 01/01/2004 03/31/2004 Spent Fuel Material Control and Accounting at Nuclear Power Plants IP 2515/154 1, 2
PSB-S1
- AA-AC-PI-FFD Baseline Inspections 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
EB-08P
- ISI UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
Baseline Inspections 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
2 TI 152
- TI 2515/152 REACTOR PV LOWER HEAD PENETR Safety Issues 03/31/2004 04/22/2004 Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2003-02)
2 TI 153
- TI 2515/153 REACTOR CONTAINMENT SUMP BLO Safety Issues 03/31/2004 04/22/2004 Reactor Containment Sump Blockage (NRC Bulletin 2003-01)
IP 2515/153 1, 2
ACCESSPI
- ACRSA/PIV Baseline Inspections 04/12/2004 04/16/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2
RP TEAM
- RAD SAFETY TEAM Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1, 2
EB-17B
- PERMANENT PLANT MODIFICATIONS Baseline Inspections 08/09/2004 08/13/2004 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1, 2
OB-EP2
- EP EXERCISE Baseline Inspections 08/09/2004 08/13/2004 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/09/2004 08/13/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/09/2004 08/13/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
ALARA2
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2
PEB-52
- BIENNIAL PIR Baseline Inspections 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1, 2
EB08P
- ISI U1 Baseline Inspections 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
South Texas Project Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2004 - 10/01/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/01/2004 15:35:26 Report 22
EB08P
- ISI U1 Baseline Inspections 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P
2 TI 152
- TI 2515/152 REACTOR PV LOWER HEAD PENETR Safety Issues 03/09/2005 04/07/2005 Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2003-02)
1 ACRSA
- ACCESS CONTROLS TO RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS Baseline Inspections 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2
PEB-05T
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 06/20/2005 06/24/2005 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1, 2
ALARA3
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2
OB-EP2
- EMERG PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2
PEB-07B
- HX PERFORMANCE Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2
PEB-12B
- MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.