ML022400124
| ML022400124 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Cook  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2002 |
| From: | Grant G Division Reactor Projects II |
| To: | Bakken A American Electric Power Co |
| References | |
| IR-02-005 | |
| Download: ML022400124 (7) | |
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August 23, 2002 Mr. A. C. Bakken III Senior Vice President Nuclear Generation Group American Electric Power Company 500 Circle Drive Buchanan, MI 49107
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN D.C. COOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Dear Mr. Bakken:
On July 31, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the D.C. Cook nuclear power plant. 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 D.C. Cook 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 a White finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone that was identified in March 2002. The finding was determined to be a violation of NRC requirements for failing to take prompt corrective actions to prevent a repetitive failure of the Unit 2 Turbine-Driven Auxiliary Feedwater Pump. In accordance with the NRCs Action Matrix, the NRC completed a supplemental inspection in July 2002. The results of that inspection were communicated to you in NRC Inspection Report 50-315/02-05; 50-316/02-05. Given your staffs acceptable performance in addressing this White finding, this issue will only be considered in assessing plant performance for a total of four quarters in accordance with the guidance in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 0305, Operating Reactor Assessment Program. Additionally, the final significance of a preliminary Yellow finding associated with a degraded essential service water system is still under review as part of the Significance Determination Process. We will be providing you with our final determination of that finding in a future correspondence.
The NRC has identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution (PI&R). We completed a PI&R inspection in April 2002 and concluded that your staffs ability to consistently identify reasonable causes for conditions adverse to quality was considered inadequate, which could adversely impact implementation of prompt and effective corrective actions to resolve problems. In addition, weak corrective action program A. Bakken III implementation resulted in several performance findings associated with the failure to promptly and effectively resolve conditions adverse to quality. We will continue to closely monitor implementation of your PI&R programs during the course of routine baseline and plant status inspection activities to more thoroughly assess this area at the 2002 end-of-cycle assessment.
We also noted that you recognized an adverse trend in the area of Human Performance and began implementing an improvement plan for this area. We will monitor the effectiveness of your corrective actions in this area during the course of routine baseline and plant status inspection activities.
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 inspection plan for the last 6 months 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 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 Public Electronic Reading Room).
A. Bakken III 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 David Passehl at (630) 829-9872 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA by Steve Reynolds acting for/
Geoffrey E. Grant, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-315; 50-316 License Nos. DPR-58; DPR-74
Enclosure:
D. C. Cook Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:
J. Pollock, Site Vice President M. Finissi, Plant Manager R. Whale, Michigan Public Service Commission Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Emergency Management Division MI Department of State Police D. Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists R. Bartz, County Board Chairman J. M. Henry, Berrien County Coordinator Sheriff L. Paul Bailey M. Bradley, Berrien County Emergency Management Coordinator The Honorable Charles Yarbough C. Roberts, Benton Harbor City Manager The Honorable Mary Goff F. Walsh, St. Joseph City Manager The Honorable William Skiba A. Anthony, Bridgman City Superintendent The Honorable David Hagey J. Wilkins, Buchanan Town Manager M. Harris, President, Village of Stevensville J. Choudoir, President, Village of Berrien Springs L. Larsen, President, Village of Shorham INPO
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\Branch TSS\\midcycle2002\\inspectionplnltrs-02\\dcc-inspectionplnltr.wpd 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 RIII RIII NAME DPassehl:co GGrant DATE 08/ /02 08/ /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
A. Bakken III ADAMS Distribution:
WDR DFT JFS2 H. Nieh, OEDO Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb J. Caldwell, RIII G. Grant, RIII B. Clayton, RIII R. Lickus, RIII SRI Cook DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1
D.C. Cook Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2002 - 09/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 08/26/2002 12:50:21 Report 22 1
- LIQ/GASEOUS EFFLUENTS INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 2
FY 2003
- D. C. COOK INIT PREP 10/2002 Not Applicable 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 OL - INITIAL EXAM - D. C. COOK - OCT/NOV/DEC 2002 W90053 1
3 FY 2003
- D. C. COOK INIT EXAM 11&12/2002 Not Applicable 11/18/2002 12/06/2002 OL - INITIAL EXAM - D. C. COOK - OCT/NOV/DEC 2002 W90053 1
1 IP 71114
- EP BASELINE INSPECTION (NON-EXERCISE)
Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- RP INSTRUMENT & ACCESS CNTRL INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
MAIN B
- BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 01/20/2003 01/24/2003 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1, 2 1
HT SNK B
- HEAT SINK BIENNIAL (DRS)
Baseline Inspections 02/04/2003 02/08/2003 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2 3
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 02/03/2003 03/07/2003 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152 1, 2 1
- RP ACCESS CONTROLS INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/03/2003 03/07/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/03/2003 03/07/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 4
FPI
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 03/24/2003 04/11/2003 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1, 2 1
- OUTAGE ALARA INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- ISI FOR UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 05/12/2003 05/23/2003 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108 2
6 SSDI
- SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN Baseline Inspections 06/23/2003 07/11/2003 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
D.C. Cook Inspection / Activity Plan 09/01/2002 - 09/30/2003 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 08/26/2002 12:50:21 Report 22 3
- BIENNIAL EP EXERCISE Baseline Inspections 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- REMP/RAD MTL CONTROL INSP Baseline Inspections 07/28/2003 08/01/2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/28/2003 08/01/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.