ML022380192
| ML022380192 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Seabrook  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2002 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Feigenbaum T North Atlantic Energy Service Corp |
| References | |
| Download: ML022380192 (6) | |
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August 26, 2002 Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Seabrook Station North Atlantic Energy Service Corporation c/o Mr. James M. Peschel P.O. Box 300 Seabrook, NH 03874
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
SEABROOK STATION
Dear Mr. Feigenbaum:
On August 6, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Seabrook Station. 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 Seabrook Station 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 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.
In our Annual Assessment Letter dated March 4, 2002, we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting performance issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution. During this assessment period, we noted that your initiatives in this area have resulted in some improvement. However, several findings identified during the twelve-month period of review specified by NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0305 suggest continued inconsistency in the evaluation of degraded equipment. For example, in the Initiating Events cornerstone, corrective actions were not effective for control rods that had dropped several steps and recurrence of this problem initiated an automatic reactor shutdown in October 2001. In the Mitigating Systems cornerstone, we found that corrective actions for a previous emergency diesel generator failure resulting from air intrusion into the lubricating oil system were not adequate to prevent a second air intrusion problem in April 2002. Effective evaluations and corrective actions are important to reliable performance of risk-significant equipment and systems. We will focus on your progress in addressing this cross-cutting performance issue during our baseline inspection program, which includes the biennial Problem Identification and Resolution team inspection scheduled for September 2002.
Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum 2
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.
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.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 Brian McDermott at 610-337-5233 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No.
50-443 License No.
Enclosure:
Seabrook Station Inspection/ Activity Plan
Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum 3
cc w/encl:
B. D. Kenyon, President and Chief Executive Officer J. M. Peschel, Manager - Regulatory Programs G. F. St. Pierre, Station Director - Seabrook Station D. G. Roy, Nuclear Training Manager - Seabrook Station W. J. Quinlan, Esquire, Assistant General Counsel D. Bliss, Director, New Hampshire Office of Emergency Management D. McElhinney, RAC Chairman, FEMA RI, Boston, Mass R. Backus, Esquire, Backus, Meyer and Solomon, New Hampshire D. Brown-Couture, Director, Nuclear Safety, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency F. W. Getman, Jr., President and Chief Executive Office, BayCorp Holdings, LTD R. Hallisey, Director, Dept. of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts M. Metcalf, Seacoast Anti-Pollution League D. Tefft, Administrator, Bureau of Radiological Health, State of New Hampshire S. Comley, Executive Director, We the People of the United States W. Meinert, Nuclear Engineer, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric company S. Allen, Polestar Applied Technology, Incorporated R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff
Mr. Ted C. Feigenbaum 4
Distribution w/encl: (VIA E-MAIL)
H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA H. Nieh, EDO Coordinator S. Richards, NRR (ridsnrrdlpmlpdi)
D. Starkey, PM, NRR V. Nerses, Backup PM, NRR B. McDermott, DRP K. Jenison, DRP J. Brand, RI - Seabrook DRS Branch Chief (5)
L. Prividy, DRS T. Moslak, DRS P. Frechette, DRS N. McNamara, DRS B. Platchek, DRP Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
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DATE 08/23/02 08/23/02 08/26/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Seabrook 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 08/16/2002 07:28:12 Report 22 3
7111105T
- FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 07/08/2002 07/12/2002 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
2 93812
- SPECIAL INSPECTION TEAM - EDG FAILURE Event Response Inspection 07/28/2002 08/03/2002 Special Inspection IP 93812 1
1 7112202
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 08/05/2002 08/09/2002 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1
3 71152B
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 09/16/2002 09/20/2002 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
Baseline Inspections 09/30/2002 10/04/2002 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
3 71130
- SECURITY-RESPONSE ATT3 Baseline Inspections 09/09/2002 09/13/2002 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy)
6 7111401
- EP EXERCISE & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 7112103
- OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTATION Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 7111111B
- L.O. REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM REVIEW Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/04/2002 Licensed Operator Requalification IP 7111111B 1
6 7111121
- SSDI Baseline Inspections 02/17/2003 02/21/2003 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
Baseline Inspections 03/03/2003 03/07/2003 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
1 71121.01
- OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS Baseline Inspections 03/03/2003 03/07/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
1 7111112B
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1
6 6/2 EXM
- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 04/28/2003 05/02/2003 SEABROOK INITIAL EXAM (6/2-6/03)
U01492 1
Not Applicable 06/02/2003 06/06/2003 SEABROOK INITIAL EXAM (6/2-6/03)
U01492 1
1 7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 06/09/2003 06/13/2003 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1
1 71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 06/30/2003 07/03/2003 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)
Baseline Inspections 06/30/2003 07/03/2003 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Seabrook 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 08/16/2002 07:28:12 Report 22 1
- REMP Baseline Inspections 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1
1 71114
- EP PROGRAM INSP & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1
Baseline Inspections 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1
Baseline Inspections 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1
Baseline Inspections 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1
Baseline Inspections 09/21/2003 09/25/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.