ML022400736
| ML022400736 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Farley  |
| Issue date: | 08/26/2002 |
| From: | Cahill S NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB2 |
| To: | Dennis Morey Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| IMC 0305 | |
| Download: ML022400736 (6) | |
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August 26, 2002 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
ATTN:
Mr. D. N. Morey Vice President P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
JOSEPH M. FARLEY NUCLEAR PLANT
Dear Mr. Morey:
On August 5, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Joseph M. Farley 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 Joseph M. Farley 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. Additionally, as we noted in our last Annual Assessment letter dated March 4, 2002, we had planned to conduct an Operational Safeguards Response Evaluation (OSRE) in September 2001. Although that effort was postponed due to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we continue to plan to re-schedule it at the next available opportunity, following efforts to revise the OSRE process.
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 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 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 404-562-4520 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Stephen J. Cahill, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-348 and 50-364 License Nos. NPF-2 and NPF-8
Enclosure:
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Inspection/ Activity Plan cc w/encl:
M. J. Ajluni, Licensing Services Manager, B-031 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution D. E. Grissette General Manager, Farley Plant Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl contd - See page 3)
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(cc w/encl contd)
J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution State Health Officer Alabama Department of Public Health RSA Tower - Administration Suite 1552 P. O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 M. Stanford Blanton Balch and Bingham Law Firm P. O. Box 306 1710 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35201 William D. Oldfield SAER Supervisor Southern Nuclear Operating Company Electronic Mail Distribution Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)
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