ML022400299
| ML022400299 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Point Beach  |
| Issue date: | 08/23/2002 |
| From: | Grant G Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Cayia A Nuclear Management Co |
| References | |
| IMC 0305 | |
| Download: ML022400299 (6) | |
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August 23, 2002 Mr. A. Cayia Site Vice-President Point Beach Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 6610 Nuclear Road Two Rivers, WI 54241
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT
Dear Mr. Cayia:
On July 31, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Point Beach 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 Point Beach 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 for Unit 1 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). However, the significance of a finding involving a fire scenario that could affect the Unit 1 turbine-driven auxiliary feedwater pump is still under review as part of the Significance Determination Process. An inspection was conducted on July 29 and 30, 2002, to follow up on this issue and the results will be transmitted to you by separate correspondence.
Additional inspections may be conducted, as specified by the Action Matrix, after we complete our review of this finding. We will notify you of any additional inspections.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter for Unit 2 was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green) and one inspection finding regarding gas binding of a safety injection pump that was an issue with increased importance to safety, which may require additional NRC inspections (White). A Supplemental Inspection using procedure 95001 was conducted from August 19 to 23, 2002, to review this finding. The results of that inspection will be transmitted to you by separate correspondence.
In addition to the baseline inspections and the inspections discussed above, we will be conducting an inspection from September 23 to 27, 2002, to determine if the recent Red finding associated with the potential common mode failure of the auxiliary feedwater system is an old
A. Cayia design issue. This finding was discussed in a letter from the NRC to Mr. Mark Warner, dated July 12, 2002. Additional inspections may be conducted, as specified by the Action Matrix, after we make our determination. We will notify you of any additional inspections. Also, we are in the process of completing our final significance determination for an inspection finding involving the critique conducted after the biennial emergency preparedness exercise on February 12, 2002.
This finding was preliminarily categorized as an issue with increased importance to safety, which may require additional NRC inspections (White). We will inform you by separate correspondence of the results of our evaluation and any plans for supplemental inspections related to this finding.
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 Rule 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 System (PARS) component of NRCs 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Roger Lanksbury of my staff at (630) 829-9631 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. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27
Enclosure:
Point Beach Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution
A. Cayia common mode failure of the auxiliary feedwater system is an old design issue. This finding was discussed in a letter from the NRC to Mr. Mark Warner, dated July 12, 2002. Additional inspections may be conducted, as specified by the Action Matrix, after we make our determination.
We will notify you of any additional inspections. Also, we are in the process of completing our final significance determination for an inspection finding involving the critique conducted after the biennial emergency preparedness exercise on February 12, 2002. This finding was preliminarily categorized as an issue with increased importance to safety, which may require additional NRC inspections (White). We will inform you by separate correspondence of the results of our evaluation and any plans for supplemental inspections related to this finding.
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 Rule 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 System (PARS) component of NRCs 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact Roger Lanksbury of my staff at (630) 829-9631 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely, Geoffrey E. Grant, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-266; 50-301 License Nos. DPR-24; DPR-27
Enclosure:
Point Beach Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\Branch TSS\\midcycle2002\\inspectionplnltrs-02\\poi-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 RIII NAME MKunowski:co RLanksbury GGrant DATE 08/ /02 08/ /02 08/ /02 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
A. Cayia cc w/encl:
R. Grigg, President and Chief Operating Officer, WEPCo R. Anderson, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer T. Webb, Licensing Manager D. Weaver, Nuclear Asset Manager T. Taylor, Plant Manager J. ONeill, Jr., Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge K. Duveneck, Town Chairman Town of Two Creeks D. Graham, Director Bureau of Field Operations A. Bie, Chairperson, Wisconsin Public Service Commission S. Jenkins, Electric Division Wisconsin Public Service Commission State Liaison Officer D. Markwardt, Manitowac County Board Chairman N. Crowley, Director, Manitowac Emergency Management G. Novickis, Chairman, Kewaunee County Board The Honorable Darin A. Jeanquart G. Buckley, Two Rivers City Manager L. Hucek, Director, Kewaunee Emergency Management C. Meyer, President, Village of Mishicot INPO
A. Cayia ADAMS Distribution:
DFT AJM H. Nieh, OEDO Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb J. Caldwell, RIII G. Grant, RIII B. Clayton, RIII R. Lickus, RIII SRI Point Beach DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1
Point Beach 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 1 08/26/2002 13:03:47 Report 22 1
- ISI FOR UNIT 1 Baseline Inspections 09/23/2002 10/18/2002 Inservice Inspection Activities IP 7111108 1
1 ISI
- TI-145 FOR UNIT 1 Safety Issues 09/23/2002 10/18/2002 Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01)
1 IP 71121
- RP ALARA INSPECTION (OUTAGE)
Baseline Inspections 09/30/2002 10/04/2002 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/30/2002 10/04/2002 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/30/2002 10/04/2002 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- NON-EXERCISE BASELINE EP INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- RAD INSTRUMENTATION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/13/2003 01/17/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- RP INSTRUMENTATION INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 02/10/2003 02/14/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 04/28/2003 05/03/2003 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1
3 FY 2003
- POINT BEACH INIT PREP 09/2003 Not Applicable 08/25/2003 08/29/2003 OL - INITIAL EXAM - POINT BEACH - SEP/OCT 2003 W90082 1
3 FY 2004
- POINT BEACH INIT EXAM 10/2003 Not Applicable 09/29/2003 10/03/2003 OL - INITIAL EXAM - POINT BEACH - SEP/OCT 2003 W90082 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.