ML040641205
| ML040641205 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Perry  |
| Issue date: | 03/04/2004 |
| From: | Caldwell J Region 3 Administrator |
| To: | Kanda W FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co |
| References | |
| IR-04-001 | |
| Download: ML040641205 (7) | |
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March 4, 2004 Mr. William R. Kanda Vice President - Nuclear FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company P. O. Box 97, A200 Perry, OH 44081
SUBJECT:
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - PERRY NUCLEAR POWER STATION (REPORT 50-440/04-01)
Dear Mr. Kanda:
On February 11, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Perry Nuclear 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, Perry operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and met all cornerstone objectives with moderate degradation in safety performance. Plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on two White findings in the mitigating systems cornerstone and one White finding in the emergency preparedness cornerstone. One White finding involved the failure of the high pressure core spray pump to start on October 23, 2002. A supplemental inspection was conducted in July 2003 which identified significant deficiencies with regard to your extent of condition evaluation which resulted in the issue remaining open. A follow-up supplemental inspection conducted in December 2003 determined that the issue was adequately addressed.
As a result, the finding was removed from the action matrix on December 31, 2003. A second White finding involved the failure of the Division 1 emergency service water pump on September 1, 2003. A third White finding involved the failure on April 24, 2003, to declare an Alert in a timely manner following damage to irradiated fuel. Because the emergency preparedness White finding has few similarities with, and is in a different cornerstone than the first two White findings, supplemental inspection 95002 will be conducted for the mitigating systems cornerstone and supplemental inspection 95001 will be conducted for the emergency preparedness cornerstone. Both inspections are scheduled for May 2004.
While plant performance for the most recent quarter was within the Degraded Cornerstone Column of the Action Matrix, there was an additional safety significant PI during the first three quarters of the assessment cycle. The PI for Occupational Exposure was reported as White in the second quarter of 2003. A supplemental inspection was conducted in January 2004 which concluded that adequate root cause evaluations had been completed.
W. Kanda 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 Mark Ring at 630/829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-440 License Nos. NPF-58
Enclosure:
Perry Inspection/Activity Plan
W. Kanda 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 Mark Ring at 630/829-9703 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
James L. Caldwell Regional Administrator Docket Nos. 50-440 License Nos. NPF-58
Enclosure:
Perry Inspection/Activity Plan DOCUMENT NAME: G:\\Branch TSS\\EOC Ltrs\\eoc 030404\\Perry 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 N RIII E RIII RIII NAME PPelke:co MRing SReynolds JCaldwell DATE 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/02/04 03/04/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
W. Kanda cc w/encls:
G. Leidich, President - FENOC V. Higaki, Manager, Regulatory Affairs T. Lentz, Director, Nuclear Engineering Department T. Rausch, General Manager Nuclear Power Plant Department M. OReilly, Attorney K. Cimorelli, Acting Director, Maintenance Department J. Messina, Director Nuclear Services Department Public Utilities Commission of Ohio State Liaison Officer, State of Ohio R. Owen, Ohio Department of Health W. Repke, President, Geauga County Board D. Wedge, Executive Director, Department of Emergency Services D. McClelland, Acting Geauga County Sheriff D. Newcomb, President, Ashtabula County Commissioner W. Johnson, Ashtabula County Sheriff E. Somppi, Emergency Management Coordinator The Honorable Joseph Verkin G. Adams, Genoa Village Administrator R. Aufuldish, Lake County Board President D. Dunlap, Lake County Sheriff R. McMahon, City Manager, Painesville K. Gauntner, Jr., County Administrator The Honorable Frank J. Sarosy The Honorable Dan DiLiberto The Honorable Thomas Ruffner T. Neuman, President, Geneva City Council J. Pearson, Geneva City Manager The Honorable Edward J. Podojil The Honorable Robert M. Shiner J. Suso, Mentor City Manager The Honorable John M. Rogers K. Molenaar, Administrative Director The Honorable Mort ORyan The Honorable David E. Anderson The Honorable Lorraine M. Fende The Honorable Mike Evangelista J. Sample, Administrator, Village of Madison P. Brunner, Chairman, Madison Board of Trustees The Honorable John Turben The Honorable Georgette Allison The Honorable Joseph Dudas The Honorable Sam Santangelo, Jr.
The Honorable Alan DiLiberto INPO
W. Kanda ADAMS Distribution:
AJM DFT SPS1 DWW Project Director, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG HBC RML2 SRI Perry DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1
Perry 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 08:03:00 Report 22 2
71122
- EFFLUENTS, ACCESS CONTROL, ALARA Baseline Inspections 03/29/2004 04/02/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 03/29/2004 04/02/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
Baseline Inspections 03/29/2004 04/02/2004 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 1
2 SG BASE
- SG BASELINE 2004 Baseline Inspections 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Access Authorization IP 7113001 1
Baseline Inspections 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Access Control IP 7113002 1
Baseline Inspections 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Fitness For Duty Program IP 7113008 1
Baseline Inspections 04/19/2004 04/23/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
4 95002
- SUPPLEMENTAL INSP - DEGRADED CORNERSTONE Supplemental Progra 05/10/2004 05/21/2004 Inspection For One Degraded Cornerstone Or Any Three White Inputs In A Strategic Perform IP 95002 1
2 95001
- EP SUPPLEMENTAL INSPECTION Supplemental Progra 05/24/2004 05/28/2004 Supplemental Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area IP 95001 1
1 7112203
- REMP, ACCESS CONTROL Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 06/28/2004 07/02/2004 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 1
6 SSDI
- SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 08/09/2004 08/27/2004 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 1
1 7112103
- INSTRUMENTATION, ACCESS CONTROL Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 1
Baseline Inspections 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
1 MR
- MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL (DRS)
Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Equipment Availability and Functional Capability IP 71111.EP 1
2 71111.11
- LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PRPOGRAM EVALUATION Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 1
2 71114
- BASELINE EP EXERCISE INSP Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 1
Baseline Inspections 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 1
4 FY 2005
- PERRY INIT PREP 11/2004 Not Applicable 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PERRY - NOV/DEC 2004 W90111 1
4 FY 2005
- PERRY INIT EXAM 11/12/2004 Not Applicable 11/29/2004 12/10/2004 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PERRY - NOV/DEC 2004 W90111 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Perry 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 08:03:00 Report 22 3
- PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION Baseline Inspections 01/10/2005 01/28/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 1
2 MOD5059
- MODIFICATIONS/50.59 INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 01/17/2005 02/04/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 1
Baseline Inspections 01/17/2005 02/04/2005 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 1
1 ISI
- ISI INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR IP 7111108G 1
1 OUTAGE
- ALARA AND ACCESS CONTROL Baseline Inspections 02/22/2005 02/28/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 02/22/2005 02/28/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 1
1 HEATSKB
- BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 1
1 71122.02
- TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS CONTROL Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 1
Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 1
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.