ML022400280

Mid-Cycle Performance Review & Inspection Plan - Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

ML022400280
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	08/26/2002
From:	Fredrickson P Reactor Projects Region 2 Branch 6
To:	Scalice J Tennessee Valley Authority
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August 26, 2002 Tennessee Valley Authority ATTN: Mr. J. A. Scalice Chief Nuclear Officer and Executive Vice President 6A Lookout Place 1101 Market Street Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT DOCKET NOS. 50-327, 50-328

Dear Mr. Scalice:

On August 6, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Sequoyah Nuclear 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 Sequoyah 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. On August 20, 2002, we met with your staff to discuss your plans on constructing an independent spent fuel storage installation at Sequoyah. As discussed in this meeting, we plan to conduct inspections of this facility based on your progress, and will inform you of the inspections as they are scheduled.

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. 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.

TVA 2 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 404-562-4530 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Paul E. Fredrickson, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 6 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-327, 50-328 License Nos.: DPR-77, DPR-79

Enclosure:

Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Inspection/ Activity Plan cc w/encl: (See page 3)

TVA 3 cc w/encl:

Karl W. Singer County Executive Senior Vice President Hamilton County Courthouse Nuclear Operations Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Ann Harris 341 Swing Loop James E. Maddox, Acting Vice President Rockwood, TN 37854 Engineering and Technical Services Tennessee Valley Authority John D. White, Jr., Director Electronic Mail Distribution Tennessee Emergency Management Agency Richard T. Purcell Electronic Mail Distribution Site Vice President Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)

Electronic Mail Distribution General Counsel Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Robert J. Adney, General Manager Nuclear Assurance Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Mark J. Burzynski, Manager Nuclear Licensing Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Pedro Salas, Manager Licensing and Industry Affairs Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution D. L. Koehl, Plant Manager Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Tennessee Valley Authority Electronic Mail Distribution Lawrence E. Nanney, Director TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Division of Radiological Health Electronic Mail Distribution

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R. W. Hernan, NRR RIDSNRRDIPMLIPB C. Evans (Part 72 Only)

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