ML042430588
| ML042430588 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Vogtle  |
| Issue date: | 08/30/2004 |
| From: | Brian Bonser NRC/RGN-II/DRP/RPB2 |
| To: | Gasser J Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
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| Download: ML042430588 (4) | |
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August 30, 2004 Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
ATTN: Jeffrey T. Gasser, Vice President Vogtle Electric Generating Plant P. O. Box 1295 Birmingham, AL 35201-1295
SUBJECT:
MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - VOGTLE ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
Dear Mr. Gasser:
On August 3, 2004, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant. The mid-cycle review for Vogtle involved the participation of all technical divisions in evaluating performance for the first half of the calendar year 2004 assessment cycle. The process included a review of performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results over the previous twelve months. 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. This will allow you an opportunity to prepare for these inspections and to inform us of any planned inspections that may conflict with your plant activities. This performance review and the enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate mid-cycle performance review letter, designated and marked as Proprietary Information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1), will include the physical protection review and a resultant inspection plan.
Plant performance for the most recent quarter 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 March 31, 2006. We also plan on conducting two inspections which are not part of the routine baseline inspection program. These inspections include a reactor pressure vessel lower head inspection and initial reactor operator licensing examinations.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2006. 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 end-of-cycle review meeting.
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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 the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at (404) 562-4540 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
Brian R. Bonser, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos.: 50-424, 50-425 License Nos.: NPF-68, NPF-81
Enclosure:
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: (See page 3)
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cc w/encl:
J. B. Beasley, Jr.
Executive Vice President Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution W. F. Kitchens General Manager, Plant Vogtle Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution N. J. Stringfellow Manager-Licensing Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Electronic Mail Distribution Director, Consumers Utility Counsel Division Governors Office of Consumer Affairs 2 M. L. King, Jr. Drive Plaza Level East; Suite 356 Atlanta, GA 30334-4600 Office of the County Commissioner Burke County Commission Waynesboro, GA 30830 Director, Department of Natural Resources 205 Butler Street, SE, Suite 1252 Atlanta, GA 30334 Manager, Radioactive Materials Program Department of Natural Resources Electronic Mail Distribution Attorney General Law Department 132 Judicial Building Atlanta, GA 30334 Laurence Bergen Oglethorpe Power Corporation Electronic Mail Distribution Resident Manager Oglethorpe Power Corporation Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant Electronic Mail Distribution Arthur H. Domby, Esq.
Troutman Sanders Electronic Mail Distributioin Senior Engineer - Power Supply Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Electronic Mail Distribution Reece McAlister Executive Secretary Georgia Public Service Commission 244 Washington Street, SW Atlanta, GA 30334 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations 700 Galleria Parkway SE Atlanta, GA 30339-5943 Distribution w/encl: (See page 4)
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