ML022380315
| ML022380315 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Crane  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2002 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Skolds J Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear |
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| Download: ML022380315 (6) | |
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August 26, 2002 Mr. John Skolds President and CNO Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road 5th Floor Warrenville, IL 60555
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
THREE MILE ISLAND STATION, UNIT 1
Dear Mr. Skolds:
On August 5, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Three Mile Island, Unit 1 (TMI). 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 TMI 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.
In our Annual Assessment Letter dated March 4, 2002, we identified an adverse trend in the cross-cutting area of human performance. Specifically, we noted lapses in equipment monitoring and procedure adherence. During the current assessment cycle, these cross-cutting issues have been inspected through the baseline inspection program and during the biennial Problem Identification and Resolution inspection. Regarding procedural adherence, there were no additional inspection findings in this area of more than minor safety significance, and we have concluded that you have adequately addressed this cross-cutting issue. In the area of equipment monitoring, you initiated actions to improve performance; however, our inspections have continued to identify findings of very low safety significance (Green) in the mitigating systems cornerstone that had causal factors involving lapses of human performance in equipment monitoring. Examples included: an inadequate evaluation and untimely initiation of corrective actions for inoperable intake structure equipment; an instance of inappropriate inservice test acceptance criteria; and, failure to implement proper corrective actions to monitor
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and maintain the auxiliary building temperature within requirements. Therefore, we conclude that this substantive cross-cutting issue continues. Our baseline inspection program will continue to emphasize monitoring your performance in this area.
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 meeting.
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 NRCs 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact John Rogge at 610-337-5146 if you have any questions regarding this letter.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects, Region 1 Docket No:
50-289 License No:
Enclosure:
Three Mile Island Station, Unit 1 Inspection/Activity Plan
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cc w/encl:
AmerGen Energy Company - Correspondence Control Desk President and CNO, Exelon Nuclear Vice President TMI Unit 1 Plant Manager Director-Licensing Licensing and Regulatory Affairs-Vice President, Exelon Corporation TMI-Alert (TMIA)
R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety D. Allard, PADER M. Schoppman, Framatome
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Distribution w/encl:
Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
J. Orr, DRP - NRC Resident Inspector H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA J. Rogge, DRP S. Barr, DRP DRS Director, Region I N. Della Greca, DRS R. Nimitz, DRS G. Smith, DRS N. McNamara, DRS B. Platchek, DRP H. Nieh, OEDO S. Richards, NRR T. Colburn, PM, NRR (H. Pastis)/P. Tam, Backup PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmIipb DOCUMENT NAME: S:\\ROP 3 Mid-cycle\\Branch 7\\TMIMIDCY.WPD After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.
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DATE 08/21/02 08/23/02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Three Mile Island 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 14:42:06 Report 22 5
7111105T
- FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
1 7112103
- OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTATION Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 07/15/2002 07/19/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 07/22/2002 07/26/2002 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1
1 71114
- EP PROGRAM REVIEW & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1
Baseline Inspections 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 7111112B
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 12/16/2002 12/20/2002 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1
3 2/17EXM
- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 01/20/2003 01/23/2003 TMI INITIAL EXAM (2/23/03)
U01493 1
Not Applicable 02/17/2003 02/24/2003 TMI INITIAL EXAM (2/23/03)
U01493 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 02/07/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
1 71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)
Baseline Inspections 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
5 7111401
- EP EXERCISE & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1
Baseline Inspections 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 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.
Three Mile Island 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 14:42:06 Report 22 1
- REMP Baseline Inspections 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1
7 7111121
- SSDI Baseline Inspections 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
1 71122.02
- RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 07/14/2003 07/18/2003 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.