ML040630159
| ML040630159 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Millstone  |
| Issue date: | 03/03/2004 |
| From: | Blough A Division Reactor Projects I |
| To: | Christian D Dominion Resources |
| References | |
| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040630159 (7) | |
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March 3, 2004 Mr. David A. Christian Sr. Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Dominion Resources 5000 Dominion Boulevard Glen Allen, VA 23060-6711
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - MILLSTONE POWER STATION (REPORT 05000336/2004001 AND 05000423/2004001)
Dear Mr. Christian:
On February 5, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Millstone Power Station. The end-of-cycle review 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, 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, Millstone Power Station 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 reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility through September 30, 2005.
In our mid-cycle assessment letter dated August 27, 2003, we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting issue at Millstone Unit 2 in the area of problem identification and resolution (PI&R).
This issue involved lapses in the site engineering organizations effectiveness that resulted in weaknesses with the identification of problems, determination of root causes, and/or corrective actions. Your staff has implemented several actions to improve the quality of site engineering products. Our inspection activities have noted a decrease in the number of inspection findings in this area. As a result, the NRC no longer considers Millstone Power Station Unit 2's performance indicative of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of PI&R. Although the NRC plans no further focused review in this area, we will continue to monitor your progress through the baseline inspection program.
2 Mr. David A. Christian The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005.
This plan includes several special inspection activities related to license renewal. 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 in the last twelve months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.
As you are aware, the NRC has issued several Orders and threat advisories to enhance security capabilities and improve guard force readiness since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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 2004, we plan to continue inspections of order implementation combined with newly developed portions of the security baseline inspection program.
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 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 Mr. James Trapp, Chief, Reactor Projects Branch 6, 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 Nos. 50-336, 50-423 Licensee Nos. DPR-65, NPF-49
Enclosures:
Millstone Unit 2 Inspection/Activity Plan Millstone Unit 3 Inspection/Activity Plan
3 Mr. David A. Christian cc w/encl:
J. A. Price, Site Vice President - Millstone C. L. Funderburk, Director, Nuclear Licensing and Operations Support D. W. Dodson, Supervisor, Station Licensing L. M. Cuoco, Senior Counsel V. Juliano, Waterford Library S. Comley, We The People J. Buckingham, Department of Public Utility Control E. Wilds, Director, State of Connecticut SLO Designee First Selectmen, Town of Waterford D. Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN)
R. Bassilakis, CAN J. M. Block, Attorney, CAN G. Winslow, Citizens Regulatory Commission (CRC)
J. Markowicz, Co-Chair, NEAC E. Woollacott, Co-Chair, NEAC R. Shadis, New England Coalition Staff W. Meinert, Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company C. Brinkman, Manager, Washington Nuclear Operations Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
4 Mr. David A. Christian Distribution w/encl: Via E-Mail H. Miller, ORA J. Wiggins, ORA S. Schneider, SRI - Millstone Unit 2 and Unit 3 J. Trapp, RI K. Jenison, RI D. Screnci, PAO C. ODaniell, DRP W. Lanning, DRS R. Crlenjak, DRS J. Rogge, DRS L. Doerflein, DRS R. Conte, DRS R. Lorson, DRS J. White, DRS T. Madden, OCA J. Jolicoeur, OEDO D. Roberts, NRR R. Pulsipher, PM, NRR V. Nerses, PM, NRR R. Ennis, Backup PM, NRR J. Boska, Backup PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)
DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\BRANCH6\\2003 EOC Letters\\Millstone EOC Letter Final.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 KJenison/KMJ JTrapp/JMT ABlough/ARB DATE 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/02/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Millstone Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 3 03/02/2004 12:51:46 Report 22 1
7112101
- OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS Baseline Inspections 01/26/2004 01/30/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 2, 3 4
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 02/23/2004 02/27/2004 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 2, 3 1
7112102
- OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA Baseline Inspections 04/05/2004 04/09/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 3
6 7/19 EXM
- UNIT3 OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAM Not Applicable 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 MILLSTONE UNIT 3 INITIAL EXAM (5/1-5/04)
U01521 3
Not Applicable 07/19/2004 07/23/2004 MILLSTONE UNIT 3 INITIAL EXAM (5/1-5/04)
U01521 3
3 7111108P
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 3 Safety Issues 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-02)
Safety Issues 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2003-02)
Baseline Inspections 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P 3
2 71130
- SECURITY Baseline Inspections 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 2, 3 1
7112202
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 2, 3 4
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION-U3 Baseline Inspections 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 3
Baseline Inspections 08/09/2004 08/13/2004 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 3
4 71002
- UNIT 2 LICENSE RENEWAL - SCOPING License Renewal Inspectio 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 License Renewal Inspection IP 71002 2
1 7111112B
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 2, 3 1
7111107B
- HEAT SINK U2 Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 2
6 7111401
- EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 2, 3 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Millstone Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 3 03/02/2004 12:51:46 Report 22 5
71002
- UNIT 2 LICENSE RENEWAL - AGING MGMT License Renewal Inspectio 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 License Renewal Inspection IP 71002 2
License Renewal Inspectio 09/27/2004 10/01/2004 License Renewal Inspection IP 71002 2
1 7112203
- PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP Baseline Inspections 09/27/2004 10/01/2004 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 2, 3 2
7111111B
- LO REQUAL PROGRAM UNIT 2 Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 2
2 7111111B
- LO REQUAL INSPECTION MILLSTONE 3 Baseline Inspections 10/25/2004 10/29/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 3
6 7111121
- U2 SSDI Baseline Inspections 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 2
Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 2
1 7112103
- OCC RAD SAFETY Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 2, 3 1
7112101
- OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS Baseline Inspections 01/31/2005 02/04/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 2, 3 1
7111107B
- HEAT SINK Baseline Inspections 02/07/2005 02/11/2005 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 2, 3 5
3/21 EXM
- UNIT 2 OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAM Not Applicable 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 MILLSTONE, UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (12/1-5/04)
U01535 2
Not Applicable 03/21/2005 03/25/2005 MILLSTONE, UNIT 2 INITIAL EXAM (12/1-5/04)
U01535 2
1 7111108P
- INSERVICE INSPECTION - U2 Baseline Inspections 04/11/2005 04/15/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P 2
1 71111.05
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION-U2 Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 2
Baseline Inspections 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 2
1 7112102
- OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA Baseline Inspections 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS (UNIT 2 ONLY)
Baseline Inspections 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 2
1 7112201
- PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS (UNIT 3 ONLY)
Baseline Inspections 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 3
1 7112102
- OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA Baseline Inspections 08/08/2005 08/12/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2, 3 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Millstone Inspection / Activity Plan 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 3 of 3 03/02/2004 12:51:46 Report 22 1
7111117B
- MODS & 50.59 U2/3 Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 2, 3 6
7111121
- SSDI - U3 Baseline Inspections 08/29/2005 09/02/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 3
Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 3
1 71114
- EP PROGRAM INSP & PI VERIFICATION Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/12/2005 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/12/2005 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/12/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 2, 3 Baseline Inspections 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 2, 3 This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.