ML040641158
| ML040641158 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Kewaunee  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2004 |
| From: | Reynolds S Division Reactor Projects III |
| To: | Coutu T Nuclear Management Co |
| References | |
| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040641158 (7) | |
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March 4, 2004 Mr. T. Coutu Site Vice President Kewaunee Nuclear Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC N490 Hwy 42 Kewaunee, WI 54216-9511
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - KEWAUNEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 50-305/04-01)
Dear Mr. Coutu:
On February 11, 2003, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant. The end-of-cycle review for Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period form 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, Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on a White inspection finding in the mitigating systems cornerstone which originated in second quarter of 2002 involving a failure to have fixed fire suppression systems installed in certain fire zones within the plant.
A Supplemental Inspection was started in March 2003; however, the inspection was suspended because an adequate root cause and extent of condition evaluation of the White finding had not been completed. This led to the White finding being open for greater than four quarter and the site remaining in the Regulatory Response Column of the Action Matrix. We subsequently rescheduled and completed the Supplemental Inspection of the issue in December 2003.
It was noteworthy that several recent inspection findings indicated deficiencies within the engineering program. These issues were particularly evident regarding the findings involving a component cooling water system cross-tie modification, an evaluation completed to complete a component cooling water system piping pressure boundary change, and during the reviews associated with the identification of blockage on the safety injection pump lubricating oil coolers.
T. Coutu It was also noted during the Problem Identification and Resolution inspection that longstanding issues in the Emergency Preparedness area had not been resolved and implementation of the corrective action program in this area was not as effective as in other station organizations.
Additionally, on December 30, 2003, the staff issued a severity level III Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 in accordance with the enforcement policy. The Severity Level III violation involved the failure to implement effective monitoring measures to assure that personnel with access to the plant are fit for duty and to evaluate the risk involved in continued unescorted access of an employee that has demonstrated behavior that may have impaired the job performance.
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 12 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 2.390 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 Patrick Louden at 630-829-9627 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA by Patrick L. Hiland for/
Steve A. Reynolds, Acting Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43
Enclosure:
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution
T. Coutu It was also noted during the Problem Identification and Resolution inspection that longstanding issues in the Emergency Preparedness area had not been resolved and implementation of the corrective action program in this area was not as effective as in other station organizations.
Additionally, on December 30, 2003, the staff issued a severity level III Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $60,000 in accordance with the enforcement policy. The Severity Level III violation involved the failure to implement effective monitoring measures to assure that personnel with access to the plant are fit for duty and to evaluate the risk involved in continued unescorted access of an employee that has demonstrated behavior that may have impaired the job performance.
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 6 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 2.390 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 Patrick Louden at 630-829-9627 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA by Patrick L. Hiland for/
Steve A. Reynolds, Acting Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-305 License No. DPR-43
Enclosure:
Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\Branch TSS\\EOC Ltrs\\eoc 030404\\Kew EOC ltr 2004.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 RIII NAME FRamirez:co PLouden SReynolds DATE 02/26/04 02/26/04 03/1/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY T. Coutu cc w/encl:
D. Graham, Director, Bureau of Field Operations Chairman, Wisconsin Public Service Commission State Liaison Officer The Honorable Darin A. Jeanquart W. Glandt, President, Two Rivers City Council D. Markwardt, Chairperson, Manitowoc County G. Novickis, Chairman, Kewaunee County N. Crowley, Director, Manitowoc County Emergency Government L. Hucek, Director, Kewaunee County Emergency Government G. Buckley, Two Rivers City Manager C. Meyer, President, Village of Mishicot INPO
T. Coutu ADAMS Distribution:
AJM DFT DWW Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG HBC RML2 SRI Kewaunee DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1
Kewaunee Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 03/01/2004 08:01:46 Report 22 1
- MAINTENANCE RULE Baseline Inspections 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 1
1 71114
- BASELINE NON-EXERCISE EP INSP Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 1
Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 1
Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 1
Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
3 FPI
- FIRE PROTECTION, TRIENNIAL Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/30/2004 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 1
2 71111.11
- LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 1
2 SG BASE
- SG BASELINE 2004 Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1
Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1
Baseline Inspections 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 71122.03
- REMP & RAD MTL CONTROL Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1
Baseline Inspections 08/02/2004 08/06/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
6 SSDI
- COMBINED SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN/MODS/50.59 Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 09/03/2004 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1
Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 09/03/2004 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1
Baseline Inspections 08/16/2004 09/03/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
1 FABHD
- REPLACEMENT HEAD FABRICATION REVIEW Other Routine 08/30/2004 12/10/2004 Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection IP 71007 1
2 ISI
- INSERVICE INSPECTION & LOWER HD TI-152 Safety Issues 10/25/2004 11/12/2004 Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2003-02)
Baseline Inspections 10/25/2004 11/12/2004 Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR IP 7111108P 1
1 HTSNKB
- HEAT SINK BIENNIAL (DRS)
Baseline Inspections 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1
1 71121.01
- RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL Baseline Inspections 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
5 PI&R
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTION INSP Baseline Inspections 01/10/2005 01/28/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Kewaunee Inspection / Activity Plan 03/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 03/01/2004 08:01:46 Report 22 1
- RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION Baseline Inspections 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 71122.02
- RADWASTE & TRANSPORTATION Baseline Inspections 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1
Baseline Inspections 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 71121.01
- RADIOLOGICAL ACCESS CONTROL Baseline Inspections 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 09/19/2005 09/23/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.