ML022400150

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - Duane Arnold Energy Center (August 23, 2002)

ML022400150
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Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	08/23/2002
From:	Burgess B Division Reactor Projects III
To:	Peifer M Nuclear Management Co
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August 23, 2002 Mr. Mark Peifer Site Vice-President Duane Arnold Energy Center Nuclear Management Company, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER

Dear Mr. Peifer:

On July 31, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Duane Arnold Energy Center. 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 Duane Arnold Energy Center 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 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 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 (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.

M. Peifer 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).

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 630/829-9629 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce Burgess, Chief Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosure:

Duane Arnold Energy Center Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\midcycle2002\inspectionplnltrs-02\dua-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 GWright:co BBurgess DATE 08/ /02 08/ /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

M. Peifer cc w/encl: E. Protsch, Executive Vice President -

Energy Delivery, Alliant; President, IES Utilities, Inc.

Robert G. Anderson, Plant Manager State Liaison Officer The Honorable Charles W. Larson, Jr.

Iowa State Representative Chairperson, Iowa Utilities Board E. Bresht, Chairman, Benton County Supervisors K. Popenhagen, Benton County Sheriff Scott Hansen, Coordinator of Emergency Services The Honorable Robert Wenger The Honorable Rick Grimm The Honorable Lloyd Benson J. Houser, Board of Supervisors L. Dostal, Linn County Supervisor D. Zeller, Linn County Sheriff L. Barron, Chairman, Board of Supervisors N. Popenhagen, Linn County Safety Director W. Wright, Linn County Emergency Management Coordinator The Honorable James Arneal The Honorable Vaughn Holmes The Honorable Paul Pate The Honorable Thomas Patterson The Honorable Victor Klopfenstein J. Schott, City Manager, Marion The Honorable John Stuelke The Honorable Robbi Kane D. McGhee, Bureau of Radiological Health The Honorable Charles W. Larson, Jr.

Iowa House Representative INPO

M. Peifer Distribution:

DFT H. Nieh, OEDO Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb J. Caldwell, RIII G. Grant, RIII B. Clayton, RIII R. Lickus, RIII SRI Duane Arnold DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1

Page 1 of 1 Duane Arnold 08/26/2002 13:02:56 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2002 - 09/30/2003 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type FY 2003 - DUANE ARNOLD INIT PREP 10/2002 2 1 W90055 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DUANE ARNOLD - OCT/NOV 2002 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 Not Applicable IP 71114 - EP BASELINE INSPECTION (EXERCISE) 3 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/21/2002 10/25/2002 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 10/28/2002 11/01/2002 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - ALARA & RP ACCESS CTRL INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 11/04/2002 11/08/2002 Baseline Inspections FY 2003 - DUANE ARNOLD INIT EXAM 11/2002 2 1 W90055 OL - INITIAL EXAM - DUANE ARNOLD - OCT/NOV 2002 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Not Applicable FPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 3 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 01/27/2003 02/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 71152B - BIENNIAL PI&R INSPECTION 2 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/03/2003 02/21/2003 Baseline Inspections IP 71121 - OUTAGE ALARA INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/10/2003 03/14/2003 Baseline Inspections ISI - ISI FOR UNIT 2 1 1 IP 7111108 Inservice Inspection Activities 03/31/2003 04/04/2003 Baseline Inspections MR - MAINTANANCE RULE 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Baseline Inspections MOD50.59 - MODIFICATIONS & 50.59 3 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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