ML022350058
| ML022350058 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2002 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Kelser H Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| Download: ML022350058 (5) | |
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August 23, 2002 Mr. Harold W. Keiser Chief Nuclear Officer and President PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P. O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN SALEM GENERATING STATION UNITS 1 & 2
Dear Mr. Keiser:
On August 7, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Salem Units 1 & 2. In accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0305 Operating Reactor Assessment Program, the mid-cycle review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating the performance of your Salem facility for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1 - 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 which may conflict with your plant activities.
At Unit 1, plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on a White performance indicator (PI) for unplanned power changes >20% per 7,000 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> critical, indicating a level of performance requiring additional NRC oversight. We plan to conduct a supplemental inspection in late September 2002 to review your analysis of the cause(s) for the events that led to this White PI as well as the corrective actions you have planned or completed.
At Unit 2, 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). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at Unit 2 through September 30, 2003.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2003.
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 last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.
In addition, the NRC is in the process of finalizing the Temporary Instruction (TI) that will be used to review implementation of the Interim Compensatory Measures required by the Agencys security Order to all commercial nuclear power plants dated February 25, 2002.
Schedules have not yet been finalized, but it is anticipated that these inspections will begin
Mr. Harold W. Keiser 2
within the next calendar quarter. Once finalized, the details will be communicated by separate correspondence.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 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 Electronic Reading Room).
If circumstances arise which cause us to change the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Glenn Meyer of my staff at (610) 337-5211 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-272 & 311 Licensee Nos. DPR-70 & -75
Enclosure:
Salem Inspection/ Activity Plan cc w/encl:
M. Friedlander, Director - Business Support J. Carlin, Vice President - Nuclear Reliability and Technical Support D. Garchow, Vice President - Operations G. Salamon, Manager - Licensing R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs J. J. Keenan, Esquire Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate F. Pompper, Chief of Police and Emergency Management Coordinator M. Wetterhahn, Esquire State of New Jersey State of Delaware N. Cohen, Coordinator - Unplug Salem Campaign E. Gbur, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance
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Distribution w/encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
R. Lorson, DRP - NRC Resident Inspector H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA G. Meyer, DRP R. Barkley, DRP L. Prividy, DRS DRS Director, Region I L. Prividy, DRS J. Furia, DRS G. Smith, DRS N. McNamara, DRS B. Platchek, DRP H. Nieh, OEDO S. Richards, NRR R. Fretz, PM, NRR G. Wunder, Backup PM, NRR plus RidsNrrDipmIipb DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\BRANCH3\\draft midcycle letter - salem 2002.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.
To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME G Meyer
/GWM/
A R Blough
/ARB/
DATE 08/22/02 08/23/02 08/ /02 08/ /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 08/22/2002 16:05:30 Report 22 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 1
7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2 1
95001
- 95001 WHITE PI SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION Supplemental Program 09/16/2002 09/20/2002 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area IP 95001 1, 2 3
11/4+EXM
- LICENSED OPERATOR INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 10/14/2002 10/18/2002 SALEM UNIT 1 - O/L INITIAL EXAM 11/4-8/02 U01469 1
Not Applicable 11/04/2002 11/15/2002 SALEM UNIT 1 - O/L INITIAL EXAM 11/4-8/02 U01469 1
2 7111108
- INSERVICE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108 1
Safety Issues 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01)
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 2
71130
- SECURITY-RESPONSE ATT3 Baseline Inspections 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy)
IP 7113003 1, 2 5
7111105T
- FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1, 2 1
71151
- EP PI VERIFCATION AND ERO PARTICIPATION Baseline Inspections 12/16/2002 12/20/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/16/2002 12/20/2002 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152 1, 2 3
7111117B
- MODS & 50.59 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1, 2 1
7112203
- PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP Baseline Inspections 02/17/2003 02/21/2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 08/22/2002 16:05:30 Report 22 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 6
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1, 2 1
- RETS Baseline Inspections 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 1
71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)
IP 7113001 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
IP 7113002 1, 2 2
7111111B
- L.O.REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Licensed Operator Requalification IP 7111111B 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.