ML040641168

End-of-Cycle Letter. Includes Inspection Plan Which Details the Inspections Scheduled Through September 30, 2005

ML040641168
Person / Time
Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	03/04/2004
From:	Burgess B NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB2
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
References
IR-04-001
Download: ML040641168 (7)

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March 4, 2004 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - LASALLE NUCLEAR POWER STATION (REPORT 50-373/04-01; 50-374/04-01)

Dear Mr. Crane:

On February 11, 2004, the NRC staff completed its End-of-Cycle plant performance assessment of the LaSalle Nuclear Power Station. The End-of-Cycle review for the LaSalle Nuclear Power Station involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. This letter is to inform you of our assessment of your safety performance during this period. In addition, we are providing 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 which may conflict with your plant activities.

Overall, LaSalle Nuclear Power Station 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 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, 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 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.

C. Crane 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 me at (630) 829-9757 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce L. Burgess, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution

C. Crane 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 me at (630) 829-9757 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce L. Burgess, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373; 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11; NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\EOC Ltrs\eoc 030404\LaSalle EOC ltr 2004.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box:"C" = Copy without enclosure "E"= Copy with enclosure"N"= No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME GWright/co BBurgess DATE 02/26/04 02/26/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

C. Crane cc w/encl: Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station LaSalle County Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Clinton and LaSalle Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing M. Aguilar, Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission P. Nelson, Grundy County Board Chairman The Honorable Robert Eschbach The Honorable Raymond Schmitt B. Trego, Interim City Manager, Streator J. Lutz, County Emergency Management Coordinator/Director The Honorable David Yeck The Honorable Shirley Gielow The Honorable John Rzasa T. Templeton, LaSalle County Sheriff G. Dougherty, LaSalle County Board Chairman E. Tidd, LaSalle County Emergency Preparedness Coordinator The Honorable Donald Bolatto The Honorable Jeff Snyder The Honorable Mark Harlow INPO

C. Crane ADAMS Distribution:

AJM DFT DMS6 DWW Project Director, NRR Project Mgr., NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG HBC RML2 DEK DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1

Page 1 of 2 Lasalle 03/03/2004 14:59:16 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71114 - EP EXERCISE & PI VERIFICATION 3 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/08/2004 03/12/2004 Baseline Inspections REMP - REMP INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 05/03/2004 05/07/2004 Baseline Inspections INSTRU - RADIATION PROTECTION INSTRUMENTATION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections SG BASE - SG BASELINE 2004 2 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113002 Access Control 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7113008 Fitness For Duty Program 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections HT SNK B - HEAT SINK BIENNIAL (DRS) 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Baseline Inspections ACCESS - ACCESS CONTROL/ALARA 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - LASALLE INIT PREP 02/2005 3 1 W90114 OL - INITIAL EXAM - LASALLE - JAN/FEB 2005 01/31/2005 02/04/2005 Not Applicable ISI - UNIT 2 ISI INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Baseline Inspections FPI - FIRE PROTECTION TRIENNIAL 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 03/07/2005 03/25/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - LASALLE INIT EXAM 03/2005 3 1 W90114 OL - INITIAL EXAM - LASALLE - JAN/FEB 2005 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Not Applicable 71114 - BASELINE EP INSP 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Lasalle 03/03/2004 14:59:16 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2004 - 09/30/2005 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71114 - BASELINE EP INSP 1 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections MAINT - BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - RETS LIQUID AND GASEOUS EFFLUENTS 1 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections SSDI - LASALLE SSDI, MOD, 50.59 INSPECTION 6 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/27/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 06/27/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/27/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections FPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/29/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - RADWASTE AND TRANSPORTATION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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