ML022400778

Mid-Cycle Performance Review & Inspection Plan

ML022400778
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Site:	Vogtle
Issue date:	08/26/2002
From:	Cahill S NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB2
To:	Beasley J Southern Nuclear Operating Co
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August 26, 2002 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

ATTN: Mr. J. B. Beasley, Jr., Vice President Vogtle Electric Generating Plant P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - VOGTLE ELECTRICAL GENERATING PLANT

Dear Mr. Beasley:

On August 5, 2002, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Vogtle Electrical Generating 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 Vogtle 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.

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.

SNC 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 404-562-4520 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. 50-424, 50-425 License Nos. NPF-68, NPF-81

Enclosure:

Vogtle Electrical Generating Plant Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:

J. D. Woodard Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution J. T. Gasser General Manager, Plant Vogtle Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution J. A. Bailey Manager-Licensing Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution (cc w/encl contd - See page 3)

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