ML030620021

2003 Annual Assessment Letter - R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

ML030620021
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	03/03/2003
From:	Blough A Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Mecredy R Rochester Gas & Electric Corp
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March 3, 2003 Dr. Robert C. Mecredy Vice President, Nuclear Operations Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation 89 East Avenue Rochester, New York 14649

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Dear Dr. Mecredy:

On February 6, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. The end-of-cycle review for Ginna 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 which may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, Ginna was operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety, and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding of low to moderate safety significance (White). This finding concerned failure of the offsite emergency siren feedback system, associated with the emergency preparedness cornerstone. We are aware that you have taken action to address this issue and our supplemental inspection for follow-up to the white finding is currently scheduled for April 2003.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspection scheduled through March 31, 2004. The inspection plan includes a one time inspection activity for the upcoming reactor vessel head replacement. 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 inspections scheduled for the last six months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised during the mid-cycle review meeting.

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.

Robert C. Mecredy 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 this inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact James Trapp at 610-337-5186 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-244 License No. DPR-18

Enclosure:

R.E. Ginna Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: P. Wilkens, President, Rochester Gas and Electric P. Eddy, Electric Division, Department of Public Service, State of New York C. Donaldson, Esquire, State of New York, Department of Law N. Reynolds, Esquire W. Flynn, President, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority D. Stenger, Ballard Spahr Andrews and Ingersoll. LLP T. Wideman, Director, Wayne County Emergency Management Office M. Meisenzahl, Administrator, Monroe County, Office of Emergency Preparedness T. Judson, Central New York Citizens Awareness Network

Robert C. Mecredy 3 Distribution w/encl: H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA (1)

A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRP J. Rogge, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS T. McGinty, RI EDO Coordinator RidsNrrDipmIipb Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

R. Laufer, NRR R. Clark, PM, NRR P. Milano, PM, NRR (Backup)

D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO K. Kolaczyk, SRI Ginna B. Fuller, Acting SRI Ginna M. Marshfield, DRP J. Trapp, DRP N. Perry, DRP DRS Branch Chiefs (5)

S. Chaudhary, DRS B. Norris, DRS T. Moslak, DRS P. Frechette, DRS D. Silk, DRS B. Platchek, DRP Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\BRANCH1\2002 EOC Letters\Ginna 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 attachment/enclosure "N" = No copy OFFICE RI/DRP RI/DRP RI/DRP NAME NPerry /JMT for/ JTrapp /JMT/ ABlough /ARB/

DATE 02/26/03 02/26/03 02/27/03 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

Page 1 of 2 Ginna 02/26/2003 14:34:59 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 12/29/2002 - 03/27/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7111111B - L.O.REQUALIFICAITON PROGRAM 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EP EXERCISE 7 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 03/03/2003 03/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 6 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 03/31/2003 04/04/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 04/14/2003 04/18/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 03/24/2003 03/28/2003 Baseline Inspections 95001 - 95001 FOR SIREN FOLLOW UP 1 1 IP 2515/139 Insp of Licensee's Implementation of Generic Letter 96-01, "Testing of Safety Related log 04/21/2003 04/25/2003 Safety Issues 71122.01 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 06/09/2003 06/13/2003 Baseline Inspections 71002 - LICENSE RENEWAL SCOPING 5 1 IP 71002 License Renewal Inspection 06/23/2003 06/27/2003 Other Routine 7112101 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Baseline Inspections 71002 - LICENSE RENEWAL AGING 4 1 IP 71002 License Renewal Inspection 07/21/2003 07/25/2003 Other Routine 1 IP 71002 License Renewal Inspection 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Other Routine 71151 - EP PI VERIFCATION 1 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Baseline Inspections TI148BC - SEC ICM 6 1 IP 2515/148 Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Safeguards - Interim Compensatory Measures 08/04/2003 08/08/2003 Safety Issues 71007 - REACTOR VESSEL HEAD REPLACEMENT 2 1 IP 71007 Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection 08/15/2003 10/20/2003 Other Routine 7111108 - INSERVICE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 71121.02 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/22/2003 09/26/2003 Baseline Inspections 7111105T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION 3 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 11/17/2003 11/21/2003 Baseline Inspections 7112101 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Ginna 02/26/2003 14:34:59 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 12/29/2002 - 03/27/2004 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71114 - EP PROGRAM REVIEW & PI VERIFICATION 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 4/5 EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3 1 U01507 GINNA INITIAL EXAM (9/22/03) 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Not Applicable This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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