ML022400198

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Mid-Cycle Performance Review & Inspection Plan - H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant
ML022400198
Person / Time
Site: Robinson Duke Energy icon.png
Issue date: 08/26/2002
From: Brian Bonser
NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB4
To: Moyer J
Carolina Power & Light Co
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ML022400185 List:
References
BL-01-001, IMC 0305, TI 2515/145
Download: ML022400198 (6)


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August 26, 2002 Carolina Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. John W. Moyer Vice President H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Unit 2 3851 West Entrance Road Hartsville, SC 29550

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

H. B. ROBINSON STEAM ELECTRIC PLANT

Dear Mr. Moyer:

On August 6, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of Robinson Steam Electric 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 Robinson 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, through September 30, 2003, we plan to conduct at your facility: baseline inspections; a safety issue inspection to be conducted in accordance with Temporary Instruction (TI) 2515/145, Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01); license renewal inspections; and routine Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation inspections.

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.

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In addition, the NRC is in the process of finalizing a 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 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 404-562-4560 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Brian R. Bonser, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-261 Licensee No. DPR-23

Enclosure:

Robinson Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: (See page 3)

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cc w/encl:

C. L. Burton Director, Site Operations Carolina Power & Light Company H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution T. P. Cleary Plant General Manager Carolina Power & Light Company H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Terry C. Morton, Manager Performance Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs CPB 9 Electronic Mail Distribution C. T. Baucom, Supervisor Licensing/Regulatory Programs Carolina Power & Light Company H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution B. L. Fletcher III, Manager Regulatory Affairs Carolina Power & Light Company H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Henry J. Porter, Director Div. of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

Dept. of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution R. Mike Gandy Division of Radioactive Waste Mgmt.

S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control Electronic Mail Distribution Beverly Hall, Acting Director Division of Radiation Protection N. C. Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Wiliam D. Johnson Vice President & Corporate Secretary Carolina Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution John H. ONeill, Jr.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N. Street, NW Washington, DC 20037-1128 Peggy Force Assistant Attorney General State of North Carolina Electronic Mail Distribution Robert P. Gruber Executive Director Public Staff - NCUC 4326 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4326 Public Service Commission State of South Carolina P. O. Box 11649 Columbia, SC 29211 Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)

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