ML040630185

2003-04 Annual Assessment Letter - Limerick

ML040630185
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Site:	Limerick
Issue date:	03/02/2004
From:	Shanbaky M Reactor Projects Region 1 Branch 4
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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March 2, 2004 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and CNO Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 200 Exelon Way KSA 3-E Kennett Square, PA 19348

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - LIMERICK GENERATING STATION (REPORT 05000352/2004001 AND 05000353/2004001)

Dear Mr. Crane:

On February 10, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Limerick Generating Station. The 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, Limerick 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.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through September 30, 2005. 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.

Mr. Christopher M. Crane 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 me at 610-337-5209 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mohamed Shanbaky, Chief Projects Branch 4 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-352; 50-353 License Nos. NPF-39, NPF-85

Enclosure:

Limerick Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Chief Operating Officer, Exelon Generation Company, LLC Site Vice President - Limerick Generating Station Plant Manager, Limerick Generating Station Regulatory Assurance Manager - Limerick Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Vice President - Mid-Atlantic Operations Vice President - Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director - Licensing, Exelon Generation Company, LLC Manager, Licensing - Limerick and Peach Bottom Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Correspondence Control Desk J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources Chairman, Board of Supervisors of Limerick Township J. Bradley Fewell, Assistant General Counsel, Exelon Nuclear Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (c/o R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection)

Mr. Christopher M. Crane 3 Distribution w/encl: H. Miller, RA/J. Wiggins, DRA A. Blough, DRP W. Lanning, DRS B. Holian, DRP R. Crlenjak, DRS M. Shanbaky, DRP DRS Branch Chiefs (5)

A. Blamey, DRP D. Screnci, ORA N. Sheehan, ORA A. Burritt, DRP - Senior Resident Inspector B. Welling, DRP - Resident Inspector J. Noggle, DRS G. Smith, DRS N. McNamara, DRS J. Jolicoeur, RI EDO Coordinator J. Clifford, NRR S. Wall, PM, NRR J. Boska, PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmLipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\BRANCH4\Assessment\LIM\ROP-4 EOC Letter Limerick Rev 0.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will/will not be released to the Public.

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Page 1 of 2 Limerick 03/02/2004 12:51:31 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7112101 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/12/2004 01/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 02/09/2004 02/13/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 1 2 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/15/2004 03/19/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUALIFICATION PROGRAM LSRO 1 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 05/16/2004 05/21/2004 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 4 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 06/21/2004 06/25/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112103 - OCC RAD SAFETY - INSTRUMENTATION 1 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 71130 - SECURITY 3 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113008 Fitness For Duty Program 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/07/2004 06/11/2004 Baseline Inspections 71151 - EP PI VERIFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Baseline Inspections 71111.05 - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 10/25/2004 10/29/2004 Baseline Inspections 1/10+EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3 1 U01533 LIMERICK INITIAL EXAM (8/1/05) 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Not Applicable 1 U01533 LIMERICK INITIAL EXAM (8/1/05) 01/10/2005 01/21/2005 Not Applicable This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Limerick 03/02/2004 12:51:31 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 01/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7111117B - MODS & 50.59 3 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112101 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ACCESS 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/10/2005 01/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION - U2 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 6/6 EXM - LM/PB (LSRO) L.O. INITIAL EXAM 2 1 U01541 LIMERICK/PEACH BOTTOM LSRO INITIAL EXAM (6/5 -10/05) 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 Not Applicable 1 U01541 LIMERICK/PEACH BOTTOM LSRO INITIAL EXAM (6/5 -10/05) 06/13/2005 06/24/2005 Not Applicable 7111107B - HEAT SINK 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112102 - OCC RAD SAFETY - ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/27/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 71114 - EP PROGRAM INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 08/21/2005 08/26/2005 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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