ML022400272
| ML022400272 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Palisades  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2002 |
| From: | Grant G Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Cooper D Nuclear Management Co |
| References | |
| IMC 0305 IR-02-008 | |
| Download: ML022400272 (7) | |
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August 23, 2002 Mr. Douglas E. Cooper Site Vice President Palisades Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 27780 Blue Star Memorial Highway Covert, MI 49043-9530
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN PALISADES NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Dear Mr. Cooper:
On July 31, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Palisades 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 Palisades Nuclear Power Plant 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 October 2001. The finding was determined to be a violation of NRC requirements for failing to locate and install smoke detectors in the northwest portion of the cable spreading room in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) code. 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 50-255/02-08. 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, in our Annual Assessment Letter dated March 4, 2002, we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the areas of Human Performance and Problem Identification and Resolution. No additional findings have been documented in the area of Human Performance since February 2002, which we considered improved performance in this area. However, sufficient time has not passed to thoroughly assess the effectiveness of your staffs performance in this area. Therefore, during the course of routine baseline and plant status inspection activities the inspectors will closely monitor human performance to more thoroughly assess this area at the 2002 end-of-cycle assessment. Human Performance will also be a focus area during the next Identification and Resolution of Problems (PI&R) inspection and
D. Cooper during the Permanent Plant Modifications inspection scheduled for December 2002. Regarding the substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of Problem Identification and Resolution, there continued to be some examples where your corrective action program failed to promptly identify and correct conditions adverse to quality. Therefore, the effectiveness of your program to resolve problems will be a focus area during the next PI&R inspection and during the course of routine baseline and plant status inspection activities. Because your staff recently began implementation of a new electronic corrective action program, which was communicated to the NRC in your June 24, 2002, letter requesting postponement of the PI&R inspection until later this year, the next PI&R inspection is currently scheduled for November 2002.
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.
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).
D. Cooper 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 No. 50-255 License No. DPR-20
Enclosure:
Palisades Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:
R. Fenech, Senior Vice President, Nuclear Fossil and Hydro Operations L. Lahti, Manager, Licensing R. Anderson, Chief Nuclear Officer, NMC A. Udrys, Esquire, Consumers Energy Company S. Wawro, Nuclear Asset Director, Consumers Energy Company W. Rendell, Supervisor, Covert Township Office of the Governor Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Department of Attorney General (MI)
The Honorable George Sink L. Nielsen, City Manager of Bangor The Honorable Ted Johnson P. Muinch, City Manager of Hartford The Honorable David Paull A. Vanderberg, City Manager of South Haven K. Higgs, Administrator, Allegan County Courthouse B. Koops, Allegan County Sheriff B. Brunett, Allegan County Emergency Management Coordinator J. M. Henry, Berrien County Coordinator L. P. Bailey, Berrien County Sheriff M. Bradley, Berrien County Emergency Management D. Hanson, Van Buren County Board Chairman D. R. Gribler, Van Buren County Sheriff Sergeant Alaine Svilpe, Van Buren County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator The Honorable Daniel P. Schofield, Jr.
The Honorable Patricia Beezley INPO DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\Branch TSS\\midcycle2002\\pal-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
D. Cooper ADAMS Distribution:
WDR DFT DSH H. Nieh, OEDO Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb J. Caldwell, RIII G. Grant, RIII B. Clayton, RIII R. Lickus, RIII SRI Palisades DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1
Palisades 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 12:53:19 Report 22 2
- ADVERSE WEATHER (RI)
Baseline Inspections 10/01/2002 12/28/2002 Adverse Weather Protection IP 7111101 1
3 PI&R
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 11/04/2002 11/22/2002 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152 1
1 IP 71121
- RAD INSTRUMENTS INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 11/18/2002 11/22/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
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
4 MOD50.59
- MODIFICATIONS & 50.59 Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1
Baseline Inspections 12/02/2002 12/06/2002 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1
1 ISI
- ISI Baseline Inspections 03/17/2003 03/28/2003 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108 1
1 ISI
- TI-145 Safety Issues 03/17/2003 03/28/2003 Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01)
1 IP 71121
- OUTAGE ALARA INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
2 71111.20
- REFUELING AND OUTAGE (RI)
Baseline Inspections 04/01/2003 06/30/2003 Refueling and Outage Activities IP 7111120 1
1 INSP
- EP NON-EXERCISE INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1
Baseline Inspections 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1
Baseline Inspections 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1
Baseline Inspections 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
3 FY 2003
- PALISADES INIT PREP 06/07/2003 Not Applicable 06/30/2003 07/03/2003 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PALISADES - JUN/JUL 2003 W90081 1
3 FY 2003
- PALISADES INIT EXAM 07/2003 Not Applicable 07/21/2003 08/01/2003 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PALISADES - JUN/JUL 2003 W90081 1
1 INSP
- REMP INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1
Baseline Inspections 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 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.
Palisades 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 12:53:19 Report 22 1
INSP
- ALARA INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 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.