ML022350175

2002 Hope Creek Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML022350175
Person / Time
Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	08/23/2002
From:	Meyer G Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Keiser H Public Service Enterprise Group
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August 23, 2002 Mr. Harold 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 HOPE CREEK

Dear Mr. Keiser:

On August 7, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Hope Creek. 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 Hope Creek 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.

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 performance indicators (PIs) indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline inspections at your facility 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 a 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 within the next calendar quarter. Once finalized, the details will be communicated by separate correspondence.

Mr. Harold Keiser 2 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 me at (610) 337-5211 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Glenn W. Meyer, Chief Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-354 Licensee No. NPF-57

Enclosure:

Hope Creek 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 N. Cohen, Coordinator - Unplug Salem Campaign E. Gbur, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance State of New Jersey State of Delaware

Mr. Harold Keiser 3 Distribution w/encl:

Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

J. Schoppy - 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 H. Nieh, OEDO S. Richards, NRR G. Wunder, PM, NRR R. Fretz, Backup PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmIipb DOCUMENT NAME: G:\BRANCH3\midcycle letter - hope creek 2002.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

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Page 1 of 2 Hope Creek 08/22/2002 14:30:48 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7/19 EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL RETAKE EXAMS 1 1 U01546 HOPE CREEK RETAKE EXAM (7/19/02) 07/19/2002 07/19/2002 Not Applicable 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/16/2002 09/20/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/16/2002 09/20/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/16/2002 09/20/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/16/2002 09/20/2002 Baseline Inspections 71130 - SECURITY-RESPONSE ATT3 2 1 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy) 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 7 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 12/09/2002 12/13/2002 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - L.O.REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/06/2003 01/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/06/2003 01/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 01/06/2003 01/10/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111117B - MODS 3 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 02/17/2003 02/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 6 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108 Inservice Inspection Activities 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 6/16 EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 4 1 U01499 HOPE CREEK INITIAL EXAM (6/17/03) 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Not Applicable This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Hope Creek 08/22/2002 14:30:48 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 06/30/2002 - 09/30/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 1 U01499 HOPE CREEK INITIAL EXAM (6/17/03) 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Not Applicable 71130 - SECURITY 1 1 IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only) 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization) 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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