ML032400154

IR 05000331-04-001 - Mid-Cycle Assessment Letter

ML032400154
Person / Time
Site:	Duane Arnold
Issue date:	08/27/2003
From:	Burgess B NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB2
To:	Peifer M Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-04-001
Download: ML032400154 (6)

See also: IR 05000331/2004001

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August 27, 2003

Mr. Mark Peifer

Site Vice-President

Duane Arnold Energy Center

Nuclear Management Company, LLC

3277 DAEC Road

Palo, IA 52324

SUBJECT: MID-CYCLE ASSESSMENT LETTER - DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER

(REPORT 50-331/04-01)

Dear Mr. Peifer:

On July 30, 2003, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff completed its mid-cycle

plant performance assessment of the Duane Arnold Energy Center. The mid-cycle review for

Duane Arnold involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance

indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period July 1, 2002

through June 20, 2003. 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, Duane Arnold operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully

met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for

the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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, 2004.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspection 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 or inspector arrival

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

The inspections in the last 6 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 Rule 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 the NRCs

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).

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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 630-829-9629 with any

questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce L Burgess, Chief

Branch 2

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No. 50-331

License No. DPR-49

Enclosure: Duane Arnold Inspection/Activity Plan

See Attached Distribution

M. Peifer -2-

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 630-829-9629 with any

questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce L Burgess, Chief

Branch 2

Division of Reactor Projects

Docket No. 50-331

License No. DPR-49

Enclosure: Duane Arnold Inspection/Activity Plan

See Attached Distribution

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\midcycle2003\Dua midcycle ltr 03.wpd

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 RIII RIII

NAME JWright/co BBurgess

DATE 08/15/03 08/19/03

OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

M. Peifer -3-

cc w/encl: E. Protsch, Executive Vice President -

Energy Delivery, Alliant;

President, IES Utilities, Inc.

J. Cowan, Chief Nuclear Officer

J. Forbes, Senior Vice President

J. Bjorseth, Plant Manager

S. Catron, Manager, Regulatory Affairs

J. Rogoff, Esquire General Counsel

B. Lacy, Nuclear Asset Manager

D. McGhee, Iowa Department of Commerce

Chairman, Linn County Board of Supervisors

State Liaison Officer

Chairperson, Iowa Utilities Board

The Honorable Charles W. Larson, Jr.

Iowa State Representative

R. Buch, Chairman, Benton County Supervisors

K. Popenhagen, Benton County Sheriff

S. Hansen, Coordinator of Emergency Services

The Honorable Shawn Steffen

The Honorable Rick Grimm

The Honorable Lloyd Benson

J. Houser, Board of Supervisors

L. Langston, Linn County Supervisor

D. Zeller, Linn County Sheriff

L. Barron, Chairman, Board of Supervisors

R. Foubert, Linn County Safety Director

W. Wright, Linn County Emergency

Management Coordinator

The Honorable Randy Fouts

The Honorable Tom Svoboda

The Honorable Paul Pate

The Honorable Thomas Patterson

The Honorable Victor Klopfenstein

J. Schott, City Manager, Marion

The Honorable Tom Neenan

The Honorable Larry Dauenbaugh

INPO

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Project Director, NRR

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08/25/2003 13:16:17 Inspection / Activity Plan

Report 22

09/01/2003 - 09/30/2004

Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection

Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type

ISFSI - ISFSI OPERATIONAL INSPECTION 1

1 IP 60855 Operation Of An ISFSI 08/18/2003 10/25/2003 Other Routine

7112101 - RP ACCESS CONTROLS 1

1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/15/2003 09/19/2003 Baseline Inspections

HT SNK B - HEAT SINK BIENNIAL (DRS) 1

1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 10/20/2003 10/24/2003 Baseline Inspections

INSP - NON-EXERCISE EP INSP 1

1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 11/03/2003 11/07/2003 Baseline Inspections

SSDI - SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE INS 6

1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 01/26/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections

71122.02 - RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION 1

1 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 02/02/2004 02/06/2004 Baseline Inspections

TRANS - TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 1

1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections

71121.02 - ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROL 1

1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections

ALARA - NONOUTAGE ALARA AND ACCESS CONTROL 1

1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Baseline Inspections

INSTR - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION 1

1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/12/2004 07/19/2004 Baseline Inspections

1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 07/12/2004 07/19/2004 Baseline Inspections

This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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