ML030580728

2003 - Annual Assessment Letter - Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant (50-333/2003-001)

ML030580728
Person / Time
Site:	FitzPatrick
Issue date:	03/03/2003
From:	Meyer G Reactor Projects Branch 3
To:	Ted Sullivan Entergy Nuclear Northeast
References
IR-03-001
Download: ML030580728 (4)

See also: IR 05000333/2003001

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March 3, 2003

Mr. Theodore Sullivan

Vice President - Operations

Entergy Nuclear Northeast

James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant

Post Office Box 110

Lycoming, NY 13093

SUBJECT: JAMES A. FITZPATRICK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT - ANNUAL ASSESSMENT

LETTER 50-333/2003-001

Dear Mr. Sullivan:

On February 11, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of

the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant. The end-of-cycle review for FitzPatrick involved

the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most

recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through 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 that may conflict with

your plant activities.

Overall, FitzPatrick operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety, and fully met all

cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter and during the previous

three quarters 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 perform only baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2004.

As you are aware, since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the NRC has issued several

Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness.

We have conducted inspections to review your implementation of these requirements and have

monitored your actions in response to changing threat conditions. For calendar year 2003, we

plan to continue these inspections, conduct portions of the security baseline inspection program,

as well as perform additional inspections to evaluate your compliance with new requirements that

may be ordered. Based on our final determinations in this regard, we will notify you of any

inspection plan changes.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2004. 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

Mr. Theodore Sullivan 2

onsite. Routine resident inspections are not listed due to their ongoing and continuous nature.

The inspections in the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at

the mid-cycle review meeting.

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/NRC/ADAMS/index.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 me at 610-337-5211 with any questions

you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Glenn Meyer, Chief

Projects Branch 3

Division of Reactor Projects, Region 1

Docket No. 50-333

License No.: DPR-59

Enclosure: FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant Inspection/Activity Plan

cc w/encl: J. Yelverton, CEO, Entergy Operations

B. OGrady, General Manager, Entergy Nuclear Operations

J. Knubel, VP Operations Support

H. Salmon, Director of Oversight

A. Halliday, Licensing Manager

M. Kansler, Chief Operating Officer, Entergy

D. Pace, VP Engineering

J. Fulton, Assistant General Counsel

Supervisor, Town of Scriba

J. Tierney, Oswego County Administrator

C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law

P. Eddy, Electric Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York

W. Flynn, President, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

S. Lousteau, Treasury Department

T. Judson, Central New York Citizens Awareness Network

Mr. Theodore Sullivan 3

Distribution w/encl: Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

L. Cline, DRP - NRC Senior Resident Inspector

D. Dempsey, Resident Inspector

H. Miller, RA

J. Wiggins, DRA

G. Meyer, DRP

S. Barber, DRP

T. McGinty, EDO Coordinator

R. Laufer, NRR

J. Andersen, NRR

G. Vissing, PM, NRR

R. Clark, Backup PM, NRR

T. Frye, NRR

C. See, NRR

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Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\BRANCH3\ROP3 EOC Information\Fitz ROP-3 EOC Letter .wpd

After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box: "C" = Copy without attachment/enclosure "E" = Copy with

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OFFICE RI/DRP N R1/DRP N R1/DRP R1/DRP

NAME SBarber/GSB LCline/LMC GMeyer/GWM ABlough/ARB

DATE 02/26/03 02/26/03 02/26/03 02/27/03

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Page 1 of 1 FitzPatrick

02/25/2003 10:46:21 Inspection / Activity Plan

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12/29/2002 - 03/27/2004

Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection

Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type

7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1

1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 03/17/2003 03/21/2003 Baseline Inspections

71122.02 - RADWASTE 1

1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 04/07/2003 04/11/2003 Baseline Inspections

71151 - EP PI VERIFICATION 1

1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/05/2003 05/09/2003 Baseline Inspections

71121.01 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1

1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 05/12/2003 05/16/2003 Baseline Inspections

TI148BC - SEC ICM 6

1 IP 2515/148 Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards - Interim Compensatory Measures 05/19/2003 05/23/2003 Safety Issues

7111107B - HEAT SINK 1

1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 06/02/2003 06/06/2003 Baseline Inspections

7111401 - EP EXERCISE & PI VERIFICATION 4

1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 06/02/2003 06/06/2003 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/02/2003 06/06/2003 Baseline Inspections

7/21EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3

1 U01497 FITZPATRICK INITIAL EXAM (5/5/03) 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Not Applicable

1 U01497 FITZPATRICK INITIAL EXAM (5/5/03) 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Not Applicable

71122.03 - REMP 1

1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 08/11/2003 08/15/2003 Baseline Inspections

7111121 - SSDI 5

1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 09/29/2003 10/03/2003 Baseline Inspections

71121.02 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1

1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Baseline Inspections

7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1

1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 12/15/2003 12/19/2003 Baseline Inspections

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.