ML022380048
| ML022380048 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Beaver Valley |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2002 |
| From: | Blough A NRC Region 1 |
| To: | Bezilla M FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
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| Download: ML022380048 (5) | |
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August 23, 2002 Mr. Mark Bezilla Vice President First Energy Nuclear Operating Company Beaver Valley Power Station Post Office Box 4 Shippingport, PA 15077
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION
Dear Mr. Bezilla:
On August 6, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 (Beaver Valley). 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 Beaver Valley 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 Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix based on one White inspection finding, having low to moderate safety significance, which effected the Emergency Preparedness cornerstone. Specifically, personal home alerting devices (PHADs), which comprise a small portion of the public alert and notification system (ANS) for Beaver Valley Power Station, were not adequately tested and maintained to fulfill their design function of alerting the public within the Emergency Planning Zone. During a Regulatory Conference held on May 15, 2002, the corrective actions including interim measures, installation and testing of additional ANS sirens, submittal of a revised ANS design report to eliminate reliance on PHADs, and a planned self assessment of your ANS were discussed. In addition to the reactor oversight program baseline inspections, the NRC intends to perform a supplemental inspection in February 2003 to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of safety significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence of the White inspection finding.
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 is tentative and may be revised at the end-of-cycle review.
Mr. Mark Bezilla 2 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.
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 Mr. John Rogge at (610) 337-5146 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. 50-334, 50-412 Licensee Nos. DPR-66, NPF-73
Enclosure:
Beaver Valley Power Station, Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:
J. Lash, Plant General Manager F. von Ahn, Director, Plant Engineering T. Cosgrove, Director, Work Management R. Donnellon, Director, Plant Maintenance M. Pearson, Director, Services and Projects L. Freeland, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs & Corrective Actions M. Clancy, Mayor, Shippingport, PA R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Ohio State of West Virginia
Mr. Mark Bezilla 3 Distribution w/encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
D. Kern, DRP - NRC Resident Inspector H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA J. Rogge, DRP S. Barr, DRP DRS Director, Region I P. Kaufman, DRS J. McFadden, DRS G. Smith, DRS D. Silk, DRS B. Platchek, DRP H. Nieh, OEDO S. Richards, NRR (RIDSNRRDIPMLPDI)
D. Collins, PM, NRR R. Clark, Backup PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb DOCUMENT NAME: S:\ROP 3 Mid-cycle\Branch 7\BVMIDCYC.WPD After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.
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DATE 08/21/02 08/21/02 08/23/02 08/ /02 08/ /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Page 1 of 2 Beaver Valley 08/22/2002 14:41:13 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 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 07/08/2002 07/12/2002 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 07/08/2002 07/12/2002 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 08/12/2002 08/16/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 08/26/2002 08/30/2002 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/19/2002 08/23/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/19/2002 08/23/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/19/2002 08/23/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/19/2002 08/23/2002 Baseline Inspections 9/30+EXM - U1 OPERATOR INITIAL LICENSING EXAMS 3 1 U01438 BEAVER VALLEY 1 O/L INITIAL EXAMS 9/30-10/11/2002 09/02/2002 09/06/2002 Not Applicable 1 U01438 BEAVER VALLEY 1 O/L INITIAL EXAMS 9/30-10/11/2002 09/30/2002 10/11/2002 Not Applicable 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - L.O.REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Baseline Inspections 12/16EXM - U2 OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3 2 U01439 BEAVER VALLEY 2 O/L INITIAL EXAMS 5/13-22/2002 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Not Applicable 2 U01439 BEAVER VALLEY 2 O/L INITIAL EXAMS 5/13-22/2002 12/16/2002 12/20/2002 Not Applicable 71130 - SECURITY 1 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only) 01/21/2003 01/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization) 01/21/2003 01/24/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Page 2 of 2 Beaver Valley 08/22/2002 14:41:13 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 95001 - 95001 PHAD FOLLOW UP 1 1, 2 IP 95001 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area 02/24/2003 02/28/2003 Supplemental Program 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111108 Inservice Inspection Activities 03/10/2003 03/15/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 71122.01 - RETS 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 05/05/2003 05/09/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111117B - PERMANENT PLANT MODS 5 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 06/16/2003 06/20/2003 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 4 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Baseline Inspections 71114 - EP PRG RVW & EP PI VERFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 07/27/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 07/27/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 07/27/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 07/27/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/27/2003 08/01/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Baseline Inspections 71130.03 - SECURITY 2 1, 2 IP 7113003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy) 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.