ML040641210

End-of-Cycle Letter

ML040641210
Person / Time
Site:	Prairie Island
Issue date:	03/04/2004
From:	Louden P NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB5
To:	Solymossy J Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-04-001
Download: ML040641210 (7)

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March 4, 2004 Mr. Joseph Solymossy Site General Manager Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Nuclear Management Company, LLC 1717 Wakonade Drive East Welch, MN 55089

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR GENERATING PLANT (REPORT 50-282/04-01; 50-306/04-01)

Dear Mr. Solymossy:

On February 11, 2004, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. The end-of-cycle review for Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators 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, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating 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 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.

J. Solymossy 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 630-829-9600 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Patrick L. Louden, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60

Enclosure:

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution

J. Solymossy 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 630-829-9600 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Patrick L. Louden, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 5 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-282; 50-306 License Nos. DPR-42; DPR-60

Enclosure:

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Inspection/Activity Plan See Attached Distribution DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\EOC Ltrs\eoc 030404\Pra 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 NAME FRamirez:co PLouden DATE 02/26/04 02/26/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

J. Solymossy cc w/encl: John Paul Cowan, Executive Vice President andChief Nuclear Officer Manager, Regulatory Affairs Jonathan Rogoff, Esquire, Vice President, Counsel & Secretary Nuclear Asset Manager Tribal Council, Prairie Island Indian Community Administrator, Goodhue County Courthouse Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Commerce Manager, Environmental Protection Division Office of the Attorney General of Minnesota K. Kuhlmann, Council Administrator A. Kohnen, President, Prairie Island Community Center D. Albers, Goodhue County Sheriff G. Brown, Emergency Management Director R. Wilhelm, Chair, Pierce County Board of Directors W. Branning, Chair, Dakota County Board of Commissioners The Honorable V. Steffenhagen G. Fried, Emergency Management Director J. Bryant, Chair, Goodhue County Board of Commissioners E. Muhlhansen, Pierce County Sheriff D. Gudmundson, Dakota County Sheriff INPO

J. Solymossy ADAMS Distribution:

DFT DWW Project Director, NRR Project Manager, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb JLC1 GEG HBC RML2 SRI Prairie Island DRP III DRSIII PLB1 JRK1

Page 1 of 2 Prairie Island 03/01/2004 08:03:38 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 MR - MAINTENANCE RULE BIENNIAL (DRS) 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 03/01/2004 03/05/2004 Baseline Inspections FY 2004 - PRAIRIE ISLAND RETAKE EXAM 04/2004 2 1 W90121 RETAKE OF INITIAL OL EXAMS - PRAIRIE ISLAND 04/23/2004 04/30/2004 Not Applicable INSPECT - REMP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 04/26/2004 04/30/2004 Baseline Inspections 71121.01 - ACCESS/ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 05/17/2004 05/21/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 05/17/2004 05/21/2004 Baseline Inspections URI INSP - URI FOR ISI ISSUE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 71152 Identification and Resolution of Problems 06/07/2004 06/10/2004 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP EXERCISE INSP 1 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 06/14/2004 06/18/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/14/2004 06/18/2004 Baseline Inspections SG BASE - SG BASELINE 2004 2 1, 2 IP 7113001 Access Authorization 07/19/2004 07/23/2004 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - GAS AND LIQUID EFFLUENTS 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Baseline Inspections ISI/TI 1 - INSERVICE INSP/SG REPL/TI-150/152 UNIT 1 2 1 IP 2515/150 Reactor Pressure Vessel Head and Vessel Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2002-0 09/06/2004 10/15/2004 Safety Issues 1 IP 2515/152 Reactor Pressure Vessel Lower Head Penetration Nozzles (NRC Bulletin 2003-02) 09/06/2004 10/15/2004 Safety Issues 1 IP 50001 Steam Generator Replacement Inspection 09/06/2004 10/15/2004 Other Routine 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 09/06/2004 10/15/2004 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARA OUTAGE 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Baseline Inspections MOD/5059 - MODIFICATIONS & 50.59 4 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARA 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Baseline Inspections ISI - UNIT 2 ISI/RPV HEAD REPLACEMENT INSP 2 2 IP 71007 Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection 04/25/2005 05/20/2005 Other Routine This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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

Page 2 of 2 Prairie Island 03/01/2004 08:03:38 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 ISI - UNIT 2 ISI/RPV HEAD REPLACEMENT INSP 2 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 04/25/2005 05/20/2005 Baseline Inspections SSDI - SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN INSPECTION 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/13/2005 07/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - PRAIRIE ISLAND INIT PREP 07/2005 3 1 W90128 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PRAIRIE ISLAND - JUL/AUG 2005 07/11/2005 07/15/2005 Not Applicable PI&R - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION & RESOLUTION INSP 5 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 07/18/2005 08/05/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - RAD INSTRUMENTATION 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/01/2005 08/05/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/01/2005 08/05/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - PRAIRIE ISLAND INIT EXAM 08/2005 3 1 W90128 OL - INITIAL EXAM - PRAIRIE ISLAND - JUL/AUG 2005 08/01/2005 08/12/2005 Not Applicable This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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