ML042450524

Mid-Cycle Performance Review and Inspection Plan - LaSalle County Station

ML042450524
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Site:	LaSalle
Issue date:	08/30/2004
From:	Burgess B NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB2
To:	Crane C Exelon Generation Co, Exelon Nuclear
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August 30, 2004 Mr. Christopher M. Crane President and Chief Nuclear Officer Exelon Nuclear Exelon Generation Company, LLC 4300 Winfield Road Warrenville, IL 60555

SUBJECT:

MID-CYCLE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND INSPECTION PLAN -

LASALLE COUNTY STATION

Dear Mr. Crane:

On August 11, 2004, the NRC staff completed its mid-cycle plant performance assessment of LaSalle County Station. The mid-cycle review for LaSalle County 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.

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, 2006.

During this assessment period, the staff identified a substantive cross-cutting issue in the area of human performance. This human performance cross-cutting issue was identified by assessing plant performance utilizing Inspection Procedures (IP) 71152 to review problem identification and resolution (PI&R) issues during routine baseline inspections and during the biennial PI&R inspection.

Over the course of the assessment period, the inspectors identified twelve GREEN findings/violations where human performance was not adequate. Six of these were in the reactor safety strategic performance area (SPA) (two initiating events and four mitigating

C. Crane systems cornerstones), four were in the radiation safety SPA (all in the occupational radiation safety cornerstone) and two more were unresolved issues in the radiation safety SPA (occupational radiation safety cornerstone). Specifically, the findings/violations were attributed to inadequate human performance in manipulation of plant equipment outside of the normal work control processes and without permission from the control room (three), failing to comply with procedural requirements (three), failure to comply with contaminated and high radiation area posting requirements (four), and failure to post radiation or high radiation signs on scaffolding platforms (two). In addition to the twelve findings, another eighteen additional minor issues were identified with human performance as the primary or contributing cause. All of these issues were in the reactor safety SPA (five in the initiating events, nine in the mitigating systems, and four more in the barrier integrity cornerstones).

In response to the identification of human performance deficiencies, you have developed a comprehensive human performance plan and have begun execution of that plan. Each of the individual human performance errors discussed above was entered into your corrective action program and you have completed root cause analyses on a department by department basis for certain human performance issues.

We plan to conduct reactor oversight process baseline inspections at your facility through March 31, 2005. In addition, we plan to perform a focused inspection using IP 71152, Identification and Resolution of Problems. This inspection will select human performance issues for a more in-depth review. This includes use of the inspection guidance contained in IP 95001, Inspection For One Or Two White Inputs In A Strategic Performance Area, as an aid in assessing the adequacy of your root cause analyses of human performance issues at your facility through February 28, 2005.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections scheduled through March 31, 2006. The inspection plan was 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 end-of-cycle review meeting.

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.790 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).

C. Crane 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 630-829-9629 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce Burgess, Chief Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373, 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11, NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle County Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station LaSalle County Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Clinton and LaSalle Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission

C. Crane 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 630-829-9629 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce Burgess, Chief Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket Nos. 50-373, 50-374 License Nos. NPF-11, NPF-18

Enclosure:

LaSalle County Station Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: Site Vice President - LaSalle County Station LaSalle County Station Plant Manager Regulatory Assurance Manager - LaSalle County Station Chief Operating Officer Senior Vice President - Nuclear Services Senior Vice President - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Vice President - Mid-West Operations Support Vice President - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Director Licensing - Mid-West Regional Operating Group Manager Licensing - Clinton and LaSalle Senior Counsel, Nuclear, Mid-West Regional Operating Group Document Control Desk - Licensing Assistant Attorney General Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety State Liaison Officer Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\midcycle2004\Midcycle Ltrs\LaS.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 Mmiller/rj BLB for BBurgess DATE 08/27/04 08/27/04 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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Page 1 of 2 LaSalle 08/27/2004 11:20:18 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type HT SNK B - HEAT SINK BIENNIAL (DRS) 1 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 12/06/2004 12/10/2004 Baseline Inspections ACCESS - ACCESS CONTROL/ALARA 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 12/13/2004 12/17/2004 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - LASALLE INIT PREP 02/2005 2 1 W90114 OL - INITIAL EXAM - LASALLE - JAN/FEB 2005 02/07/2005 02/11/2005 Not Applicable ISI - UNIT 2 ISI INSPECTION 1 2 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARA 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/14/2005 02/18/2005 Baseline Inspections FY 2005 - LASALLE INIT EXAM 03/2005 2 1 W90114 OL - INITIAL EXAM - LASALLE - JAN/FEB 2005 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Not Applicable 71114 - BASELINE EP INSP 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 03/28/2005 04/01/2005 Baseline Inspections MAINT - BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE INSPECTION 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 05/16/2005 05/20/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - RETS LIQUID AND GASEOUS EFFLUENTS 1 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 06/06/2005 06/10/2005 Baseline Inspections SSDPC - LASALLE SSDPC, MOD, 50.59 INSPECTION 6 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 06/27/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 06/27/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 06/27/2005 07/15/2005 Baseline Inspections FPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1, 2 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 08/15/2005 09/02/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - RADWASTE AND TRANSPORTATION 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 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 LaSalle 08/27/2004 11:20:18 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 09/01/2004 - 03/31/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type INSPECT - RADWASTE AND TRANSPORTATION 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/12/2005 09/16/2005 Baseline Inspections PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R 1 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 10/10/2005 10/28/2005 Baseline Inspections 71111.11 - LIC OPERATOR REQUAL PROGRAM EVALUATION 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 10/24/2005 10/28/2005 Baseline Inspections ISI - LASALLE UNIT 1 ISI INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 02/21/2006 03/08/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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