ML022410202

Midcycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan, Wolf Creek Generating Station

ML022410202
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Site:	Wolf Creek
Issue date:	08/26/2002
From:	Graves D NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-B
To:	Maynard O Wolf Creek
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION IV 611 RYAN PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 400 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76011-4005 August 26, 2002 Otto L. Maynard, President and Chief Executive Officer Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839

SUBJECT:

MIDCYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN WOLF CREEK GENERATING STATION

Dear Mr. Maynard:

On August 1, 2002, the NRC staff completed its midcycle plant performance assessment of Wolf Creek Generating Station. In accordance with NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program," the midcycle review involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating the performance of your Wolf Creek Generating Station facility for the first half of the current assessment cycle, January 1 through December 31, 2002. fThe 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 NRC's Action Matrix, based on all inspection findings being classified as having very low safety significance (Green) and all performance indicators indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). Therefore, we plan to conduct only baseline and safety issues inspections at your facility through September 30, 2003. However, the significance of a finding regarding emergency diesel generator heat exchanger tube degradation is still under review as part of the Significance Determination 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 6 months of the inspection plan are 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 Agency's 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.

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "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 817/860-8141 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely, David N. Graves, Chief Project Branch B Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-482 License: NPF-42

Enclosure:

Wolf Creek Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc:

Vice President Operations Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Jay Silberg, Esq.

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Supervisor Licensing Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp.

P.O. Box 411 Burlington, Kansas 66839 Chief Engineer Utilities Division Kansas Corporation Commission 1500 SW Arrowhead Rd.

Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Office of the Governor State of Kansas Topeka, Kansas 66612 Attorney General Judicial Center 301 S.W. 10th 2nd Floor Topeka, Kansas 66612-1597 County Clerk Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839-1798 Vick L. Cooper, Chief Radiation Control Program, RCP Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Air and Radiation 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, Kansas 66612-1366 Frank Moussa Division of Emergency Preparedness 2800 SW Topeka Blvd Topeka, Kansas 66611-1287 Gene Merry, Chairman Coffey County Commissioner Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839 Rebecca Jewett Coffey County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Coffey County Courthouse 110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839 The Honorable Ron Stump Mayor, City of Burlington City Hall P.O. Box 207 Burlington, Kansas 66839

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-4 The Honorable Bill Freemen Mayor, City of LeRoy 406 2nd Street LeRoy, Kansas 66857 The Honorable Robert Harkrader Mayor, City of New Strawn City Hall P.O. Box 922 New Strawn, Kansas 66871 The Honorable Leon Sutton Mayor, City of Waverly 717 W. 6th Waverly, Kansas 66871 David Beck Allen County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Allen County Courthouse P.O. Box 433 Iola, Kansas 66749 Jackie Miller Lyon County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 425 Mechanic St.

Emporia, Kansas 66801 Gary Benjamin Anderson County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator 315 Orange Street Garnett, Kansas 66032 Cecil L. Wright, Executive Director Public Service Commission P.O. Box 360 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Federal Emergency Management Agency Dick Hainje, Regional Director Region VII 2323 Grand Blvd., Suite 900 Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2670

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-5 Ronald A. Kucera, Deputy Director for Public Policy Department of Natural Resources 205 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Gary McNutt, Deputy Director Section for Environmental Public Health P.O. Box 570 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Jerry Uhlmann, Director State Emergency Management State Emergency Management Agency P.O. Box 116 Jefferson City, Missouri 65109 Randy Rogers, Sheriff Coffey County Sheriff's Dept.

110 South 6th Street Burlington, Kansas 66839 The Honorable Larry Kelley Mayor, City of Gridley P.O. Box 182 Gridley, Kansas 66852 The Honorable Ed Fisher Mayor, City of Lebo P.O. Box 14 Lebo, Kansas 66856 Robby Atkins, Sheriff Allen County Courthouse P.O. Box 433 Iola, Kansas 66749

Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Electronic distribution by RIV:

Regional Administrator (EWM)

DRP Director (KEB)

DRS Director (EEC)

Senior Resident Inspector (FLB2)

SRI, Callaway (JDHI1)

Branch Chief, DRP/B (DNG)

Senior Project Engineer, DRP/B (RAK1)

Staff Chief, DRPITSS (PHH)

RITS Coordinator (NBH)

RidsNrrDipmlipb B. Henderson, PAO (BWH)

W. A. Maier, RSLO (WAM)

C. J. Gordon (CJG)

DRS Branch Chiefs (GMG, ATG, CSM)

W. D. Travers, EDO (WDT)

C. A. Carpenter, Chief, NRRIDIPM/IIPB (CAC)

R. K. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)

R. W. Borchardt, Associate Dir. for Inspection and Programs (RWB1)

B. W. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)

J. Shea, Chief, Regional Operations Staff, OEDO (JWS1)

W. Ruland, NRR Project Director (WHR)

S. Dembek, Chief, Section 2, NRR/DLPM (SXD)

Jack Donohew, Project Manager (JND)

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.4 09/23/2002 09/27/2002 Baseline Inspections 10/07/2002 10/11/2002 Baseline Inspections EMS

- TRIENNIAL FP IP 7111105T Fire Protection IP 7111105T Fire Protection PSB-EP1

- EP PROGRAM BASELINE INSPECTION Ip 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 1P 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification PSB-S1

- ACCESS AUTH/CONTROL, SEC PLAN, PIV IP 7113001 Access Authorization Program (Behavior Observation Only)

IP 7113002 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorizati IP 7113004 Security Plan Changes IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification EMB

- BIENNIAL MR INSPECTION IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness EMS

-SSD&PCI IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability EMB

- 50.59 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments PSB-EP1

- EP EXERCISE BASELINE INSPECTION IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification EMS

- HEAT SINK IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance OB-R0

- REQUAL INSPECTION iF 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 12/09/2002 12/09/2002 12/09/2002 12/09/2002 12/09/2002 01/06/2003 01/06/2003 01/06/2003 01/06/2003 12/13/2002 12/13/2002 12/13/2002 12/13/2002 12/13/2002 01/10/2003 01/10/2003 01/10/2003 01/10/2003 Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections Baseline Inspections 1

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