ML042440831

2004 Ginna Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan

ML042440831
Person / Time
Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	08/30/2004
From:	James Trapp Reactor Projects Branch 1
To:	Korsnick M Ginna
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August 30, 2004 Ms. Mary G. Korsnick Vice President R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant R. E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC 1503 Lake Road Ontario, NY 14519

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN - R.E. GINNA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Dear Ms. Korsnick:

On August 4, 2004, the NRC completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of the R.E.

Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. The mid-cycle review for Ginna 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 so that you will have the opportunity to prepare for these inspections and 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). The significance of a fire protection finding regarding the impact of a transformer fire on the cable tunnel has been under review as part of the Significance Determination Process and was recently determined to be of very low safety significance (Green).

The details of our analysis will be provided in our next integrated inspection report. Therefore, we plan to conduct only reactor oversight process (ROP) baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2006.

Additionally, on March 30, 2004, the staff issued a Severity Level III Notice of Violation in accordance with the NRCs enforcement policy. This issue related to an occurrence in March 2002, involving manipulation of valves by the outage manager in violation of plant procedures.

The NRC has previously concluded that your corrective actions taken regarding this matter were appropriate, therefore no additional follow-up inspection is planned.

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

Ms. Mary G. Korsnick 2 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 NRCs document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.govreading-rm/adams.html (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 610-337-5186 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mr. James M. Trapp, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 1 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-244 License No. DPR-18

Enclosure:

R.E.Ginna Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:

M. J. Wallace, President, Constellation Generation J. M. Heffley, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer P. Eddy, Electric Division, NYS Department of Public Service C. Donaldson, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, New York Department of Law J. M. Petro, Jr., Esquire, Counsel, Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

P. R. Smith, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority J. Spath, Program Director, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority D. Stenger, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews and Ingersoll, LLP T. Wideman, Director, Wayne County Emergency Management Office M. Meisenzahl, Administrator, Monroe County, Office of Emergency Preparedness T. Judson, Central New York Citizens Awareness Network Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Ms. Mary G. Korsnick 3 Distribution w/encl: (via E-mail)

S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA C. Miller, RI EDO Coordinator R. Laufer, NRR R. Clark, PM, NRR P. Milano, PM, NRR J. Trapp, DRP N. Perry, DRP K. Kolaczyk, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector M. Marshfield, DRP, Resident Inspector S. DiMora, Resident OA Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO DRS Director DRS Deputy Director DRS Branch Chiefs RidsNrrDipmlipb DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRP\BRANCH1\BRANCH1\2004 ROP 5 Mid-Cycle Review\2004 Mid-Cycle Letters\Ginna 2004 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 Ginna 08/30/2004 10:34:12 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 7111107B - HEAT SINK 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 07/12/2004 07/16/2004 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 07/26/2004 07/30/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111117B - MODS & 50.59 3 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 08/16/2004 08/20/2004 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/23/2004 08/27/2004 Baseline Inspections 11/1 EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING EXAM - UPGRADE 2 1 U01571 GINNA INITIAL EXAM (4/5-9/04) 11/01/2004 11/03/2004 Not Applicable 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/04/2004 10/08/2004 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION AND RESOLUTION 4 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 10/18/2004 10/22/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/01/2004 11/05/2004 Baseline Inspections 7111108P - INSERVICE INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111121 - SSDI 6 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 05/09/2005 05/13/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 05/23/2005 05/27/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 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 Ginna 08/30/2004 10:34:12 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 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION 1 1 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/18/2005 07/22/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 08/15/2005 08/19/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUALIFICATION INSPECTION 2 1 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 11/13/2005 11/17/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 12/12/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/12/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 12/12/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 12/12/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RADIATION SAFETY 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/20/2006 03/24/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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