IR 05000317/2005001

Annual Assessment Letter - Calvert Cliffs (Report 05000317-05-001 and 05000318-05-001)

ML050610737
Person / Time
Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	03/02/2005
From:	Blough A Division of Nuclear Materials Safety I
To:	Vanderheyden G Constellation Generation Group
Trapp J RGN-I/DRP/PB1/610-337-5186
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rch 2, 2005

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - CALVERT CLIFFS NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (REPORT 05000317/2005001 AND 05000318/2005001)

Dear Mr. Vanderheyden:

On February 10, 2005, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The end-of-cycle review for Calvert Cliffs involved the participation of the reactor technical divisions in evaluating performance indicators (PIs) for the most recent quarter and inspection results for the period from January 1 through December 31, 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 Exempt from Public Disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 will include the physical protection review and resultant inspection plan.

Overall, Calvert Cliffs operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety, and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance at Unit 1 for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment period, was within the Licensee Response Column of the 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).

Plant performance at Unit 2 for the most recent quarter was within the Regulatory Response Column of the NRCs Action Matrix, based on one finding of low to moderate safety significance (White) in the Mitigating Systems cornerstone regarding a relay failure that caused the steam dump valves to remain full open following a reactor trip in early 2004. This finding was identified during the second quarter of this assessment cycle. A Supplemental Inspection, conducted in January 2005, determined that the root causes for the performance deficiencies were understood and that completed and planned corrective actions were reasonable to address the related causes. Therefore, this finding will only be considered in assessing plant performance for a total of four quarters in accordance with the guidance in IMC 0305, "Operating Reactor Assessment Program."

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection, scheduled through September 30, 2006. Planned inspections include a full participation

Mr. George Vanderheyden 2 emergency preparedness exercise inspection (September 2005), and a reactor vessel head replacement inspection (February 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 nine months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-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.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 James M. Trapp at (610) 337-5186 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

A. Randolph Blough, Director Division of Reactor Projects, Region I Docket Nos. 50-317, 50-318 License Nos. DPR-53, DPR-69 Enclosure: Calvert Cliffs Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl:

M. J. Wallace, President, Constellation Generation J. M. Heffley, Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer President, Calvert County Board of Commissioners C. W. Fleming, Sr., Counsel, Constellation Generation Group, LLC Director, Nuclear Regulatory Matters R. McLean, Manager, Nuclear Programs K. Burger, Esquire, Maryland People's Counsel State of Maryland (2)

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Mr. George Vanderheyden 3 Distribution w/encl: (via E-mail)

S. Collins, RA J. Wiggins, DRA S. Lee, RI EDO Coordinator R. Laufer, NRR R. Guzman, PM, NRR D. Skay, PM, NRR P. Tam, PM, NRR (Backup)

J. Trapp, DRP N. Perry, DRP M. Giles, DRP, Senior Resident Inspector J. OHara, DRP - Resident Inspector C. Newgent - Resident OA D. Screnci, PAO N. Sheehan, PAO DRS Director DRS Deputy Director DRS Branch Chiefs RidsNrrDipmlipb Region I Docket Room (with concurrences)

SISP Review Complete: nsp (Reviewers Initials)

DOCUMENT NAME: G:\DRP\BRANCH1\2004 ROP 5 EOC REVIEW\End-of-cycle Letters\Calvert Cliffs 2005 End-of-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 Calvert Cliffs 03/01/2005 16:39:15 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 02/28/2005 03/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111108P - INSERVICE INSPECTION - U2 2 2 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 03/07/2005 03/11/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111112B - MAINTENANCE RULE 1 1, 2 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 05/09/2005 05/13/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112201 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RETS 1 1, 2 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/25/2005 07/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111401 - EXERCISE EVALUATION & EP PI VERIFICATION 3 1, 2 IP 7111401 Exercise Evaluation 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/26/2005 09/30/2005 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 10/10/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 10/10/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 10/10/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 10/10/2005 10/14/2005 Baseline Inspections 71152B - PI&R 5 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 10/31/2005 11/04/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 11/14/2005 11/18/2005 Baseline Inspections 7112202 - PUB RAD SAFETY - RADWASTE 1 1, 2 IP 7112202 Radioactive Material Processing and Transportation 10/24/2005 10/28/2005 Baseline Inspections 7111111B - LO REQUAL PROGRAM INSPECTION 2 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 12/05/2005 12/09/2005 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111111B Licensed Operator Requalification Program 12/05/2005 12/16/2005 Baseline Inspections 71007 - U1 REACTOR VESSEL HEAD REPLACEMENT 1 1 IP 71007 Reactor Vessel Head Replacement Inspection 01/01/2006 02/28/2006 Other Routine SSDI - SSDI 6 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 01/09/2006 01/13/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111121 Safety System Design and Performance Capability 01/23/2006 01/27/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RADIATION SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 01/30/2006 02/03/2006 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 Calvert Cliffs 03/01/2005 16:39:15 Inspection / Activity Plan Report 22 03/01/2005 - 09/30/2006 Unit No. of Staff Planned Dates Inspection Number Inspection Activity Title on Site Start End Type 71121 - OCC RADIATION SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 01/30/2006 02/03/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 01/30/2006 02/03/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 01/30/2006 02/03/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111107B - HEAT SINK 2 1, 2 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 02/06/2006 02/10/2006 Baseline Inspections 7111108P - INSERVICE INSPECTION - UNIT 1 1 1 IP 7111108P Inservice Inspection Activities - PWR 03/13/2006 03/17/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/17/2006 04/21/2006 Baseline Inspections 7/10 EXM - OPERATOR LICENSING INITIAL EXAMS 3 1 U01585 CALVERT CLIFFS INITIAL EXAM (3/06) 06/12/2006 06/16/2006 Not Applicable 1 U01585 CALVERT CLIFFS INITIAL EXAM (3/06) 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Not Applicable 71114 - EP PRGM INSP & PIO VERFICATION 1 1, 2 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111404 Emergency Action Level and Emergency Plan Changes 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/10/2006 07/14/2006 Baseline Inspections 7112203 - PUB RAD SAFETY - REMP 1 1, 2 IP 7112203 Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program 07/31/2006 08/04/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 07/31/2006 08/04/2006 Baseline Inspections MODS - MODS & 50.59 3 1, 2 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 71121 - OCC RAD SAFETY 1 1, 2 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections 1, 2 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 09/11/2006 09/15/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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