ML032390511
| ML032390511 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Salem  |
| Issue date: | 08/27/2003 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Richard Anderson Public Service Enterprise Group |
| References | |
| Download: ML032390511 (6) | |
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August 27, 2003 Mr. Roy Anderson Chief Nuclear Officer and President PSEG Nuclear LLC - N09 P. O. Box 236 Hancocks Bridge, NJ 08038
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
SALEM UNITS 1 AND 2
Dear Mr. Anderson:
On July 29, 2003, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance review of Salem Units 1 and 2. The mid-cycle review for Salem involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance for the first half of the calendar year 2003 assessment cycle. The process included a review of performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve months. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance 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.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Salem Unit 1 was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on an inspection finding in the Mitigating System Cornerstone being classified as having low to moderate significance (White), but with all PIs indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green). The White inspection finding involved the failure to identify and take adequate corrective actions to prevent the recurrence of emergency diesel generator turbocharger failures, resulting in a failure of the 1C EDG turbocharger in September 2002.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter at Salem Unit 2 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 performance indicators (PIs) indicating performance at a level requiring no additional NRC oversight (Green).
As discussed in the annual assessment letter dated March 3, 2003, the staff identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution (PI&R),
particularly regarding instances of ineffective problem evaluations and untimely, ineffective corrective actions. In the recent mid-cycle assessment, we determined that this substantive cross-cutting issue continued to apply, based on the continuation of inspection findings and documented shortcomings within the PI&R area. These shortcomings continued to enable problems to recur and longstanding problems to go uncorrected. In a number of cases, poor implementation of maintenance work, insufficient coordination and work control, equipment reliability weaknesses, and engineerings deficient determinations of root causes were involved. The most noteworthy recent examples included an inadvertent letdown isolation in February caused by a control air transient which involved incomplete corrective actions, a reactor pressure transient in April due to
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an inadvertent pressurizer spray actuation with missed opportunities to identify the problem, and an auxiliary feed water (AFW) pump surveillance test failure in May which involved inadequate maintenance work instructions and a missed corrective action opportunity.
We also note that the same overall corrective action program is concurrently implemented at both Salem and Hope Creek, and that both stations have continued to experience similar, continued adverse PI&R trends. This appears to indicate that any program improvement attempts have not yet been effective and that broadly based, site-wide improvements are still needed regarding PI&R performance at Salem Units 1 and 2 as well as Hope Creek. We are aware that a site-wide reorganization is currently underway, in part, to improve organizational performance in this area.
We plan to continue closely monitoring your performance in the PI&R area.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 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 onsite. In addition to the baseline inspections at Salem through September 2004, we plan to perform a supplemental inspection in October 2003 regarding the White inspection finding in the Mitigating Systems Cornerstone. The inspection is intended to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of this safety significant performance issue are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence of the performance deficiency that led to the EDG turbocharger failure. 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 end-of-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/reading-rm/adams.html (the 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 Glenn Meyer of my staff at (610) 337-5211 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.
05000272/05000311 License Nos.
DPR-70/75
Enclosure:
Salem Units 1 and 2 Inspection/Activity Plan
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cc w/encl:
M. Friedlander, Director - Business Support J. Carlin, Vice President - Engineering D. Garchow, Vice President - Projects and Licensing G. Salamon, Manager - Licensing T. O'Connor, Vice President - Operations R. Kankus, Joint Owner Affairs J. J. Keenan, Esquire Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate F. Pompper, Chief of Police and Emergency Management Coordinator M. Wetterhahn, Esquire State of New Jersey State of Delaware N. Cohen, Coordinator - Unplug Salem Campaign E. Gbur, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Nuclear Watch E. Zobian, Coordinator - Jersey Shore Anti Nuclear Alliance Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
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Distribution w/encl:
A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRS B. Holian, DRP K. McConnell, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS H. Miller, RA J. Wiggins, DRA G. Meyer, DRP S. Barber, DRP D. Orr, Senior Resident Inspector R. Nimitz, DRS G. Smith, DRS N. McNamara, DRS J. Jolicoeur, OEDO R. Laufer, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\BRANCH3\\ROP4 Mid-cycle\\Salem MidCycleLetter.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.
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Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 06/29/2003 - 10/02/2004 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 08/26/2003 14:57:17 Report 22 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 07/07/2003 07/11/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 4
SI-TRIP
- 07/29/03 RX TRIP SPECIAL INSPECTION Event Response Inspection 08/18/2003 08/22/2003 Special Inspection IP 93812 1, 2 2
7113003
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Access Control (Search of Personnel, Packages, and Vehicles: Identification and Authorization)
IP 7113002 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 09/08/2003 09/12/2003 Response to Contingency Events (Protective Strategy and Implementation of Protective Strategy)
IP 7113003 1, 2 2
7111111B
- L.O.REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM Baseline Inspections 09/14/2003 09/19/2003 Licensed Operator Requalification IP 7111111B 1, 2 1
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS Baseline Inspections 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1, 2 1
7111108
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 10/06/2003 10/10/2003 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P 2
Safety Issues 10/14/2003 10/17/2003 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02)
1 95001
- EDG SUPPLEMENTAL Supplemental Program 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area IP 95001 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 2
Baseline Inspections 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2
Baseline Inspections 10/27/2003 10/31/2003 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 2
1 71114
- EP PRGM REVIEW & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 12/08/2003 12/12/2003 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 1
7111112B
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Salem Inspection / Activity Plan 06/29/2003 - 10/02/2004 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 08/26/2003 14:57:17 Report 22 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 7
7111121
- SSDI Baseline Inspections 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1, 2 7
7111401
- EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 2
7111108P
- INSERVICE INSPECTION-UNIT 1 Safety Issues 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 Circumferential Cracking of Reactor Pressure Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2001-01)
Baseline Inspections 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P 1
1 71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
3 INIT EXM
- OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS Not Applicable 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 SALEM UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (3/8-12/04)
U01519 1
Not Applicable 05/30/2004 06/11/2004 SALEM UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (3/8-12/04)
U01519 1
1 7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1, 2 1
71121
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1, 2 Baseline Inspections 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1, 2 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.