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Annual Assessment Letter - Duane Arnold Energy Center
ML050620374
Person / Time
Site: Duane Arnold NextEra Energy icon.png
Issue date: 03/02/2005
From: Burgess B
NRC/RGN-III/DRP/RPB2
To: Peifer M
Nuclear Management Co
References
IR-05-001
Download: ML050620374 (5)


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March 2, 2005 Mr. Mark Peifer Site Vice-President Duane Arnold Energy Center Nuclear Management Company, LLC 3277 DAEC Road Palo, IA 52324

SUBJECT:

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LETTER - DUANE ARNOLD ENERGY CENTER (REPORT 05000331/200501)

Dear Mr. Peifer:

On February 9, the NRC staff completed its end-of-cycle plant performance assessment of Duane Arnold Energy Center. The end-of-cycle review for Duane Arnold Energy Center 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, Duane Arnold Energy Center operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives. Plant performance for the most recent quarter, as well as for the first three quarters of the assessment cycle, 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 September 30, 2006.

The enclosed inspection plan details the inspections, less those related to physical protection scheduled through September 30, 2006. Significant inspections planned for this year include a biennial PI&R inspection in May 2005, a modifications/50.59 inspection in November 2005, and a fire protection inspection in March 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 9 months of the inspection plan are tentative and may be revised at the mid-cycle review meeting.

M. Peifer 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 me at (630) 829-9629 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce Burgess, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosure:

Duane Arnold Energy Center Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: E. Protsch, Executive Vice President -

Energy Delivery, Alliant; President, IES Utilities, Inc.

C. Anderson, Senior Vice President, Group Operations J. Cowan, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer J. Bjorseth, Plant Manager S. Catron, Manager, Regulatory Affairs J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel, & Secretary B. Lacy, Nuclear Asset Manager Chairman, Linn County Board of Supervisors Chairperson, Iowa Utilities Board The Honorable Charles W. Larson, Jr.

Iowa State Senator D. McGhee - Department of Public Health

M. Peifer 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 me at (630) 829-9629 with any questions you may have regarding this letter or the inspection plan.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Bruce Burgess, Chief Reactor Projects Branch 2 Division of Reactor Projects Docket No. 50-331 License No. DPR-49

Enclosure:

Duane Arnold Energy Center Inspection/Activity Plan cc w/encl: E. Protsch, Executive Vice President -

Energy Delivery, Alliant; President, IES Utilities, Inc.

C. Anderson, Senior Vice President, Group Operations J. Cowan, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer J. Bjorseth, Plant Manager S. Catron, Manager, Regulatory Affairs J. Rogoff, Vice President, Counsel, & Secretary B. Lacy, Nuclear Asset Manager Chairman, Linn County Board of Supervisors Chairperson, Iowa Utilities Board The Honorable Charles W. Larson, Jr.

Iowa State Senator D. McGhee - Department of Public Health DOCUMENT NAME: G:\Branch TSS\EOC Ltrs\eoc 030205\DAEC.wpd To receive a copy of this document, indicate in the box "C" = Copy w ithout att achment/enclosure "E" = Copy w ith attachment/enclosure "N "

= No copy OFFICE RIII RIII NAME DMelendez:co BBurgess DATE 03/ /05 03/ /05 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

M. Peifer ADAMS Distribution:

WDR DPB RidsNrrDipmIipb GEG KGO GAW1 CAA1 DRPIII DRSIII PLB1 JRK1 ROPreports@nrc.gov (inspection reports, final SDP letters, any letter with an IR number)

Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO)

Page 1 of 1 Duane Arnold 02/28/2005 08:16:55 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 ISI - ISI INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111108G Inservice Inspection Activities - BWR 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 Baseline Inspections INSPECT - ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARA 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7112102 ALARA Planning and Controls 04/04/2005 04/08/2005 Baseline Inspections 71114 - BASELINE EP INSP 1 1 IP 7111402 Alert and Notification System Testing 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111403 Emergency Response Organization Augmentation Testing 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111405 Correction of Emergency Preparedness Weaknesses and Deficiencies 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 71151 Performance Indicator Verification 04/25/2005 04/29/2005 Baseline Inspections PI&R - BIENNIAL PI&R 1 1 IP 71152B Identification and Resolution of Problems 05/16/2005 06/03/2005 Baseline Inspections MAINT - BIENNIAL MAINTENANCE RULE INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111112B Maintenance Effectiveness 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections HEATSKB - BIENNIAL HEAT SINK INSPECTION 1 1 IP 7111107B Heat Sink Performance 06/13/2005 06/17/2005 Baseline Inspections MOD/5059 - MODIFICATIONS/50.59 INSPECTION 3 1 IP 7111102 Evaluation of Changes, Tests, or Experiments 11/28/2005 12/02/2005 Baseline Inspections 1 IP 7111117B Permanent Plant Modifications 11/28/2005 12/02/2005 Baseline Inspections BI - GASEOUS AND LIQUID EFFLUENTS 1 1 IP 7112201 Radioactive Gaseous and Liquid Effluent Treatment and Monitoring Systems 01/30/2006 02/03/2006 Baseline Inspections FPI - TRIENNIAL FIRE PROTECTION INSPECTION 3 1 IP 7111105T Fire Protection 03/13/2006 03/31/2006 Baseline Inspections BI - NON-OUTAGE ALARA AND ACCESS CONTROL 1 1 IP 7112101 Access Control to Radiologically Significant Areas 04/10/2006 04/14/2006 Baseline Inspections BI - RAD INSTRUMENTATION 1 1 IP 7112103 Radiation Monitoring Instrumentation and Protective Equipment 08/07/2006 08/11/2006 Baseline Inspections This report does not include INPO and OUTAGE activities.

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