ML042440543
| ML042440543 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Columbia  |
| Issue date: | 08/30/2004 |
| From: | William Jones NRC/RGN-IV/DRP/RPB-E |
| To: | Parrish J Energy Northwest |
| References | |
| Download: ML042440543 (7) | |
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August 30, 2004 J. V. Parrish (Mail Drop 1023)
Chief Executive Officer Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968
SUBJECT:
MIDCYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -
COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION
Dear Parrish:
On August 4, 2004, the NRC staff completed its midcycle plant performance assessment of Columbia Generating Station. The midcycle review for Columbia Generating Station 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 12 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 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 inspection plan does not include physical protection information.
A separate letter designated and marked as Exempt from Public Disclosure in Accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 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 baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2006.
In our annual assessment letter dated March 3, 2004, we advised you of a substantive crosscutting issue in the area of problem identification and resolution. Problem identification and resolution issues contributed to a number of Green findings in the mitigating systems, barrier integrity, and occupational radiation safety cornerstones. A common theme of many of these findings pertained to a lack of rigor with regard to aggressively identifying and correcting problems with plant design information. This had contributed to incorrect and inconsistent information being translated into the design of plant equipment. In addition, there were a
Energy Northwest number of degraded equipment conditions identified by your staff in which the extent of condition was not always fully addressed, and involved inadequate problem analysis.
On January 8, 2004, a meeting was held at Energy Northwests request to address areas involving engineering performance, problem identification and resolution, and the Quest for Excellence program. Since this meeting, we recognize that your staff has made progress in addressing the causes of the inadequacies associated with engineering rigor. Your actions in response to this substantive crosscutting issue has been reviewed through the baseline inspection program and during NRC management site visits. Despite these actions, the NRC has identified other issues with problem analysis and recognition of the extent of condition which demonstrate a continuing challenge in this area. The NRC will continue to focus baseline inspection activities on Energy Northwests efforts to address overall engineering rigor with respect to identifying and correcting problems with plant design information and the overall effectiveness of the revised corrective action program, particularly in the areas of determination of extent of condition and root cause and problem analysis.
The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, except 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 because of their ongoing and continuous nature. The inspections in the last 12 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 the inspection plan, we will contact you to discuss the change as soon as possible. Please contact me at 817/860-8147 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.
Sincerely,
/RA/
William B. Jones, Chief Project Branch E Division of Reactor Projects Docket: 50-397 License: NPF-21
Enclosure:
Columbia Generating Station Inspection/Activity Plan
Energy Northwest cc:
Rodney Webring (Mail Drop PE04)
Vice President, Nuclear Generation Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Albert E. Mouncer (Mail Drop PE01)
Vice President, Corporate Services/
General Counsel/CFO Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Chairman Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council P.O. Box 43172 Olympia, WA 98504-3172 Douglas W. Coleman (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Performance Assessment and Regulatory Programs Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Christina L. Perino (Mail Drop PE20)
Manager, Licensing Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Max Benitz, Chairman Benton County Board of Commissioners P.O. Box 190 Prosser, WA 99350-0190 Dale K. Atkinson (Mail Drop PE08)
Vice President, Technical Services Energy Northwest P.O. Box 968 Richland, WA 99352-0968 Thomas C. Poindexter, Esq.
Winston & Strawn 1400 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3502
Energy Northwest Bob Nichols Executive Policy Division Office of the Governor P.O. Box 43113 Olympia, WA 98504-3113 Lynn Albin, Radiation Physicist Washington State Department of Health P.O. Box 47827 Olympia, WA 98504-7827 Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)
Records Center 700 Galleria Parkway SE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339
Energy Northwest Electronic distribution by RIV:
Regional Administrator (BSM1)
DRP Director (ATH)
DRS Director (DDC)
Senior Resident Inspector (ZKD)
Branch Chief, DRP/E (WBJ)
Senior Project Engineer, DRP/E (VGG)
Staff Chief, DRP/TSS (PHH)
RITS Coordinator (KEG)
RidsNrrDipmLipb V. Dricks, PAO (VLD)
W. Maier, RSLO (WAM)
C. Gordon (CJG)
DRS Branch Chiefs (LJS, MPS1, ATG, JAC)
L. Reyes, EDO (LAR1)
S. Richards, Chief, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (SAR)
R. Frahm, PPR Program Manager, NRR/DIPM/IIPB (RKF)
C. Carpenter, Deputy Dir. for Inspection and Programs (CAC)
B. Sheron, Associate Dir. for Project Licensing and Technical Analysis (BWS)
T. Bergman, Chief, ROPMS, OEDO (TAB)
H. Berkow, Director, LPD4, NRR/DLPM (HNB)
S. Dembek, Chief, PDIV-2B, NRR/DLPM (SXD)
B. Benney, NRR Project Manager (BJB)
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Columbia Generating Station Inspection / Activity Plan 08/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 1 of 2 08/27/2004 07:47:10 Report 22 7
OB-IN EX
- OB-INITIAL EXAMINATION Not Applicable 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 COLUMBIA (09/04) INITIAL EXAM X02266 2
1 ALARA1
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2
3 OB-EP2
- EP EXERCISE Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Exercise Evaluation IP 7111401 2
Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 2
Baseline Inspections 08/30/2004 09/03/2004 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 2
1 PEB-12B
- MAINTENANCE EFFECTIVENESS Baseline Inspections 09/20/2004 09/24/2004 Maintenance Effectiveness IP 7111112B 2
2 EB-17B
- PERMANENT PLANT MODS Baseline Inspections 11/15/2004 11/19/2004 Permanent Plant Modifications IP 7111117B 2
3 REQUAL
- OB-REQUALIFICATION Baseline Inspections 11/29/2004 12/03/2004 Licensed Operator Requalification Program IP 7111111B 2
1 ALARA2
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2
3 PEB-52
- CGS PIR INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 2
Baseline Inspections 04/11/2005 04/14/2005 Identification and Resolution of Problems IP 71152B 2
1 EB08G
- ISI Baseline Inspections 05/09/2005 05/13/2005 Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR IP 7111108G 2
1 ACRSA
- ACCESS CONTROL FOR RAD SIGNIFICANT AREAS Baseline Inspections 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas IP 7112101 2
6 EB21/02
- SSD&PCI/50.59 Baseline Inspections 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 2
Baseline Inspections 08/01/2005 08/05/2005 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments IP 7111102 2
Baseline Inspections 08/01/2005 08/05/2005 Safety System Design and Performance Capability IP 7111121 2
4 RP TEAM
- RADIATION SAFETY TEAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment IP 7112103 2
Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems IP 7112201 2
Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation IP 7112202 2
Baseline Inspections 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program IP 7112203 2
1 PEB-07B
- HX PERFORMANCE Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Heat Sink Performance IP 7111107B 2
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.
Columbia Generating Station Inspection / Activity Plan 08/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Inspection Type Inspection Activity Planned Dates Start End No. of Staff on Site Title Unit Number Page 2 of 2 08/27/2004 07:47:10 Report 22 1
ALARA3
- ALARA PLANNING AND CONTROLS Baseline Inspections 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 ALARA Planning and Controls IP 7112102 2
1 OB-EP2
- EMERG PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM INSPECTION Baseline Inspections 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Alert and Notification System Testing IP 7111402 2
Baseline Inspections 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing IP 7111403 2
Baseline Inspections 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes IP 7111404 2
Baseline Inspections 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies IP 7111405 2
Baseline Inspections 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Performance Indicator Verification IP 71151 2
3 PEB
- TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION Baseline Inspections 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 2
Baseline Inspections 03/27/2006 03/31/2006 Fire Protection IP 7111105T 2
This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.
This report shows only on-site and announced inspection procedures.