ML042440442

2004 Susquehanna Mid Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML042440442
Person / Time
Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	08/30/2004
From:	Blough A Division Reactor Projects I
To:	Shriver B Susquehanna
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August 30, 2004 Mr. Bryce L. Shriver Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer PPL Susquehanna, LLC 769 Salem Blvd., NUCSB3 Berwick, PA 18603-0467

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

SUSQUEHANNA STEAM ELECTRIC STATION

Dear Mr. Shriver:

On August 3, 2004, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Units 1 and 2. The mid-cycle review for Susquehanna 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 calendar quarter and inspection results over the previous 12 months (July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004). 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. This performance review and enclosed inspection plan do not include physical protection information. A separate letter designated and marked as "Proprietary Information in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1)" will include the physical protection review and 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 reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2005.

In our end-of-cycle review letter dated March 3, 2004, we advised you of a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution involving weak evaluations of technical issues. The substantive cross-cutting issue was based on several NRC inspection findings involving cases where technical evaluations either did not identify relevant aspects of problems or did not specify adequate corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

The NRC staff has determined that a substantive cross-cutting issue still exists in the area of problem identification and resolution involving weak evaluations of technical issues. The continuation of the substantive cross-cutting issue was based on three additional Green findings, in the first half of the calendar year 2004 as well as five Green findings from the second half of the calendar year 2003. The more recent findings involved weak technical evaluations for foaming of the lubricating oil in a core spray pump, loosened emergency diesel generator (EDG) governor

Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 2 bolts, and an EDG fuel rack linkage bolt that was not tightened properly. The inspection findings from 2003 involved similar cases of weak technical evaluations. A common theme associated with the findings was that technical evaluations either did not identify relevant aspects of problems or did not specify adequate corrective actions to prevent recurrence. These findings highlight a need for PPL to improve performance in this area. We are aware that PPL has taken numerous actions to improve the corrective action program including additional management reviews and oversight. These reviews are focused on the adequacy of engineering evaluations associated with specific corrective action issues. We plan to continue to evaluate this issue through our baseline inspection program, particularly in the periodic case reviews associated with our problem identification and resolution inspection efforts.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspection, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through March 31, 2006. Our inspection plan also includes an inspection of your independent spent fuel storage installation in September 2004. 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.

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 Dr. Mohamed Shanbaky at (610) 337-5209 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-387; 50-388 License Nos. NPF-14, NPF-22

Enclosure:

Susquehanna Inspection/ Activity Plan

Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 3 cc w/encl:

J. H. Miller, President - PPL Generation, LLC B. T. McKinney, Vice President - Nuclear Site Operations R. L. Anderson, Vice President - Nuclear Operations for PPL Susquehanna LLC R. A. Saccone, General Manager - Nuclear Engineering A. J. Wrape, III, General Manager, Nuclear Assurance T. L. Harpster, General Manager - Plant Support K. Roush, Manager, Nuclear Training G. F. Ruppert, Manager, Nuclear Operations R. D. Pagodin, Manager, Station Engineering J. E. Krais, Manager, Nuclear Design Engineering T. Mueller, Manager, Nuclear Maintenance D. Glassic, Manager, Work Management R. E. Smith, Jr., Manager, Radiation Protection W. F. Smith, Jr., Manager, Corrective Action & Assessments D. F. Roth, Manager, Quality Assurance R. R. Sgarro, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs R. Ferentz, Manager - Nuclear Security W. E. Morrissey, Supervisor - Nuclear Regulatory Affairs M. H. Crowthers, Supervising Engineer L. A. Ramos, Special Office of the President B. A. Snapp, Esquire, Associate General Counsel, PPL Services Corporation R. W. Osborne, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Board of Supervisors, Salem Township J. Johnsrud, National Energy Committee Supervisor - Document Control Services D. Allard, Director, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (c/o R. Janati, Chief, Division of Nuclear Safety, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection)

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Mr. Bryce L. Shriver 4 Distribution w/encl:

S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA A. Blough, DRP B. Holian, DRP W. Lanning, DRS R. Crlenjak, DRS DRS Branch Chiefs (5)

C. Miller, OEDO Coordinator M. Shanbaky, DRP A. Blamey, DRP -

F. Jaxheimer, DRP S. Farrell, DRP D. Screnci, ORA N. Sheehan, ORA R. Laufer, NRR R. Guzman, NRR R. Clark, PM, NRR RidsNrrDipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

DOCUMENT NAME: S:\ROP5 Mid-Cycle Review\2004 Mid-Cycle Letters\Susquehanna ROP5 Mid Cycle Letter.wpd After declaring this document An Official Agency Record it will be released to the Public.

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Page 1 of 2 Susquehanna 08/30/2004 10:38:42 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 07/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 8/9+EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 4 1 U01523 SUSQUEHANNA UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/26-30/04) 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Not Applicable 1 U01523 SUSQUEHANNA UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/26-30/04) 08/09/2004 08/19/2004 Not Applicable 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Baseline Inspections ISFSI - ISFSI INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 60855 Operation Of An ISFSI 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Other Routine 1, 2 IP 60856 Review of 10 CFR 72.212(b) Evaluations 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Other Routine 1, 2 IP 60857 Review of 10 CFR 72.48 Evaluations 09/13/2004 09/17/2004 Other Routine 7111401 - EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION 7 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 10/25/2004 10/29/2004 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/25/2004 10/29/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 11/29/2004 12/03/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION - U2 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/14/2005 03/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 2 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 04/18/2005 04/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/20/2005 06/24/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 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 Susquehanna 08/30/2004 10:38:42 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 07/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 7111105T - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections 71151 - EP PI VERIFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/03/2005 10/07/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/03/2005 10/07/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 12/5+EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAM 1 1 U01544 SUSQUEHANNA, UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/25-30/05) 11/07/2005 11/11/2005 Not Applicable 1 U01544 SUSQUEHANNA, UNITS 1&2 INITIAL EXAM (7/25-30/05) 12/05/2005 12/16/2005 Not Applicable 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 1 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 01/23/2006 01/27/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 02/20/2006 02/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111108G - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 1 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 03/06/2006 03/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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