ML040090007
| ML040090007 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Saint Lucie  |
| Issue date: | 01/08/2004 |
| From: | Joel Munday NRC/RGN-II/DFFI |
| To: | Stall J Florida Power & Light Co |
| References | |
| Download: ML040090007 (3) | |
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January 8, 2004 Florida Power and Light Company ATTN: Mr. J. A. Stall, Senior Vice President Nuclear and Chief Nuclear Officer P. O. Box 14000 Juno Beach, FL 33408-0420
SUBJECT:
ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP - ST. LUCIE NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2
Dear Mr. Stall:
On December 27, 2003, the NRC completed a quarterly review of the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant.
The assessment evaluated the performance indicators (PIs) and inspection results. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of your safety performance and our plans for a future inspection at your facility.
Our review identified that you have crossed the threshold from Green to White for the Unplanned Scrams performance indicator for Unit 2 for the fourth quarter of calendar year (CY) 2003. In a subsequent conversation I had with Mr. Gordon Johnston of your staff on January 8, 2004, the crossing of the Green threshold was confirmed. As a result, we have assessed St. Lucie Unit 2 performance to be in the Regulatory Response column of the NRCs Action Matrix. Therefore, we plan to conduct Supplemental Inspection Procedure 95001. This inspection procedure is conducted to provide assurance that the root causes and contributing causes of risk significant performance issues are understood, the extent of condition is identified, and the corrective actions are sufficient to prevent recurrence.
This letter is to inform you that we plan to have Thierry Ross, the Senior Resident Inspector at the St. Lucie facility, perform the supplemental inspection in February, 2004. As discussed with Mr. Johnston, the specific dates in February when Mr. Ross will perform this inspection are dependent upon the completion of your root cause investigation and corrective action plan development. Mr. Ross will coordinate directly with your staff at the St. Lucie facility for the performance of this supplemental inspection.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 of the NRC's "Rules of Practice," a copy of this letter will be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of 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 you have any questions, please contact me at (404) 562-4560.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Joel T. Munday, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 3 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-335, 50-389 License Nos. DPR-67, NPF-16 cc:
William Jefferson, Jr.
Site Vice President St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution G. L. Johnston Plant General Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Terry L. Patterson Licensing Manager St. Lucie Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Don Mothena, Manager Nuclear Plant Support Services Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Mark Dryden Administrative Support & Special Projects Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution Rajiv S. Kundalkar Vice President - Nuclear Engineering Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution M. S. Ross, Attorney Florida Power & Light Company Electronic Mail Distribution William A. Passetti Bureau of Radiation Control Department of Health Electronic Mail Distribution Craig Fugate, Director Division of Emergency Preparedness Department of Community Affairs Electronic Mail Distribution J. Kammel Radiological Emergency Planning Administrator Department of Public Safety Electronic Mail Distribution Douglas Anderson County Administrator St. Lucie County 2300 Virginia Avenue Ft. Pierce, FL 34982 Distribution: (See page 3)
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